Mesa de abertura do 4º Encontro Internacional da SBEC

Profa. Sonia Nogueira fazendo seu depoimento histórico sobre a SBEC na abertura do evento

Mesa Redonda sobre o Ensino Superior

Profa. Emma Leticia Canales em sua apresentação

Profa. Ana Isabel Madeira, proferindo a conferência de abertura

Profa. Maria Helena Menna Barreto Abrahão fazendo a apresentação da Profa. Ana Isabel Madeira

Prof. Norberto Lamarra no inicio de sua conferência

Apresentação do Quinteto de Metais e Percussão da Orquestra da PUCRS

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Profs. Adriana e Enrique Martinez, Javier Pablo Hermo e Cecília Pitelli, Norberto Fernandes Lamarra e Marta Sisson de Castro jantando em Montevideo em 15 de Julho de 2008

The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), in an expansive understanding what it is and does, may be the best way to improve teaching and student learning in higher education today.

The submission deadline for the July 2008 issue of International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (IJ-SoTL) is May 15, 2008. The current issue is accessible online at http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/issue_v2n1.htm.
You can request to be notified when new issues are published (two messages a year) at http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/email_notification.htm. Currently, 3,811 people from 108 countries have requested such notification. Your email address will not be given to anyone else, or used for any other purpose.

Thank you.
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P.S. A SoTL companion to IJ-SoTL is The SoTL Commons: An International Conference for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning. See the Proceedings of the November 2007 conference at
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/conference/proceedings/2007/index.htm.

I invite you to the 2nd annual SoTL Commons Conference on March 11-13, 2009 at Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, Georgia, USA). Information is at http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/conference/2009/index.htm . Keynote speakers will be Randy Bass (Georgetown University), Kathy Takayama (Brown University), and Laurie Richlin (Claremont Graduate University). Anticipated attendance is 250-350 people from many countries.

Alan Altany, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching
Editor, International Journal for SoTL
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, Georgia, USA 30460-8143
Email: aaltany@georgiasouthern.edu
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Final Call for Papers

SACHES Annual Conference 2008
Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 July 2008

Theme
"Education and Regional Development

Venue
Kaya Kwanga, Maputo, Mozambique
Kaya Kwanga is a conference centre located on the beach in Maputo

Keynote speakers will include:
Invited dignitaries, such

John Aitchison
&
Professor Crain Soudien
President of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Contributions on the conference theme are invited. Abstracts and proposals for papers, round table and panel discussions should reach the conference organisers not later than Friday 16 May 2008.

TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Papers:
Short presentations by individual presenters allowing ample time for discussions.
Panel discussions:
Short introductions to a topic with substantial discussion.
Round table discussions:
Structured yet informal sessions prompted by a set of provocative questions by the presenter.
Pair or team presentations:
Longer presentations by more than one presenter making provision for inputs and questions from the audience and discussions.
Workshops:
Training delegates in some topic, usually a methodology.

CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Selection of contributions will be done according to the following criteria:
- Relevance to conference theme
- Clarity of purpose and method
- Significance, originality or potential usefulness of the content of the presentation
- Compliance with technical requirements
- Honouring of deadlines

GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF ABSTRACTS
To assist the organisers in selecting contributions, you are required to submit an abstract.

Format for abstracts:
- English and Portuguese only (Translators will be available)
- A maximum of 150 words
- Single line spacing
- 12 point, Arial font
- No illustrations, graphs or references to be included

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Abstracts should be submitted electronically (by e-mail), in RTF/MSWord format as file attachments (not as part of the message) to the conference organiser at the following e-mail address: adamsja@unisa.ac.za

REGISTRATION FEES: R1 350-00
Registered students: R 675-00

Registration form and fee to be submitted to the conference organiser by 30 May 2008.

South African delegates use the following bank account:

Account Detail:
ABSA: Active Save
Name: SACHES
Account Number: 23527847
Branch Code: 632005

Swift Code For People Abroad: ABSA za gg

Reference: MZ conf + name
Fax proof of payment: (012) 429-4909 for attention Jo-Anne Adams

Banking detail for Mozambiquans can be obtained from:
Zaida Cabral: zcabral.danida@tvcabo.co.mz

ACCOMMODATION
Limited rooms are available at the venue of the conference:
$60 - single room
$75 - double room

Accommodation as well as alternative accommodation information can be obtained through the conference organiser, Jo-Anne Adams.

CONFERENCE ORGANISER:
Any further queries can be addressed to:

Jo-Anne Adams
Tel: + 27 (0)12 429-4525
Fax: + 27 (0)12 429-4909
Cell: + 27 (0)72-622-3955
E-mail: adamsja@unisa.ac.za


Southern African Comparative and History of Education Society

Defining Moments Events Managing
joanne.adams2@gmail.com

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Greetings from the Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UN-ISDR)!

We are pleased to invite you to the Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance which will be held on October 19-22, 2008 at the Dusit Hotel, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The theme of the congress is "Gender and Climate Change".

Women and environment experts have raised concern over the absence of women in the discourse and debate on climate change, a global mainstream issue that is currently impacting the entire world. The involvement of women in areas of environmental management and governance should not be perceived as an afterthought. Women's roles are of considerable importance in the promotion of environmental ethics.
The current imperative is for women to understand the phenomenon of climate change and its impacts and implications at the individual, household, community and national levels. Studies show that women have a definite information deficit on climate politics and climate protection. Only with this information can women take their proper, significant and strategic role in the issue of climate change. Invited to this congress are women parliamentarians, women in decision - making and governance, environment organizations, youth Leaders and Media Practitioners The Congress will have the following objectives:
Overall Purpose: To provide a forum for women legislators, and women in decision making and environment organizations at all levels, in formulating gender-responsive legislation and policies.

Specific Objectives:
a) To understand the phenomenon of climate change, its impacts and implications; b). to review and examine the gender aspects of climate change and formulate appropriate actions to address such; c). to define the roles women can play in addressing the issues of climate change at the global, national and sub-national levels; and d). to identify and define the action agenda for parliamentarians, policy advocates and women leaders to support global and national actions to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Congress Proceedings:
The discussion on gender and climate change will be organized around identifying the challenges to action as well as defining the appropriate responses to effectively address the impacts of climate change. Inputs to the discussion will be collected and organized around: 1) geographic location and 2) types of actions: i.e. preparedness, risk reduction: building community resilience; adaptation; and mitigation. Cross cutting these discussions will be the identification of technologies in aid of responding to climate change.
The focus of the discussions will revolve around defining and elaborating actions (i.e. preparedness, disaster risk reduction, adaptation, and mitigation) to cope with climate change and its impacts.
Preparedness and disaster risk reduction is about building individual and community capacities to position themselves and their communities so that the likelihood of climate change-induced disasters is reduced; the intensity or adverse impacts of disasters are cushioned and that inhabitants are able to respond promptly, expeditiously and effectively. Adaptation entails actions that moderate harm, or exploit benefits, of climate change. Mitigation entails actions that minimizes or cushions the adverse impacts of climate change.
In all of these actions, special attention will be given to defining how women and gender could be mainstreamed. In other words, the Congress should define how women can be given the social space to participate, influence, and benefit from global and local responses to climate change. The registration fee for the four day congress is One thousand five hundred fifty US Dollars (US$ 1,550.) per person for twin room sharing accommodations (two persons in one room) and one thousand nine hundred fifty US Dollars (US$ 1,950.) per person for single room accommodations (one person in one room).

In all of these actions, special attention will be given to defining how women and gender could be mainstreamed. In other words, the Congress should define how women can be given the social space to participate, influence, and benefit from global and local responses to climate change. The registration fee for the four day congress is One thousand five hundred fifty US Dollars (US$ 1,550.) per person for twin room sharing accommodations (two persons in one room) and one thousand nine hundred fifty US Dollars (US$ 1,950.) per person for single room accommodations (one person in one room).

