Conferences, seminars

Welcome and introduction to the workshop : Monique Prindezis

Dear participants,

- On behalf of the Board of the CIFEDHOP Foundation, I am pleased to welcome you to Geneva and to this Workshop.

- I present the apologies of the President of the Board of the CIFEDHOP Foundation, which would have much wanted to be with us today, but who is in a parliamentary mission to Ukraine this week. He warmly salutes you and our partner FES.

 - CIFEDHOP was created in 1986 by the organization that I lead, the World Association for the School as an Instrument of Peace, EIP.

The UPR : a human rights awareness-raising process

Workshop : 19 – 20 April 2016 Geneva

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is widely acknowledged as having been one of the great innovations of the Human Rights Council. This regular review, however, is more than an intergovernmental procedure. Indeed, the mechanism greatly mobilizes the attention of the media and the public of a country. The UPR thus offers a unique opportunity for outreach, information and a public debate on fundamental rights.

Education International's congress ends on a high note

Commercialisation and privatisation in and of education will be at the heart of Education International’s agenda for the next four years as the organisation concluded a successful Seventh World Congress in Ottawa, Canada.

Reference : www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/3663

Marrakech welcomes the 2nd edition of the Global Forum on Human Rights

« Morocco is following Brazil in the organization of the World Human Rights Forum which will be held in Marrakech from the 27 to the 30th of November 2014.

As a follow-up to the first WHRF in Brasilia, the Marrakesh Forum will be composed of thematic forums. Their preparation and conduct are insuredby civil society networks, national human rights institutions, academic groups, etc. »

Algeria : educational issues on trade unions agenda

The second summer university of high school and vocational training teachers union (Snapest) was held in Jijel from the 17th to the 20th of august. The main theme focused on « Solidarity with people in struggle ». But discussions on the issue regarding « quality education through out the world » will continue on the fifth of october in Paris and New York, as suggested by Education International.

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