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4 mai 2013

Conference on the Social Investment Package - An Irish Presidency Conference

2 - 3 May 2013, Leuven, Belgium Venue: The Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, Leuven, Belgium. The Social Investment Package, adopted by the European Commission on 20 February 2013, will be presented to Member States officials, elected representatives, civil society, social partners, the private sector and others.
Objectives
Special focus will be on the three key thematic elements of the Social Investment Package:
    * Investment: The Social Investment Package and its relevance to EU social policies in the future
    * Innovation: Why we need to foster Social Innovation and how we can put it into practice in the social economy and involving NGOs
    * Involvement: What vision of a social Europe do young Europeans want to see?
The event is organised in the framework of the Irish EU Presidency and will bring together 'actors' in social investment with a view to putting forward proposals for future joint actions in support of the implementation of the Social Investment Package. Read more...

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4 mai 2013

Employment - Jobs in Europe

Policymakers face an unprecedented challenge in reversing Europe's sharp rise in unemployment and in devising policies that will build a dynamic and resilient labour market. Under the European Employment Strategy, employment is central to the European Semester process to promote closer policy coordination between Member State governments. The European Commission's Employment Package of April 2012 proposes measures to support job creation, restore the dynamics of labour markets and reinforce coordination and multilateral surveillance in employment policy. The package also supports the objectives of Europe's growth strategy Europe 2020. Eurofound provides facts, figures and analysis to inform the development of policy on employment and jobs in Europe. Read more...

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4 mai 2013

Quality of life, citizens and public services

The economic crisis means that many more Europeans are at risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, which threaten serious negative impacts for individuals and societies. In this situation, access to public services becomes more important than ever to citizens' quality of life.
The European Commission's Social Investment Package of February 2013 calls on EU governments to place more emphasis on social investment, to target spending efficiently on social protection and on areas such as healthcare, education and childcare. One of the reasons for doing so is the risk of missing the Europe 2020 target of lifting at least 20 million people out of poverty and social exclusion by 2020.
For policymakers to develop policies to promote social cohesion and address worrying divergence in quality of life measures across the EU they need detailed knowledge on the living standards and social situation of citizens. Studying living conditions and quality of life is one of the main remits of Eurofound. Read more...

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4 mai 2013

Regional and Minority Language Products

Products by language
Basque - Breton - Catalan - Cornish - Corsican - Friulian - Gaelic - Galician - Ladin - Low German - Manx - Occitan - Sardinian - Sorbian - Welsh - Yiddish - Advice and networking.
Examples of participating organisations (by language)
Albanian - Alsatian - Aragonese - Asturian - Basque - Breton - Catalan - Corsican - Frisian - Friulian - Gaelic - Galician - Ladin - Occitan - Romani - Sami - Sorbian - Welsh - Yiddish.
Products by language
Basque
    * Best Practice - Best Language Teaching Method - www.languages.dk/methods
    * Herritartzen: Basque Radio Course - www.radiokultura.com/cours-de-basque
Breton
    * CRAMLAP - www.cramlap.org
Catalan
    * Best Practice - Best Language Teaching Method - www.languages.dk/methods
    * LINMITER - www.unilat.org/DTIL/Terminologie/Reseaux/Linmiter/fr
Cornish
    * CRAMLAP - www.cramlap.org
Corsican
* LINMITER - www.unilat.org/DTIL/Terminologie/Reseaux/Linmiter/fr
Friulian
    * LINMITER - www.unilat.org/DTIL/Terminologie/Reseaux/Linmiter/fr
    * ARLeF - www.arlef.it
Gaelic
    * Best Practice - Best Language Teaching Method - www.languages.dk/methods
    * CRAMLAP - www.cramlap.org
Galician
* LINMITER - www.unilat.org/DTIL/Terminologie/Reseaux/Linmiter/fr
Ladin
    * Ladin Standard - www.spell-termles.ladinia.net
    * LINMITER - www.unilat.org/DTIL/Terminologie/Reseaux/Linmiter/fr
Low German
    * Ostfriesischelandschaft - www.ostfriesischelandschaft.de
    * SIGURD - www.statvoks.no/sigurd/
Manx
    * CRAMLAP - www.cramlap.org
Occitan
    * LINMITER - www.unilat.org/DTIL/Terminologie/Reseaux/Linmiter/fr
Sardinian
    * LINMITER - www.unilat.org/DTIL/Terminologie/Reseaux/Linmiter/fr
Sorbian
    * Dictionnaire d'apprentissage interactif allemand/bas-sorabe – gcjm.dyndns.org/adnw/adnw.htm
Welsh
    * CRAMLAP - www.cramlap.org
    * Network of European Language Planning Boards - www.languageplanning.com
Yiddish
    * Dictionnaire Français-Yiddish - www.yiddishweb.com/medem/ Publications.html
Advice and networking
    * Network of European Language Planning Boards - www.languageplanning.com
    * ADUM - www.adum.info/adum
Examples of participating organisations (by language)
Albanian
    * Bashkia e Höres së Arbëreshëvet / Comune di Piana degli Albanese - www.pianalbanesi.it
Alsatian
    * ABCM
    * Eltern 68 - eltern68.free.fr
Aragonese
    * Ligallo de Fablans de l'Aragonés - www.fablans.org
Asturian
    * Academia de la Llingua Asturiana - www.academiadelallingua.com
Basque
    * Euskal Kultur Erakundea / Institut Culturel Basque - www.eke.org/eke
    * Eusko Ikaskuntza - www.eusko-ikaskuntza.org
    * Eusko Jaurlaritza / Gobierno Vasco - www.euskadi.net/r33-2219/es
    * GAIA - www.gaia.es
    * Hizkuntza Politikarako Sailburuordetza Eusko Jaurlaritzaren - www.kultura.ejgv.euskadi.net/r46-704/es
    * IKAS / Centre pédagogique Basque - www.ikas.org
    * Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del Pais Vasco - www.ehu.es
Breton
    * Radio Bro Gerne - www.antourtan.fr/radio/kerne/bzh/
    * Skol-Uhel Ar Vro / Institut Culturel de Bretagne - hicb.culture-bretagne.org/bzh
    * Dihun - www.dihun.com/
Catalan