The training will be held on Oct 19-22, 2008. However, the participants will be requested to be in Manila the day before, October 18, 2008 and leave Manila only on October 23, 2008. The overnight hotel accommodation on October 18, 2008 is already included in the fee. Participants will be billeted in the Dusit Hotel, the venue of the congress and hotels near the Dusit Hotel, accessible within walking distance. Room accommodations in the Dusit Hotel, the venue of the Congress will be on a first come - first served basis.

You can download the full information sheet and registration form for this Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance from our website,

Importance of the Congress

Today, on the average, one person out of nineteen in a developing country will be hit by a climate disaster, compared to 1 out of 1,500 in an OECD country. Climate change creates life time traps: in Niger, a child born during a drought is 72 percent more likely to be stunted than a child born during a normal season.

We hope that your organization can send participants to the Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance. The Theme of "Gender and Climate Change" is the first time this will be discussed in a forum whose objective is to formulate gender responsive legislation and policies for national governments and parliaments.

We truly hope that the environment organizations will find this forum a good opportunity to advocate gender and climate change policies and programs through gender responsive legislation to the women parliamentarians, decision makers, the youth leaders, media and the funding agencies/organizations. Let us join hands in promoting gender responsive governance through transformative leadership and citizenship. We are looking forward to your participation.

Very truly yours,

(signed)
Jung-sook KIM (Ed.D.)
President
Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)

Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) YSTAPHIL Building, 4227-4229 Tomas Claudio Street Parañaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines Tel. (632) 8516934 (632) 8516954; Tele Fax: mobile phone +639184596603
E-mail: globalcongress2008@gmail.com; globalcongress2008@capwip.org; capwip@capwip.org Web: www.capwip.org; www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org





The Third Global
Congress of Women in
Politics and Governance

Focus on Gender and Climate Change

Organized by the Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) in partnership with the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UN-ISDR)

For Women Parliamentarians, Women in Decision - Making and Governance; Environment Organizations;
Youth Leaders and Media Practitioners; Funding/donor agencies/organizations

October 19-22, 2008
Dusit Hotel, Makati City
Metro Manila, Philippines

Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)
4227-4229 Tomas Claudio Street Baclaran, Parañaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines,
Tel: (632)8516934; Tele Fax:(632) 8522112; mobile phone +639184596603
Email: globalcongress2008@gmail.com; globalcongress2008@capwip.org; capwip@capwip.org
Web: www.capwip.org; www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org

I. Background and Context

Climate change is the 21st century crisis. According to the United Nations Human Development Report "(I) it is still a preventable crisis The world is now at or near the warmest level on record in the current interglacial period, which began 12,000 years ago. There is strong evidence that the process is accelerating."

The urgency of climate change was underscored by Faith Birol, the Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency: "Without serious policy shifts, we may be heading toward the double crisis of energy insecurity and climate change… The macroeconomics is clear, with prevention now costing a good deal less than adaptation later: 1 % of GDP if we act now and 5-20 % if we wait. …We must treat the earth as if we intended to stay…" The world has less than a decade to change its course.

Today, on average, one person out of 19 in a developing country will be hit by a climate disaster, compared to 1 out of 1,500 in an OECD country. Climate change creates life time traps: in Niger, a child born during a drought is 72 percent more likely to be stunted than a child born during a normal season.

"The direct economic cost of disasters is on the rise, recently costing $7.5 billion to China due to snowstorms, and $12.5 billion to Japan from one earthquake in 2007, and $5.5 billion to Germany from the windstorm Kyrill. Moreover, the indirect economic cost is usually more than that of direct economic cost. The political costs of neglecting substantive disaster reduction and management policies are also becoming increasingly clear. Public confidence in all levels of the United States government dropped in 2005 after perceived inadequacies of the government's preparedness for Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and in reaction to the inequalities the Hurricane revealed. Meanwhile, approval ratings of President Alan García of Peru rose five points on public perception of effective government disaster management immediately after the Peruvian earthquake of 2007."

Increased exposure to drought, to more intense storms, to floods and environmental stress is holding back the efforts of the world's poor to build a better life for themselves and their children. In short climate change would stall and reverse progress in human development, including cutting down extreme poverty, health, education, nutrition.

Key mechanisms through which climate change could stall and then reverse human development:

1. General impact - climate change will affect rainfall, temperature and water availability for agriculture in vulnerable areas. For example, drought affected areas in sub-Saharan Africa could expand by 60-90 million hectares, with dry land zones suffering losses of US $25 billion by 2060; other developing regions will experience losses in agricultural production; those affected by malnutrition could rise to 600 million;
2. Water stress and water insecurity - an additional 1.8 billion people could be living in water scarce environment by 2080; Central Asia, Northern China and the northern part of South Asia face immense vulnerabilities; seven of Asia's great river systems will experience an increase in flows over the short term;
3. Rising sea levels and exposure to climate change - over 70 million people in Bangladesh, 6 million in Lower Egypt and 22 million in Viet Nam could be affected; small island states in the Caribbean and the Pacific could suffer catastrophic damage; with over 344 million people currently exposed to tropical cyclones, more intensive storms could have devastating consequences for a large group of companies;
4. Ecology - Climate change is transforming ecological systems - with a 3 degree centigrade of warming, 20-30 percent of land species could face extinction;
5. Human health - major killer diseases could expand their reach due to the impacts of extreme summer and winter conditions and heat waves; for example, an additional 220- 400 million people could be exposed to malaria which already claims 1 million lives annually.

Global discussions on climate change have attempted to sketch a road map for coping with climate change. Actions must include: how to stop and reverse further global warming so that greenhouse gas emissions must fall to avoid rise in temperatures over 2 degrees centigrade from pre-industrial levels; how to live with the degree of global warming that cannot be stopped and how to design a new model for human progress and development that is climate proof and climate friendly and gives everyone a fair share of the natural resources on which we depend. In other words, coping efforts must include: 1) preparedness and disaster risk reduction and building community resilience; 2) adaptation; and 3) mitigation.

Climate change is global but its impacts are local. Concerted actions must therefore be undertaken at both the local and global levels. In this regard, certain preconditions must be observed as suggested by Bjorn Stigson, the President of the World Business for Sustainable Development:

• The first need is a common perception that we have a problem that must be addressed with some sense of urgency.
• We need a willingness by governments to actually do something about it; that belief is lacking as politicians do not yet see climate change as a decisive election issue
• We need a feeling that there is an equitable sharing of the costs for solving the problem.
• We need realistic options for solutions, for example, technologies that can create a more resource-efficient economy and/or eliminate greenhouse gases, such as carbon capture and storage. We do seem to possess an effective arsenal of technology options.
• We need the tools to implement these options: regulations, standards, economic instruments, voluntary actions by citizens and business, etc.: We possess those tools, but need the political will to use them
• We need funding for actions like technology development and deployment, as well restructuring societal infrastructure; such funding is lacking, but it could be provided if it was a political priority;
• We need a willingness on the parts of all economic actors to change behavior toward more sustainable lifestyles. This will depend on a number of the above-mentioned factors, but also on whether the actions are "profitable" within the prevailing economic paradigm.
• We need constructive cooperation between the key parts of society - governments, business and civil society. Such cooperation is lacking.

Why gender and climate change?

Differential impact on men and women. The Gender and Climate Change website states: "Climate change is not a neutral process; first of all, women are in general more vulnerable to the effects of climate change, not least because they represent the majority of the world's poor and because they are more than proportionally dependent on natural resources that are threatened. The technological change and instruments that are being proposed to mitigate carbon emissions, which are implicitly presented as gender-neutral, are in fact quite gender biased and may negatively affect women or bypass them.

The negotiation process tends to be driven by a masculine view of the problem and its solutions. Participation of women in the whole process, at international, national and local levels, is very low, both in the South and in the North; probably skills and resources need to be developed to overcome this.

