and cooperation
between Europe, the South of the Mediterranean and Africa Building a global citizenship based on human rights and
citizens' responsibilities
Participation by Denis Huber,
Executive Director of the North-South Centre at a European
Parliament Event on Development Education
22 May 2012 17.00 – 18.00
A European Parliament “written declaration on development education
and active global citizenship” (0007/2012) has been initiated by MEP
Filip Kaczmarek (PL, EPP) and co-tabled with MEPs Catherine Grèze (FR,
Greens), Fiona Hall (UK, ALDE), Michael Gahler (DE, EPP) and Maria
Badia i Cutchet (ES, S&D).
To raise awareness on this important declaration CONCORD set up a
campaign to obtain a majority of MEPs (377) to sign. An event around
this declaration and development education in general will take
place in the EP the 22nd May, hosted by Mr. Kaczmarek. The speakers are:
. Maria Badia I Cutchet MEP
. Filip Kaczmarek, MEP, initiator of the EP declaration
. Mari-Helene Kaber, chair of the CONCORD DARE Forum
. Denis Huber, Executive Director of the North-South-Centre
For more information please visit the website of
DEEEP
.
Read the declaration
Call for applications for a
contractor for the Africa Europe Youth Cooperation (AEYC) online
resource centre to map relevant actors (institutional stakeholders,
youth organisations, networks) in the AEYC.
In the framework of the of the Joint Management Agreement between
the European Commission – EuropeAid Co-operation Office and the
North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, the NSC is calling for
a contractor (that can be group of individuals, CSO, youth
organisations, research centers, a consortium or others) to develop
an online resource, assure its monitoring and updating and deliver a
final report. The proposal, including a methodology (based on the
timeline proposed), CV of all team members and presentation of CSO,
consortium, a Portfolio of 3-4 relevant relevant projects developed
and a detailed budget proposal should be sent by email to:
nsc.africaeurope-youthsummit@coe.int The Deadline for submission of applications is the 23rd of
May 2012 (00h00 CET).
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More...Call
to Arab Women for Dignity and Equality (Article from Le
Monde)
Call to Arab women: "…we call to the States, the political parties
and the civil society in the countries to do all they can to make
sure the dignity of women and their equality with men shall not be
sacrificed once again in the name of alleged priorities.
No real democracy can build itself at the expense of half the
society. Together we have built our present, together we will build
a better future"… This call has already been signed by
internationally renowned women including two winners of the
North-South Prize:
- Souhayr Belhassen, President of the International Federation of
the Human Rights league (FIDH), Tunisian
- Nawal El Saadawi, psychiatrist, writer in feminist history,
Egyptian
.
Read the call(in French only)
The North-South Centre launches new
website
The European Congress on Global Education will take place on 27-28
September 2012 in Lisbon. For more information on this event, please
visit the Congress website:
www.gecongress2012.org
Useful documents
Key Findings and Recommendations from
the Country Reports on Global Education - 2011 Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,
Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
.
See report
North-South Centre
Publications
One
World, Our World - Up dated version 2012
On the occasion of its 20th Anniversary, the
North-South Centre launched a Historical
Retrospective publication which looks back on the
Centre’s work and helps us understand how it fits
into the international and regional context in the last
20 years. It also highlights the pertinence of its
actions, its groundbreaking nature and its flexibility
as a channel for what have been, are and will always be
its priorities. Happy reading!
.
Publication - PDF
The
2010 North-South Prize
The Award Ceremony took place at the Portuguese Parliamentary
Assembly, in presence of Mr Jaime Gama, President of Assembly of the
Portuguese republic and the Prize was presented by the Portuguese
President of the Republic, Mr Aníbal Cavaco Silva to Ms Louise
Arbour and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
.
