Agenda of the EI/CUT Round Table Meeting.

CARIBBEAN UNION OF TEACHERS ROUND TABLE MEETING
SUNSHORE HOTEL, ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES

SEPTEMBER 28TH – SEPTEMBER 30TH 2006

AGENDA


Wednesday September 27th
Arrival of the E.I. Coordinator, Representatives of CTF, NEA, AFT and CUT Officers

Thursday September 28th
10.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m. Planning Meeting for North American/Caribbean Region Conference
7.30 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. Official Opening of Round Table Meeting
Honourable, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines
9.00 p.m. – 10.00 p.m. Reception

Friday September 29th
9.30 a.m. – 9.45 a.m. Devotion
9.45 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. Main Address
Honourable Keri Symmonds, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Barbados
11.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. BREAK
11.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. General Agreement on Trade in Services
Elie JOUEN, Deputy General Secretary of Education International (EI)
12.30 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. LUNCH
2.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. The GATS and Higher Education
Jill Christensen, National Education Association (NEA)
3.00 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. BREAK
3.30 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. Disciplinary Practices with Children in the Caribbean
Mr. Tom Olsen, UNICEF (responsibility for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean)

Friday September 30th
9.00 a.m. – 9.15 a.m. Devotion
9.15 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. The GATS and Education in the Caribbean
Ms. Marguerite Cummings-Williams, former member of the Executive Board of the Education International
10.30 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. BREAK
11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. The Caribbean Single Market Economy
Ms. Myrna Bernard, CARICOM Secretariat
12.30 p.m. – 1.30 p.m. LUNCH
1.30 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. CSME and its Impact on Teachers in the Caribbean – Training and the Conditions of Service
Professor Errol Miller , former Professor of Teacher Education, U.W.I.
3.00 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. BREAK
3.30 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. Discussions/Decisions/ Recommendations/Resolutions
5.00 p.m. Media Conference