Associació Diomira - www.diomira.net/cast/index.htm
Confederació de Comerç de Catalunya - www.confecomercat.es
Fundació Congrés de Cultura Catalana - www.fundccc.cat
Fundació Jaume Bofill - www.fbofill.cat
Generalitat de Catalunya - www.gencat.net
Institut d'Estudis Catalans - www.iecat.net/inici.htm
La Bressola - www.bressola.cat
Òmnium Cultural Catalunya Nord - www.omniumcultural.org
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya - www.uoc.edu
Ajuntament de Reus - www.reus.net

Corsican
    * CRDP Corse - www.crdp-corse.fr
Frisian
    * Fryske Akademy - www.fa.knaw.nl
    * Nordfriisk Instituut - www.nordfriiskinstituut.de
Friulian
    * Societât Filologjiche Furlane / Società Filologica Friulana - www.filologicafriulana.it
Gaelic
    * Sabhal Mòr Ostaig - www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/index_gd.html
    * Bord na Gàidhlig - www.bord-na-gaidhlig.org.uk
Galician

CFR Ferrol - www.edu.xunta.es/centros/cfrferrol
Concello de Melide - www.concellodemelide.org
Confederación de Empresarios de Galicia - www.ceg.es
Confederación Intersindical Galega - www.galizacig.com
Nova Escola Galega - www.nova-escola-galega.org
Xunta de Galicia - www.edu.xunta.es/web
Asociación sócio-pedagóxica Galega - www.as-pg.com

Ladin
    * Union Generela di Ladins dla Dolomites - www.lauscdiladins.com
    * Istitut Culturel Ladin "Micurá de Rü" - www.altea.it/ladins
Occitan
    * Occitania - www.occitania.it/default.htm
    * In-Oc / L'Institut Occitan - www.in-oc.org
Romani
    * Union Romani - www.unionromani.org
Sami
    * Nordic Sami Institute - www.samiskhs.no/index.php?c=216&kat=International
Sorbian
    * Sorbisches Institut - www.serbski-institut.de
Welsh

Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd Prifysgol Cymru - www.aber.ac.uk
Eisteddfod genedlaethol Cymru - www.eisteddfod.org.uk
Prifysgol Cymru Abertawe - www.swan.ac.uk/dace
Prifysgol Cymru Bangor - www.bangor.ac.uk/ corporate/informationabout/ cymraeg/research.php
Comisiynydd y Gymraeg/Welsh Language Commissioner - www.comisiynyddygymraeg.org/cymraeg/Pages/Hafan.aspx
Network of European Language Planning Boards - www.languageplanning.com

Yiddish
* Bibliothèque Medem - www.yiddishweb.com/medem.

