Catégorie : Civil Society

Linked with Union for Mediterranean: a way to bypass human rights? and with The Med Union, dividing the Middle East and North Africa;

(Countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Spain, Slovenia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey).

The Union for the Mediterranean (French: Union pour la Méditerranée; previously known as Mediterranean Union, French: Union méditerranéenne) is a community of European Union member states and other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea established on 13 July 2008[2][3] by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. It was proposed by him as an alternative to Turkish membership of the European Union, which would instead form the backbone of the new union,[4] but with the scaling down of plans in March 2008 that idea has been abandoned. When Turkey was offered a guarantee in March 2008 that it would not be an alternative to the EU, Turkey accepted the invitation to participate … (full, long and complex text on wikipedia).

Links:

The Video: Sarkozy in Tunisia, Mediterranean Union & human rights, 4.21 min, added April 30, 2008;

SARKOZY LAUNCHES MEDITERRANEAN UNION TODAY (on Shofar Minsitries), July 13, 2008.

Google news results in french / en français.

The world’s largest digital library of education literature

Linked with Sylvia Schmelkes – Mexico, with IJED-RIED, and with IJED-RIED: Call for papers.

ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

Homepage;
Search;
Thesaurus;
News;
Contribute;
Address: ERIC Project, c/o Computer Sciences Corporation, 655 15th St. NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005, USA;
Contact.

About: What is ERIC? ERIC – the Education Resources Information Center – is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

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Revista Interamericana de Educacion para la Democracia – Interamerican Journal of Education for Democracy

Linked with Sylvia Schmelkes – Mexico,  with Education Resources Information Center ERIC, and with IJED-RIED: Call for papers.

La Revista Interamericana de Educación para la Democracia es una publicación académica arbitrada que busca fomentar la discusión y el intercambio intelectual sobre los esfuerzos que se hacen para promover la educación para la ciudadanía democrática en las Américas. La RIED es un foro pluralista para difundir conocimiento sobre un amplio rango de temas, disciplinas, perspectivas teóricas y metodologías en el campo de la educación ciudadana para la democracia. Entrar for the spanish website.

The Interamerican Journal of Education for Democracy is a refereed academic publication that aims to foster intellectual discussion and exchange about efforts to promote education for democratic citizenship across the Americas. The IJED 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. Enter for the english website.

Internal links from the Homepage: download in pdf: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and education for democracy, 5 pages; review essays and dialogue; research articles; introductory essay; previous Issues; Interesting links …
Publish in IJED;
FAQ;
Register;
Contact online.

About:
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.

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(in english, en espanol)

Project Management is an important competence that can help development organizations do the right projects and do the projects right. Increased quality, better accountability and a greater impact are some of the benefits of using modern project management methodologies. in development organizations … (full text Frontpage).

Homepage and in its right column, by internal link: Newsletter, eBooks – Management For Development Series, new book: Mastering Project Management, Project Cycle Managment Handbook with 115 pages, … etc. etc.;
Services, and our brochure detailing our services in english, en espanol;
Resources;
Contact.

About (on the Homepage): PM for Development Organisations: PM4DEV was created to provide with expert project management consulting and training services based on a methodology customized to the challenges of development projects. Our objective is to serve the needs of our global development community by providing the tools and processes to plan, implement, and monitor projects in a more consistent, reliable and predictable manner.

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Enabling Dignity and Choice through Education,Health,Economic Empowerment and Womens’ Place in governance

Linked with Sumitra – India;

Mahila Samakhya is a well known organization in the field of social development of woman. It Started in 1989 under the National Education Policy 1986.It Works in socially and educationally backward blocks. It works directly with poorest and most marginalized women primarily with dalit women.It uses Right based approach to ensure equity and justice. (Homepage).

Structures;
Programmes;
Publications;
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya;
Challenges;
Main Office Address: Mahila Samakhya Lucknow, 4/13, Vishal Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow-226010;
Contact.

About:
Our NOT-Negotiables:

• All process and activities within the programme to have respect for women’s existing knowledge, experience and skills.
• Every component and activity within the project must create an environment for learning.
• Women and women’s groups at the village level set the pace, priorities, form and content of all project activities.
• Planning, decision-making and evaluation processes, as well as all levels of personnel must remain accountable to the women’s collectives at the village level.
• All project structures and personnel play facilitative and supportive roles.
• A participatory selection process is followed.
• Management structures decentralized, with participative decision making and devolution of powers and responsibilities to District, Block and village levels.
• Establish a decentralized and participative mode of management, with the decision making powers developed to the district level and to Mahila Sanghas which in turn will provide the necessary conditions for effective participation.
• Enable Mahila Sanghas to actively assist and monitor educational activities in the villages.
• Set in motion circumstances for larger participation of women and girls in formal and non-formal education programmes, and to create an environment in which education can serve the objectives of women’s equality.
• Create an environment in which education can serve the objectives of women’s equality.

Our Vision: Looking at the vast sea of acute deprivation and sufferings, our reach is small but we have successfully created many islands of hope and happiness which with our Vision for 2015 and determination to be there, will grow exponentially and provide firm grounds to the last woman of the State to move forward to a life of dignity and choice
… (full long text /ABOUT).