THEMATICAL GLOBAL SOCIAL FORUM 2016 PORTO ALEGRE  FÓRUM SOCIAL DA EDUCAÇÃO POPULAR  Women's Literacy and Education and Empowerment Training  Adult Education for Social Change  CSW60 (2016)   AWID’s 13th International Forum  World Social Forum 2016  ...

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In this issue:  -    Community education highlighted at Paris climate summit  -    ICAE Virtual Seminar 2016 on "global citizenship education"  -    ICAE will be present in the WORLD EDUCATION FORUM - Brazil, January 2016  -    ICAE Members  -    Others activities    Download Voices Rising Nº491 ...

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For ICAE President Sandy Morrison Paris climate summit felt like a defining moment of our generation. Sustainability and community education were the educational foci of the event.    The Paris climate summit ends today on Friday, 11th of December, after two weeks of negotiations. The goal of the conference: to reach agreement, among some 190 nations, over a new global agreement on greenhouse gas...

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  Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1950, the Assembly passed resolution 423 (V), inviting all States and interested organizations to observe 10 December of each year as Human Rights Day. This year's Human Rights Day is devoted to the launch of...

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From November 4 to 7, 2015, the first meeting of the new Executive Committee (EC) of ICAE elected last June, at the IX General Assembly, was held. With a full agenda the EC, not only discussed the Council activities for the coming years, but also participated in the 38th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO and High-level Meeting for the adoption of the Education 2030 Framework for...

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64th Annual AAACE Conference  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  "Evolutions and Revolutions in Adult Learning"  November 17 - 20, 2015  General Session Keynote Address: A Short Walk Through the History and Geography of Adult Education  November 18, 2015  By Dr. Katarina Popović  ICAE Secretary General *  For many decades, adult education was spiritus movens of social movements, social and political changes, and...

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