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4 mai 2013

Regional and minority languages

EU policy - to protect and promote regional and minority languages
The EU has a positive policy towards regional and minority languages, enshrined in Article 22 of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, which states, “The Union respects cultural, religious and linguistic diversity”.
In 1992, the European Commission initiated a detailed study of regional and minority language communities in the EU. As new countries joined the Union, the scope of the study was widened. For more information visit the Euromosaic page. In addition, the European Commission provided support to the ADUM project (2004-05). ADUM informs people and organisations working to support regional or minority languages about European funding opportunities. Other recent projects include CRAMLAP (Celtic, Regional and Minority Languages Abroad Project), which has undertaken an audit and evaluation of Higher Education provision of Celtic and other regional and minority languages in Europe, and the Network of European Language Planning Boards, established to promote co-operation between minority language planning boards in Europe.
The Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD) is a pan-European Network which covers regional, minority, indigenous, cross-border and smaller national languages to promote linguistic diversity in Europe. The main focus is providing information about and easy access to a large network of organisations that can share ideas, information and best practice regarding the promotion of less widely used languages. For an overview of regional and minority language projects supported by the European Union, see the “Regional and Minority” Language Products page.

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4 mai 2013

Official EU languages

The European Union has 23 official and working languages. They are: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish.
The first Community Regulation determining official languages was passed in 1958. It specified Dutch, French, German and Italian as the first official and working languages of the EU, these being the languages of the Member States at that time. Since then, as more countries have become part of the EU, the number of official and working languages has increased. However, there are fewer official languages than Member States, as some share common languages. In Belgium, for example, the official languages are Dutch, French and German, whilst in Cyprus the majority of the population speaks Greek, which has official status.
There are two main entitlements for languages with “official and working” status:
* documents may be sent to EU institutions and a reply received in any of these languages
* EU regulations and other legislative documents are published in the official and working languages, as is the Official Journal
Due to time and budgetary constraints, relatively few working documents are translated into all languages. The European Commission employs English, French and German in general as procedural languages, whereas the European Parliament provides translation into different languages according to the needs of its Members.
More info: Official languages and other facts about European countries.

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4 mai 2013

The Knight Center concludes MOOC on infographics with 5,000 participants, its largest class to date

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More than 5,000 participants from 138 countries participated in the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas’ Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) “Introduction to Infographics and Data Visualization”, making it the largest class to date held by the institution. The MOOC was taught by renowned expert Alberto Cairo between January and March 2013, as part of the Knight Center’s new MOOC initiative, which began in October last year with the first edition of the infographics course and counted with the participation of 2,000 people from 109 countries.

"As far as we know, this was the first MOOC on journalism in the world," said professor Rosental Alves, founder and director of the Knight Center. "This first MOOC was an experiment and I can now say that it was a big success. We proved the concept and now we are preparing several other MOOCs on journalism topics.”
Professor Alves said that about half of the participants were engaged in the discussion forums. "The fact that 2,214 people interacted in the forums of the course is really a good indicator of the effectiveness of the MOOC," he said.
“People from more than 100 countries have participated in this MOOC. We've had journalists, designers, scientists, economists, statisticians, developers, etc. This fact has made the course much richer and more engaging. It would not have been so interesting if the student body were not so diverse,” wrote instructor Alberto Cairo in his final message to the class.
The Knight Center’s pioneering MOOC programme has been designed especially for this new, massive format and seeks to encourage the largest amount of student-to-student and instructor-to-students interactions as possible. On March 8 the Knight Center launched its first MOOC in Spanish, "How to Improve Electoral Coverage."

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4 mai 2013

END 2013 Conference

1-3 June. Lisbon, Portugal. Education, in a global sense, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and acts. One of the most important contribution resides in what and how we learn through the improvement of educational processes, both in formal and informal settings.
Our International Conference seeks to provide some answers and explore the processes, actions, challenges and outcomes of learning, teaching and human development. Our goal is to offer a worldwide connection between teachers, students, researchers and lecturers, from a wide range of academic fields, interested in exploring and giving their contribution in educational issues.
The International Conference on Education and New Developments 2013 invites you to showcase presentations, from the most diverse countries and cultures, to promote growth in research methods intimitly related to teaching, learning and applications in Education nowadays.
To download our END 2013 Conference Official Poster click here.

