n°54 | August 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 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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1.News from North-South Centre & the Global Education Week network

. Global Education Week webpage & Global Education Week network

. News from the North-South Centre

. North-South Centre in brief

2.Other GE news

. United Nations General Assembly Debate : Climate Change as a Global Challenge
A two day debate on July 31 and August 1 featured scientists, business leaders and UN officials and member states who discussed national climate change strategies. On September 6 and 7, 2,000 NGOs will discuss climate change and its impacts on human well-being. …read more ...

. Education: Africa, On the Fast Track for Progress

3.Useful links

. OXFAM Cool Planet helps teachers bring global issues into the classroom

. CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation – news

. UNESCO portal : Statistics - Guidelines - Toolkits
UNESCO newsletters

. Portugal 2007 - Presidency of the European Union - website

. European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) - empowering civil society with the European Union : an association about action as much as information, creating balance between public interest and corporate lobbying.

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

. Council of Europe/European Commission Youth training kit T-Kit No. 10 - Educational Evaluation in Youth Work

. Recondita armonia - A reflection on the function of culture in building citizenship capacity (Policy note No.10) (2007)

. The position of aliens in relation to the European Convention on Human Rights (2007)

. Human rights and economic challenges in Europe – Gender equality (2007)

Others

. Development Education and the School Curriculum – DEEEP-Concord
The report of a Development Education Forum survey on the status of development education in the formal education sector and school curriculum in countries of the European Union is online!!!
full report & individual answers by country

. DEEEP Summer School Newsletter is now available on DEEEP website!

. SALTO-YOUTH EuroMed Resource Centre newsletter

. Baobab connections - encouraging youth from across the world to get together on our website and exchange ideas about globalisation and sustainable development.

. Ethical Corporation Institute’s special report on Corporate Responsibility Sector Initiatives

5.Message in a bottle

. The Global Development Network is accepting submissions for the 2007 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition

6.Events

. European Citizen Action Service – ECAS : Debate on European Citizenship - 18 September 2007

. Call for applications - The training course for Trainers “Let's get GloCal – Bringing Global Education to our networks", organised by the North-South Centre, will take place in the framework of 8^th University on Youth and Development to be held from the 30 September to 7 October, 2007 in the CEULAJ, Mollina – Spain. The application form has to be sent before the 20th of August 2007

. Call for applications - Africa-Europe Youth Summit - 4 to 7 December 2007, Lisbon … more

7.Special Sustainable Development

. World Social Forum 2008

. MDGs just a step in the journey to development … more

. Post G8: Global Call to Action against Poverty GCAP Germany does not remain quiet … more

. Global Call for Action against Poverty mobilisation update : GCAP national coalitions are organising a large range of mobilisation activitiesin preparation for 17 October, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty … more

. Call for renewed Global Partnership on MDGs : World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick joined global leaders in supporting a UK-led initiative to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the poorest countries by 2015 … read more...

. On July 16 and 17, a round table meeting of Ministers of Social Development from 19 countries took place in Paris during the 8th session of the Intergovernmental Council of the UNESCO programme on Management of Social Transformations MOST .
During two days, Ministers from Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Malaysia, Montenegro, Morocco, Pakistan, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, Syria, Uganda and Venezuela took the floor to share their experiences of how linkages can be created between social science research and policy development in order to strengthen the capacity of governments to act effectively for the welfare of their citizens and social development in their countries … more

. South-South cooperation can change prevailing perceptions - interview with Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, IPS

. European Union promoting democratic globalisation - interview with Enrique Barón Crespo of the European Parliament - IPS

8.Campaigns

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.
. Dosta! Go beyond prejudice, discover the Roma!
. Stop Domestic Violence
. Human being - not for sale