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ICAE Virtual Seminar in Preparation for CONFINTEA VI

Welcome to the ICAE Virtual Seminar that will be held from April 21 to May 9 as part of the preparatory process towards CONFINTEA VI.

The general objective of the Virtual Seminar is "to generate an advocacy action around the issues proposed by ICAE and contribute to the definition of advocacy proposals towards CONFINTEA VI"

The specific objectives are:

- To create a participatory space for ICAE members, GEO members and IALLA graduates, UIL and other education actors, and colleagues committed to advocacy for the right to education in the preparatory process towards CONFINTEA VI.

- Encourage the exchange and reflection among all on the advocacy areas defined by ICAE as a priority towards CONFINTEA VI: Literacy, Migration and Adult Education, Poverty Education and Work, Policy, Legislation and Financing for Adult Education with gender analysis in all of them.

The seminar will have 4 thematic modules and will be in 3 languages (English, Spanish and French)

Virtual Seminar Programme

Introduction by Paul Belanger, ICAE President

Theme 1: Literacy                            April 21 -24

Papers by:

- Cecilia Soriano
National Coordinator, ENet Philippines, ASPBAE Policy Team - “Adult Literacy: Notes for Discussions: ICAE Virtual Seminar in Preparation for Confintea VI”.

- Sergio Haddad
ICAE Executive Council, Brazil “Comments”
PORTUGUES

- Comments
(Bilal from Pakistan, Moema from Brazil and Fernanda from Senegal).

- Agneta Lind
“Comments on the Adult literacy Notes for Discussion of ICAE Virtual Seminar”

- Comments
Comments by Marcela Ballara REPEM-ICAE-GEO
Comments by Jack Shaka from Kenya
Comments by Eliane Cavalleiro from Brazil

- Shirley Walters
University of Western Cape, South Africa “Adult Learning within Lifelong Learning: A different lens, a different light”

- Comments
Comments by Vilma Mc Clenan from Jamaica JACAE and CARCAE
Contribution to the Virtual Seminar By Ousmane Diadhiou from Senegal. ANAFA, IALLA III Graduate
Brief response to recent comments by Astrid von Kotze from South Africa
Comments to the issues raised  in the document of Cecilia Soriano. Madame SYLLA NDEYE FEMNET - Sénégal

- Comments on the text: Adult Literacy Notes for Discussion. Timothy Ireland - Brazil

- Imelda Arana
REPEM/GEO, Colombia

- Comments
Contribution by Berni Brady. Director AONTAS - Ireland
Comments by Madam Shaheen Attiq-ur-Rahman from Pakistan
Reading and writing a better world. A response to the Education For All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report 2008, from an Adult Literacy Perspective (including numeracy). By Jan Eldred from NIACE - England
Comments from Aicha Barki - Algeria
Mrs. NDèye Daro FALL. Responsible of the Rights of the Woman sector. Network of Woman and Development ANAFA / DAKAR
Comments by Vilma Mc Clenan from Jamaica JACAE and CARCAE
"Minding Our Language of Discourse on Literacy and Lifelong Education"Dr. H.S. Bhola Professor Emeritus (Indiana University)

MAKING THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTRIES WITH HUGE POPULATION OF ILLITERATES THE HEART OF CONVINTEA VI: A call from Nigeria

RASHID ADERINOYE

National Secretary, Nigerian National Council for Adult Education (NNCAE)

- Inayatullah - President PACADE (Pakistan)

- Malini Ghose  - Nirantar
GENDER. LITERACY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA: SOME ISSUES

Theme 2: Migration and Adult Education         April 25 - 29 


Papers by:

- Heribert Hinzen and Chris Duke
DVV “Adult Education in Migration and Integration”

- Babacar Diop Buuba
Vice President of ICAE for Africa, PAALAE “Africa, Scenario of Human Migration”


- Sofia Valdivielso
"Reflections on migration and the role of lifelong learning"


- Comments
Madam Shaheen Attiq-ur-Rahman from Paquistan, and Ndenyele Wilson Omalenge

- Maria Fernanda Ramos d’Almeida
PAALAE

- Comments
Carmen Colazo GEO - Argentina

- Marcela Ballara
The impact of migration in women that stay and women that leave: ¿myth or reality?
REPEM - GEO/ICAE
MIGRATION THE CASE OF KENYA
Jack Shaka / Nairobi-Kenya

- Comments
Carmen Colazo GEO - Argentina
Moema Viezzer GEO - Brasil

- Comments
Madam Shaheen Attiq-ur-Rahman: Comments to the text ICAE Confintea VI Seminar [17]
Thoughts on migration from Ireland. Berni Brady, Director, AONTAS
Fernanda D´ Almeida: Comments to the text ICAE Confintea VI Seminar [13]

- Comments
H.S. Bhola. Professor Emeritus, Indiana University
Fernanda D´ Almeida: Comments to the text ICAE Confintea VI Seminar [14]

