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29 July

• Invitation to the Colloquium of the Fiftieth anniversary of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication
  Within the framework of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Ministry of Culture and communication, the Committee of history organizes on 13, 14 and 15 October 2009 in the National Theater of the Opéra Comique an international colloquium entitled “CULTURE, POLICY AND CULTURAL POLICY”, located under the scientific Presidency of Mr. Elie Barnavi, historian, scientific adviser attached to the Museum of Europe (Brussels) and old ambassador of Israel in France. An Internet site was created dedicated to this event so that you can register and find all the details regarding this colloquium: program, online registration, list of participants, practical information,… Thanks for registering before 25 September 2009.
  More information in French: http://www.colloque50ans-culture.fr/pro/fiche/quest.jsp;jsessionid=507218562F61A29007D39B6035EEDC4C.kl1?locale
  =2&surveyName=Default&pg=accueil

23 July

• The Talloires Network
  The Talloires Network is an international association of institutions committed to strengthening the civic roles and social responsibilities of higher education. In September 2005, President Lawrence Bacow of Tufts University convened the Talloires Conference 2005, the first international gathering of the heads of universities devoted to strengthening the civic roles and social responsibilities of higher education. The meeting brought together 29 university presidents, rectors, and vice chancellors from 23 countries. The conference gave rise to the Talloires Declaration on the Civic Roles and Social Responsibilities of Higher Education. All signatories of the Declaration have committed their institutions to educating for social responsibility and civic engagement, and to strengthening the application of university resources to the needs of local and global communities.
  More information: http://www.tufts.edu/talloiresnetwork/

• PERII - Releasing the power of research
  The global knowledge network releases the power of research in an ever increasing number of developing and emerging countries, enabling them to create their own development solutions and improve the livelihoods of millions of people – now and in the future.
  More information: http://www.inasp.info/media/www/documents/PERii-leaflet-web.pdf

• Parallel sessions of the World Conference on Higher Education. UNESCO Headquarters. Paris, France - July 2009
  The parallel sessions discussed in depth issues such as demand for higher education, diversification of higher education institutions, the need to create networks of global, national and international importance of life long learning, the contribution of information and communication technologies for expanding access and improving quality, strengthening the social responsibility of higher education institutions and the role of governments to ensure an equitable education and quality.
  More information: http://www.universityandheritage.net/doc/0809_unitwin.pdf

21 July

• EURASHE (European Association of Institutions in Higher Education)
  The European Association of Institutions in Higher Education is an association of European higher education institutions that give primary emphasis to the professional aspect of higher education and applied research. EURASHE sees as the main features of professional higher education Its close link with the world of employment, a focus on employability and a regional embedding of HE institutions.
  More information: http://www.eurashe.eu/RunScript.asp?page=108&p=ASP%5CPg108.asp

15 July

• Agreement with Qatar for education funding in Iraq and Gaza
  UNESCO signed a $26.6 million framework agreement on 8 July 2009 for education in crisis affected areas with the Office of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, First Lady of Qatar and UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education. The agreement aims at supporting the educational system in Iraq ($ 23.8 million) and in the Gaza Strip ($2.8 million). Projects in Iraq focus on the rehabilitation of the Iraqi higher education system, the development of new curricula, literacy and non-formal education, and teacher training. In addition, funding will be provided for the five emergency education UNESCO projects retained in the UN Flash Appeal for Gaza, aimed at restoring quality education and educational services in the Gaza Strip, in particular at secondary and higher levels. These projects concern the promotion of schools as safe zones, support for crisis planning and management for affected school, training in ‘Interagency Network for Education in Emergencies’ Minimum Standards, emergency support to higher education institutions, and provision of emergency secondary education in non-UNRWA schools...

• Outcomes to the 2009 World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE): Action Plans_Follow-up
  The World Conference on Higher Education gathered almost 1,000 participants from 148 countries from 5-8 July 2009 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris to address “The New Dynamics of Higher Education and Research for Societal Change and Development”. It closed with a call to governments to increase investment in higher education, encourage diversity and strengthen regional cooperation to serve societal needs.

• Appointment of Mr Luk VAN LANGENHOVE as Representative of the United Nations University (UNU) at UNESCO
  The United Nations University (UNU) wishes to announce that Mr. Luk VAN LANGENHOVE has been appointed as Representative of its Office at UNESCO as of 1st July 2009. Mr. Van Langenhove, who is also Director of the UNU Programme on Comparative Regional Integrated Studies (UNU-CRIS), is already familiar with the work of UNESCO, thanks to his contribution to a number of joint activities related to the Social Sciences. One of his main missions will be to strengthen existing co-operation between UNU and UNESCO. He can be contacted at: lvanlangenhove@cris.unu.edu

• ICT changing the face of Higher Education
  Cyber universities, the challenge of equal access and the growing carbon footprint of information and communication technologies were debated during a parallel session at the World Conference on Higher Education. “A business as usual attitude to the provision of higher education will no longer do as demand rises along with question of equity, affordability and relevance,” said UNESCO’s Assistant-Director General, Communication and Information Abdul Waheed Khan opening the session. “The conventional system alone cannot meet the challenges. We must ask the questions; will present day universities become the dinosaurs of tomorrow? Will there be profound changes in learning content? What is the role of students and staff and how will we ensure quality and sustainability on the Internet?”

• Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) - Test Version 1.6
  A survey on education for sustainable development (test version 1.6) is online. The objective is to gather an inventory of critical issues that frequently emerge in sustainable development. The survey is based on the eight UNESCO "key action themes" for the "Decade of Education for Sustainable Development" (2005-2014).
  The eight themes are as follows:
  1. Education for gender equality
  2. Education for health promotion
  3. Education for environmental stewardship
  4. Education for rural development
  5. Education for cultural diversity
  6. Education for peace and human security
  7. Education for sustainable urbanization
  8. Education for sustainable consumption

  There are two questions per theme, for a total of 16 questions ... should take no more than 30 minutes...

10 July

• Academia must consolidate its social responsibility role
  "On a good day education can not only be useful, it can be wise,” said Janyne Hodder, President of the College of the Bahamas speaking at a round table on higher education and social responsibility. The round table, held during the World Conference on Higher Education, explored the ways in which higher education could capitalise on its role as social developer to promote peace, freedom of expression and sustainable development. In his opening address Pierre Sané, UNESCO Assistant-Director General for Social and Human Sciences, said it was essential to see higher education in the context of the twin crises of the 21st century: severe poverty and political repression on the one hand, affecting millions of people and environmental catastrophes of historic proportions on the other.

• Africa round table stresses cooperation, governance and academic freedom
  “Is African higher education relevant to Africa’s needs?” asked Nahas Angula, Prime Minister of Namibia, special guest at a round table on Africa held during the World Conference on Higher Education. A variety of speakers proposed dynamic and informative responses. The importance of cooperation and partnership was repeatedly stressed. Sang Heon Um, Deputy Minister for Academic Research Policy in the Republic of Korea quoted an African proverb: “if you want to go first, go alone; if you want to go fast, go together.” Korea, he said, was a good model as well as a good partner for Africa as a country with few natural resources which formerly depended heavily on overseas funding. Strategic investment in education largely accounts for the country’s economic success.. Warm applause greeted his proposal to enlarge cooperation with African countries in higher education.

9 July

• Director-General affirms UNESCO World Conference will mark the beginning of reinforced cooperation in higher education
  In the afternoon of 8 July 2009, the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, brought to a close the World Conference on Higher Education. He said that the event stood as a “genuine landmark” and signalled the beginning of reinforced cooperation in higher education. The Chairman of UNESCO’s Executive Board, Mr Olabiyi Babalola Joseph Yaï, also attended the closing ceremony.

• Director-General signs USD 26,6 million Framework Agreement for education in crisis affected areas with the Office of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, First Lady of Qatar
  On 8 July 2009, the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, signed at the Organization’s Headquarters a Framework Agreement on education in crisis affected areas with Dr Abudullah Al Kubaissi, Executive Director of the Office of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, First Lady of Qatar and UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education.

• World Conference on Higher Education closes with an appeal for investment and cooperation
  The UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education closed on 8 July with a call to governments to increase investment in higher education, encourage diversity and strengthen regional cooperation to serve societal needs. “At no time in history has it been more important to invest in higher education as a major force in building an inclusive and diverse knowledge society and to advance research, innovation and creativity,” says the final communiqué, adopted at the end of the World Conference on Higher Education that gathered over 1,000 participants from around 150 countries at UNESCO Headquarters over four days.

8 July

• Demolire e ricostruire in Europa
  Programmi a confronto
  I programmi di demolizione e ricostruzione ruotano attorno al principio ispiratore della qualità urbana, intesi nel loro valore strategico di garantire coesione all’interno del sistema dell’economia relazionale, di cui il territorio è espressione.

• The Director-General opens first roundtable on Africa, in World Conference on higher Education
  Director-General of UNESCO , Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, opened on July 6 2009 July the roundtable entitled “Promoting the excellence to accelerate the development of Africa: towards an African research and higher education area”, in the presence of the Prime minister of Namibia, Mr. Nahas Angula, several Ministers of Education and the executive Secretary of the Association for the development of education in Africa (ADEA), Mr. Ahlin Byll-Cataria.

• UNESCO Director-General and Dr Jill Biden discuss US community colleges as a model for expanding access to higher education in the developing world
  On 5 July 2009, the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, met with Dr Jill Biden, educator and wife of US Vice-President Joe Biden, to explore new possibilities for cooperation in higher education. Also attending the meeting were Dr Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, Ms Esther Coopersmith, former US Observer to UNESCO, and Mr Stephen Engelken, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the US to UNESCO.

• The Director-General urges G8 leaders to increase investment in education
  The Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, has urged G8 leaders, meeting today in L’Aquila, Italy, to go beyond the commitments made in 2005 and increase investment in education. In his letter of 18 June 2009 to all G8 Heads of State and Government, the Director-General underlined that a majority of countries look towards the leading industrialized powers to restore confidence and set the foundations for a more inclusive and sustainable economic recovery. Mr Matsuura recalled that in April 2009, G20 leaders reaffirmed their commitment to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and recognized the importance of investing in education and training.

