The 21st International Service-Learning Conference will be held on 23 and 24 August 2018 at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Buenos Aires in the City of Buenos Aires. More information will be available soon. In the meantime, we invite you to visit the Conference website, with materials and publications from previous editions.

Organized by the Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario (CLAYSS) and with the support of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Tuzla - PMF, and International Association "Interactive open schools" - MIOS the SERVICE-LEARNING TRAINING for HIGHER EDUCATION will take place on 21st and 22nd June, 2018 at the premises of the University of Tuzla.
The training will gather higher education institutions from Bosnia and Herzegovina with the aim of 1. Introducing service-learning pedagogy to representatives of Higher Education institutions in BiH; 2. Creating capacities for initial application of service-learning at the Universities within Bosnia and Herzegovina and provide them with tools and ideas to develop service-learning projects in their classes. 3. Encouraging those that work with University Extension and Community Engagement to implement SL projects, and to institutionally incorporate this pedagogy.
The SL training for Higher Education strives to help University students become protagonists and leaders in their own communities, bringing academic knowledge into action, learning and offering effective and pertinent service to promote sustainable local development.
Directed to authorities, faculty and student leaders of projects as well as community partners, the SL training for Higher Education will support universities who conduct or wish to conduct service-learning programs by facilitating access to faculty professional development training in order to improve the sustainability of their projects.
Registration: https://mios1.typeform.com/to/OPpTjr

Project in Jujuy Province: service-learning in the Arts

Since 2013, the Art Secondary School No. 49 in Tilcara, Jujuy, has developed workshops for the construction and restoration of ancestral musical instruments, in which the young people of the school participate in solidarity activities, building and repairing the instruments of the "sikuris" (native flutes) bands that are well intertwined with the traditions and festivals of the local communities and sharing their knowledge in workshops with students from other schools. The project aims to preserve the rich and ancient Coya culture, and build bridges between the ancient native Luthiers and the new generation.
During 2017, the institution undertook on-site training and technical assistance. With the help of the Municipality of Tilcara and the support of CLAYSS through the Support Program for Solidarity Educational Institutions "Service Learning in the Arts", a room was built at the end of 2017 close to the institution to be used specifically as a classroom for learning, construction and reparation of instruments, since the students had more than one opportunity to do these tasks outdoors
They are currently planning an activity to accompany the Virgin on the hill that is part of the local traditions.

Onsite Training in Peru

On March 16 and 17, Gerardo Bridi and Paula Basilico from CLAYSS offered a workshop on " School-based Service Learning" which was held in partnership with the Ruiz de Montoya University, from the "Institute for Educational Research and Policy IIEP - UARM" in Lima, Peru. The meeting was part of a training program for schools in Peru. Those interested can view (in spanish) the two parts of the workshop on the Institute's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/iipe.uarm/

Videoconference for the Spanish Service-Learning Network Meeting

Prof. María Nieves Tapia participated with a videoconference of the I International Conference on Service-Learning in Extremadura, Spain, promoted by the Extremadura Service-Learning Group (ApS) and held at the Faculty of Teacher Training in Cáceres.
The event was held on February 24, 2018 and was attended by about 250 people. More information (in SPANISH) here

XX Meeting of the Ibero-American Network

On March 13, a new meeting of the Ibero-American Network of Service-Learning was held to work and share joint projects and exchange impressions on actions, trajectories and pending challenges. The meeting took place within the framework of the 29th Annual National Service-Learning Conference organized by the National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) in the United States, which was attended in person and online by representatives from 7 countries in the region, members of the Network and others interested in service-learning.
The agenda included the presentation of updates on the situation of the Ibero-American Network (Enrique Ochoa, CLAYSS), of service-learning in the United States (Amy Meuers, NYLC), in Spain (Aitziber Mugarra, Spanish service-learning network, and the Zerbikas Foundation), in Chile (José Tomás Montalva Carmona, REASE - Red Chilena de aprendizaje-servicio), the state of progress in the creation of the new Brazilian network (Mónica Franco, CENPEC) and a Learning-Service Project in Education for Peace in Colombia (Shutther González Rosso, Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD).
We thank the attendees and presenters for their participation and joint work for the advancement of service-learning in Latin America.

New members of the Steering Committee

As every year, the Talloires Network Steering Committee announced the selection of new Steering Committee members. The two new members are Mabel O. Imbuga, Deputy Director of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (Kenya) and Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui, Deputy Director of Sukkur IBA University (Pakistan). From CLAYSS, we send our best wishes to the new members, and we assure them our longstanding collaboration.
More information: http://talloiresnetwork.tufts.edu/who-we-are/talloires-network-steering-committee/

Recognition of university social commitment in Ireland

The Irish Ministry of Education included the social commitment of universities among the new indicators of quality in higher education. On January 15, 2018, Ministers Bruton and Mary Mitchell O'Connor launched the Higher Education System Performance Framework, which recognizes and makes solidarity education practices relevant in its objectives and indicators.