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30 November

• Trailblazing - Royal Society: Past, Present and Future
  The gruesome account of an early blood transfusion in 1666, Isaac Newton’s landmark paper on light and colour, Watson and Crick’s description of the evidence for the structure of DNA, and Stephen Hawking’s early writing on black holes in space are just some of the highlights of a new interactive timeline launched today (Monday 30 November) to celebrate the 350th anniversary year of the Royal Society. Trailblazing will offer unprecedented public access to the most influential, inspiring and intriguing papers published by the Royal Society over the last 350 years including the world-famous Philosophical Transactions (Phil. Trans.), the oldest continuously published scientific journal in the world.
  More information: http://royalsociety.org/Royal-Society-Past-Present-Future/

25 November

• What's new in adult education?
  How do different countries guarantee the right of adults to education? How best to promote adult learning and education worldwide? Which strategies have the best prospects of succeeding? What are the different funding and incentive mechanisms? These are some of the questions to be discussed at the Sixth International Conference of Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) in Belem (Brazil), from 1 to 4 December.
  More information: http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46945&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

23 November

• Number of researchers in developing countries is rising, according to UNESCO study, but women researchers still a minority
  The number of researchers, on the rise world-wide, jumped by 56% in developing countries between 2002 and 2007, according to a new study published by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). In comparison, their number increased by only 8.6% in developed countries during the same period. In five years, the number of researchers in the world rose significantly, from 5.8 to 7.1 million. The greatest gain was made in developing countries: 2.7 million researchers were counted in 2007, versus 1.8 million five years earlier. These countries increased their global share of researchers from 30.3% in 2002 to 38.4%.
  More information: http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46924&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

• Have your say on EU financial rules
  As part of its second revision of the financial rules for EU-funded programmes, the European Commission today launched a public consultation inviting beneficiaries and managers of public funds to send in their views on how to make the rules for grants and contracts more effective for everyone. The open consultation is an opportunity for all interested parties to share their practical experience so the Commission can, among other things, improve access to grants and simplify its own handling of financial files. This is especially important as the EU begins to prepare the ground for a new generation of programmes in 2014.
  More information: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1542
  &format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr

• Call for Candidatures for a European Diploma in Cultural Project Management
  The European Diploma in Cultural Project Management is a pan-European training
  programme organized and managed by the Hicter Foundation. It arises from the
  will to foster cultural diversity as well as trans-regional and transnational
  European cultural exchanges. Its aims are as follows:
  • To strengthen the knowledge of cultural managers about European, national and
    regional cultural policies;
  • To improve management skills to run cultural co-operation projects;
  • To facilitate the development of an active network of European cultural
    managers.

  More information in French: http://www.adcei.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=435&Itemid=66

16 November

• World conference on Higher Education
  The works of the Conference took place in accordance with the decision taken by the General Conference of UNESCO in October 2007. It gathered over a thousand participants including sixty Ministers from different regions of the world. Valérie Pécresse, French Minister of Higher Education and Research took part during the debates in which several French policy-makers and experts participated. Suzy Halimi, President of the Education Committee of the French national Commission for UNESCO, was appointed as general Rapporteur. Several topics were present in the plenary sessions and the workshops, ranging from the impact of globalisation, the social responsibility of higher education, the questions of access and quality, the importance of training and the role of research. The concept of public property was also the focus of concerns.
  More information in French: http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/pdf/lettre_d_info_no_31-_27-10_.pdf

