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provide a framework for North-South co-operation to increase public
awareness of global interdependence issues and promote policies of
solidarity in conformity with the aims and principles of the Council
of Europe.
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(Site updated on 27 November, 2009)
Global
Education Week-14-22 November 2009
Each year in November, the North-South Centre of the
Council of Europe encourages educational stakeholders from formal and
non-formal settings to organize awareness-raising activities tackling
global citizenship. These activities are relayed by the GEW network
national coordinators and are posted on the site in order to
facilitate the sharing of good practices. This year theme is Food for
All.
more…
Lisbon
Forum 2009
The theme and main aim of the 2009 Lisbon Forum
have been to promote
the creation of a culture of human rights, through
“quadrilogue” action, i.e. governments,
parliamentarians, local and regional authorities and
civil society.
This year the Forum took place on 13-14 of
November, in the Centre Ismaili in Lisbon, Portugal.
. Conclusions of the Lisbon Forum 2009
. more...
Training
Course for Youth Leaders of the African Diaspora Living in Europe 6
– 12 December 2009 – Almada, Lisbon, Portugal
Youth organisations and youth groups from the African
Diaspora living in Europe are fundamental actors for the
Euro-African Youth Cooperation. The Youth from the African Diaspora
was a key participatory element in the process leading to the Africa
Europe Youth Summit and the Summit itself.
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Call for participants
.
Application Form
World
Aware Education Award - 2009 edition
The North-South Centre of the Council
of Europe has launched the World Aware Education Awards (WAEA). The
WAEA seek to recognise and encourage initiatives which display
excellence or innovation in networking, partnership and coordination
for increased and improved global education. Laureate projects have
been nominated. .
More about WAEA
National seminar on Global/Development Education in Bulgaria On 25-27 September 2009 a national seminar to
promote global/development education in Bulgaria
took place in Sozopol at the Black Sea.
.
more information
Visit of a delegation of "The European Wergeland
Centre" to the North-South Centre in Lisbon on 6 October
The team of the North-South Centre had the pleasure to
welcome a delegation of the The European
Wergeland Centre on 6 October. The visit
was an opportunity for the two
institutions to have an indepth and fruitful exchange of
views on prospects for future co-operation. .
more
Lisbon Forum 2008 The North-South Centre is happy to announce that the
publication "Lisbon Forum 2008", is now
available.
If you want to receive more information about this
publication, please contact us:
nscinfo@coe.int.
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...
White
Paper on Intercultural Dialogue in Portuguese
The Portuguese version of the White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue of
the Council of Europe, produced by the North-South Centre, is now
available. It contains a preface by Jorge Sampaio, UN High
Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, and will be
presented for the first time during the 2nd Forum of the
Alliance of Civilizations that will take place on 6-7 April in
Istanbul.
more ...
Focus
Declaration
of the Chair of the North-South Centre concerning
the
International Day for the Elimination of Violence
against Women.
. Declaration
.
More information...
The North-South Centre celebrates the 20th
anniversary of its creation
The North-South Centre was created on 16 November 1989
through Resolution 89(14) of the Committee of Ministers
of the Council of Europe. (more...) A special 20th
Anniversary page on the North-South Centre's website was
also launched, including an electronic retrospective
publication of the history of the Centre, from its
origins (Lisbon Conference in 1984) until today.
Declaration
of the Chair of the North-South Centre regarding the
request of Cape Verde to join the North-South Centre
With the accession request of Cape Verde,
the North-South Centre takes another very important
political step as this request opens the perspective of
welcoming – after Morocco – a second African country,
and also and above all, our first member State from the
Sub-Saharan Africa.
. Photo: Submission of the
letter of the request of Cape Verde to join the
North-South Centre
.
Declaration
42nd
meeting of the Executive Council of the North-South
Center
The last meeting of the Executive Council of the
North-South Center took place on 12 November in the
building of the European Commission
.
more...
Thorbjørn Jagland to speak at
Google event in Berlin
The Secretary General was one of the keynote speaker at “Breaking Borders
“, an event on freedom of expression on the Internet that
commemorated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall,
on the 3 November. During the event, Google launched a YouTube channel
on freedom of expression.
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More...
Thorbjørn
Jagland elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe The Parliamentary Assembly
on 29 September elected Thorbjørn Jagland (Norway) Secretary General
of the Organisation for a five-year term.
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More...
The commemorative ceremony for the 60th anniversary of the Council
of Europe took place at the Palais des Congrès in Strasbourg on 1
October
.
More... .
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Global
Education Week-14-22 November 2009
Lisbon
Forum 2009
Training
Course for Youth Leaders of the African Diaspora Living in Europe 6
– 12 December 2009 – Almada, Lisbon, Portugal 
World
Aware Education Award - 2009 edition
National seminar on Global/Development Education in Bulgaria
University
on Youth and Development 2009
Outcomes of the first African 
Africa Europe Training Course for youth Organisations 
White
Paper on Intercultural Dialogue in Portuguese
Declaration
of the Chair of the North-South Centre regarding the
request of Cape Verde to join the North-South Centre
Statements
by the Chair of the North-South Centre,
Thorbjørn
Jagland elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe
