Articles
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6 November 2020 
Burundi: Trade union takes action to raise awareness of COVID-19 and to organise and improve the quality of education through international solidarity
NewsThe Syndicat libre des travailleurs de l'enseignement du Burundi (STEB), thanks to financial support from Education International’s COVID-19 Solidarity Fund, was able to run an important awareness-raising campaign on taking protective measures against COVID-19 and on unionisation in schools, and to organise a conference to take stock of the situation...
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21 October 2020 
“Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.
Worlds of EducationUnions and governments have been in conflict since the dawn of time. The mere existence of unions as a force to defend workers’ rights where governments fail to do so in and of itself leads to this conflictual relationship. In Africa, unions have rarely been consulted during the COVID-19 crisis...
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21 October 2020 
Education International’s affiliates show tremendous solidarity amongst educators through the COVID-19 Response Fund
NewsFrom the very beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, Education International called on global education union solidarity to help member organisations respond to the sanitary crisis and emerge stronger from it in terms of mobilising, organising and capacity-building.
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1 April 2020 
Burundi: education unionists mobilise to raise awareness of the risks associated with COVID-19 and call for urgent action
NewsTo prevent the arrival and spread of COVID-19 in Burundi, teacher unionists are raising awareness among the general population about the measures implemented by the government, while also asking that the government take a number of new steps to stem the crisis.
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Cooperation Projects
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2022 - 2025 John Thompson Fellowship programme (Africa)
Train selected union representatives, including leadership in various aspects of unionism.
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2022 - 2025 Social dialogue and quality education in East Africa
The project has national as well as regional elements. The national elements are described in separate counrty sheets (Rwanda, Burundi and Zanzibar). The regional elements consist in 1-2 regional annual conferences for all the teacher unions, and they deal with themes such as education policy, strategy development, teachers’ working conditions,...
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2022 - 2025 Social dialogue and quality education in Burundi
The first phase of the project began in the summer of 2009 funded by DLF. From July 2011 the project activities in Burundi have been financed by Danida through the LO-FTF Council. The current project phase runs from 2022 to 2025 and has an annual budget of 16,500 USD (100,000...
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Affiliates
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Syndicat Libre des Travailleurs de l'Enseignement du Burundi
STEB
Avenue de la J.R.R.Immeuble FVS/AMADE bureau n°96462 Bujumburatel: +257 (22) 21.51.42tel: +257 79.93.40.31fax: +257 (22) 21.51.42