Nº 66 | June 2009

Global Education News is an electronic newsletter where national global education coordinators or practitioners can share global education news and best practices, useful thematic links and educational materials. It also serves as a medium for the North-South Centre global education network national coordinators' own use.

1.News from the North-South Centre & the Global Education Week network 2.Other GE news 3.Useful links 4.Useful resources 5.Message in a bottle 6.Events 7.Special Sustainable Development 8.Campaigns For Global Education News previous issues please click here Pour la version française du Bulletin veuillez cliquer ici

Dear friends, The North-South Centre is glad to share with you its new Global Education on-line training course which will be offered from 20 July to 15 August. While complementing the Global Education Guidelines pedagogical purpose, this e-learning course reinforces the growing North-South Centre training policy. In this field, we are happy to share with you the outcomes of the first Europe-Africa University on Youth & Development, a sister University of the well-known Mollina University on Youth & Development. Meanwhile, explore in this newsletter intercultural and interreligious dialogue related useful links (§3) and resources (§4) as well as interesting offers (§5) events, conferences (§6) and campaigns (§8). Wishing you a captivating and enjoyable reading! 1. News from North-South Centre of the Council of Europe & the Global Education Week network You will find more about North-South Centre coming events on NSC website… . Global Education Week webpage & Global Education Week network . Special file : Council of Europe intercultural and interreligious dialogue policy June Intercultural dialogue event : exchange on the religious dimension more ... . Special file

2. Other news . Summer University for Democracy : the topic of the 4th Summer University for Democracy in 2009 is ''Global challenges to democracy'' more ... . File: The schools of political studies . Youth Arts Festival – July 2009, Cork, Ireland . Development Education Summer School 2009, Romania, June 21-28 Recognizing, motivating, engaging, Young People as Actors in Development Education, Campaigning, Advocacy" - DEEEP-Development Education Exchange in Europe project presentation of DEEEP Summer School Development Education Advocacy Toolkit new advocay toolkit . Anna Lindh Foundation : outcomes of the Teacher Training Workshop on The Challenges of Diversity at School in the Euro-Mediterranean Region, Beirut, Lebanon 27-29 May 2009 more … . World Refugee Day – 20 June . World Day to Combat Desertification 2009 – 17 June . World Environment Day – 5 June

3. Useful links . The Council of Europe Intercultural Cities programme maps successful experiences of good governance of cultural diversity in a range of cities in Europe and harness this experience to inform and shape structures, policies and practice in other cities through mentoring and good practice exchange. . The European Wergeland Centre is a European resource centre on education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship. It is established in cooperation between Norway and the Council of Europe. . The Right to Education Project aims to promote social mobilisation and legal accountability, looking to focus on the legal challenges to the right to education. . UNESCO portal : Statistics - Guidelines - Toolkits . UNESCO – Social & Human sciences . UNESCO newsletters & UNESCO Edu info

4. Useful resources . Global Education Guidelines The North-South Centre is happy to announce that the Global Education Guidelines, a handbook for Educators to understand and implement Global Education, is now available on-line. more... Council of Europe . Intercultural dialogue on Campus (Council of Europe higher education series nº11) (2009) . Dimension of religions and non-religious convictions within intercultural education – Recommendation CM/Rec(2008)12 & explanatory memorandum (2009) . Eradicating violence against children - Council of Europe actions (2008) . Achieving full participation through Universal Design (2009) . Access to justice for migrants and asylum seekers in Europe (2009) Others . Anna Lindh Fondation new pedagogical resource : How to cope with diversity at school: teaching and learning about religious diversity more … . Africa Competitiveness Report 2009 . CIVICUS and MDGs Campaigning Toolkit for Civil Society Organisations engaged in the Millenium Development Goals - CIVICUS newsletter . DEEEP newsletter . Eco-Schools newsletter . TRIALOG Information Service (TIS) is addressed to NGOs and individuals who are interested in development issues in the context of EU enlargement. . UNESCO Education newsletter . UNESCO Global Monitoring Report on Education for All, 2008

5. Message in a bottle Sharing good practices . The Council of Europe Intercultural Cities programme maps successful experiences of good governance of cultural diversity in a range of cities in Europe and harness this experience to inform and shape structures, policies and practice in other cities through mentoring and good practice exchange. . The European Wergeland Centre is a European resource centre on education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship. It is established in cooperation between Norway and the Council of Europe. . The Right to Education Project aims to promote social mobilisation and legal accountability, looking to focus on the legal challenges to the right to education. Calls / training . Conference Announcement & Call for Papers - International Conference: Critical Thinking for Development Education – moving from evaluation to research, October 3rd and 4th 2009, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. More… . Humanizing Development: Global Photography campaign This Global Photography Campaign aims to show examples of people winning the battle against poverty, social exclusion and marginalization. It is intended to raise awareness of the successes in the development process. The campaign will be open for participation from 1 June to 1 October 2009. Photographs need to be sent via the online application . Global Human Rights Leadership Training Institute (GHRLTI) :Certificate Course in Gender Development Training . Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy, calls for applications for the VIII Edition Master of Arts in Human Rights and Conflict Management (a.y. 2009/2010) … more… . Consultation on the second phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education… more… . Right to Education website survey - the Right to Education website aims to connect human rights, education and development communities, sharing information and promoting advocacy for mobilization and legal accountability… more… Request of partnership Job opportunities . One World Week advert for an intern position to start in October 2009 : Intern Researcher/Writer

6. Events . Conference: Culture, Participation & Transformation, Arts as a tool for participation, development and development education. July 6th 2009 Millenum Hall, Cork City Council

7. Special Sustainable Development . Africa Competitiveness Report 2009 . World Social Forum 2009 - Overview of the World Social Forums . World Economic Forum 2009 . CIVICUS special issue on WSF and WEF read more

8. Campaigns . Humanizing Development: Global Photography campaign This Global Photography Campaign aims to show examples of people winning the battle against poverty, social exclusion and marginalization. It is intended to raise awareness of the successes in the development process. The campaign will be open for participation from 1 June to 1 October 2009. Photographs need to be sent via the online application Council of Europe Speak-out against discrimination campaign . ''Speak-out against discrimination'' Website - Interview: Lilian Thuram . All Different All Equal Campaign webpage . The Council of Europe 60th anniversary website presents the festivities and commemorations in the 47 member states. By means of a map or list of diary dates, Internet users can find out about events that interest them. They also have access to a photo gallery showing the 60th anniversary logo and the commemorative stamps issued by partner national post offices. A video library presents several commemorative films. Other Council of Europe Campaigns . Building a Europe for and with children - A Council of Europe programme for the  promotion  of children's rights and the protection of children from violence. . ''Raise your hand against smacking!'' - Launch of 2008 Awareness-raising Action . Dosta! Go beyond prejudice, discover the Roma! . Stop Domestic Violence . Human being - not for sale