Council of Europe

Nº 62 | October 2008

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

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Dear friends,

This GE newsletter issue focuses on poverty eradication as it being the ultimate goal for the MDGs and also because October is the month for the Stand-Up event against poverty, among many other campaigns and events, whilst MDGs results where assessed and debated during the UN high level meeting held late September.
All about this in §2 and more about MDGs in §7. Check also for related useful links (§3) and resources (§4) as well as interesting offers (§5) and events and conferences (§6)

Enjoy the 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

. News from the North-South Centre


. Special file : Council of Europe intercultural and interreligious dialogue policy

2. Other GE news

Special Poverty eradiction actions

. October 17-19, 2008 Stand Up & Take Action
Against Poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals … more

. Make Poverty History is part of The Global Call to Action against Poverty, a worldwide alliance committed to making world leaders live up to their promises and to end global poverty.
Check World web sites : United Kingdom ; United States ; France ; Australia ; Germany ; Spain ; Japan ; Other Countries

. Every Human Has Rights campaign
Campaign news ; Campaign stories ; Campaign themes ; Human rights map

. European Anti-Poverty Network: Fighting for a Social Europe Free of Poverty!
In perspective of 2010 EU Year against poverty and social exclusion, EAPN puts forward concrete proposals in order to ensure a lasting legacy capable of delivering a decent life for all  … more

. Millennium Development Goals – end poverty 2015, make it happen! High-level Event, UN Headquarters, New York, 25 September 2008
- Poverty Hearings Press conference

. Portugal : aproxima-se mais um Dia Internacional para a Erradicação da Pobreza, 17 de Outubro.
Para assinalar a importância deste dia, a Campanha Global pela Educação (CGE) junta-se à iniciativa "Levanta-te e Actua Contra a Pobreza", dias 17, 18 e 19 de Outubro, promovida pelo Desafio Miqueias, Pobreza Zero, Oikos e Objectivo 2015 
Agradecemos a divulgação desta iniciativa. Porque quanto mais formos, mais seremos ouvidos!
Pela Coligação Portuguesa para a CGE,
Margarida Alvim - Coordenadora Nacional da  CGE

3. Useful links

. Better Aid website

. New Youth website on line!
Please get acquainted with Council of Europe Directorate of Youth and Sport new website!

. Europocket TV - Daily news for young people on the European Union

. UNESCO portal : Statistics - Guidelines - Toolkits

. UNESCO – Social & Human sciences

UNESCO newsletters

. Presidency of the European Union - France 2008

4. Useful resources

Council of Europe

. The Council of Europe has developed several tools aimed at helping practitioners to promote citizenship, human rights and intercultural learning.  …more

. Eggs in a Pan - Youth work : Speeches, Writings and Reflections by Peter Lauritzen (2008)

. Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities - Collected Texts (5th edition) (2008)

. Raising young refugees' voices in Europe and beyond (2008)

. Eradicating violence against children (2008)

. European heritage - Sustainable development strategies in South-East Europe (2008)

Others

Global Monitoring Report on Education for All, 2008

.The UNESCO courrier

. CIVICUS and MDGs Campaigning Toolkit for Civil Society Organisations engaged in the Millenium Development Goals

CIVICUS' Civil Society Index (CSI)

. The Millennium Development Goals : 2008 report

. Human Rights Training for Adults: What Twenty-Six Evaluation Studies Say About Design, Implementation and Follow-Up Katharine Teleki, 2007 (Issue no. 1)

. Learning to live together. Design, monitoring and evaluation of education for life skills, citizenship, peace and human rights

. Non-Formal Education book : the impact of non formal education on young people and society

5. Message in a bottle

. The Human Rights TV project is now in its second year and provides prime source material for education purposes and policy advancement.

. International Human Rights Exchange Programme at CIVICUS: Some Reflections
By Michael Rubin, CIVICUS Civil Society Watch (CSW) programme intern and student of Political Science at Emory University in the United States

. Freedom of Expression under attack in the global south - Source: Manana Stone, Media & Advocacy Officer, Media Institute of Southern Africa

. Development Classifieds is an initiative of The Communication Initiative which includes listings of development-related jobs, consultants, requests for proposals (RFPs), events, training opportunities, and books, journals, or videos for sale.

6. Events

. 7th European Round Table on Poverty and Social exclusion - "Active inclusion strategy for the people furthest from the labour market" , Marseille 15-16 October 2008

. 7th Global Conference on Human Development, 17-21 November, 2008, Takayama, Japan

. Doha Global Civil Society Forum – UN non-governemental liason service, 27-28 November 2008, Doha, Qatar

. Global Forum For Media Development, 7-10 December 2008, Athens, Greece
For more information, click here and for registration form, click here.

7. Special Sustainable Development

. Consultation for the World Social Forum 2009

. World Social Forum 2008
Call for a Global Day of Mobilisation and Action – 2008
Social Forums around the world
Evaluations and other texts on WSF 2007

. The Millennium Development Goals : 2008 report

. Millennium Development Goals – end poverty 2015, make it happen! High-level Event, UN Headquarters, New York, 25 September 2008

. New Challenges Emerge at Millennium Development Goals’ Half-Way Point …more

. New Data Show 1.4 Billion Live On Less Than US$1.25 A Day, But Progress Against Poverty Remains Strong … more

. Better Aid website

. Aid effectiveness by OECD Development Center … more…

. Social Watch: Poverty Not Decreasing

. Who should control the World Bank? Source: Bretton Woods Project
Developing countries have proposed that future reform should be based on the principle of "parity:" equal voting share for borrower and non-borrower countries.

8. Campaigns

. October 17-19, 2008 Stand Up & Take Action
Against Poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals … more

. Make Poverty History is part of The Global Call to Action against Poverty, a worldwide alliance committed to making world leaders live up to their promises and to end global poverty.
Check World web sites : United Kingdom ; United States ; France ; Australia ; Germany ; Spain ; Japan ; Other Countries

. Every Human Has Rights campaign
Campaign news ; Campaign stories ; Campaign themes ; Human rights map

Council of Europe All Different All Equal Campaign
All Different All Equal Campaign webpage

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

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