13 November

• Dans la peau d'un Papou Website
  Dans la peau d'un Papou is the website dedicated to the children of Survival France, organization dedicated to the accomplishment of campaigns to warn the public opinion on the dramatic conditions in which the majority of the native people live in the world. Dans la peau d'un Papou allows children to discover the 350 million people grouped under the name of “indigenous peoples” or “native peoples”. The website is formed by 10 sections:
  • Who? Very complete presentation of 22 peoples like the Hopis, the Tuaregs, the Papus…
  • Blog: Reports, pictures, news of the Survival association, living museum.
  • Lexicon: all specialized terms are explained in a simple way. In order not to confuse a clan, a tribe and an ethnic group, or simply to know the meaning of the word “native”
  • Media library: books, music, films, useful addresses classified by geographic areas.
  • Photo library: the same classification principle than the Media library, but with a series of printable photographs.
  • Agenda: news related to the promotion of native cultures in France.
  • We the world: link to the website of the same name. We discover the daily life of three children who belong to native peoples, through their imaginary letters. Magnificent graphics.
  • Schools: for parents and teachers, complete information on the Web, teaching resources and the discovery of schools different from the others.
  • Links: treasures of specialized links.

  Mailbox: to send an electronic message to the managers of the website. Dans la peau d'un Papou is aimed at children of 8 to 12 years. But younger and older will discover the everyday life and difficulties of native peoples who are victims of racism, persecutions and the sacking of their natural resources.
  More information in French: http://www.cursus.edu/?module=directory&action=getMod&subMod=PROD&uid=13257

12 November

• Symposium on Water and Cultural Diversity held in Kyoto, Japan
  The International Symposium "Water, Cultural Diversity and Global Environmental Change: Emerging Trends, Sustainable Futures?" was held 1 – 3 October in Kyoto, Japan. The Symposium was held as an activity of the UNESCO-IHP Project on Water and Cultural Diversity, and hosted by the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature and co-organized by UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative. The objective of the symposium—which was part of a series of activities that have been implemented on the topic—was to encourage global recognition of, and respect for, cultural diversity in water resources management, in order to facilitate collaborative actions for sustainability of water and cultures...
  More information: http://www.unesco.org/water/news/newsletter/222.shtml#news_6

• Inauguration of the Francophone virtual Campus (CNF) of the AUF in Chisinau (Moldova)
  28 October, 2009: 43rd Francophone digital Campus of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie was officially inaugurated in Chisinau on 21 October, 2009. As a result of the renovation works, the old Centre of access to Information opened its doors as Francophone virtual Campus. Mr. Georges Malamoud, Director of the programme “Appropriation of IT” from AUF, and Mr. Petru Todos, Vice-Rector of the Technical University of Moldova, inaugurated the CNF of Chisinau in the presence of Mr. Leonid Bujor, Minister of Education, of member universities of the AUF in Moldova and representatives of the diplomatic community among which the Ambassador of France, H.E. Mr. Pierre Andrieu, the Consulates of Poland and the Netherlands, Mrs Aleksandra Czapiewska and Mr. Robert de Groof and of the business community, Mr. Jean-François Myard, Director of MobiasBanca Group Société Générale, as well as friends of Francophonie.
  More information in French: http://www.auf.org/regions/europe-centrale-orientale/actualites/inauguration-du-cnf-de-chisinau.html?var=lettre53%22

• Inauguration of the Francophone virtual campus of Oran (Algeria)
  The official opening of the Francophone Virtual Campus of Oran took place last Wednesday 28 October 2009 in the framework of a great ceremony to which several personalities had been invited. The ceremonytook place in the presence of the President of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie, Mr. Yvon Fontaine, of Mr. Abderrahmane Lellou, Vice- Rector for programmes of the AUF, Mr. Bernard Leduc, the Director of the AUF Office for Western Europe and Maghreb and the Director of the University of Oran.
  More information in French: http://www.auf.org/communication-information/actualites/inauguration-du-campus-numerique-francophone-d-oran.html?var=lettre53%22