PDF
The
2009 North-South Prize
The Award Ceremony took place at the Portuguese Parliamentary
Assembly, in presence of Mr Jaime Gama, President of Assembly of the
Portuguese republic and the Prize will be presented by the
Portuguese President of the Republic, Mr Aníbal Cavaco Silva to Ms
Rola Dashti and to Ambassador Alekseev in representation of Mr
Mikhail Gorbachev.
PDF
The
2009 Lisbon Forum Creating a Culture of Human Rights through Education The Lisbon
Forum is a platform for dialogue and for sharing experiences,
expertise and good practices between Europe and the other continents,
especially the Middle East, Africa and the countries on the south
side of the Mediterranean.
PDF
The
Round Table - North South Centre 2010
On the occasion of its 20th Anniversary, the North-South Centre of
the Council of Europe asked the North-South Prize winners for a
written reflection on the theme: “The 21st Century, a century of
global interdependence
and solidarity”. Following this initiative, a Round Table on the
same theme took place on 18 May 2010, in Lisbon, with the
participation of not only several North-South Prize laureates but
also distinct
personalities, including representatives of governments, parliaments,
local and regional authorities and civil society, reflecting the
“quadrilogue” nature of the functioning the North-South Centre.
This publication integrates the written contributions of former
prize winners as well as the speeches of all the participants of the
Round Table on “Global Interdependence and Solidarity in the 21st
Century”.
PDF
We the diaspora
The
last electronic version of the book resulting from the project
IllustrAfricando - "We the Diaspora" is now available.
If you want to receive more information about this publication,
please contact:
nscinfo@coe.int.
.
Read the book
One
World, Our World
On the occasion of its 20th Anniversary, the
North-South Centre launched a Historical
Retrospective publication which looks back on the
Centre’s work and helps us understand how it fits
into the international and regional context in the last
20 years. It also highlights the pertinence of its
actions, its groundbreaking nature and its flexibility
as a channel for what have been, are and will always be
its priorities. Happy reading!
.
Publication - PDF
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...
Others publications
«
Droits culturels au Maghreb et en Égypte » - Only in French
Le livre « Droits culturels au Maghreb et en Égypte – 1ère série
d’observations » est une publication réalisée par l’UNESCO en
collaboration avec l’Observatoire de la diversité et des droits
culturels lié à la Francophonie (de Fribourg).
. More
DE Watch
European Development Education Monitoring Report
The report, initiated by the European Multi Stakeholder
Steering Group on Development Education, provides a
detailed overview of development education (DE)
policies, practices and funding in the 27 EU Member
States and Norway. It analyses DE concepts, policies and
practices of national development ministries and related
agencies, the formal education sector as well as the
approaches of civil society organisations and local or
regional authorities.
Press release
Blasphemy,
insult and hatred - Finding answers in a democratic society (Science
and Technique of democracy No.47) (2010)
Mutual understanding and acceptance is perhaps the main challenge of
modern society. Diversity is undoubtedly an asset, but cohabiting
with people of different backgrounds and ideas calls for a new ethic
of responsible intercultural relations, in Europe and in the world.
This book tries to answer a series of pertinent and poignant
questions arising from these issues, such as whether it is still
possible to criticise ideas when this may be considered hurtful to
certain religious feelings; whether society is hostage to the excessive sensitivity of certain individuals; or what legal
responses there may be to these phenomena, and whether criminal law
is the only answer.
More...
Intercultural
Dialogue in the Framework of European Human Rights Protection (White
Paper Series - Volume 1) (2010)
This report analyses the jurisprudence of the European Court of
Human Rights in terms of the promotion of cultural diversity, as
championed by the Council of Europe particularly through its "White
Paper on Intercultural Dialogue" (2008). The Court's views on the
governance principles and preconditions of intercultural dialogue -
and particularly the case law on freedom of thought, conscience and
religion, freedom of expression and freedom of association and
assembly - provide guidelines for politicians, academics and
practitioners alike.
More...
