IAU-HEEFA Newsletter No. 5

The very first IAU HEEFA capacity building session which was held on May 25 to 26 in Cuernavaca, Mexico was a resounding success. Over 100 local stakeholders in EFA convened to exchange ideas, identify priorities in EFA and map out ways on how to strengthen higher education’s engagement in EFA. 16 local higher education institutions participated and dialogued with representatives from the Federal and local government, NGOs, teachers, schools and students. The session successfully ended by the adoption of:

-  a declaration (in Spanish) that recognizes the importance of EFA and the need for greater engagement by all stakeholders in EFA;

-  the creation of several committees linked to identified priorities in EFA to define steps forward;

-  a short-term agenda was defined

 

HEEFA is now going to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso to conduct its second capacity building session to strengthen higher education in EFA activities with local stakeholders. This session is being organized with the support from the University of Ouagadougou and the Ministry of Basic Education. More than 50 participants will be brought together amongst whom include representatives from higher education institutions, Ministries of Education, NGOs, regional cooperation agencies, schools from both primary and secondary levels, students and parents. Download the (provisional) programme

 

Want to organize a capacity building session? Contact Isabelle Turmaine at i.turmaine@iau-aiu.net

  

During the capacity building session, participants were introduced to HEEFA and had the chance to learn how to feed into it. Volunteers provided data and together they discovered how to contribute projects even when the descriptions were in Spanish. Everyone left with a copy the User’s Guide, also available online.

 

Is your project or profile written up in a different language other than English or French? Not a problem for HEEFA. You can add your project and post your expertise in any language. Only pre-defined fields need be in English or French for obvious retrieval and translation reasons.

 

 

 

30 research projects have been selected for the 2010 Grants Programme of the Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA) in quality education, education and the job market, preschool education and girl’s schooling. The programme aims to reinforce links between higher education, institutions and research.

 

Individual experts and working groups of experts are invited to submit proposals for the Qatar Foundation World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Award on the theme, Transforming Education: Investment, Innovation and Inclusion. Proposals must clearly indicate how the educational activity has concretely transformed an aspect of education, having a social impact. Deadline July 15, 2010

UNESCO-APEID Wenhui Award for Educational Innovation 2010 invites educators and higher education institutions located in Asia and the Pacific to send propositions to honour outstanding achievements made improving access to and quality of education for marginalised populations. Deadline 10 August 2010.

The Association of Commonwealth Universities Conference of Executive Heads on MDGs, 25-27 April, Cape Town, South Africa, released a statement calling for systematic engagement of higher education in future national and global development initiatives and universities to strengthen their engagement and share expertise more effectively in MDGs.

The Working Group on EFA of the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee organised a 2-day colloquium, in Paris, France, from June 10 et 11 to exchange ideas between representatives from universities and NGOs and to make recommendations on how to better engage these two communities in reaching marginalised populations to tackle illiteracy and to achieve EFA. Contact: i.turmaine@iau-aiu.net (President of the WG)

5-7 July 2010 7^th Annual Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance (AUCEA) Conference, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia Theme: Communities Participation and Partnership

23-27 August 2010 7^th International Service-Learning Conference, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina http://www.clayss.org.ar/institucional/red.htm

27-29 September 2010 First UNESCO World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education, Moscow, Russia Theme: Building the Wealth of Nations http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001873/187376e.pdf

27-29 September 2010 IAU and Universidad del Salvador International Congress on Higher Education Buenos Aires, Argentina Theme: The Social and Ethical Commitment of Universities: International and Regional Perspectives and Challenges http://www.salvador.edu.ar/sitio/congreso/index.asp