Gender, like poverty, is a cross cutting issue in climate change and needs to be recognized as such. In fact, gender and poverty are interrelated and create mutually reinforcing barriers to social change. There is a need to be strident to overcome the uninformed view of many involved in climate change that climate change is neutral, and real life examples are needed to make the alternative case clear and convincing." (Gender and Climate Change web site: http://www.gencc.interconnection.org/about.htm)

For example, women comprised the majority of those killed and who were least likely to recover in the 2005 Asian Tsunami. In Aceh, more than 75 percent of those who died were women, resulting in a male-female ratio of 3:1 among the survivors. As so many mothers died, there have been major consequences with respect to infant mortality, early marriage of girls, neglect of girls' education, sexual assault, trafficking in women, and prostitution. (In Gender aspects of climate change, Gender and Disaster Network, 2005/REF).

If action on climate change is partly about reducing vulnerability and building resilience, then it is important that vulnerable groups do not suffer disproportionately from its adverse effects. Women figure among such vulnerable groups. (Point de vue, Bulletin African Bioressources, Oct 2001)

Lack of women's participation. Women and environment experts have raised concern over the absence of women in the discourse and debate on climate change, a global mainstream issue that is currently impacting the entire world.

A document from the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development states: "An overall assessment of the climate change debate to date shows women are patently absent in the decision-making process. Their contributions in environmental policies are largely ignored. Decision-making and policy formulation at environmental levels such as conservation, protection and rehabilitation, and environmental management are predominantly male agenda. The climate change debate is an indicator of how gender issues tend to be omitted, leaving room for complex market-driven notions equated in terms of emission reductions, fungibility and flexible mechanisms.

Nevertheless, in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development reflected in Agenda 21, one notes the key role ascribed to women as principle actors in the management of natural resources and the development of sustainable and ecologically sound policies. Perhaps the fact that there are few trained women environmental specialists tends to accentuate this gender deficit in environmental policy. Institutional weakness in women's organizations and under-representation informal decision-making are factors that lend to swing the pendulum away from their oft-valuable input."

Women can contribute to the solution. The involvement of women in areas of environmental management and governance should not be perceived as an afterthought. Women's roles are of considerable importance in the promotion of environmental ethics. Their efforts in waste management through recycling and re-use of resources are an indication of the extent of their significant input to community development. Women in rural areas, due to their daily contact with the natural habitat for the provision of food, fodder and wood, tend to have sound ecological knowledge that could be useful in environmental planning and governance.

For example, during a drought in the small islands of the Federal States of Micronesia, it was local women, knowledgeable about island hydrology as a result of land-based work, who were able to find potable water by digging a new well that reached the freshwater lens. ((In Gender aspects of climate change, Gender and Disaster Network, 2005/REF)

Women must understand and engage in mainstream issues. Gender must therefore be taken up as part and parcel of these issues. Women must understand therefore how women are affected by these as well as how women can become part of the solution. In this spirit, the Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance will be organized in October 19-22, 2008, and its focus will be on gender and climate change.

"Discussions on action to alleviate the impacts of climate change are not simply a scientific debate. It is about questioning the ability of countries and their peoples to anticipate and respond effectively to the adverse human and physical effects of climate change. From a livelihood perspective, poor communities are potentially the big losers in the scramble for markets within the overall emissions trading and climate policy debates. Thus, efforts must be devoted to creating a situation in which all stakeholders - women included - can derive some benefit. Measures should include the demystification of the climate change issues in order to generate popular consensus… It is about creating opportunities that the poor could benefit from; giving them greater responsibility in environmental management: and creating environmentally friendly technologies that would generate revenue and jobs. "(Fatma Denton, Point de Vue, p. 2)

The current imperative is for women to understand the phenomenon of climate change and its impacts and implications at individual, household, community and national levels. "Studies show that women have a definite information deficit on climate politics and climate protection." (Gender and Climate Change - a forgotten issue? In Tiempo Climate Newswatch)

Also, there is an urgent need for political leaders and legislators to commit to creating an enabling environment for responding to climate change and to address disaster risk reduction at a national and international level. More and more politicians and legislators have shown growing interest in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, but much of this has been concentrated in Europe. It is vitally important to extend the dialogue, and to involve legislators from different regions, especially those most vulnerable to the impact of disasters and climate change.

2. Objectives of the Congress

Specifically, the Congress will have the following objectives:

Overall Purpose: To provide a forum for women legislators at all levels in formulating gender-responsive legislation.

Specific Objectives: a) to understand the phenomenon of climate change, its impacts, and its implications;
b) to review and examine the gender aspects of climate change and formulate appropriate actions to address these;
c) to define the roles women can play in addressing the impacts of climate change at the global, national and sub-national levels; and
d) to identify and define the action agenda for parliamentarians, policy advocates, and women leaders to support global and national actions to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change.

3. Papers

The discussion on gender and climate change will be organized around identifying the challenges to action, as well as defining the appropriate responses to effectively address the impacts of climate change. Inputs to the discussion will be collected and organized around: 1) geographic location; and 2) types of actions i.e. preparedness; risk reduction; building community resilience; adaptation; and mitigation. Cross cutting these discussions will be the identification of technologies in aid of responding to climate change.

The focus of the discussions will revolve around defining and elaborating actions (i.e. preparedness, disaster risk reduction, adaptation, and mitigation) to cope with climate change and its impacts.

Preparedness and disaster risk reduction is about building individual and community capacities to position themselves and their communities so that the likelihood of climate change-induced disasters is reduced; the intensity or adverse impacts of disasters are cushioned and that inhabitants are able to respond promptly, expeditiously and effectively. Adaptation entails actions that moderate harm, or exploit benefits, of climate change. Mitigation entails actions that minimizes or cushions the adverse impacts of climate change.

In all of these actions, special attention will be given to defining how women and gender could be mainstreamed. In other words, the Congress should define how women can be given the social space to participate, influence, and benefit from global and local responses to climate change.

Proposed Plenary Papers

• Perspectives in Climate Change: Development Challenges and Ways Forward and Technologies for Clean Energy and Environment Management
• Gender and Climate Change: What Can Women Do About Climate Change? A Proposed Action Agenda
• Gender, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Legislation

Environment organizations and all the other participants are welcome to share papers for distribution during the congress. These papers should be emailed in advance so that they can be included in the CD of resource materials that will be distributed to the participants during the congress.

4. Proposed Program

Date	Activity
Day 1 Oct 19, 2008 Sunday Morning session 800-900 900 - 1030 1030 - 1245 1245 - 1345 1900 - 2200	Registration OPENING CEREMONIES Opening Speakers:       • Host country Welcome Remarks Keynote Address: Setting the Stage for Gender Responsive Legislation on Climate Change Plenary Session 1: Perspectives in Climate Change:       • Development Challenges       • Solutions and Ways Forward Gender and Climate Change:       • What Can Women Do About Climate Change?       • Gender-responsive Legislation on Climate Change - What have we done so far?       • A Proposed Action Agenda LUNCH Film Showing: "The Inconvenient Truth" FREE AFTERNOON Welcome Dinner/Cultural Night
Day 2 Oct. 20, 2008 Monday Morning Session 830 - 10:30 10:30 - 12:30 Lunch Evening Session	PLENARY SESSIONS Panel 1: Women in Politics and Governance       • Progress of Women in Politics and Governance: Updates, Gaps and Areas for Further Action       • Gender responsive Legislation in Aid of Climate Change Responses: Are women legislators engaged in the climate change responses? Panel 2: Gender and Climate Change       • Mainstreaming Gender and the Role of Women in Climate Change Responses: Challenges, Approaches & Strategies       • Gender, Disaster Risk Reduction and Legislation       • Technologies for Responding to Climate Change: Do Women Have a Role to Play? WORKSHOPS Regional Perspectives on Climate Change: Focus: Challenges, Solutions and Ways Forward       • Asia-Pacific       • Western Asia       • Africa       • Caribbean and Latin America       • Europe and North America
Day 3 Oct 21, 2008 Tuesday Morning Session Afternoon Sessions 1300 - 1400 1400 - 1500 1530 - 1630 1630 -1730 1730 - 1830	Regional Perspectives on Climate Change: Focus: Drawing up the Gender Responsive Legislative Agenda       • Asia-Pacific       • Western Asia       • Africa       • Caribbean and Latin America       • Europe and North America (Workshops will draw up a Gender Responsive Legislative Agenda for Action: National, Regional and Global) Plenary Session 2 Workshop Reports:       • Asia Pacific       • Western Asia       • Africa       • Caribbean and Latin America       • Europe and North America
Day 4 Oct. 22, 2008 Wednesday Morning Session Lunch Afternoon Session	Plenary Session Synthesis and Integration: Call to Action for a Gender Responsive Global Governance and Legislation for Managing Climate Change - Manila Declaration on Gender and Climate Change Closing Programme: Closing Speakers       • Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)       • Representative from Asia Pacific       • Representative from Western Asia       • Representative from Africa       • Representative from Caribbean and Latin America       • Representative from Europe and North America Signing of the "Manila Declaration on Gender and Climate Change" Address Farewell Dinner/International Night

