Convocados por Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos y el Ministerio de Educación de Chile, más de 300 representantes de países de Europa, Asia, África y las Américas se reunirán los días 23 y 24 de octubre para debatir sobre el futuro de la educación en una economía global.
Participan en este Foro especialistas de Inglaterra, Canadá, Dinamarca, Irlanda, Bélgica, Tailandia, Rumania, Malasia, Sudáfrica, Panamá, Chile, del Banco Mundial y del BID.
Ver aquí el Programa de actividades.

De acuerdo con la OCDE,
This event will draw on the substantial networks of education officials and experts that have been established since 1991 through the Directorate for Education’s Programme for Co-operation with non OECD Economies: peer reviews; World Education Indicators (WEI); the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA); improving outcomes for students with special needs, and other bilateral ad-hoc co-operation.
These activities have had important impacts for policy makers in countries and in other international organisations. They have helped policy makers to:
— Identify major developments, problems and issues in the moves to adapt education systems to the needs of changing economies and societies;
— Relate these moves to wider trends, such as democratisation, technological change, demographic factors, the progress of science, the globalisation process and major objectives such as the protection of the environment, the further development of social cohesion and the achievement of an enhanced governance of both public and private institutions;
— Consider and further develop an agenda of challenges and tasks on which further collaborative work might be undertaken between countries.
La OCDE ha expuesto así las razones para la creación de un Foro Global sobre Educación.