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27 October

• Argentinean Network de Postgraduate studies in Higher education call for papers for its first journal to be published in 2009
  The Argentina Higher education is expected to publish its first issue around the middle of next year, under the responsibility of the Argentinean Network de Postgraduate studies in Higher education, which will include papers written by the public, after a strict evaluation designed by the publishers. The journal, serialized, periodic and specialized, will be about the topic “Postgraduate Training in Higher education” and will be integrated by one editorial, book reviews and one monographic section.
  UNESCO IESALC Boletín Nro. 175

• Platform of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Educators
  The Platform of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Educators (active since 2004) organized a round table discussion on October 9th, in Nicosia. The event took place in Holiday Inn and there were more than 200 teachers and educators attending from both communities. The topic of the discussion was ‘Towards a school for reconciliation: History that divides and history that unites’.
  EUROCLIO Newsletter October 2008

• 63 anniversary of the creation of the United Nations
  On October 24th this year, the United Nations commemorates the 63rd anniversary of its creation. This organization initiated its functions that same day in 1945 after the entry into force of the Charter of the United Nations, with the firm determination “to preserve future generations from the flagellum of war” and “to strengthen the faith in the fundamental rights of men”.
  UNESCO IESALC Boletín Nro. 175

22 October

• 21st Century Talks: “Lifelong learning for all: how long to get there?”
  “Lifelong learning for all: how long to get there?” is the subject of the next 21st Century Talks, at UNESCO on 29 October (6 to 8 p.m., Room I). Koïchiro Matsuura, the Director-General of UNESCO, will open the session, featuring three noted speakers: Ján Figel, Jacques Attali and Catherine Odora Hoppers. This session of the Talks is held in the context of the First World Forum of Lifelong Learning.

21 October

• UNESCO and Iraqi Ministry of Education launch educational TV channel
  UNESCO and the Education Minister of Iraq yesterday launched the Iraqi Educational TV Channel, IRAQI EDU. The channel is a response to the difficult security conditions in the country that keep many children away from school, and will provide support to students through distance learning.

• Organização da Universidade Federal da Integração Luso-Afro-Brasileira terá participação da UNESCO
  O ministro da Educação, Fernando Haddad, deu posse nessa terça-feira, 14, à Comissão de Implantação da Universidade da Integração Luso-Afro-Brasileira (Unilab), instituição federal que será criada no Ceará para contribuir com o intercâmbio entre o Brasil e os demais Estados-membros da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP), especialmente os africanos. A exemplo da participação da UNESCO no Brasil no grupo que estrutura a Unila, a Organização integra a Comissão anunciada no MEC – o Representante da UNESCO no País, Vincent Defourny, é um de seus 16 membros.

20 October

• Denmark will host UNESCO Conference on “Education for Intercultural Understanding and Dialogue”
  Today’s students, tomorrow’s adults, will have to learn to study together, work together and live together. How can educational programmes, which traditionally have not emphasized the concept of living together, best cultivate the necessary values and skills? This theme will be explored at the Copenhagen Conference: Education for Intercultural Understanding and Dialogue (21 and 22 October, Copenhagen, Denmark).

17 October

• The University Agency of the Francophonie in images
  On the occasion of the 12th Summit of the Francophonie, the University Agency of the Francophonie wanted to illustrate and display its numerous actions carried out jointly with professors, scholars and students. Thanks to its 63 locations all over the world, the AUF safeguards the pursuit of the projects initiated and listens to its partners and 692 member universities.

16 October

• Megacities of tomorrow. Article from UNESCO Review "Planet Science" (Pages 2-7)
  Half of humankind now lives in cities and, to nearly one in ten city-dwellers, a megacity is home. Thirty years ago, there were just three cities with a population of 10 million or more, the definition of a megacity: Mexico City, New York City and Tokyo. Today, a further 17 cities have joined their ranks and others hover just below the threshold.

• CMC working group invites submissions on the National Arts and Disability Strategy
  A discussion paper on developing a National Arts and Disability Strategy was released by Cultural Ministers Council. It is available for download on the CMC website in Word, HTML PDF and MP3 audiovisual formats. A printed brochure version, Auslan interpreted captioned DVD, Braille and large-print versions are also available. Submissions will be open until 3 November 2008. The email address for submissions is arts.disability@environment.gov.au. Other contacts are detailed in the paper.

14 October

• International Conference on the Right to Education in Iraq
  The state of education in Iraq, and the threats facing Iraqi children, students and academics will be the subject of an international conference “Right to Education in Crisis-Affected Countries: Stop jeopardizing the future of Iraq,” at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 30 October to 1 November.

Sustainable Tourism IMPACT Series - IMPACT OF TOURISM ON CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
The IMPACT series examines the impact of tourism on culture and
the environment in heritage sites throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
The publications present concepts, techniques and assessment
methodologies to assist tourism planners and site managers in
working with local residents and other stakeholders to achieve sustainable tourism. Two new publications study lessons learned from projects that have been undertaken in Luang Namtha, Lao
PDR, and Ifugao, Philippines.

