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CONFINTEA Nexus Online: The Electronic
CONFINTEA Follow-up Bulletin --------------
7th Issue ---------------------------------
18 December 1998 ------------------------------
Published by ------------------------------
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AFRICA****
****ADULT LEARNING, DEMOCRACY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Under this topic the Association for World Education (AWE)in cooperation
wi
th UIE will organize a seminar in Kampala (Uganda) on 25-28 January,
1999.
contact: Ove Korsgaard, President, AWE, fax +45-46194839
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****FOLLOW-UP IN TOGO AND BENIN
For planning and discussing follow-up strategies for Togo and Benin,
a
meeting with adult education representatives from both countries took
place
in Cotonou, Bénin on 14-17 December, 1998. Report will follow.
contact: Marc-Laurent Hazoumé, UIE (ml.hazoume@unesco.org)
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****NAMIBIA'S NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR ADULT LEARNING
The detailed plan for follow-up activities on the national level is
the
outcome of a special national conference drawing together over 130
participants from most stakeholders held 1-2 September in Windhoek.
The
plan identified activities within the CONFINTEA Agenda for the Future
that
are priorities for action in the Namibian context. The plan is now
available from UIE (l.silz@unesco.org)
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ARAB STATES****
****REGIONAL FOLLOW-UP MEETING
In preparation of a regional NGO Forum to be held in spring 1999, a
one-day
consultation meeting took place in Cairo on December 03, 1998. The
meeting
was organized by the UNESCO Regional Office (Beirut) in collaboration
with
CID (Community and Institutional Development, an Egyptian NGO), the
UNESCO
Institute for Education and the Upper Egypt Association. About 40
participants (from Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen)
attended the meeting. Main objective was a consultation on two themes:
Policies on adult education in the Arab states, in particular the
complementary roles of NGOs and state institutions in the framework
of an
Agenda for the Future, and the use of media to improve possibilities
for
Education for All and Throughout Life.
Detailed report available from Jean-Paul Hautecoeur, UIE (hauteco@cam.org)
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ASIA****
****DISSEMINATION OF CONFINTEA V OUTCOMES
At the country level, the Declaration and Agenda for the Future
has been
translated in Thai and Japanese while the Chinese translation of the
final
report of CONFINTEA V has been distributed to institutes, centers and
other
government agencies of the People´s Republic of China. At the
Regional
Meeting of UNESCO National Commissions held in Thailand last June,
recommendations for CONFINTEA V Follow-up in the region were discussed.
Meanwhile participants, in the Symposium on Basic Education and Lifelong
Learning held in China last September, emphasized the need to disseminate
a
nd advocate CONFINTEA V outcomes at several levels. While key policy
makers
at the national level and regional organizations (e.g. SEAMEO)
have to be
identified, dissemination activities beyond education ministries and
depart
ments have to be undertaken as well.
****INTEGRATION OF CONFINTEA V OUTCOMES TO EXISTING ACTIVITIES AND
PLANS
In Bangladesh, the Dhaka Ahsania Mission has conducted several workshops
as
a follow-up of CONFINTEA V. A Capacity Building Workshop of Literacy
Centers for Girls and Women organized together with Asia/ Pacific Cultural
Center for UNESCO (ACCU), Japan (20 participants from 9 countries).
Workshop on Good Practices in Literacy and Post Literacy Interventions
(24
participants from 15 countries) jointly sponsored with Asian South
Pacific
Bureau of Adult Education (ASPBAE). At the national level, training
for
senior management, trainors and education supervisors have been organized
on development management, gender development and education supervision
respectively.
Under the auspices of Thailand´s Department of Non-formal Education
of the
Ministry of Education, UNESCO PROAP and ACCU, a symposium on
" Information
and Communication Technology for Non-formal Education in Asia Today
and
Tomorrow" was convened. The meeting focused on the important
role of
technology in non-formal education programs and communication
technology
as a mechanism of educational expansion for disadvantaged population.
Meanwhile, in a meeting organized by the Literacy Coordinating
Council of
the Philippines, an enlarged definition of functional literacy
(covers a
range of skills and competencies-cognitive, affective and behavioral
-
which enables individuals to live and work as human persons, develop
their
potential, make critical and informed decisions, function effectively
in
society within the context of their environment and that of the wider
community in order to improve the quality of their life and that of
society) was discussed and agreed upon. Attended by government
representatives, university researchers and educators, one of
the concrete
outputs of the meeting was the identification of the different
areas for
indicators arising from this enlarged definition: communication
skills;
problem solving and critical thinking; sustainable use of
resources/productivity; development of self and a sense of community;
and
expanding one´s world vision.
The broadening and redefining of the scope of non-formal education
is one
of the priority areas of PROAP/APPEAL. This involves a
1) consideration
of the diversity of providers; 2) incorporation of a gender
perspective;
3) increase in public expenditures on non-formal education
as reflected
in the national education budget; 4) identification of channels for
mobilizing additional resources; and 5) deployment of qualified
human
resources.