• The Director-General discusses the strategic cooperation of the UNESCO/Hewlett-Packard Brain Gain Initiative
  On 6 July 2009, the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, met with Mr Michael Mendenhall, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Hewlett Packard, on the margins of the 2009 UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education, currently being held at the Organisation’s Headquarters. Mr Mendenhall thanked the Director-General for the opportunity to deliver a key statement at the Plenary session of UNESCO’s World Conference on Higher Education and reiterated Hewlett Packard’s commitment to continue the fruitful cooperation it has enjoyed with UNESCO since 2003. He recalled the partnership agreement signed by both Organizations in 2007 and emphasized that “together with UNESCO, we can make a bigger difference in the world, moving from theory into tangible results.”

• Director-General opens UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education
  On 5 July 2009, the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, opened the World Conference on Higher Education at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The three-day event has brought together some 1,000 participants from around 150 countries, including over 60 Ministers of Education, to discuss the new dynamics of higher education and research for societal change and development. “The field of higher education is going through no less than a revolution”, the Director-General said in his opening speech, outlining four dynamics that are transforming higher education. The first is accelerating demand, with an additional 51 million new students enrolled in tertiary education worldwide since 2000. The second is the diversification of providers, with private higher education now accounting for more than 30 per cent of enrolments worldwide. The third is the impact of information and communication technologies on all aspects of learning, from delivering courses and knowledge sharing to collaboration on research projects and facilitating access to educational resources free of charge. The fourth is globalization, which is reflected in the growing number of students studying outside of their home countries, in universities establishing branch campuses and off-shore academic programmes, and partnering with universities in other countries to set up degree programmes.

6 July

• Global Education Digest: new data reveal a shifting landscape of student mobility
  In 2007, over 2.8 million students were enrolled in higher educational institutions outside their country of origin, a 53% increase since 1999. From which countries do these students originate? Which countries are their top destinations? What levels and fields of study do mobile students choose? How are choices about student mobility and field of study influenced by gender? Answers to these and other questions key for policymaking are provided in the 2009 edition of UNESCO’s Global Education Digest (GED). The report will be launched at a press conference on 6 July at the World Conference on Higher Education (UNESCO, July 5-8).

• UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education opens With Call to Address Global Challenges
  The World Conference on Higher Education, gathering close to 1,000 participants from 148 countries, opened on 5 July at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris with a call for higher education to address global development challenges. “Higher education institutions play a strategic role in finding solutions to today’s leading challenges in the fields of health, science, education, renewable energies, water management, food security and the environment,” said UNESCO’s Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura.

Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking an Academic Revolution
A Report Prepared for the UNESCO 2009 World Conference on Higher Education.
Philip G. Altbach, Liz Reisberg and Laura E. Rumbley
This report is especially devoted to examining the changes that have taken place since the 1998 UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education. While many trends included in this report were discussed in 1998, they have intensified in the past decade. Here we examine the main engines of change and their impact on higher education.

La revue des deux mondes - Peut-on encore voyager ?
Ce numéro d’été est sous le signe du voyage et de la « nordicité ». À l’heure où les distances n’existent plus, quel sens y a-t-il à voyager ? L’enjeu du voyage, c’est la découverte de l’inconnu, laquelle fait écrire, donne lieu à des histoires. La Revue des Deux Mondes a toujours été une grande voyageuse : il eût été dommage de ne pas l’emmener faire un tour pour ses 180 ans.

Just published: "Higher Education at A Time Of Transformation. New Dynamics for Social Responsibility", Synthesis of the GUNI Higher Education in the World Report
The new publication, a synthesis drawn from the three reports Higher Education in the World, from the series the Social Commitment of Universities, will be presented newt July in Paris on the occasion of the 2009 World Conference on Higher Education within the framework of a special GUNI session. This publication is a synthesis of the three reports published so far by GUNI, which explores key issues facing higher education in the 21st century:

• Higher Education in the World 2006: The Financing of Universities
• Higher Education in the World 2007: Accreditation for Quality Assurance: What is at Stake?
• Higher Education in the World 3. Higher Education: New Challenges and Emerging Roles for Human and Social Development.

• Faculdade de Jornalismo Eloy de Souza. Uma trajetória pioneira (Eloy de Souza School of Journalism. A pioneering experience) Geraldo dos Santos Queiroz
• Uma visão do mundo a partir da trilogia Qatsi, de Godfrey Reggio: uma análise geográfica (A vision of the world through the Qatsi trilogy, by Godfrey Reggio: a geographical analysis) João Luís Jesus Fernandes
• Segregação e mixité socioespacial: conceitos e realidade na França (Socio-spatial segregation and mixité: concepts and reality in France) Patrick Le Guirriec

Contact: Márcio Valença. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - marciovalenca@ufrnet.br