Moroccan Ministry of National Education is fully supporting this conference and welcoming it’s recommendations .

Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane.MEARN will host the 16 IEARN conference and 13 Youth Summit from July 19 to 25 ,2009. Founded in 1993 by Royal Dahir (charter), Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI) opened it doors to students in January 1995 and a completely modern and networked campus. The University is coeducational, residential and primarily undergraduate but has rapidly growing graduate programs. The outlook is international and tolerance is promoted and expected of students, staff, and faculty belonging to over 25 nationalities who live and work together. The 40 hectare campus is located in the oak forest on the north side of the resort town of Ifrane. Facilities include 16 residence buildings for students whose rooms all have their own bathrooms.

is fully supporting this conference and welcoming it’s recommendations .

MTDS is providing it’s technical support to the 16 IEARN conference and 13 Youth Summit by designing and hosting the website of this event. MTDS is a technology solutions provider to individuals, businesses and institutions in Morocco and the developing world. The company’s offerings span network infrastructure and design, Internet access and engineering services, and development consulting

The ALEF project is an USAID funded program that contribute to the ongoing efforts of Morocco to strengthen the quality of its workforce by providing young people with skills that respond to the needs of the changing marketplace. ALEF is working collaboratively with public and private partners to strengthen the relevance of basic education and vocational training, thereby increasing job opportunities. Throughout the project, special attention is given to assuring gender equity and responding to the specific needs of young women in target communities and schools.

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) fosters mutual understanding between the United States and other countries through international educational and training programs. The bureau does so by promoting personal, professional, and institutional ties between private citizens and organizations in the United States and abroad, as well as by presenting U.S. history, society, art and culture in all of its diversity to overseas audiences. The GCE program is managed through the Office of Citizen Exchange’s Youth Programs Division

AED is a nonprofit organization working globally to improve education, health, civil society and economic development.

In collaboration with local and national partners, AED fosters sustainable results through practical, comprehensive approaches to social and economic challenges. AED implements more than 250 programs serving people in more than 150 countries.

The Round Table is a Centre for Global Learning that work closely with universities, teachers’ institutes and learning communities at large in formal and non-formal education and link its work to existing educational networks and local and global institutions.

The rational is that there are so many outstanding resources, projects created and supported by international bodies to address the challenges of the 21st century. The state of the planet is alarming. Global warming, environmental degradation, hunger, poverty, moral values, social inclusion seems to be disconnected from education. World leaders, politicians, visionaries refer to education as the prime sector to address these global challenges. The Round Table invites you to become a joined catalyst of change