In line with this broader scope, PROAP in the Second
Meeting of the
Intergovernmental Regional Committee on Education in Asia and Pacific,
in
November 1998, addressed the following recommendations
to the Member
States: "As a direct follow-up to CONFINTEA V, it is also important
that
member states may consider developing new learning opportunities and
structures for adult learning and lifelong education schemes through
the
opening of institutions (schools, training centers, universities) to
adult
learners; diversifying the contents and methods to include work-related
and
income generation programs; redeployment of retired personnel and promoting
quality of life improvement programs and training activities".
contact: Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo (c.medel-anonuevo@unesco.org)
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EUROPE****
****ADULT LEARNING WEEK '99 IN SWITZERLAND
The Swiss adult Learning Week will take place from 03 - 09 June, 1999.
info & contact: Fédération suisse pour l'éducation
des adultes (FSEA),
e-mail: fseach@alice.ch; Schweizerische
Vereinigung für Erwachsenenbildung
(SVEB), e-mail: festival@alice.ch;
info also from http://www.alice.ch
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****NORDIC BALTIC NGO NETWORK
The meeting was organized by the Nordic Folk Academy and took place
in Riga
from October 15-18, 1998. Participants from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark represented NGOSs involved in adult
education. The major objective was to establish or strengthen contacts
and
cooperation among them, the main theme was "How can adult education
sustain
democratic processes?".
Info and contact: Marc de Maeyer, UIE (m.demaeyer@arcadis.be)
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LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN****
****SUBREGIONAL MEETING FOR COUNTRIES OF MERCOSUR AND CHILE
Montevideo, 17-20 de November, 1998. Official delegations came from
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Also included were
participants from Mexico's Intituto de Nacional de Educacion de Adultos
(INEA), Centro Regional de Education Fundamental para America Latina,
CREFAL, Consejo de Education de Adultos de America Latina, CEAAL,
UNESCO-OREALC Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean and
UNESCO-ORCYT Montevideo, Regional Office for Science and Technology
for
Latin America and the Caribbean, UNESCO, Buenos Aires Office. The host
country also had representatives from its Ministry of Education.
UNESCO, CEAAL, CREFAL, and INEA elaborated the base document for the
meeting. Titled "Hacia una educacion sin exclusiones" (Towards
a
education without exclusions), this forty- page document served as
the base
for the deliberations in Montevideo.
The meeting was divided into seven discussion tables. Literacy, coordinated
by Judith Kalman was the opening discussion table, followed by education
and work coordinated by Enrique Pieck; education, citizenship, human
rights
and participation coordinated by Sergio Haddad; education for
indigenous
and peasant populations, coordinated by Luis Benavides; education for
young
people coordinated by Alberto Brussa; education and gender coordinated
by
Maria Irigoin; and education, local development, and sustainable
development coordinated by Rosa Maria Boggio.
A report is available from Jose Rivero at the OREALC office in Santiago.
contact:j.rivero@unesco.org
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****DEMOCRATIC COMMUNICATION FOR ADULT EDUCATION
The Democratic Communication for Adult Education (DECADE) Project is
an
initiative of the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE)
to
democratise information and communication technologies within the context
of global adult education. It seeks to integrate new information and
communication technologies with traditional means of communication
in order
to improve democratic communication for participants, especially women,
in
adult education. The ultimate intention of this project is that each
ICAE
region (of which the Caribbean is one) will have its own means of
exchanging information through regional networks that are integrated
in the
J. Roby Kidd Resource Centre in Toronto, Canada. Working through the
Caribbean Regional Council for Adult Education (CARCAE), ICAE selected
the
Caribbean region for the design and establishment of a pilot Regional
Communication Centre. The experience gained from the Caribbean pilot
will
inform the development of other RCCs in each ICAE region.
info and contact: Christine Marrett, Coordinator (cmarrett@uwimona.edu.jm)
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THEMATIC FOLLOW-UP****
****ADULT LEARNING DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION NETWORK (ALADIN)
A 3-day Expert Seminar with the objective to create the Adult Learning
Documentation and Information Network (ALADIN), was convened by the
UNESCO
Institute for Education in Hamburg, Germany, 29-31 October, 1998, attended
by 25 participants representing adult learning documentation and
information centres from all world regions and many international
organizations. ALADIN seminar participants developed and adopted an
Action
Plan that is founded on the principles of free and global access to
information and creating a culture of peace.
Some of the immediate actions for the Network include the following:
* to establish ALADIN's website
* to publish an electronic version of the Directory of Networks members
* to publicize the network via UNESCO, World Bank, ICAE and other channels
* to explore possibilities to establish e-mail access for those Network
partners so far without electronic links
* to identify Network focal points to facilitate national, regional
and cross-regional linkages crystallizing around a language, a sector or
a subject specialization
* to develop the groundwork for the creation of new centres
A full version of the Action Plan is available from UIE's Documentation
Centre upon request (u.giere@unesco.org)
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****INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON POPULATION AND ADULT LEARNING
The seminar in Havana, Cuba, on 30 November - 04 December was organized
in
cooperation with the UNESCO representative office in Havana, Cuba and
brought together 26 participants from Thailand, Pakistan, China, Lebanon,
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Mexico, Bolivia, Uruguay, Philippines
and
Cuba itself from various research centres and ministries.
