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770 million adults have never learned to read and write. Two thirds of them are women. Why are so many women and girls still denied an education? How can literacy contribute to women's empowerment? To mark International Literacy Day 2024 ALEF is proud to host a forum on LITERACY AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS featuring contributions from leading researchers and practitioners.

Speakers:

RAFAT NABI

Rafat Nabi is a Team Leader of the World Bank funded "Select" educational programme in Sindh, Pakistan, and academic visitor at Lancaster University. She has previously worked as Director of Education, Aga Khan Foundation (Afghanistan) and Senior Advisor to the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan and Save the Children (Afghanistan). Her forthcoming book encapsulates a decade of hands-on experience in both formal and non-formal education in remote and challenging regions.

BARBARA TRUDELL

Barbara Trudell is a senior consultant in the use of African languages for learning; she currently works for SIL Africa Learning & Development. Barbara lived and worked in Africa for 30 years, and currently resides in the United States. She is a member of ALEF's advisory board.

KEZABU RESTY MUTAAWE

Resty is executive director of the Ugandan NGO Change African Child International, which works to empower girls and women through education. For the last ten years CACI have partnered with ALEF to run literacy empowerment groups for unschooled adults living in poverty in Kampala and Entebbe.

This webinar will focus on the empowerment of learning providers to promote lifelong learning for climate action as an essential component for the transformation towards more sustainable, climate-friendly cities. This pertains to a range of institutions – from early childhood care and education (ECCE) providers, schools and universities to adult education centres, community learning centres (CLCs), cultural institutions, museums and libraries, among others.

Time
21 August 2024, 13:00 to 14:00 (CEST)

Programme

Speakers

• Ms Won Byun, UNESCO
• Mr Collin Pillay, Durban, South Africa
• Ms Diane Dobrean, Cugir, Romania
• Mr Belhand Boujemaa, Marrakech, Kingdom of Morocco

Closing
Mr Raúl Valdés Cotera, Chief Programme Coordinator a.i., UIL

Moderator
Ms Edith Hammer, Programme Specialist, UIL

Languages
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Korean, Spanish

Date: 6 August 2024

Time: 11:30 - 12:30 (EAT)

Formal education provides skills that are relevant to the labour market. However, many individuals, including school dropouts and adults who never had the opportunity to complete their formal education, miss this chance. Adult and Non-Formal Education (ANFE) offers a vital second chance for these individuals. By equipping them with the necessary skills and knowledge, ANFE has the potential to significantly improve their employability and capacity for job creation.

Unemployment and underemployment significantly contribute to poverty and socio-economic instability in East Africa. These challenges are often worsened by the fact that many people do not benefit from formal systems due to various reasons, such as economic barriers, dropping out of school early, cultural norms and being isolated geographically.

ANFE provides a pathway for these individuals to gain relevant skills and re-enter the job market, thereby promoting economic resilience and social inclusion. This webinar seeks to explore the role of ANFE in fostering job creation and enhancing employability, and to critique the notion that the crisis is more about a lack of jobs than a lack of skills.

Objectives of the Webinar

• To Explore the Role of ANFE in Employment and Entrepreneurship
• To Share Best Practices and Success Stories
• Critique Current Approaches
• To Foster Collaboration and Networking

Speakers

• Geoffrey Nchimbi – Tanzania – Folk Development Colleges
• Mwajuma Mohamed – Tanzania – Institute of Adult Education
• Sera Jehi Ethiopia – Bahir Dar University

DVV International, in cooperation with the Institute of Adult Education (IAE), is organising an official launching event of the revised Integrated Community-Based Adult Education (ICBAE) Programme Guidelines.

The event is set to take place from 13-14 August 2024.

Venue: Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, Dar es Salaam

His Excellency the German Ambassador to Tanzania, Mr. Thomas Terstegen, will be delivering remarks during the official launching. The expected guest of honour is the Minister of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST), Prof. Adolf Mkenda.

The ICBAE Programme has been reviewed in collaboration with the Institute of Adult Education and MoEST. It aims to provide comprehensive adult non-formal education and skills development to out-of-school youth and adults across Tanzania. The ICBAE programme is being supported financially and technically by DVV International with assistance from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Participants invited include high-level officials from partner Ministries (PO-RALG and MoEST) as well as key stakeholders in the adult education sector, including development partners, universities, TENMET, civil society organisations, and Folk Development Colleges.

Adult and Community Education (ACE) as Socially Engaged Scholarship

SPEAKER: Ivor Baatjes (Canon Collins Trust)

This webinar focuses on the work of scholars in South Africa and selected case studies on the continent. The focus of this webinar is to engage adult educators, scholars and activists in a conversation about the value of adult education as socially engaged scholarship. Here is a reading that you may find insightful in relation to the topic.

Date: 22 August 2024

Time: 14:00 – 15:30 (SAST) / 15:00 - 16:30 (EAT)

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ABOUT THE MOJA – AEHEAN Webinar Series

MOJA, in conversation with adult educators in higher education in Africa, established a network that brings together scholars based in universities across Africa. The idea is that this network (AEHEAN) would grow across all the different regions of the continent. The main purpose of the network is to build relationships, partnerships and solidarity in adult education on the continent.

MOJA intends to facilitate and convene a series of webinar discussions. The purpose of these webinars is to support the development of the intellectual and practical capabilities of educators and their associates involved in activities relating to the study and practice of community-based learning and education on the African continent. MOJA's intention is to provide opportunities for such learning through developing the network amongst those who are involved and in the hope that the network will itself be generative of further development of these issues. MOJA believes that such a network will support the work of educators in the field, could influence their ideas and practices, their institutions and influence policymakers in this area. Most importantly it would strengthen the work of adult and community education where it is practised.

The purpose of the webinar series is:

1. To stimulate a discussion about the relationship between learning, engaged scholarship and community-based education in the context of the development (or under-development) and history of the African continent.
2. to provide an opportunity to educators in the higher education system drawn from countries in Africa to discuss issues which are pertinent to the work in relation to the issues referred to above.
3. to stimulate a greater awareness of the contextual challenges facing communities and learning in such a context.
4. to stimulate the development of thinking and the production of engaged scholarly and other forms of writing relating to these issues.
5. to unearth useful writings and other materials, such as podcasts, webinars, and audio-visual materials which would be useful for the further development of an understanding of these issues.

MOJA will invite presenters who are familiar with and have experience in this area of work and distribute materials which are relevant to each webinar discussion to enable participants to engage with such materials in preparation for the webinars.

To support the purpose outlined above, MOJA is initiating a series of 3 webinars. These webinars will be facilitated by MOJA and its associates and will be rolled out over a period of 3 months. Following these, consideration will be given to the extension of the webinar series around topics that are relevant to and emerge from the initial group of webinars.

Key words associated with presentations: political economy; adult education; community education; socially-engaged scholarship; alternatives; social change; social justice; solidarity; praxis; co-constructed knowledge; climate change; community needs systems; livelihoods.

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Webinar 2: On the history and political economy of adult education in Africa

A discussion with Yao Graham (Ghana)

Dr Graham will situate the context in which Education in general and Adult Education in particular is affected by the political economy of Africa, by reference to its many and complex historical and contemporary challenges and contradictions.

Date: 4 September 2024

Time: 14:00

Webinar 3: Building alternatives through socially-useful and engaged scholarship

Enver Motala and Irna Senekal (South Africa)

Date: 10 October 2024

Time: 14:00

The presenters will address the most important challenges presented by the multi-dimensional crises facing (especially) communities that are socially marginalised, examine how they are responding to these challenges and explain what these responses mean for an alternative social system that aspires to building a genuinely democratic and humane society.

"𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡" is an innovative online migration project coordinated by the 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 #𝐌𝐁𝐐 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 in collaboration with 𝐌ü𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐭, 𝐑𝐞𝐃𝐈 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, and 𝐌ü𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐞. The project is funded by the 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐲𝐥𝐮𝐦, 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 (𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐅) and administered by the 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐞𝐬 (𝐁𝐀𝐌𝐅).

🌐 Make it in Munich website is the official website of the City of Munich for qualified professionals and young talents from abroad. Our project supports third-country nationals (non-EU / non-EFTA countries) and their close family members in their planned and legal migration to Munich.

Participants benefit from various project offerings free of charge:

✅ Online consultations and seminars by Münchner Arbeit

✅ Online German courses by Münchner Volkshochschule

✅ Digital Skills Hub by ReDI School of Digital Integration

We smooth the transition and integration process for international skilled workers and young talents by providing orientation and qualification programs to help them navigate the Munich labor market and society.

We inform, guide, and empower our participants to equip them with the necessary tools and knowledge to 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡! 💪✨

https://www.make-it-in-munich.com/

Le réseau Pamoja Education qui est composé des réseaux de quatorze (14) pays (le Bénin, le Burkina Faso, la Guinée-Bissau, la Guinée, la Gambie, le Ghana, le Libéria, le Mali, le Niger, le Nigeria, le Sénégal, la Sierra-Leone, le Togo et le Maroc) promeut l'éducation en tant que droit humain fondamental et fait le plaidoyer à l’endroit des gouvernements pour qu'ils respectent leurs engagements à fournir une éducation publique et un apprentissage tout au long de la vie gratuits, inclusifs et de qualité pour tous, en particulier pour les jeunes, les adultes et les communautés marginalisées ou exclues.

Pamoja Education a participé activement aux ateliers régionaux de préparation de la CONFINTEA 7 et à la CONFINTEA 7 proprement dite en 2022. Deux ans après la tenue de la CONFINTEA 7, il est important qu’un travail de veille soit fait afin que les engagements pris par les Etats soient respectés. C’est la raison pour laquelle Pamoja Education a prévu dans son plan de travail 2024, sur financement de DVV-International, Afrique de l’Ouest, un atelier de suivi de la CONFINTEA 7 du 8 au 10 juillet 2024 à Grand-Popo.

L’objectif global de l’atelier est de faire le suivi du cadre d’action de Marrakech adopté en 2022.

De façon spécifique, l’atelier permettra de :

• favoriser l’appropriation du cadre d’action de Marrakech par toutes les parties prenantes ;
• faire le point de la mise en œuvre des recommandations de la CONFINTEA 7 par le Bénin et le Togo et ;
• valider une feuille de route relative aux actions prioritaires à mener par les parties prenantes du Bénin et du Togo au cours des trois prochaines années.

A l’issue de l’atelier :

• les participants s’approprient le cadre d’action de Marrakech et le GRALE (Enquête du Rapport mondial sur l'apprentissage et l'éducation des adultes) qui est son instrument de suivi ;
• la situation de référence de l’implémentation du cadre d’action de Marrakech au Bénin et au Togo est connue ;
• une feuille de route (2024-2026) de mise en œuvre des actions prioritaires du cadre d’action de Marrakech est validé pour le Bénin et le Togo.

In collaboration with IFWEA affiliate - University of Limerick (UL ENGAGE)

We are offering an 8-week online course on FOUNDATIONAL LEADERSHIP to enhance your effectiveness when working in and with groups.

This course provides participants with essential skills to support individual self-efficacy and collective agency. Topics covered include practical skills needed to enhance effectiveness when working in and leading groups.

Who should join?

• Educators and organizers looking to improve their skills in group dynamics and leadership.
• Those interested in coordinating efforts and leading collective actions.

Training of Trainers: Participants will be equipped to teach this course within their own organizations and for their members upon completion.

Course Dates:

11 July -29 August 2024