5. Knowledge Fair/Exhibition on Gender and Climate Change

A knowledge fair/Exhibition on Gender and Climate Change will be organized at the venue of the Congress: the Dusit Hotel. Participating organizations are invited to exhibit their materials for display or for sale. Those who are interested should contact the secretariat to make their booth reservations. There will be minimal charges for the rental of the booth. This is aside from the space that will be made available for all organizations to display and distribute materials that you would like to share with the other participants.

6. Expected Output

Expected Output: Gender Responsive Legislative Agenda on Climate change

7. Who Can Join?

• Women Parliamentarians
• Women in Decision-Making and Governance
• Environment Organizations
• Funding/donor organizations/agencies
• Members of media
• Youth Leaders

8. Venue of the Congress:

The Dusit Hotel, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines (www.dusit.com.ph)

9. About the Organizer:

Global Network of Women in Politics

The Global Network of Women in Politics is a project of the Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP). It is a loose network of organizations and individuals who are committed to the agenda of transformation in leadership, politics and communities.

This network is committed to be the forum for Women Parliamentarians to meet every two years and learn about relevant gender issues that will enable them to promote gender responsive legislation.

From the beginning, CAPWIP has recognized the need for broad international support to effectively promote women's participation in politics. The Center studied previous efforts to create a global network for WIP. They found that some of the factors that hindered the creation of an effective network were that efforts had been confined either to a small group of elite women or research institutes and/or that it had a narrow focus of interest. Realizing that CAPWIP has no real model for a global network, the group decided to work slowly toward this ultimate objective.

Time and again, CAPWIP took advantage of opportunities to talk about what it was doing. One such break was the 1994 Taipei Global Summit on Women's Leadership in Politics. The summit brought together women interested in WIP and key CAPWIP personalities, among them Supartra Masdit, Kanwaljit Soin, Sylvia Ordonez, Irene Santiago, Sochua Leiper, Annette Lu Hsiu Lien, Leticia Ramos Shahani, Kao Tien Shang, Anne Summers, and Solita Monsod. International luminaries included Bella Abzug, Monica Barnes, Joaquima Alemay, Betty Bigombe and Kazimiera Prunskiene. The group agreed to work towards forming a global network and to meet at the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the Beijing World Conference to be held in New York in March 1995.

At the PrepCom, CAPWIP posted its invitation for a "Planning Workshop for the Preparatory Activities in Beijing for the Organization of the Global Network of Women in Politics." Hosted by the African-American Institute, the 17 March workshop was attended by a large group of women which included: Christine Pintat (Inter Parliamentary Union); Anita Amlen (Swedish Federaton of Liberal Women); Jytee Lindgard (National Council of Women in Denmark); Sdalwa Sharawy Gomaa (Social Research Center, Egypt); Malena de Montis (Centro Para La Participation Democratica y El Desarrollo, Nicaragua); Nadia Raveles (Women's Parliament Forum, Surinam); Dr. Pam Rajput (Punjab University); Slote Wananisan (Fiji Mission to the UN); Dr. Ilina Sen; NandiniAsad (Working Women's Forum, India), and Ayesha Khanam (Bangladesh Mahila Parishad). The African-American Institute, which had planned a WIP meting in Botswana, later, hosted the Planning Meeting for the Global Network of WIP held in Beijing.

Several steering committees were formed that would produce Regional WIP Platforms for Action for the Beijing Women's Conference. Focal points were established for the different regions: Nadia Raveles for Africa, Jytee Lindagard for Europe-North America, CAPWIP for Asia-Pacific, Salwa Gomaa for West Asia, and Malena de Montis for Latin America-Caribbean.

It was also agreed that a Global Network of Women in Politics (GLOBALNET) would be organized with CAPWIP serving as the permanent secretariat. In 1995, GLOBALNET was formally incorporated with CAPWIP serving as the permanent secretariat.

Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)

The CENTER FOR ASIA-PACIFIC WOMEN IN POLITICS (CAPWIP) is a non-partisan, non-profit and non-governmental regional organization dedicated to promoting equal participation of women in politics, governance and decision-making. CAPWIP was established in 1992 by a group of women from the Asia-Pacific region who have defined their paradigm for change as:

The CENTER FOR ASIA-PACIFIC WOMEN IN POLITICS (CAPWIP) is a non-partisan, non-profit and non-governmental regional organization dedicated to promoting equal participation of women in politics, governance and decision-making. CAPWIP was established in 1992 by a group of women from the Asia-Pacific region who have defined their paradigm for change as:

TRANSFORMED because...

it uses power to create change, to develop people,
and to build communities;

it is non-hierarchical and participatory in its
structures and processes; and

it accords priority to the disadvantaged sectors,
such as the poor grassroots women in rural and
urban areas and indigenous women;

TRANSFORMATIONAL because...

it is development-oriented, issue-based,
and gender-responsive;

it seeks economic, social, and political equity between sexes
and among sectors; and

it builds a society that is just and humane and
a way of life that is sustainable.

CAPWIP operates through a network of national affiliates clustered into five sub-regional groupings: Central Asia, East Asia, Pacific, South Asia and Southeast Asia. These sub-regional coordinating focal points and national affiliates are autonomous organizations actively involved in women's political empowerment in their respective countries.

CAPWIP supports its network through technical assistance in organizational and program planning, training, research and information sharing, advocacy and networking. CAPWIP receives administrative and program support through voluntary contributions from its board members and grants from bilateral and multilateral aid agencies such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Asia-Pacific Gender Equality Network (UNDP-APGEN), Regional Programme on Governance in the Asia-Pacific (UNDP-PARAGON), Southeast Asia Gender Equity Programme of the Canadian International Development Agency (SEAGEP-CIDA), United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

CAPWIP's programs on training include developing modules and training programs for women's leadership and responsible citizenship based on the framework of transformative leadership and conducts trainer's training for women's political empowerment, transformative leadership and gender-responsive governance.

