MOJA

A review of current trends in education and development internationally, inspired by the work and life of the late Professor Lalage Bown.

Join us in this webinar as we discuss the different ways in which adult education is being used in community health.

Speakers:

• Vanessa Reynolds (The women's circle), South Africa
• Dr Samira cheikh (ONFP- office national de la famille et de la population), Tunisia

Date: 26 March 2024

Time: 13:00 – 14:30 (SAST)

14:00 - 15:30 (EAT)

About the episode

In this interaction between authors, scholars and activists, we hope to critically explore the reasons for South Asia being foregrounded as a zone for climate catastrophe in recent Western cli-fi (Kim Stanley Robinson, Ministry of the Future, Stephen Markley, The Deluge), as well as discover more about the extent to which this sub-genre has found roots in this region. Amitav Ghosh has led the way in writing novels with this theme (The Hungry Tide, Gun Island), besides critiquing the failure of literary fiction to engage with this set of questions.

Has speculative fiction/cli-fi from South Asia begun tooffer a nuanced and grounded representation of both the survival mechanisms espoused in the face of existential threats and possibilities for resistance and organisation at the grassroots level emerging in the region, as Vandana Singh and others have argued? Can climate change fiction indicate the scope for alternative paradigms emerging at present and in times to come?

Date and Time

Date: 17 January 2024

Time: 1 pm GMT/UTC; 6.30 pm IST

Panelists

Vandana Singh – author, Utopias of the Third Kind; physicist & climate change scientist

Anil Menon – author, The Coincidence Plot; Chief Editor, Bombay Literary Magazine

Bodhisattva Chattopadhyaya – Assoc. Prof, Univ of Oslo, and Lead, CoFUTURES

Ashish Kothari – Kalpavriksh, Vikalp Sangam, and Global Tapestry of Alternatives

https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:2024_climate_change_fiction_webinars:episode_1

PIMA | Adult Education | Lifelong Learning (pimanetwork.com)

Hereby, PIMA Network cordially invites you to attend its special webinar on the challenging aspects of skills development in an era of uncertainties and crisis. Distinguished experts, researchers of skills policies, development, and adult and lifelong learning will provide keynote presentations to be followed by short reflections and questions with answers.

DATE: Monday, 4 December 2023. – 09.00am to 11.00am CET

Meeting ID: 873 8579 3761

Passcode: 395510

PROGRAMME:

Chair: Balázs Németh, member of PIMA Ex-Co. and EAEA Board member/ eucen and EPALE Hungary ambassador

09.00am – 11.00am CET

Welcome Greetings from Shirley Walters (president of PIMA Network)

• El-Iza Mohamedou (Head of the OECD Centre for Skills) Shifting Paradigms: Empowering Lifelong Learning through Vocational Education and Training

Q&A

• Songheang Ai (Alternate SOCA Leader for Cambodia, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization/ Center Director of Regional Center for Technical Education Development (SEAMEO TED) Re-Imaging Skill Development: Supporting Mechanism

Q&A

• Séamus O’Tuama (Chair of ASEM LLL Hub/ UCC, IE) Building Skills through Five Capitals of Learning

Q&A

• Éva Farkas (Chair, Board of Directors - International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame (IACEHOF) Microcredentials and Individual Learning Account: Two innovative initiatives to promote the reskilling of employees

Q&A

Closing words by the Chair of Session

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), with the support of East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, will host the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities Lifelong Learning Festival from 30 October to 3 November 2023.

This festival will highlight the achievements and progress made by learning cities worldwide. It will showcase the transformative power of lifelong learning in promoting sustainable development, fostering global citizenship, and improving health and well-being at the local level, with a global impact. The event will be part of the #ImALifelongLearner campaign.

We invite you to mark your calendars and visit the festival's event page for more information.

Join us for an informative discussion on Adult Education and Learning for the workplace (formal and non-formal)

SPEAKERS:

Ms. Zahia Kacher - Rural Women's Association AFUD, Algeria

Topic: Promotion of Vocational Training through Learning

Ms. Kacher will reflect on her work with rural women, focusing on promoting entrepreneurship to build their skills and capacity. The aim is to enable them to actively contribute to economic development, with a special emphasis on advancing female entrepreneurship.

Adekunle Tinuoye - Micheal Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies, Nigeria

Topic: Overview of Labour Education in Nigeria

Mr. Tinuoye will provide an overview of labour education in Nigeria, with specific emphasis on the work and activities of the Micheal Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies. He will highlight the institute's contributions to enlightening workers about their rights, the importance of harmonious labour management relations, and achieving workplace peace and harmony.

DATE: 31 OCTOBER 2023

TIME: 14:00 – 15:30 (SAST)

15:00 - 16:30 (EAT)

An all-day Colloquium presented by the Political Economy of Education Research Hub and UCT School of Education.

It will also be live-streamed on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/live/O9c6QCKpDzo?si=FWOhLbM-iZ1YFLrX