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4 mai 2013

GUNi celebrates its Academic Seminar at the University of Victoria (Canada)

The event took place last 6-7 March, 2013, with the objective to develop a collaborative debate on the regional articles for the upcoming GUNi report. The Seminar followed the events of the public launch of the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research at UVic.
The Editorial Team of GUNi held an Academic Seminar last March 6th and 7th at the University of Victoria (Canada) with the regional authors of the upcoming GUNi report “Higher Education in the World 5. Knowledge, Engagement and Higher Education: Rethinking Social Responsibility”.
The Seminar was sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada/Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Humaines du Canada (SSHRC-CRSH), and took place in the premises of the University of Victoria.
The Editorial Team for the GUNi Report is composed by GUNi Executive Director Cristina Escrigas, GUNi Research and Content Coordinator Jesús Granados, Guest Editor Dr. Budd Hall (University of Victoria) and Guest Editor Dr. Rajesh Tandon (Participatory Research in Asia – PRIA). Dr. Hall and Dr. Tandon are the newly appointed Co-Chairs of the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research.
The purpose of the Seminar, entitled “Knowledge, Engagement, and Higher education: Rethinking Social Responsibility,” was to serve as a platform for the regional authors of the upcoming GUNi Report 5 to present the drafts for their papers to the Editorial Team and other authors, with a subsequent debate amongst all attendees and feedback exchange.
The meeting took place in an in-person and virtual fashion simultaneously. In-person attendees were: Rajesh Tandon, Budd Hall, Cristina Escrigas, Jesús Granados, Carol Ma (Asia and the Pacific), Hiram E. Fitzgerald (USA and Canada), Michael Osborne (Europe), Leslie Brown (UVic), Crystal Tremblay (UVic), and Norbert Steinhaus (Associate Chair of GACER and international contact of the Living Knowledge Network). Virtual attendees were: George Openjuru (Africa), Maria Nieves Tapia (Latin America and the Caribbean), Barbara Ibrahim (Arab States), Lean Heng Chan (Asia and The Pacific), Lorlene Hoyt (Regional overview) and Robert Hollister (Regional overview). This presential/virtual gathering was a great and productive success and collaborative effort that will undoubtedly enhance the contents of the upcoming Report.
Canadian launch of the UNESCO Chair in Community-based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education
The GUNi Academic Seminar took place during a very important week at the University of Victoria. On Monday, March 4th, UVic celebrated the Canadian launch of the UNESCO Chair in Community-based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education at the First Peoples House, for which Dr. Budd Hall has been jointly appointed Co-Chair along with Dr. Rajesh Tandon from PRIA. The India launch of the UNESCO Chair took place last December 10th, 2012. The UNESCO Chair is the only one in the world jointly hosted by a northern university and a southern non-governmental organization. The focus of the chair’s program is to build research capacity in the field of community-based research and social responsibility in higher education in the Global South. The event featured speakers President David Turpin; Vice-President Academic and Provost Reeta Tremblay; Dr. Budd Hall; Dr. Rajesh Tandon; Dean Mary Ellen Purkis, Faculty of Human and Social Development; representatives of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO; and Sinéad Charbonneau, student from the Métis Nation. To read the Chair’s Framework for Action 2012-2016, follow this link.
International Symposium on Knowledge Democracy
Following the launch, on Tuesday, March 5th, the newly appointed Co-Chairs and the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria offered an International Symposium on Knowledge Democracy, entitled “Decolonizing the University through Community Partnerships”. The objective of the symposium was to provide visibility to community-based and socially responsible research at the University of Victoria and contribute to the international dialogue on knowledge democracy. The welcome speech of the event was given by Evert Lindquist, Director of the School of Public Administration. The Symposium featured 8 panel presentations: Transforming the Economy; Idle No More in Our Communities; Revitalizing the Languages of the Earth; Citizen Engagement; Non-Profits and CBR; Global Environmental Challenges and Partnerships-Case Study: Sustainable Waste Management; and Brazil and Canada; Street Stories: Experiential Wisdom for Ending Homelessness. For more details on the program of the Symposium, follow this link.

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4 mai 2013

The new agenda for the transformation of higher education in Latin America

In this article, Axel Didriksson presents, from an analytical and programmatic perspective, the existing debate for a new agenda of transformation of higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean by analyzing its main features and components.
Introduction
Resolving the urgent need for a new form of development founded on equality and sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean is strongly dependent on the outcome of strategic decisions currently being taken with regard to public policies on higher education, science and technology, and on the stances that governments adopt regarding participation in the creation of new knowledge platforms and learning experiences.
This view was expressed and universally supported (by more than four million representatives of higher education institutions) in one of the documents forming the basis of discussion at the UNESCO Regional Conference on Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (Gazzola and Didriksson, 2008), held in the city of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, in 2008, and in the conclusions reached at the Regional Conference and those outlined in the final communiqué of the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education, held in Paris, France, in 2009.
According to these outcomes and conclusions, the past decade has seen some twenty academic, institutional and legislative reforms (some of them at national level) that, in one way or another, have had – and continue to have – a bearing on the construction of a new agenda for discussion between universities, education ministries and government departments. Read more...

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