• Permanent Commission of Afro-Argentinean Studies
  Coordinator: Norberto Pablo Cirio
  Created in July 2009, this Commission aims at developing research works on black slaves in what is today Argentina and their descendants. The reason lies in the need of many partners from Misibamba to know the Afro-Argentinean history and culture, as well as to channel enthusiasm and knowledge of friends, colleagues, institutions and students of courses which we implement in this domain. The Commission works through study teams coordinated by the above-mentioned coordinator. Every team works on a topic, which is developed within a timeframe. Upon concluding, the team must prepare a report that, together with all the materials produced, will be integrated then in the Institution Library. In this first stage, the Commission will work on the past Afro- Argentinean context for which four research teams will be set up. Also, two support teams are created to cover different tasks related to the research work.
  More information in Spanish: http://www.misibamba.org
  http://estudiosafroargentinos.blogspot.com
  http://ar.groups.yahoo.com/group/Esplendor_afroargentino/
  http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombe
  http://www.youtube.com/user/initionu07#p/a/u/0/JZHNjfAipNk

9 November

• Call for collaboration - Heritage, imaginary legal intercultural and communication strategies in Francophonie. Deadline: 30 January, 2010
  Promoters:
  • Gabriel Mardare, PhD in Humanities, author of several studies regarding intercultural communication, tenured professor (Faculty of Letters, department of Communication Sciences)
  • Ion Tutuianu, PhD in Law and graduate in Theology, specialist in commercial law, community and canonical law, responsible for the course (Faculty of Economic Sciences)
  • Florinela Floria, PhD student, author of several studies and papers regarding the representations of minorities in the Rumanian area, associate professor (Faculty of Letters, department of Communication Sciences).

  More information in French: http://www.auf.org/regions/europe-centrale-orientale/appels-d-offres/appel-a-collaboration-patrimoine-imaginaire-juridique-interculturel-et-strategies-de-communication-en-francophonie.html

• Establishment of the 2010-2014 partnership to support French-speaking studies and university specializations in Asia-Pacific
  The Asia-Pacific Office of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie proposes the renovation of the support partnership to French-speaking studies and university specializations for the period 2010-2014. The French-speaking studies and university specializations are courses in which education is delivered, total or partially, in French. These studies are developed in the universities of Asia and the Pacific members of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie.
  More information in French: http://www.auf.org/communication-information/appels-offres/constitution-du-consortium-2010-2014-d-appui-aux-formations-et-filieres-universitaires-francophones-en-asie-pacifique.html

• Hundreds of course hours taught by the Collège de France by means of Dailymotion
  900 hours of courses, seminars, conferences and colloquiums distributed by the greatest professors of the Collège de France are already available on line free of charge by means of the French platform to share videos Dailymotion. The Collège de France is part of the great multidisciplinary institutions of higher education. It teaches courses in different scientific and literary disciplines. Their missions are, among others, to participate in the promotion of the dissemination of knowledge at a national and international level, and to contribute to the dissemination of France in the fields of research and culture…
  More information in French: http://www.auf.org/communication-information/actualites/des-centaines-d-heures-de-cours-dispensees-par-le-college-de-france-via-dailymotion.html

6 November

• Can higher education survive without the state?
  Traditionally, the state has enjoyed a near monopoly on policy, planning and provision of higher education. Even when institutions have had academic autonomy, they have been dependent on public authorities for resources. The situation has now changed. Today, the private sector is expanding significantly. The fi scal crisis of the 1980s changed the state’s perception of market-friendly reforms. It could no longer extend funding support to meet the demands of expanding employment needs and introduced reform measures to expand higher education. Important among these were privatization of public institutions and promotion of private ones. Cross-border higher education institutions were expanded. These changes in context and reform measures have redefined the role of the state in higher education. The state is no longer the sole provider of higher education; and even as a major provider, it is not the dominant source of financing.
  More information: http://www.iiep.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/
  Info_Services_Newsletter/pdf/eng/2009/2009-3En.pdf#page=8

Water Education for Sustainable Development
The DESD provides a new and forward-looking framework for cooperation on water education across different sectors. UNESCO and its external partners are working to strengthen learning at all levels, from young children to decision makers. This holistic approach makes the DESD key for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and also contributes to the objectives of the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” (2005-2015).
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001853/185302e.pdf