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 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 […]
After Rio+20 and Beyond 2015: Advancing the Campaign for a Global Citizens Movement
Uchita de Zoysa: author, strategist and frontline leader in mobilizing civil society and stakeholder alliances for shaping the global sustainability movement – is Global Coordinator of The Widening Circle campaign for a Global Citizens Movement, Chairman of Global Sustainability Solutions, Executive Director of Centre for Environment and Development, and the initiator of the Peoples Sustainability […]
A Tale of Two UN Processes: The Global Sustainability Panel and Rio+20
Georgios Kostakos is currently an independent consultant specializing in global sustainability, governance and the United Nations system. From September 2010 to July 2012 he served on the Secretariat of the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP), as Senior Adviser and Acting Deputy Executive Secretary. More information on and opinions by Dr. Kostakos can […]
A Cooperação Internacional na Universidade Nacional de Timor-Leste: contribuições para a melhoria da educação e desenvolvimento timorense
Valdir Lamim-Guedes Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro e-mail: dirguedes@yahoo.com.br Carlos Junior Gontijo-Rosa Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, Departamento de Letras Clássicas e Vernáculas. e-mail: carlosgontijo@gmail.com Disponível para cegos [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/63055385″] Resumo: Desde sua independência, em 2002, Timor-Leste busca […]
Cooperação e Educação Internacional: algumas lições da aprendizagem com o Sul
Júlio Gonçalves dos Santos Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo. Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto e-mail: jgsantos@ese.ipvc.pt Rui da Silva Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo. Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto e-mail: rdasilva@ese.ipvc.pt Rosa Silva Escola Superior […]
African Centre for Community and Development in Cameroon
Arrey Mbongaya Ivo Founder and Director of African Centre for Community and Development. e-mail: ivoemmanuelarrey@yahoo.com web: www.africancentreforcommunity.com Abstract: This article explores my key areas of work as the Director of African Centre for Community and Development which is involved in diverse humanitarian and development devices towards poverty alleviation, education, sustainability and the empowerment […]
El rol de los estados frente a las multinacionales: Argentina y el caso Benetton
Carlos Benítez Trinidad Mestre en Estudios Iberoamericanos por la Universidad de Sevilla (España) e-mail: carlos.bt.86@gmail.com Resumen: El presente trabajo pretende explorar el papel de los estados y su soberanía frente a una economía subordinada al capitalismo globalizado teniendo como una de sus consecuencias la falta de defensa de los pueblos indígenas frente a los […]