The CAPWIP Institute for Gender, Governance and Leadership (CIGGL) aims to provide trainings to women and men involved in:

• Electoral politics (in all levels: national, provincial, city/municipality)
• The bureaucracy (in all levels: national, provincial, city/municipality)
• Political parties (officials and members)
• Training institutes (government, private sectors and non-government)
• The development of governance policies, programs and projects
• Working with NGOs, civil society groups interested in gender, governance and leadership; or
• Women and men who are simply interested in the question of gender, governance and leadership

10. Secretariat

Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)
4227-4229 Tomas Claudio Street Baclaran, Parañaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines,
Tel: (632) 8516934; Tele Fax :( 632) 8522112; mobile phone +639184596603
Email: globalcongress2008@gmail.com; globalcongress2008@capwip.org; capwip@capwip.org
Web: www.capwip.org; www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org

11. Congress Cost per participant

• Congress Cost Per participant with Twin Sharing Accommodation:
  One thousand five hundred fifty five US Dollars (US$ 1,550.)
• Congress Cost Per participant with Single Room Accommodation:
  One thousand nine hundred fifty US Dollars (US$ 1,950)

These fees are inclusive of:

• Congress fees
• Transfer in and out of the hotel
• Accommodations at the designated hotels
• All congress materials
• All meals during the Congress
• Accommodations(excluding meals) for one night before the congress (October 18, 2008)

This fee, which does not include airfare and airport terminal fees, is non-refundable and must be paid in advance as soon as the reservation to the congress is confirmed. Congress fee payments should be sent/remitted to:

Account Name: Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics or CAPWIP
Account Number: 710 271000417 4
Account Type: U.S. Dollar Savings Account
Bank's Name: Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (METROBANK)
Bank's Address: Magallanes Branch, Paseo de Magallanes, Magallanes Village, Makati City, PHILIPPINES
Swift Code: MBTCPHMMXXXX

Unfortunately, scholarships are not available from the organizers. You are encouraged to seek your own funding from various donor/funding agencies or your own institutions. The organizers will rely solely on the congress fees to fund the congress expenses.
Please email us a copy of the wire transfer/remittance document as soon as funds have been remitted. Also, bring this document to the Congress for verification. Payments upon arrival are NOT allowed. All participants must confirm their attendance on or before July 31, 2008. If we get fully booked before this date, you will be informed. This is the reason why you are all encouraged to book as early as possible. All accommodation types are available on a first-come first-served basis. If you are alone and you would like to request for a twin accommodation, we will inform you if we can pair you with another participant, otherwise, you may have to pay for a single room. Please send all registration forms to:

Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)
4227-4229 Tomas Claudio Street Baclaran, Parañaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines,
Tel: (632) 8516934; Tele Fax :( 632) 8522112; mobile phone +639184596603
Email: globalcongress2008@gmail.com; globalcongress2008@capwip.org; capwip@capwip.org
Web: www.capwip.org; www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org

Accommodations beyond the congress period can be arranged. Participants will have to pay for the hotel charges in advance to secure the booking. These will also be remitted to the CAPWIP account.

12. Congress Schedule: 19-22 October 2008

The Congress is scheduled on October 19-22, 2008 .Participants are required to arrive one day before (Oct. 18) the start of the Congress and leave the day after the last Congress day (Oct 23,2008). This fee only includes the accommodation for the Oct 18, 2008 all meals for October 18 is for the personal account of the participants. Depending on your departure schedule, all meals for the October 23, 2008 except for the breakfast will be on the personal account of the participants. Meals for personal account of the participants will have to be paid in cash every time you incur them at the hotel. Charging of personal accounts in restaurant outlets of the hotel will not be allowed.

13. Target Participants

• Women Parliamentarians
• Women in Decision - Making and Governance;
• Environment Organizations
• Youth Leaders
• Media Practitioners
• Funding/donor agencies/organizations

Note: The policy of "first come - first served" will be applied in selecting the participants from among the applicants. Therefore, it is best that registration is made at the earliest possible time.

14. Medium of Instructions

English is the medium of Instruction. No translation will be available.

15. Congress Venue

The Dusit Hotel
Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines

16. Accommodations

The participants' accommodation will be booked at the Congress venue (Dusit Hotel) and other hotels in the same vicinity, all within walking distance from the Congress venue. For purposes of organization, the assignment of the hotels will be on a "first come first served" basis. The first that will confirm and pay their fees will be given accommodations at the hotel venue.

17. Food

The following meals, LUNCH, SNACK and DINNER, will be served at the Dusit Hotel. Breakfast will be served at your respective hotels (if you happen to be billeted at a hotel other than the official venue of the congress). We will be serving a variety of international dishes. We will also be serving one "halal" dish and one vegetarian dish with every meal.

18. Registration Form

Please fill up the Registration form found in pages 20 to 23 of this document and email it back to us together with the following documents:

• Latest Curriculum Vitae or Bio Data
• Latest electronic Photo (2x2)
• One (1) page narrative describing your reason/s for participation

The Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP),
4229 Tomas Claudio Street Baclaran, Parañaque City, Philippines
Tel: (632) 8516934;Tele Fax? (632) 8522112; mobile phone +639184596603
E-mail: globalcongress2008@gmail.com; globalcongress2008@capwip.org;
capwip@capwip.org Web: www.capwip.org; www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org

19. How to Get to the Congress Site

The CAPWIP staff will assist and bring the participants to the venue upon their arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Representatives from the Department of Tourism (DOT) will meet each participant at the immigration arrival section of the airport and will escort them to the area where the CAPWIP staff will be waiting. CAPWIP will also provide transfer from the venue to the airport.

20. Reconfirmation of Return Flights

The CAPWIP Secretariat will assist the participants in the reconfirmation of their return flights.

21. Information about the Philippines

The Philippines is the third largest English speaking country in the world. It has a rich history combining Asian, European, and American influences. Prior to Spanish colonization in 1521, the Filipinos had a rich culture and were trading with the Chinese and the Japanese. Spain's colonization brought about the construction of Intramuros in 1571, a "Walled City" comprised of European buildings and churches, replicated in different parts of the archipelago. In 1898, after 350 years and 300 rebellions, the Filipinos, with leaders like Jose Rizal and Emilio Aguinaldo, succeeded in winning their independence.

In 1898, the Philippines became the first and only colony of the United States. Following the Philippine-American War, the United States brought widespread education to the islands. Filipinos fought alongside Americans during World War II, particularly at the famous battle of Bataan and Corregidor which delayed Japanese advance and saved Australia. They then waged a guerilla war against the Japanese from 1941 to 1945. The Philippines regained its independence in 1946.

Filipinos are a freedom-loving people, having waged two peaceful, bloodless revolutions against what were perceived as corrupt regimes. The Philippines is a vibrant democracy, as evidenced by 12 English national newspapers, 7 national television stations, hundreds of cable TV stations, and 2,000 radio stations.

Filipinos are a fun-loving people. Throughout the islands, there are fiestas celebrated everyday and foreign guests are always welcome to their homes.

Climate: March to May is hot and dry. June to October is rainy, November to February is cool. Average temperatures: 78°F / 25°C to 90°F / 32°C; humidity is 77%.

Currency: The Philippines' monetary unit is the Peso, divided into 100 centavos. Foreign currency may be exchanged at any hotel, most large department stores, banks, and authorized money changing shops accredited by the Central Bank of the Philippines. International credit cards such as Visa, Diners Club, Bank of America Card, Master Card, and American Express are accepted in major establishments.

Language: The Philippines is the world's third-largest English-speaking country next to the United States and the United Kingdom. There are over 100 regional dialects. The national language is Filipino.

Visa requirements: For most foreign visitors, visas are not needed for stays of less than 21 days. Three-month visa can be obtained in advance and cost around US$35. Multiple-entry (lasting six to 12 months) visas are also available but are expensive and only allow for stays of 59 days at a time. Visa extensions are possible and generally faster to obtain in regional areas.

Basic tourist info: Information and tour brochures are available upon request. You can also the internet for more information on the Philippines: http://www.wowphilippines.com.ph.

22. Information Regarding Visas to the Philippines

The Philippine government allows nationals from certain countries to enter the country without visas for a stay not exceeding 21 days, provided they hold valid ticket for their return journey to port of origin or next port of destination. The Philippine Foreign Affairs Department also requires that passports are valid for a period of not less than six (6) months beyond the contemplated period of stay. But Immigration Officers at ports of entry may exercise their discretion to admit holders of passports valid for at least sixty (60) days beyond the intended period of stay.

Nationals from the following countries, however, must secure entry visas to the Philippines:

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bangladesh
• Belarus
• Belize
• Bosnia-Herzegovina
• China, Peoples Republic of (PROC)
• Croatia - Regular passport holders only; diplomatic and official passport holders do not need entry visas.
• Cuba - Regular passport holders only; diplomatic and official passport holders do not need entry visas.
• East Timor*
• Egypt *
• Estonia
• Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
• Georgia
• India*
• Iran*
• Iraq*
• Jordan*
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Latvia
• Lebanon*
• Libya*
• Lithuania
• Moldova
• Nauru
• Nigeria*
• North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)*
• Pakistan*
• Palestine*
• Russian Federation
• Sierra Leone
• Slovenia - Regular passport holders only; diplomatic and official passport holders do not need entry visas.
• Sri Lanka*
• Sudan*
• Syria*
• Tajikistan
• Tonga
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Yemen*
• Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia/Montenegro)

* Nationals from these countries may only apply for 9(a) temporary visitor's visa at their country of origin or place of legal residence.