In the final analysis three broad issues for the population field were
defined: the ageing population, masculinity and new identities, and
sexual
and reproductive health and rights. AIDS education was a prominent
feature
of the discussion.
In addition to the group presentations and discussions various field
trips
were organized: to the Universidad Pedagogica Nacional, to the Literacy
Museum, to the Centro Nacional de Educacion Sexual, the Centro de Estudios
Demograficos, and to a community project in a poorer area of La Habana.
contact: Linda King, UIE (l.king@unesco.org)
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ADULT LEARNING AND AGEING POPULATIONS
A small consultation meeting for the preparation for the International
Year
of Old Persons (1999) was organized by UIE in Hamburg, Germany on 07
December, 1998. participants from Germany, Macau, Netherlands and UK
as
well as representatives from the International Council of adult Education
(ICAE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) discussed strategies
for
adult learning activities in the context of the coming International
Year
of Old Persons.
contact: Toshio Ohsako (t.ohsako@unesco.org)
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****CONFINTEA V IMPACT STUDY
Professor Eric Bockstael, Wayne State University, project coordinator
and
researcher for the CONFINTEA follow-up survey, informs us that he still
is
receiving completed questionnaires, the latest one on December 10 from
Columbia. All completed questionnaires will now be computer scanned.
The
final report of the first phase should be completed by January 31,
1999.
The second phase of this project will begin by March 1, 1999.Those
who have
provided a return name and address will receive the second questionnaire.
The final report will have been mailed by the UIE by that time. Persons
from 47 countries have completed 217 questionnaires, thus offering
a good
sample of those present at CONINTEA V.
contact: w.mauch@unesco.org
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PUBLICATIONS****
****CON-NEXUS IN PRINT
CON-NEXUS No 1 (May - September 1998), the 32-pages Follow-up Bulletin
of
CONFINTEA V is available from UIE (uhpub@unesco.org).
CON-NEXUS No 2 will
be available in January.
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****ASIAN ACTIVITIES
****Regional Follow-Up Consultation Meeting of CONFINTEA V, June
1998,
Thailand, Final Report.
****Symposium on Basic Education and Lifelong Learning, September,
1998,
People's Republic of China, Final Report.
****Second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Regional Committee on Education
in Asia and Pacific, November 1998, Thailand, Draft Final Report
all three publications available from Ms. Lucille Gregorio,
Coordinator a.i., APPEAL, UNESCO PROAP, Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, Thailand
10110, Thailand, Tel. No. (662)391-0577, Fax: (662)391-0866, email:
appeal@mozart.inet.co.th
****Symposium on Information and Communication Technology for Non-formal
Education in Asia and Today and Tomorrow, 1997 , Thailand, Final
Report
available from Ms. Vachiraporn Amaritanan, Department of Non-formal
Educati
on, Ministry of Education, Bangkok 10300,Thailand.
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****Developing a Network of Adult Learning Documentation and Information
Services. Directory of Members. Répertoire des membres. Directorio
de los
miembros. Mitgliederverzeichnis. By Ursula Giere. Hamburg: UNESCO Institute
for Education, 1998. 203 p.
This analytical and annotated Directory, outcome of a worldwide survey
carried out by UIE's Documentation Centre and co-financed by the German
Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology,
will
serve as the basis for planning, implementing and financing international
co-operation and cross-border networking between adult education
documentation and information services worldwide. Profiling 90 centres
from
around the world the Directory serves as a reference tool for information
seekers and information providers. It documents and interprets the
present
situation of adult learning documentation and information services
including geographical disparities, uneven access to new technologies,
user
groups served, and special activities. It identifies compatibilities
in
data management, indicates difficulties and challenges in the work,
cooperation, and networking. It highlights future developments focusing
on
strategies and perspectives and informs about the roles and functions
within the Network envisaged by different Network Members.
Available from UIE (uhpub@unesco.org).
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OTHER CONFERENCES/MEETINGS/SEMINARS****
****LIFELONG LEARNING - INSIDE AND OUTSIDE SCHOOLS
University of Bremen, Germany, 25 to 27 February 1999.
The conference aims at:
- linking up present development in education and lifelong learning
on a
theoretical and practical level
- discussing the lifelong learning concept and its relevance for schools
- offering a chance for a European exchange of experiences with new
learnin
g models inside and outside schools
In addition to plenary lectures the following themes will be discussed
in
sectional work:
1.) Teacher's training and lifelong learning
2.) Perspectives of schools as new communities
3.) Schools, technology and lifelong learning
4.) Key qualifications for the future
5.) Educational methods: new challenges
6.) Intercultural learning and the construction of gender
7.) Self-directed lifelong learning
For more details and registration please see:
http://www1.uni-bremen.de/~erill/lios/
contact: Dr. Eva Kammler (kammler@uni-bremen.de)
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