During the last few years the scale of violent extremism has made a major impact in the world, disrupting not only the lives of millions, but also interfering with the progress made on peace, security and the protection of Human Rights. While perpetrators can be of different ages, gender or nationalities, young people are especially vulnerable.
In the effort to improve the current state of History and Government teaching in Kenya and explore ways in which these subjects can be used to promote peace and reconciliation in the country, a conference took place from 27 to 30 September 2016 under the topic of “Learning to Live Together through History and Government Education”, organized by Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development with the support of ACT.
Ms. Maria Lucia Uribe and Mr. Suchith Abeyewickreme, from Arigatou International Geneva, were among the 12 facilitators at the Conference. They contributed with their insights into the role of ethics education to uphold and promote human dignity, foster interconnectedness and respect for one another, and help developing inclusive individual and collective identities.
The 2016 World Mountain Forum (WMF) took place from 17-20 October 2016, in Mbale, Uganda[1]. The theme of the year was ‘Mountains for our Future.’ It was organized by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) and Uganda’s Ministry of Water and Environment. The Forum was preceded by an Africa Mountains …
Ya hemos estrenado Hambre. Lo que se ve, lo que se esconde, el webdoc de ProjecteFAM. La estrategia de transformación del proyecto se va desplegando. Vamos quemando etapas. Durante la producción de este webdoc hemos puesto toda nuestra energía en crear una narrativa interactiva con lenguaje audiovisual y web. Queríamos explorar las nuevas posibilidades de lenguaje interactivo para crear la propia narrativa. No sabemos muy bien como llamarlo. Descubrimos que aún faltan palabras para explicar y definir estos nuevos formatos. A veces hemos usado largometraje: está trabajada la narrativa de manera que completar la experiencia de contenidos puede llevar más de dos horas. A veces nos quedamos con narrativa interactiva, que es en realidad lo que es, aunque es un concepto que no todo el mundo entiende aún.
L'entrada Webdoc H-A-M-B-R-E en abierto, estrategia en marcha. ha aparegut primer a Quepo | Comunicació per a la transformació social.
Are you intending to compete at the next Maria Canals International Music Competition? Enrollment is already open!
The deadline for pianists intending to participate is the 20th of December 2016. The artistic committee of the competition will carefully evaluate all the pre-inscriptions and will decide the list of admitted participants.
For the first time, the registration process will be done totally online.
You can register and obtain all the additional information here.
