{"id":88728,"date":"2024-12-05T20:09:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T23:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/summaedu.org\/sin-categoria\/el-4to-encuentro-anual-de-kix-lac-reune-a-referentes-educativos-para-compartir-avances-y-planificar-el-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T12:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T15:59:10","slug":"el-4to-encuentro-anual-de-kix-lac-reune-a-referentes-educativos-para-compartir-avances-y-planificar-el-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/summaedu.org\/en\/news\/kix\/the-4th-kix-lac-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4th KIX LAC Annual Meeting brings together educational leaders to share progress and plan for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u25b6\ufe0f<\/b><\/span>Watch the video of day 1<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

\ud83d\udcda\u00a0Explore the synthesis\u00a0document of the meeting<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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On November 13 and 14, the <\/span>fourth KIX LAC Annual Meeting <\/b>was held, with the outstanding participation of representatives from the <\/span>Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)<\/b>, the <\/span>Global Partnership for Education (GPE) <\/b>and the <\/span>International Development Research Centre (IDRC) <\/b>of Canada. Also present were colleagues from KIX applied research projects and delegates from the countries that make up the Latin America and Caribbean hub -including both those who have recently assumed their roles and those with an established track record- from <\/span>Dominica, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines<\/b>. The meeting was also attended by specialists in early childhood education, directors, deputy directors, coordinators and presidents of different regional educational organizations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As in previous editions, the meeting’s objective was to present the hub’s progress and achievements in the last year and agree on a work agenda for 2025, which includes the start of a new <\/span>“Cycle<\/b> of<\/b> Knowledge<\/b> Mobilization<\/b> in<\/b> Early<\/b> Childhood.<\/b>“<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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First day<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

In his welcoming remarks, <\/span>Javier Gonz\u00e1lez, Director of SUMMA<\/b>, highlighted the importance of strengthening regional collaboration among key actors in the education sector in Latin America and the Caribbean and emphasized that KIX LAC has promoted agendas defined by the countries themselves, prioritizing early childhood literacy as a pillar to address structural challenges such as school dropout and educational backwardness. He also thanked the OECS, GPE and Canada’s IDRC for their joint efforts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The achievements and progress of the past year were then presented, including the <\/span>Cycle of Knowledge Mobilization in the Use of Evidence<\/span><\/a>, the <\/span>Strengthening Initial Teacher Training in the Eastern Caribbean project between the University of the West Indies (UWI) and SUMMA<\/span><\/a>, the <\/span>Technical Learning Visits,<\/span><\/a> and the <\/span>Country Support mechanism.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Several representatives and key players in education highlighted through their testimonies the impact of the work carried out with KIX LAC. Some of the experiences are presented below in the voices of their protagonists:<\/span><\/p>\n

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