Focus
21 May, World Day for Cultural
Diversity for Dialogue and Development
In 2011, a grassroots campaign ‘Do One Thing For Diversity and
Inclusion’, celebrating the annual World Day for Cultural Diversity
was launched by UNESCO and the UN Alliance of Civilizations.
The 2012 campaign, by encouraging people and organizations from
around the world to take concrete action to support diversity, aims:
. To raise awareness worldwide about the importance of intercultural
dialogue, diversity and inclusion.
. To build a world community of individuals committed to support
diversity with real and every day-life gestures.
. To combat polarization and stereotypes to improve understanding
and cooperation among people from different cultures.
. For more information: visit the
UNAoC and
UNESCO websites
. Read the
UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
Call for Joint Programme
Facilitator - 13thUniversity on Youth &
Development - Deadline 22 May 2012
More ...
Application form
Call for
candidates for the 2012 North-South Prize
The North-South Centre of the Council of Europe has launched the
call for nominations for the North-South Prize 2012. All suggestions
of candidates are welcomed. Before submiting your suggestion please
consult the information note on the North-South Prize. The deadline
is the 15 July 2012. The Jury of the North-South
Prize will meet in Strasbourg, in September 2012, to select this
year´s prize winners. The Prize Ceremony will take place in Lisbon
in Spring 2013.
.
More
PACE Spring Session
- Women in the Arab Spring 23-27 April, Strasbourg
One of the highlights on the agenda of the Parliamentary Assembly
session (23-27 April 2012) was the Arab Spring.
.
Parliamentary Assembly website
.
Webcast and photo galleries
. Read also: The Council of
Europe and the Arab Spring -
Special file
Statement
of Mrs Deborah Bergamini, Chair of PACE's Sub-Committee on Media and
Information Society and Chair of the Executive Committee of the NSC
World Press Freedom Day 2012: media freedom is the air necessary for
democracy to breathe
“As the media have developed from Gutenberg's printing press to the
internet in a globalised information society, universal human rights
such as media freedom have become part of a universal culture
embedded in the hearts and minds of people all around the world,"
said Deborah Bergamini (Italy, EPP/CD), Chair of PACE's
Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society, speaking on the eve
of World Press Freedom Day 2012 (3 May). "Nevertheless, today we
witness continuous violations of media freedom..."
.
More
.
Keynote speech by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for
Human Rights on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day:
“Media self-regulation prevents state intervention” . Statement of the Secretary
General Jagland - Governments and journalists share responsibility
for a free press.
More
Committee of Ministers: Towards a
death penalty-free area in Europe and beyond
The Committee of Ministers calls on all countries which still apply
the death penalty to immediately apply a moratorium on executions.
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More
Europe Month: Council of Europe takes
part in different events open to all
.
More
European Commission against Racism
and Intolerance publishes its annual report .
More
Council of Europe and European Union
The Council of Europe and the European Union share the same values –
human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Focusing on those core
values, the Council of Europe brings together governments from
across Europe – and beyond – to agree legal standards in a wide
range of areas.
The EU refers to those same European values as a key element of its
deeper political and economic integration processes. The Lisbon
Treaty increased the scope for its action in many areas where the
Council of Europe already has significant experience and expertise.
.
More…
Get closer to Europe – on
Europe Day
Europe Day celebrates the EU’s achievements – not least, lasting
peace, economic cooperation and border-free travel. It is also a
chance to find out more about the EU, with events and activities for
all ages.
.
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Global
Education Guidelines
«
Droits culturels au Maghreb et en Égypte » - Only in French
DE Watch
Blasphemy,
insult and hatred - Finding answers in a democratic society (Science
and Technique of democracy No.47) (2010)
Intercultural
Dialogue in the Framework of European Human Rights Protection (White
Paper Series - Volume 1) (2010) 
PACE Spring Session
- Women in the Arab Spring 23-27 April, Strasbourg 
Statement
of Mrs Deborah Bergamini, Chair of PACE's Sub-Committee on Media and
Information Society and Chair of the Executive Committee of the NSC