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GEO/ICAE
1. - IALLA III 2007
3.- Educators Giovanni Pampanini and
Melita Cristaldi visit ICAE
Only 1 week left to apply for ICAE Academy of Lifelong Learning Advocacy (deadline: June 30, 2007). Please note that there are scholarships for applicants from the south.
(French bellow - Francais cidessous)
The
International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) is pleased to announce its
third edition of the Academy of Lifelong Learning Advocacy that will be held
in Montevideo, Uruguay, from September 24 to October 12, 2007.
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Le Conseil International d'Éducation des Adultes a le plaisir d'annoncer la troisième édition de son cours de formation en défense des droits pour l'apprentissage tout au long de la vie (ICAE Academy of Lifelong Learning Advocacy - IALLA), qui aura lieu à Montevideo, Uruguay, du 24 septembre au 12 octobre, 2007.
La date limite pour se présenter est le 30 juin 2007. Veuillez envoyer les renseignements à: icaeialla@gmail.com
Merci d'en
donner la plus ample diffusion. 2.- FROM SIMPLE CURIOSITY TO A LEARNING EXPERIENCE
By nature, nobody likes to write. But when you have something to share with your peers, writing becomes very pleasant. And even more when you have experiences, whether positive or negative, to share with your friends, colleagues, etc.
In fact, like the rest of the people, I don’t like to write. But as I have something in the bottom of my heart, please let me share it with you. Do you know what I am going to talk about? I think you don’t! You don’t even dream of what I am going to say. But I will be brief: I will tell you how I participated in the last ICAE World Assembly held in Nairobi, in January of this year.
Now, before starting, I would like to know if any of you know me. Aaa! You are very silent. So I am sure that many of you don’t know me. It’s true. Few people know me. IALLA friends are part of the few people that know me. But if you don’t know me, don’t be sad. You will soon know me. I will introduce myself in detail. Just pay attention!
So, here we go! My name is Valerio Ussene. I come from a place down in Africa, There, in Southern Africa there is a very big country and a very beautiful one as well, called Mozambique, caressed by the waters of the Indian Ocean and with beautiful bathing beaches. Yes, it’s true, I come from there. With 32 years, I attended IALLA I (ICAE Academy of Lifelong Learning Advocacy) in 2004, in Norway, at a Folk High School in Darbu. What a beautiful name: Darbu!. It’s even a pleasure to pronounce it. But as I have little time, I must move on with the story. I hope this introduction has been enough. I think by now everybody knows who I am, don’t you? Yes, you do. So let’s go to the point. Listen carefully as I am going to start with the story.
Now, I told you that I was going to talk about ICAE World Assembly. But what really happened to inspire such an interesting story, during the big and fruitful ICAE Assembly?
The thing is that in order to arrive in Nairobi in January this year, I travelled during 5 days from Nampula, where I lived up to that moment (the third biggest city in Mozambique), towards Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.
You can’t imagine, I had to spend 4 nights on the way. I departed from the city of Nampula on January 10 towards the village of Mocimboa da Praia (still in Mozambique, having travelled already 800 km). On Jan 11 I carried on towards the border village of Mutuara, in the Republic of Tanzania, where I spent the night and on the next day I left for Dar-es-Salaam, capital of Tanzania, after travelling more than 600 km. In Dar-es-Salaam I was cheated and lost around 30000 tanzanian shillings (which is equivalent to around 25-30 USD) when I had to buy the ticket to Nairobi. This inconvenience forced me to travel to the third biggest city in Tanzania, Arusha, and then make the connection to Nairobi. Unfortunately I was not able to arrive in Nairobi on January 13. I had to spent the night there. It was not until Jan 14 at 12 hs. that I finally arrived in Nairobi. In brief, it took 10 days to go from Nampula to Nairobi and viceversa, what the english call “round trip”. Meanwhile, despite so many inconveniences, and exhaustion caused by the trip, I learnt lots of lessons.
a) First, to advocate for literacy as a Basic strategy for the promotion of equitable human development is a great adventure. Because, in the same way I ignored the Nampula-Tanzania-Nairobi route, the role of literacy for a more just and equitable human development is little recognized and understood by many people: whether they are from government, or civil society. That’s why we still have little support and consequently a high risk of being brutally cheated. That’s why if this happens to any of us, we have to be strong. We cannot be feel discouraged and draw back. I was cheated in Dar-es-Salaam but I did not draw back. I searched for a safer way, with less chances of being cheated again. It took more days for me to arrive to destination, but I made it and I felt happy. I felt happy because I managed to accomplish my objective: Arrive in Nairobi and have an active participation at the different conferences. So we have to be strong and firm in our advocacy actions for adult education, and in our belief that “another world without illiterates is possible”.
b) I had to stop many times for the night on my way to destination. Likewise, we, adult education advocators, sometimes need to stop. But this does not mean giving up, it means stop to reflect on our actions and the difficulties faced, so as to draw new strategies to achieve our objectives with efficiency and effectiveness. These are pauses for thought, like the ones we had in Nairobi either at ICAE World Assembly or at PAALAE Assembly and at World Social Forum. They are very important because they are reinvigorating, rejuvenating and encouraging.
More lessons can be learnt from this long trip I took: which lessons can you learn from this interesting story?
