North-South Centre - European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity

n°55 | Fall 2007

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 North-South Centre & the Global Education Week network

2.Other GE news

3.Useful links

4.Useful resources

5.Message in a bottle

. Greetings from the Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) Institute for Gender, Governance & Leadership! We are pleased to invite you to the 8th training on "Making Governance Gender Responsive (MGGR)", which will be held on November 12-19, 2007 in Manila, Philippines.

. DEEEP is seeking professionals to fill the post of Advocacy Officer. Deadline for submission: 10 October 2007. For more information, please refer to DEEEP Advocacy Officer

6.Events

. Information, Communication and IT, Co-financing of awareness raising actions for television on developing country issues : Awareness raising in the field of Development. Audiovisual Projects for Television - Deadlines for submission: October 4th, 2007
Documents: Guidelines. Application form Budget. Editorial charter. Contract model. General conditions.More Information on DG Development and Relations with ACP States and EC Development Policies
Contact: European Commission.  Jacques Goedertier - DG Development and relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States” - Unit DEV/A/4 “Information, Communication and IT”

. ECAS (European Citizen Action Service) is organising a conference on "New external financial instruments - new opportunities for civil society in the EU neighbourhood" on 10th October 2007 between 14.00 and 18.00 at Madariaga European Foundation, 87 rue Royale, in Brussels gathering civil society organisations (CSOs) from the EU and neighbouring countries, donors active in the region as well as the EU institutions officials.

. Civil Society perspectives on financing the international development goals - Global Policy Forum
Bonn, Germany, 15-16 October 2007. Co-hosted by Global Policy Forum Europe, terre des hommes and Social Watch.

. International network for economic, social and cultural rights, ESCR-net -international strategy meeting on economic, social and cultural rights and escr-net general assembly

. European Youth Centre Budapest - Call for applications Training course on HRE for Children Budapest, 10-18 November 2007

. Human Rights Education Associates : call for applications for HREAdistance learning courses, February - June 2008

7.Special Sustainable Development

8.Campaigns