The following are also required entry visas to the Philippines:

• Holders of Taiwanese passports
• Holders of Documents of Identity (DI), Certificates of Identity (CI) or Travel Documents ("Titre de Voyage")
• Stateless Persons

The following nationals are allowed to enter the Philippines without a visa for a stay not exceeding seven (7) days:

• Holders of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) passports
• Holders of British National Overseas (BNO) passports
• Holders of Macau-Portuguese passports
• Holders of Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) passports

Important Note: Nationals who are subjects of deportation/blacklist orders of the Department and the Bureau of Immigration shall not be admitted to the Philippines.

Further inquiries may be addressed to the Visa Division (Telephone numbers: (63 2 834-4854; 834-4853 & 834-4961), Department of Foreign Affairs, 2330 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City, Philippines or to any Philippine Embassy or Consulate abroad. Also, visit their website at: www.dfa.gov.ph

Registration
The Third Global Congress of Women in Politics
And Governance: Focus on Gender and Climate Change
Congress Venue: The Dusit Hotel Manila, Makati City, Philippines
Congress Schedule: 19-22 October, 2008

Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)
4229 Tomas Claudio Street Baclaran, Parañaque City, Philippines
Tel (632) 8516934; Tele Fax? (632) 8522112; mobile phone+639184596603
E-mail: globalcongress2008@gmail.com; globalcongress2008@capwip.org; capwip@capwip.org
Web: www.capwip.org www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org

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Name: __________________________________________   Sex: ( ) female ( ) male
Designation: _________________________ organization: _____________________
Educational background:  _______________________________________________
Address:   ___________________________________________________________
Tel no. _______________    Fax no. _________________
E-mail address ___________________________________
Website:  ____________________________________________________________
who is funding your participation? _________________________________________
How did you come to know about this congress?______________________________
Seminars/Trainings/congresses attended related to gender and governance:
_____________________________________________________________________
What do you expect to learn or achieve from this Congress? _____________________________________________________________________

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• Congress Cost Per participant with Twin Sharing Accommodation:
  One thousand five hundred fifty five US Dollars (US$ 1,550.)
  
  
• Congress Cost Per participant with Single Room Accommodation:
  One thousand nine hundred fifty US Dollars (US$ 1,950)

These fees are inclusive of:

• Congress fees
• Transfer in and out of the hotel
• Accommodations at the designated hotels
• All congress materials
• All meals during the congress
• Accommodations(excluding meals) for one night before the congress (October 18,2008)

This fee, which does not include airfare and airport terminal fees, is non-refundable and must be paid in advance as soon as the reservation to the congress is confirmed. Congress fee payments should be sent/remitted to:

Account Name: Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics or CAPWIP
Account Number: 710 271000417 4
Account Type: U.S. Dollar Savings Account
Bank's Name: Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (METROBANK)
Bank's Address: Magallanes Branch, Paseo de Magallanes, Magallanes Village, Makati City, PHILIPPINES
Swift Code: MBTCPHMMXXXX

Please email us a copy of the wire transfer/remittance document as soon as funds have been remitted. Also, bring this document to the Congress for verification. Payments upon arrival are NOT allowed.

Unfortunately, scholarships are not available from the organizers. You are encouraged to seek your own funding from donor/funding agencies or your own institutions. The organizers will rely solely on the congress fees to fund the congress expenses.

All participants must confirm their attendance on or before July 31, 2008. Upon receipt of the confirmation of attendance by the Congress secretariat, payment for the congress fees should be remitted immediately. All accommodation types are available on a first-come first-served basis.

Please send the registration form and other pertinent documents to:

Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)
4227-4229 Tomas Claudio Street Baclaran, Parañaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines,
Tel: (632) 8516934; Tele Fax:(632) 8522112; mobile phone +639184596603
Email: globalcongress2008@gmail.com; globalcongress2008@capwip.org; capwip@capwip.org
Web: www.capwip.org; www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org

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Accommodations
Please check accommodations needed:
(  ) Twin Sharing accommodations (US Dollars US$1,550. per person)
(  ) Single Room accommodations (US Dollars US$ 1,950. per person)

Flight details and Information:
Please specify expected dates of arrival and departure from the Philippines (if available)

Arrival: (date) __________ (time) ___________ (airline & flight details) ___________
Departure: (date) __________ (time)__________ (airline & Flt details)____________

Special Dietary Requests:
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

Announcement:

Current Issues in Comparative Education (CICE):

Current Issues in Comparative Education (CICE) is an international online, open access journal inviting diverse opinions of academics, practitioners and students. CICE shares its home with the oldest program in comparative education in the US, the Teachers College Comparative and International Education Program, founded in 1898. Established in March 1997 by a group of doctoral students from Teachers College, Columbia University, CICE is dedicated to serve as a platform for debate and discussion of contemporary educational matters worldwide. We welcome submissions from professors, researchers, students, advocates, policy-makers, and practitioners.

For more information about CICE, please visit:
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/cice/

10-Year Anniversary Issue: Are NGOs Overrated?

Are NGOs Overrated? is a retrospective issue, looking back to the first issue of CICE from 1998, and includes the following articles:

· In “Bridge Over Black[ened] Water: A New Refrain for NGOs�, Mark Ginsburg reviews how recent events, such as the case of Blackwater Worldwide, have changed the way scholars and activists evaluate the role and effectiveness of NGOs.

· In “Donor Logic in the Era of Gates, Buffett, and Soros�, Gita Steiner-Khamsi explores the impact of philanthropic funding sources, many of whom are not required to abide by tight regulations imposed by states, on the ways NGOs operate.

· In “The Growing Market for NGO Influence�, Lynn Ilon addresses the positioning of NGOs as recipients of aid from organisations with ulterior political and economic motives, and questions the ability of NGOs to do reform work within this context.

· In “NGOs, Civil Society, and Development: Is There a Third Way?�, Stephen Klees discusses the ways in which local and global forces compromise the ability of NGOs to achieve lasting reform. Klees then outlines a new type of reform effort integrating grassroots activism, participatory democracy, social justice, and networking into a truly transformational organisation.

· In “Contested Alliances�, Iveta Silova visits the many roles that NGOs play in authoritarian and postauthoritarian settings.

· In “From NGOs to CSOs: Social Citizenship, Civil Society and ‘Education for All’ â€" An Agenda for Further Researchâ€�, Karen Mundy advocates using a social citizenship lens to both evaluate the impact of civil society on the effectiveness of Education for All, as well as the potential of NGOs to create widespread social change.

· In “Revisiting Transformational NGOs in the Context of Contemporary Society�, Nelly Stromquist argues that transformational NGOs can and have improved the daily lives of everyday people by reshaping the way that individuals participate in civil society.

To access/download the full 10-year anniversary issue for free, please visit:
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/cice/Main/10contents.html

Call For Papers: Early Childhood Care and Education

CICE is currently accepting submissions for the upcoming issue of the journal, entitled Early Childhood Care and Education: Worldwide Challenges and Progresses. We publish articles from academics, policy-makers, and other education specialists from governmental and non-governmental organizations and institutions.

To access the full call for papers, please visit:
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/cice/CFP/11-1cfp.htm

Authors are invited to submit single-spaced, 5-8 page documents (2,500-4,000 words) in APA format as email attachments to submissions@cicejournal.org. More information regarding our publication requirements may be found on our website http://www.tc.edu/cice/main/guidelines.html. The deadline for submissions is 15 September, 2008.

