Launch of Post-2015 Thematic Consultation on Environmental Sustainability
Launch of Post-2015 Thematic Consultation on Environmental Sustainability UNDP and UNEP are pleased to announce the launch of the post-2015 global consultation on environmental sustainability. This is one of a series of national and global (thematic) consultations convened by the United Nations Development Group to help shape the post-2015 development agenda. This is an […]
2nd Multidisciplinary Conference on Educational Research
General Information CIMIE 2013 will be held on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th of July in Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain) The first day will be focus on several areas of educational knowledge. During the second day, some educational topics will be presented. AMIE contributes with CIMIE conferences to promote a research culture based on the scientific […]
Asian Perspectives on Transforming Societies through Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
ELLTA 2012 Call for papers _______________________________________________________________ Asian Perspectives On Transforming Societies through Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship December 11-13, 2012 Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia Venue: Hotel Meritus Pelangi Beach Resort & Spa Langkawi, Malaysia _________________________________________________________________ ELLTA, which stands for Exploring Leadership and Learning Theories in Asia, invites contributions to highlight Asian perspectives on Creativity, Innovation and […]
Global Issues of Poverty
Global Education Magazine logo meaning from Global Education Magazine Poverty is a very relative term and can be rather difficult to define due to the great number of factors that influence it. It is not solely determined by the personal position held by an individual. It is a concept that also influences important policies and social services made […]
Marcando Territorio – Interviews – ACNUR 2011(English subtitles)
En un barrio de Buenaventura, en el Pacífico colombiano un grupo de jóvenes afrodescendientes, mejor conocido como “Marcando territorio” quiere demostrar que la música no solo te ayuda a sentir sino que te ayuda a aprender y a entender mejor la realidad. A través de la canción los jóvenes cuentan su realidad, una realidad basada […]
Global Education Week 2012
Global Education Week 2012 “MOVING TOWARDS ONE WORLD ! ” The European Global Education Week is an annual awareness raising event encouraging global education practices in the member States of the Council of Europe and beyond. Global Education (which encompasses development education, human rights education, intercultural education, peace education and conflict resolution) works on […]
Pathfinder Project: New Ways To Access English for Blind Students in Argentina
Francisco Ramón Barbarán Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina e-mail: frbarbaran@yahoo.com.ar web: www.conicet.gov.ar Guadalupe Eulalia Giroto Requejo Instituto Salteño de Intercambio Cultural Argentino-Norteamericano e-mail: guada_greq@hotmail.com web: www.isicana.org.ar Abstract: The aim of Project Pathfinder, to be implemented in ISICANA (Salteño Institute of Argentinean-North American Cultural Interchange) is to design an english […]
The Hand is the Organ of the Mind of Matter
by Wendy Agnew wagnew@rocketmail.com Available for blinds [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/63383587″] Montessori’s famous words, ‘the hand is the organ of the mind’ seemed to resonate large at Magnificent Hill, a teaching and learning farm in Haliburton Ontario. Every autumn, we take our junior high class on a nature odyssey and, for the second time, we found ourselves […]
The World We Want – Seizing Opportunities
By Cliona Doyle Coordinator of the Dóchas EU Presidency Project. Cliona@dochas.ie The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty provides a much needed opportunity for reflection amongst the global community involved in the fight against poverty. We must not let such opportunities pass, without assessing the success of the relevant battles thus far and addressing […]
Inter-American Center for Peace and Security (ICPS)
Viktor Sebek served as the Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea (ACOPS), set up by former British Prime Minister Lord Callaghan in 1952. He developed and coordinated policy aspects of global environmental projects in sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia, Central and South America and the Russian Federation. He also acted […]
