North-South Center Programme Volunteering and Active Citizenship

For the coming semester, the North-South Center (NSC) Global Education & Youth programme is flagging its activities under the theme of volunteering and active citizenship. While the annual University on Youth and Development (UYD) will gather in September over 300 youth leaders from all over the world to reflect, share good practices and expertise under the theme of Youth Volunteering for Global Development, the NSC will pursue its work for a participative global citizenship through its Global Education activities: indeed, and in the same logic as the UYD, the Global Education e-training course, starting the 3rd of October under the topic of Intercultural Learning (3-28 October; application until 26 September 2011), and the Global Education Week, from 12 to 20 November under the leading theme "Act for our Planet!" will aim at raising awareness and empower citizens for action for a global change.

In parallel, and building on the recently approved Recommendation of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers to member states on education for global interdependence and solidarity, the second semester will be determinant for the NSC policy-making in the field of GE: the last regional seminar for the promotion of GE in new EU member States will take place in Slovenia in 17-18 October, involving SEE/Med countries stakeholders into the debate of global education and the sharing of strategies for the promotion of GE.

This collaborative approach with partners, and their respective feedback, will contribute to the improvement and updating of the NSC pedagogical and training tools in the field of GE and set the working-frame of the Pan European Congress foreseen in 2012. Meanwhile, the new space for Global Educators community created on NSC Facebook page, aims at facilitating and encouraging this proximity between the NSC and its partners and stakeholders for a fruitful and continuous work.

For more information, please contact Miguel Silva.

Source: DE Times September 2011, Information provided by Miguel Silva