Announcement:

2009-2010
Postdoctoral Fellowships

The National Academy of Education /Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports early career scholars working in critical areas of education research. To apply, go to the National Academy of Education website, www.naeducation.org, for the 2009 application and guidelines. Deadline to apply is November 7, 2008. Awardees will be notified in May 2009.

Qualifications
Applicants must have earned a PhD, EdD or equivalent research degree between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2008.
Applications from all disciplines are encouraged provided they describe research related to education. Proposed project must be a research project.
This is a non-residential fellowship. Non-U.S. citizens are welcome to apply.
Applications must be made by the individual applying for the fellowship; group applications will not be accepted.
Applications will be judged on the applicant's past research record, promise of early work, career trajectory and quality of the project described in the application.

Fellowship Award
Fellows will receive $55,000 for one academic year of research or $27,500/year for two years working half-time.
Fellows take the equivalent of one year's teaching leave during the fellowship term. Fellowships must begin during the 2009-2010 academic year.
Fellows participate in professional development retreats with National Academy of Education members and other preeminent leaders in the field.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Education for All Global Monitoring Report

The annual Education for All Global Monitoring Report is the world's foremost publication on basic education. It monitors progress towards the Education for All (EFA) goals agreed at the World Education Forum in Dakar (Senegal) in 2000, identifies promising education policies and reforms to help achieve EFA, and reports on the extent to which the international community is meeting its commitments. Each issue also focuses on one major theme.

Three positions are becoming available in an international, highly interactive team, based in UNESCO, Paris (France)

Senior Policy Analyst, P5

Duties:Under the guidance of the Report Director the successful candidate will take overall responsibility for developing specific sections of the Report. Tasks will include commissioning and managing research, undertaking analytic work, and leading the drafting of specific chapters. Consideration will be given to candidates with a proven track-record in research in education in areas such as public financing, economics, development studies and social science.

Profile:The successful candidate will have substantial experience of work on international education in a research, policy or technical capacity. Academic training will ideally have been to doctorate level. A strong demonstrated ability to analyze trends in education performance and linkages between education and human development will be of prime importance. Proven ability to write in English to a high standard and for a variety of audience. Ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment is essential, as are strong interpersonal skills.

Research Officer, P2-P3

Duties:The successful candidate will provide research and analytical support in the preparation of the Report and write draft material in English to a high standard.

Profiles: Applications will be considered from candidates with a diverse range of backgrounds. Academic training should be at postgraduate level, with a specialization in education, economics, politics, development studies or social science. Good analytical, quantitative and IT skills are required. Direct practical experience of work in a national education system, a non-governmental programme or a development agency would be a particular advantage, as would a publication record. Ability to work well in a multicultural environment and to tight deadlines is important. Knowledge of Arabic and/or Spanish would be an advantage; other languages would be useful. The level of the appointment will depend on the qualifications of the successful candidate.

Statistician, P2- P3

Duties: Under the guidance of the Report Director the successful candidate will assist in the preparation of specific sections of the Report, particularly those involving statistical analysis. This will include commissioning and managing research and undertaking analytic work.

Profile: The successful candidate will be a statistician, demographer, economist or equivalent with strong quantitative skills. Experience of work on international education in a research, policy or technical capacity would be an advantage, though candidates from other fields will also be considered. Some knowledge of education statistics would be an asset. Academic training will be at post-graduate level. A strong demonstrated ability to analyze human development statistics and linkages between education and human development will be of prime importance. A publication record is an advantage. Proven ability to write in English to a high standard and work effectively in a multi-cultural environment and to tight deadlines is essential, as are strong interpersonal skills. The level of the appointment will depend on the qualifications of the successful candidate.

General Information

These assignments are Appointments of Limited Duration, initially for a duration of 2 years. Annual remunerations, exempt from taxation, according to qualifications and experience at P5 level will be approximately $135,250 and at P2/P3 level from $85,184 to $102,745 (with dependants). Only short listed candidates will be contacted. Developing country nationals and women are encouraged to apply. Individuals holding Appointments of Limited Duration will be considered external candidates if applying for vacant UNESCO regular posts.

For more information on the EFA Global Monitoring Report, consult our website: http://www.efareport.unesco.org. To apply please send your application directly to Ms Julia Heiss, Education Sector, UNESCO , 7 place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07-SP, France, or by email gmrpost@unesco.org before the closing date of September 10, 2008

Announcement:
CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
*Deadline 30 November 2008*
Volume 11 in the International Perspectives on Education and Society Series published by Emerald Publishing
"EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP: GLOBAL CONTEXTS AND INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS"
Edited by
Alexander W. Wiseman (Lehigh University)

Iveta Silova (Lehigh University)

This volume of the International Perspectives on Education and Society series investigates the changing face of educational leadership from comparative and international perspectives. Various definitions of leadership have transformed the way that educators around the world think about teaching, administration, and policy in recent years. Yet, we continue to know so little about how educational leadership works in real world situations in many parts of the world. Unfortunately, much of the research and literature on educational leadership focuses on only a handful of countries and cultures even though it is generally agreed that leadership is differently contextualized by society, culture, and organizational environment. Empirical evidence has shown how educational leaders work in and with schools as agents of change in classrooms, departments or programs, and schools or systems as a whole. These leaders generally participate in and make both intuitive as well as data-driven decisions in classrooms and schools. But there is still relatively little research and scholarship placing educational leadership in a global context or comparing it internationally. The theme of this volume leads us to two main questions: What is the difference between these theoretical definitions of leadership and what works in the real world? And, more importantly, how are both ideas about and evidence of leadership either the same or different across different national and cultural contexts?

We invite chapter proposals that address any number of a wide variety of topics related to the nature, dynamics, and evidence of educational leadership around the world. Chapters may address educational leadership at any level of schooling or administration ranging from primary to higher education to national and international governance levels. Topics should be international or comparative in scope and could include, but are not limited to, international differences in the meaning of educational leadership, leadership theory, how leaders affect organizational effectiveness, measures of leadership, the role of policy in educational governance, the domain of educational leadership as a field, culturally contextualized meanings of educational leadership and the governance of school systems across nations. The intent is to have a combination of state-of-the-field reviews, theory-driven syntheses of current scholarship, reports of new empirical research, and critical discussions of major topics around the volume's theme.

Chapter proposals should be 4-5 page summaries of the proposed chapter and deal explicitly with as many of the following as are applicable, preferably in this order: (1) objectives or purposes; (2) perspectives or theoretical framework; (3) methods, techniques, or modes of inquiry; (4) data sources or evidence (if applicable); (5) results, conclusions, or point of view; and (6) the significance or relevance of this chapter to the volume's overall theme. Authors of successful proposals will be asked to provide a complete chapter manuscript for external review by March 1, 2009. Final accepted chapter manuscripts are due August 1, 2009. All proposals/manuscripts are peer-reviewed.

Please contact Alex Wiseman (aww207@lehigh.edu) with chapter proposals written in English by 30 November 2008.