• IMPACT: Alleviating Poverty and
  Protecting Cultural and Natural Heritage
  through Community-Based Ecotourism
  in Luang Namtha, Lao PDR
• IMPACT: Sustainable Tourism and the
  Preservation of the World Heritage Site
  of the Ifugao Rice Terraces, Philippines

10 October

• UN Yearbook goes online, bringing the Organization’s work closer to the public
  The Yearbook of the United Nations, the basic reference book on the work of the Organization, went online today, placing 60 years of UN activities at the disposal of the public. The new website – unyearbook.un.org – provides free public access to the 59 volumes and over 60,000 pages of the Yearbook collection, detailing the work and achievements of the UN system over the first six decades of its existence, from 1946 through 2005.

7 October

• The 2008 Zaragoza Charter
  The 2008 Zaragoza International Exhibition was the first ever to exclusively deal with “Water and Sustainable Development”. The 2008 Expo was a great international event held on the banks of the River Ebro in which 104 countries, three international organisations, and all of Spain’s autonomous communities and cities took part. Following the guidelines set by the International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE), the Exhibition at all stages tied in with the work of the United Nations on water.
  ExpoZaragoza 2008. Water Tribune

3 October

• Institute for Citizenship & Globalisation (ICG) at Deakin University
  The Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ICG) is a key Research Institute at Deakin University, with a history of ten years of research collaboration. The ICG is based on wide networks of research affiliations and operates at the cutting edge of international research. The ICG comprises of 46 researchers; 10 Professors, 9 Associate Professors, and 27 Senior Lecturers and Lectures. Sustainability and succession are ensured through systematic mentoring of mid career research staff and ECRs in collaborative hybrid research programs.
  Deakin University. ICG

6 October

• World Habitat Day - 6 October 2008
  The theme of this year’s World Habitat Day is “harmonious cities”. Our rapidly urbanizing world cannot claim to be harmonious if slum-dwellers do not enjoy opportunities to find jobs and improve their living conditions. Nor will it be harmonious if the growth and expansion of urban areas comes at the expense of the natural environment.
  UN-HABITAT. Events

30 September

• World Teachers’ Day 2008: 18 million more teachers needed
  Low salaries, overcrowded classrooms, low job security, inadequate training – World Teachers’ Day, celebrated annually on 5 October, is the occasion to pay tribute to a profession whose role in the education of young people and adults remains essential. The emphasis this year is on developing teacher policies, the only foundation for ensuring sustainable and high-quality recruitment.
  UNESCO. Press Release N°2008-88. UNESCOPRESS

29 September

• Rwanda tourism students to benefit from MOU
  The Rwanda Tourism University College reportedly signed a Memorandum of Understanding last week with the Mount Kenya University, permitting students from both institutions course credit transfer and study opportunities in specialized courses, not available at one campus but taught at the other. Sadly, the integration of Uganda’s national Hotel and Tourism Training Institute ‘HTTI’ into the new public Busitema University has been delayed due to budgetary constraints, denying Ugandan institutions and students similar opportunities at this stage.
  Global Travel Industry News

26 September

• Brazil announces the expansion of federal universities
  This information took place in a meeting attended by President Lula, the Ministers of Education, Fernando Haddad of Science and Technology, Sergio Rezende de Planning, Bernardine Paulo and Civil Housing, Dilma Rouseff, representatives of the National Congress and directors of the 59 federal universities besides Lúcia Stumpf, president of the National union of Students (UNE)…
  IESALC Informa. Newsletter No. 171

• Culture and Marine Education in Colombia
  Considering that Colombia is a country with 3,100 kilometers of coasts, with access to both the largest oceans of the world and where the marine areas occupy 48% of the national territory, the Colombian Commission of the Ocean - CCO, inter-sectoral consulting office, advising, planning and coordination of the National Government in National Policy of the Ocean and Coastal areas PNOEC and their different connected, strategic, scientific, technological, economic and environmental subjects related to the sustainable development of the Colombian seas and its resources, found a gap regarding the knowledge and relation of Colombians with their marine areas and saw the necessity to generate a national marine awareness…
  IESALC Informa. Newsletter No. 171

Un géographe français en Amérique Latine, quarante ans de souvenirs et de réflexions
Auteur: Claude Bataillon (France)
Editions de l’IHEAL, Travaux et mémoires N° 79, 2008, 249 p.
Pourquoi le Mexique a-t-il représenté durant près d'un siècle un modèle pour le " développement " ? Comment expliquer que les populations et les territoires de ce pays aient été mis en scène avant tout par des anthropologues ? Dans quelle mesure, en France, les géographes ont-ils été les principaux organisateurs de la recherche sur l'Amérique latine depuis le milieu du XXe siècle ? Comment, dans le Nouveau Monde, les sciences sociales s'agencent-elles entre elles autrement qu'en Europe ?