- Fanny Gómez
REPEM/GEO, Colombia, “Migration, Women and Education”

- Comments
Some comments on MIGRATION and ADULT LEARNING Vilma Mc Clenan (JACAE and CARCAE member)
Carmen Colazo: Comments to the text ICAE Confintea VI Seminar [18]

Theme 3: Poverty, Education and Work          April 30 May 5 

Papers by:

- Ana Agostino
Programme Coordinator of ICAE “Poverty, Education and Work: Some introductory thoughts”

- Julia Preece
National University of Lesotho “Education and Poverty”

- Comments
Comments by Eliane Cavalleiro, Geledés - Brazil
Carmen Colazo: comments to the document of Ana Agostino

- Marcela Ballara
GEO/REPEM

- Alejandra Scampini
Women's Rights Regional Coordinator of Actionaid

- Astrid Von Kotze
University of KwaZulu-Natal “Poverty, Work and Education”

- Comentarios
The topic of “Poverty, education and employment” deserves a deep consideration in a context of globalization, mainly in Africa
SYLLA ASTOU NDEYE - FEMNET - Senegal
ADULT EDUCATION AT WORK IN POVERTY REDUCTION
H.S. Bhola Professor Emeritus (Indiana University)


- Graciela Riquelme
GEO-ICAE Argentina “Education and Work”

- Iliana Pereyra Sarti
Latinamerican Taskforce on Education, Gender and Economy, REPEM “The learning-empowerment binomial”

- Comments
Entrepreneurial Women: Attributes and difficulties. Alicia Villanueva - Manuela Ramos. GTL/REPEM Peru

The economic ventures led by women from the popular sectors. The learning and empowerment processes as opportunities to exercise their citizen rights. Paulina González Sánchez - GTL REPEM - Colombia

Multiple forms of slavery: Women working from home: The Case of Santo Tomas, El Salvador Montserrat Arevalo, Coordinator of “Mujeres Transformando”

- Comments
“Strengthening Policy and Programmes for Self-Help Groups (SHGs): Commitment to Gender and Equity”
Subhalakshmi Nandi - NIRANTAR - India
Maria Fernanda RAMOS d'ALMEIDA - PAALAE
JACK SHAKA from NAIROBI - KENYA

 

Theme 4: Policy, legislation and financing for Adult Education       May 6 - 8


Papers by:

- Paul Belanger, Heribert Hinzen and Chris Duke
“Policy, Legislation and Financing for Adult Education”

- Vernor Muñoz
Special UN Rapporteur on the Right to Education In view of education marketization

- David Archer
FINANCING OF ADULT EDUCATION- ActionAid

- Elizabete Ramos
National Campaign for the Right to Education of Brazil - “Reflection on education cost and quality”

- AMADOU ABDOUL SY
FINANCING FOR EDUCATION. ANAFA - Senegal

- Dr. H.S. Bhola

- Carmen Colazo
GEO, Argentina Paper on Legislation and Education


- Jjuuko Robert, IALLA III Graduate
CALLS FOR EXPLICIT LEGISTRATIVE AND FINANCING FRAMEWORKS FOR ADULT EDUCATION ELICIT LUKEWARM AUDIENCE; A JUSTIFICATION FOR DEBATE AND STRATEGY SHIFT?

- Berni Brady
AONTAS From Ireland

- Inayatullah
President PACADE

May 9                                 Conclusions and Closing  

- Imelda Arana Sáenz
Valuing the experiences carried out for a convincing action towards fundamental solutions. REPEM - Colombia

- Babacar Diop Bubba
Exchange synthesis layout during the ICAE’s virtual seminar in preparation for CONFINTEA VI

Instructions to participate

For those of you who are participating in an ICAE Virtual Seminar for the first time, please note that it is very simple:

1. All of you have been suscribed to a special moderated list created for this seminar and called [ICAE Confintea Seminar]. If you are not willing to participate in this virtual exchange you must reply this message or write to: secretariat@icae.org.uy or oficina@icae.org.uy , and your email address will be eliminated from the list.

2. All of you will daily receive the papers and inputs of the seminar directly in your mailboxes. You don’t have to go to a special website.

3. If you wish to send comments or inputs you have to reply to the message received or send a message to: icaeconfinteaseminar@listas.chasque.net

This message will be received by ICAE Secretariat that administrates and moderates the list. Once or twice a day, ICAE Secretariat will compile all the information received in one message and will forward it to all the people subscribed to the list. As it is a moderated list you will not receive thousands of messages in your mailbox.

4. The seminar will last 3 weeks: from April 21 to May 9

5. Documents will also be available in our website: www.icae.org.uy 

6. Should you have any doubt, please do not hesitate to write to the list administrators: secretariat@icae.org.uy  or oficina@icae.org.uy 

We hope to have an active participation from all the regions that will contribute to a rich and fruitful exchange.

María Cecilia Fernández
Director for Programmes
International Council for Adult Education