Le ROCARE recherche un Coordonnateur régional, basé à Bamako (République du Mali)
Le Réseau Ouest et Centre Africain de Recherche en Education (ROCARE) a le plaisir de lancer un appel à candidatures pour le poste de Coordonnateur régional, basé à Bamako, en République du Mali. La date limite de réception des candidatures est fixée pour le 14 aoÃ"t 2008. Plus d'informations sont disponibles aux adresses Internet suivantes:
Description du poste: www.ernwaca.org/web/IMG/pdf_RC_Job_Desccription.pdf
Appel à candidatures (en Français): www.ernwaca.org/web/spip.php?article138
Appel à candidatures (en Anglais): www.ernwaca.org/web/spip.php?article139

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Job description
Vision of ERNWACA: Give an African face to African education.
Mission: Promote African expertise and a culture of research to improve educational policy and practice.
Regional Coordinator position, based in Bamako, Mali; start date is November 2008
Application deadline: 14 August 2008

Responsibilities

• Develop and promote the vision and leadership of the network,
• Develop, in a participatory way, the 2010-2016 strategic action plan in two budgetary cycles, in collaboration with network leaders and partners in member countries;
• Coordinate implementation of the plan in ways that promote development of the national branches of ERNWACA and institutional development of the organization;
• Assure the consolidation, expansion and deepening of the network and mechanisms for the decentralization of responsibilities for planning, action plan implementation, and monitoring;
• Ensure an effective and coordinated communications strategy for the promotion of the network and use of its expertise and products in policymaking and in improving the quality of education in member countries;
• Oversee transnational research projects and processes
• Facilitate planning and organization of training workshops on research methodologies and writing, as well as seminars and conferences to share research findings and stimulate public and policy dialogue;
• Consolidate existing partnerships and develop and maintain appropriate synergistic and mutually beneficial partnerships at the regional level, so as to broaden the networkÂ's influence in matters pertaining to the development of education;
• Network with regional organizations, inter-governmental institutions, universities, research institutes, teacher training colleges and unions, foundations, development agencies, and other partners to implement and/or co-finance joint training, research, advocacy, and publication programs;
• Raise funds and diversify sources of funding for the network to ensure greater autonomy of financial management as well as institutional sustainability, including through the Friends of ERNWACA giving program and the Endowment Fund campaign;
• Support the national branches of the network to design, implement, monitor and evaluate their annual action plans, in collaboration with the national coordinating committees, and ensure respect of statutory obligations and responsibilities;
• Support national network branches in strategic partnership development and resource mobilization in order to ensure greater autonomy of national branches;
• Promote linkages among the networkÂ's different branches in member countries and facilitate communication and sharing of lessons learned and good practices among them;
• Work with the networkÂ's scientific committees to ensure the quality of research and publication processes;
• Work with the Board of Directors in ensuring healthy institutional development, including financial transparency and good governance at national and regional levels;
• Regularly assess, evaluate and report on organizational capacity and performance;
• Present annual technical and financial reports to the Board of Directors for approval;
• Represent the network at regional and international meetings, with other network leaders and network members.

Profile

• Possess at least a materÂ's degree or its equivalent, preferably a PhD and several scholarly publications;
• Have a background in social science research, preferably with university linkages;
• Have a least 5 years of documented and proven experience in the following areas:
  • management, networking, and institutional development;
  • communications, negotiation, and public relations;
  • partnership building and fundraising;
• Able to mobilize and manage human and financial resources;
• Innovative team player with excellent human relations skills;
• Excellent use of French and English in written and oral communication;
• Regular use of information and communication technologies for learning/teaching/training, research, and administration;
• Resident/citizen of African country and familiar with educational development challenges and aspirations on the continent;
• Able to travel at least 25% time.

This is a full time position for three years, based in Bamako, Mali. Contract renewal is based on performance and the search for and renewal of complimentary funding. The coordinator will be employed by ERNWACA. ERNWACA looks forward to negotiating detachment from responsibilities at a national institution.

To apply
Please send by 14 August 2008 the following in a SINGLE message with ERNWACA plus your FULL NAME in the subject line to Raynal et Fadhika RH, Abidjan, at recrutement@rfrh.net and also to recrutement.rocare@ymail.com.
1/ Motivation letter
2/ CV
3/ three (3) letters of recommendation (obligatory), addressed to the President
of the ERNWACA Board of Directors
4/ current earnings as well as salary expectations (obligatory)
5/ indication of institution in your country with video-conference facilities where pre-selection interview could take place
All five (5) items are required and incomplete applications will not be considered.
Qualified women candidates are encouraged to apply.

The Inter-American Journal of Education for Democracy invites submissions for special issue on education, citizenship and interculturalism.

Call for papers

Special Edition on Education, Citizenship, and Interculturalism

As our societies become progressively more diverse, the quality of relationships amongst different groups and cultures becomes increasingly important. Unfortunately, the close interdependence fostered by our societies also provides a fertile ground for the emergence of stereotypes, prejudices, and racist and discriminatory attitudes built over generations through collective imaginaries. These stereotypes hinder the resolution of structural inequalities, which in turn negatively affect ethnic minorities in our countries, and reproduce social asymmetries based on cultural diversity.

An authentic democracy - an aspiration for all of our societies - cannot coexist with racism, since democracy itself implies respect for those who are different, as well as the promotion of intercultural coexistence. The visibility of different cultures, and the possibility of making their voices, proposals, and expectations audible and visible, are indispensible for the vitality of a democracy founded on pluralism. The role played by education in this matter is undeniable.

Given the importance of this topic, we will devote an issue of the Interamerican Journal of Education for Democracy to exploring it. We invite you to submit papers that discuss the subject of education, citizenship, and interculturalism, both in terms of concrete, current realities, as well as desirable futures. Papers can be submitted in one of two categories; critical or review essay (2500 to 3500 words) or research article (7000 to 10000 words). Papers should be submitted following the guidelines found in the section "Publish on IJED" on our website www.ried-ijed.org. The deadline for submissions is September 15, 2008.

The Interamerican Journal of Education for Democracy is a biannual, bilingual, on-line, academic publication. Our main objective is to foster intellectual discussion and exchange about efforts to promote education for democratic citizenship across the Americas. The Journal is affiliated with the Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices, of the Organization of American States (OAS).

We encourage you to consult our Website and our first two issues at www.ried-ijed.org.
Bradley A.U. Levinson,
Lead Editor
Sylvia Schmelkes,
Guest Editor for this Special Issue

The Inter-American Journal of Education for Democracy

Call for papers
The Inter-American Journal of Education for Democracy is a bilingual academic publication produced twice a year, in electronic format. The goal of the Journal is to foster intellectual discussion and exchange ideas to promote education for democratic citizenship across the Americas.
The publication is a plural forum that diffuses knowledge on a wide array of topics, disciplines, theoretical perspectives, and methodologies in the field of citizenship education for democracy and related fields, such as intercultural education, human rights education, peace education, gender equity education, and others.
The Journal is affiliated with the Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices, of the Organization of American States (OAS).
Articles may be submitted in one of the following categories: critical essay (2,500 to 3,500 words), review (2,500 to 3,500 words), research article (7,000 to 10,000 words) or dialogue (7,000 to 10,000 words). Please visit our website to check out the first two issues of the Journal and learn more about the procedures for publishing with us. Join our project from its beginning!
www.ried-ijed.org

Editors
Bradley A.U. Levinson,
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Indiana University, USA
Daniel Schugurensky,
Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada
Roberto González,
School of Psychology, Universidad Católica, Chile
On the first issue of IJED:
Introductory essay:
Democratic Citizenship Education: A New Imperative for the Americas - Bradley A.U. Levinson, Daniel Schugurensky and Roberto González
Research articles:
Mapping Agency through Aesthetic Production: Producing and Enabling Youth as Civic Subjects - Catherine McGregor
Classrooms in Peace: Preliminary Results of a Multi-Component Program - Cecilia Ramos, Ana María Nieto and Enrique Chaux
Citizens' Social Construction of Sustainable Development in Mexico - Medardo Tapia Uribe
Review Essays and Dialogues
Education in Democratic Values: The Historicity of Democracy as the Openness of Narratives - Fernando Luis Onetto
Dialogue on Paulo Freire - Ana María Araujo Freire and Paolo Vittoria

On the second issue of IJED:
Introductory essay:
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and education for democracy - Daniel Schugurensky, Bradley A.U. Levinson and Roberto González
Research articles:
Classrooms in Peace 2: Pedagogical Strategies - Enrique Chaux et al.
Educators and education for democracy: Moving beyond "thin" democracy - Paul Carr
Maya Culture, Educational Reform and the Struggle for Social Transformation in Guatemala - Michael O'Sullivan
Social Participation in Education: Towards a "School Community" in Las Margaritas, Chiapas - Marcos Estrada
Review Essays and Dialogues
Interculturality as a Core Aspect of Education for Democracy: A Dialogue with Sylvia Schmelkes - Bradley A.U. Levinson