By Adelaida Entenza ICAE
On occasion of the recent visit to our offices of italian educators Giovanni Pampanini and Melita Cristaldi, we are sharing with you a brief summary of the activities developed during their stay in Montevideo.
Both educators came to our region to participate in the II National Congress and the I Latin American Meeting of Comparative Studies in Education that was held in Buenos Aires from June 14-16, 2007, with the purpose of creating a space for debate and reflection on the present challenges faced by education systems in Latin America, in terms of quality and inclusion.
The main purpose of their visit to Montevideo was to exchange information on future activities of ICAE and of the Mediterranean Society of Comparative Education, to analyze the possibilities of working jointly in some of them.
In this sense, Dr. Pampanini (President of the Mediterranean Society of Compared Education and Vice President of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies - WCCES), informed us about the organization of the XIII World Congress that will be held in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3-7 September 2007. It will be hosted by the Mediterranean Society of Comparative Education (MESCE), and organised under the leadership of Adila Kreso of the University of Sarajevo.
On the other side, ICAE shared information about different activities such as the preparatory process of CONFINTEA VI and the third edition of ICAE Academy of Lifelong Learning Advocacy that will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from September 24 to October 12, 2007.
At the same time and considering the interest of both educators in having a close approach to the national education reality, ICAE organized a series of meetings, during their stay, such as:
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PR30/07
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education For refugees to play a more significant role in the UK labour market and increase their chances of integrating more fully into the country, systems are needed to recognise their prior learning, skills, experience and qualifications. Refugees should also have the opportunity to learn occupationally-specific ESOL and employers need access to improved information that will demonstrate the benefits of employing refugee workers. These are interim findings from Progress GB to be presented at the Routes to appropriate employment briefing at the Welfare to Work conference being held in Birmingham today (Thursday 21st June 2007). Progress GB is a Development Partnership which aims to address the barriers to employment for refugees and migrants. Working with 650 beneficiaries through eleven separate projects, other findings include:
Jane Watts, Progress GB Project Manager, said, “Refugees often need extra support in finding work which is appropriate to their previous experience and qualifications. That support needs to take into account all their needs and should be intensive, timely, and provided over months rather than weeks. This provision should be ‘integrated’ – in other words, offered through a network of providers through the use of 'expert signposters' as developed by Progress GB partners. Refugees need individual face-to-face support which can be supported through web-based information. Some refugees need considerably more time in the IAG process, which should include full skills audits and advice on recognition of previous skills, experience and qualifications.” She continued, “Many of the current recognition systems mean little to employers; Progress GB has developed models for recognition through work experience which are proving successful in helping refugees progress into the labour market. It would be excellent if guidance, learning and employment providers would take the opportunity of this Refugee Week to review their systems to ensure that they are able to take advantage of the considerable skills and strengths which refugees have to offer the UK and its labour market.” Ends For further information please contact: Ed Melia,
NIACE Press Officer
PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has launched a stinging attack on women who commit abortions, calling them killers.
Speaking at the climax of the 16th celebrations to mark the Day of the African Child here yesterday, the president said it was a punishable crime to smother a life after generating it and that those who do not want children should prevent pregnancies.
The president said although some women think they have a personal right to abort, this amounts to cruelty to a child that is yet to be born. He said the only abortion case that would be tolerated would be one in which the pregnancy was a result of proven rape.
The president reiterated his call on society generally to ensure that all children get adequate education. He railed at school pregnancies saying all men who put students in the family way should be apprehended and prosecuted.
He said men who exploit schoolgirls sexually commit a felony whose legal punishment is 30 years in jail as it amounts to rape. He said this too was arrant cruelty meted out on hapless children. The president said the state would not take pity on these men.
Mr Kikwete outlined the third form of cruelty to children as denial by adults to accord them the right to play. He said municipal council officials who parcel out school playgrounds and offer them to land developers deny children the right to play.
"This too is a form of cruelty," the president said. He said out of an estimated current population of 38 million Tanzanians, children account for 51 per cent. He said Tanzania has 9,833,919 boys and 9,758,003 girls.
Speaking at the ceremony, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Tanzania , Mr Heimo Laakkonen, said child survival in Tanzania improved rapidly between the year 2000 and 2004. He said mortality among under-five year olds is steady at around 140 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Another survey carried out in 2004/05 showed a statistically significant 24 per cent drop in child mortality to 112 per 1,000 live births. He, however, said newborn mortality has remained steady. Half of the 1.2 million newborn deaths still occur in Tanzania.
6.- Call for Day of Action and Mobilisation - January 26th 2008
With all
the richness of our plurality and diversity and our alternatives and
proposals, we struggle against neo-liberalism, war, colonialism, racism and
patriarchy which produce violence, exploitation, exclusion, poverty, hunger
and ecological disaster and deprive people of human rights. We commit ourselves to a week of action which will culminate in a Global Day of Mobilisation and Action on January 26 With our diversity which is our strength, we invite all men and women to undertake throughout this week creative actions, activities, events and convergences focusing on the issues and expressed in the ways they choose. ACT TOGETHER FOR ANOTHER WORLD! Visit the website http://www.wsf2008.net/ to sign the call, read a short history on the day of mobilisation and global action and know how to take part in its preparation
First signatures (until June 14th):
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