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IB Africa, Europe and Middle East
Regional tasks
The range of services offered by the IB Africa, Europe
and Middle East regional office are grouped under the
following activities:
For prospective IB schools
• Introductory workshops
• Consultation, advice and materials on the process
of application and authorization
• Teacher training workshops
• Arrangement of authorization visits.
For IB World Schools
• Teacher training programmes
• Regional conferences
• Evaluations of a school’s IB programmes
• Consultation on student assessment procedures
• Monitoring and assisting with the implementation
of creativity, action, service (CAS) projects.
For universities
• The philosophy, structure and requirements of
the DP
• The content and requirements of DP courses.
For governments
• Advice on how to integrate IB programmes into
state educational systems
• Consultation regarding recognition of the IB
diploma
• Authorization and evaluation processes of IB
World Schools, professional development of
teachers and administrators for IB World Schools,
recognition of the IB programmes by universities
and national authorities, and promotion. The
regional office also endeavours to anticipate and
meet the future needs of our IB World schools and
advocates for the needs of IB schools within the IB.
Some facts about this region
As at September 2011
The IB Africa, Europe and Middle East regional office
serves 850 schools located in 82 countries and offers
1088 programmes in total.
58 | IB World Schools Yearbook 2012
PYP programmes 164
MYP programmes 149
DP programmes 775
Schools offering all three programmes 71
Schools offering Diploma Programme and MYP 40
Schools offering Diploma Programme and PYP 34
Schools offering MYP and PYP 22
State school programmes 373*
Private school programmes 715*
*The difference in the total number of schools in the region and
the sum of the number of private/state schools is explained by
the fact that some schools with more than one programme have
a different status.
Associations of IB World Schools in Africa,
Europe and Middle East
Many IB World Schools have chosen to form local
associations with other IB World Schools at a national
or sub-regional level. These non-profit associations
provide a forum for school collaboration, informal
gatherings and the exchange of good practice.
Associations are often active in negotiating university
and government recognition for IB programmes and
can be an indispensable resource for schools
discovering the IB for the first time. There are formal
and/or informal associations for IB schools in the
following countries.
Associations of IB World Schools with cooperation and
licence agreement
• Germany – Association of German International
Schools (AGIS)
• Middle East – Middle East IB Schools Association
(MEIBA)
• Commonwealth of Independent States – The IB