ACTIVITIES

International organisations:

Activities include oral and written interventions, collaboration with experts and lobbying at the meetings of the following bodies:

- UN Commission on Human Rights
- UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
- UN Economic and Social Council
- UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- International Conference on Education (UNESCO/IBE)
- General Conference (UNESCO)
- Parliamentary Assembly (Council of Europe)
- European Parliament
- European Commission
- UN World Conferences

Organisation of Symposia and colloquia:

1989
Ist International Symposium "Freedom leads to quality", European Parliament (Brussels), with the support of the Commission of the European Community.

1990
IInd International Symposium "What Changes for Quality Education?", with the support of the Canton of Geneva.

1991
IIIrd International Symposium "Educational Democracy and Freedom in Eastern and Central Europe", held in Geneva, funded by the council of Europe.

"Scholastic Achievement", Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

"The concept of freedom of education and the European Convention on Human Rights", meeting of experts at the IBE, Geneva.

1992
" What type of Democracy for Developing Countries?", Geneva.

"Free speech and freedom of education",  with professionals of the media.

1993
IVth International Symposium "A United and plural Europe: the role of public authorities in Education", Divonne les Bains, France, in collaboration with the European Democratic Forum.

"The renewal of education in Europe", meeting of experts, Geneva.

1994
"The School: a question of choice", Bari, Italy, in collaboration with the FAES association.

1995
"Tolerance, conviction and comprehension",  with the support of the Council of Europe and within the framework of the European Youth Campaign against racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and intolerance.

1996
"New financing methods for education", Paris, in collaboration with the group "Enseignement et Liberté de Paris"and the documentation and research centre "Luigi Einaudi" of Turin.

"Schools: the paths to freedom of choice", Geneva, public debate in collaboration with the "Forum pour des Ecoles Publiques Libres en Suisse".

"Towards the realisation of economic, social and cultural rights", Geneva, in collaboration with the UN Centre for Human Rights.

1997
"Financial globalisation and human rights", Geneva, in collaboration with the Observatoire de la Finance.

1998
"School founders and educational innovations", IBE Geneva.

Roundtable "Presentation of training programmes on human rights", Palais des Nations, Geneva.

2000
"The financing of non-governmental schools", meeting of experts, University of Valladolid, Spain.

"Human rights and the choice of a school", International University Menendez Pelayo, Santander Spain.

Report 2002

Report 2003

Report 2004

Report 2005

International Symposium (2005)
"Civil society's role in the governance of the education"
(french version)
(spanish version)

Report 2006 (french only)

Report 2007(french only)

A network of experts

OIDEL manages a network regrouping worldwide experts: jurists, economists, academics, government representatives and managers of independent schools. Among the countries are Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru, the UK and the USA.

Research and documentation

OIDEL is involved in scientific research in the fields of educational policies and financing options for schools. It maintains a documentation centre on issues related to freedom of education. OIDEL disseminates the results of its research through publications, articles, newsletters and oral interventions at conferences and meetings.