| CLAYSS NEWSLETTER. April-May 2019 |
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Service-Learning Conference in Central and Eastern Europe
The Second Service-Learning Conference in Central and Eastern Europe, to be held on 5th July 2019 at Transylvania College (Al. Baisoara 2A, Cluj Napoca, Cluj, Romania). The Conference will address theoretical and practical aspects of working on Service-Learning, as well as will portray successful examples of Service-Learning projects from the region and abroad. This event aims at motivating everyone to build inspiring Service-Learning experiences, through delivering training sessions and mentoring SL projects in the region. Some funds for travel and accommodation will be available for colleagues from Serbia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo, Albania, Slovakia and Montenegro, in case you are in contact with anyone who may be interested. The Conference itself has no cost.
For further information please visit: http://www.clayss.org/CEE/2ndweekcee.html or write to: slconferencecee@clayss.org.ar
Service-Learning in the Arts Program Begun Its Second Year
The Support Program for Solidary Educational Institutions "Aprendizaje-Servicio Solidario en las Artes" was developed in Argentina during 2017-18, supporting 15 schools and institutions of Higher Education in Argentina and training teachers, directors, CSO leaders, public officials linked to education and students involved in Service-Learning and artistic education projects.
During this period, 1278 people were trained, with approximately 141 teachers and 821 students participating in the projects.
As part of the second year of the Program, eight institutions will be trained in Argentina, adding two schools in Brazil and one in Colombia to which they will be trained and accompanied during the current year. |
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22ND International Service-Learning Conference
The Conference will be held on August 29-30, 2019 at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Alicia Moreau de Justo 1300, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Soon we will publish news about speakers and registration dates. |
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V International Service-Learning Researchers' Symposium
On August 28, 2019, the international Service-Learning Researchers' Symposium will be held in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina within the framework of the activities of the XVII International Service-Learning Week. The symposium will take place at the Centro de Altos Estudios Universitarios CAEU - OEI Argentina (Paraguay 1583, City of Buenos Aires. Argentina). This new edition is organized by CLAYSS with the support of the Ibero-American Service-Learning Network and sponsored by the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE).
As in previous editions, the approved papers will be presented orally in round tables and during the presentation of papers in poster format. Some authors will be invited to present their work at the 22nd International Service-Learning Conference that will take place on August 29-30, 2019.
More information: http://www.clayss.org.ar/JIAS/english.html |
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CLAYSS in South Africa
From 1 to 5 April, the director of CLAYSS Nieves Tapia developed various training activities in South Africa.
On 2 April, Limpopo University hosted an open conference for about 100 teachers and students. The following day a workshop was held for the entire management team of the University, with the presence of 30 people including vice-chancellors, deans and other authorities. The workshop was delivered by Nieves together with Bibi Bowman, director of the South African Forum of Committed Universities, SAHECEF, Alida Van Dyck, director of the Centre for Innovation and Rural Development (RIDH), which coordinates the Service-Learning and volunteer activities of Limpopo University, and her collaborator and main researcher at RIDH Cuzette Du Plesis.
On 4 and 5 April the same team of trainers developed a Service-Learning course for teachers from Limpopo University and other member universities of the SAHECEF network.
The almost 60 participants included several heads of social engagement from universities all over the country, as well as teachers from the most diverse disciplines, most of them already involved in Service-Learning projects. In a climate of great dialogue and warmth in the exchanges, one of the participants concluded "I am touched to see that Ubuntu is also being experienced in other parts of the world".
The meetings held during these days have contributed to deepen the "South-South dialogue" that CLAYSS has been promoting, and to generate new opportunities for collaboration. |
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CLAYSS in Brazil
Enrique Ochoa, Executive Director of CLAYSS and Candelaria Ferrara, Assistant to the International Area participated in the 1er Seminário Internacional de Aprendizagem Solidária (1st International Conference on Solidarity-Learning), held at the Scola do Parlamento in São Paulo.
In addition this trip allowed to advance in meetings and definition of agreements to continue with the progress and development of activities of promotion of Service-Learning in Brazil.
Working meetings were held with Civil Society Organizations, with María Zelia Dias Miceli from Liga Solidaria and Ilma Oliveira from Instituto Aliança. CLAYSS also visited the department of Limeira in the interior of São Paulo where a meeting was held with the Secretary of Education André Luiz de Francesco who expressed his interest in initiatives aimed at improving the quality of education and especially to the initiatives that CLAYSS is developing within the framework of the Support Program "Service-Learning in the Arts" in Limeira, where two schools (Special and Primary Education) participating in the Program were visited. |
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CLAYSS in Rome
In Castel Gandolfo, Rome, the Congress "Growing Together in the Educational Relationship" was held from March 2 to 6, with the participation of almost 400 trainers of trainers, non-formal educators and teachers of all educational levels from the five continents.
The Congress, organized by the Sophia University Institute, AMU, the Focolare movement and the EIS Centre of LUMSA University, was attended by leading international specialists, and by the Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Monsignor Vincenzo Zani. Within this framework, a panel on "The world: a school for all" was held on March 4, focusing on the pedagogy of Service-Learning, with the participation of Pierre Benoit (Fraternaid, France), Italo Fiorin (EIS-LUMSA, Rome), and the Director and founder of CLAYSS, Nieves Tapia. The panel was moderated by Carina Rossa (Scholas). The proposal was received with great interest, and gave rise to the opening of several new collaborative projects on the subject. |
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CLAYSS at the meeting "Education, Youth Participation and South-South Cooperation"
Within the framework of the Second High-Level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation and BAPA+40 (Buenos Aires Plan of Action to Promote and Implement Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries-BAPA), CLAYSS (Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario) and the SES Foundation, committed to deepening the debates regarding the need to strengthen South-South Cooperation with a special impact on education and increasing youth participation.
The event was attended by some representatives of the UNESCO delegations present at the Conference and Argentine social organizations. The following participated as panelists: Cecilia Milesi, specialist in South-South Cooperation, Peace and Development, United Nations Office and Clare Stark, specialist in strategic planning and focal point of South-South Cooperation UNESCO, together with representatives of the host organizations in the meeting: Marcela Browne Coordinator of Education of Fundación SES and International Coordinator of the C20 Japan Education Group and María Nieves Tapia, Director and Founder of CLAYSS. |
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Brazilian Public Schools do Service-Learning in the Arts
One of the objectives of the second year of CLAYSS's Educational Institutions Support Program "Service-Learning in the Arts" was to start supporting experiences outside of Argentina and, for the first time in CLAYSS trajectory, this is being done with two municipal public schools in the town of Limeira, located in São Paulo, Brazil.
The institutions are the school E.M.E.I.E.F. "Prof Egle Maria Ciarrochi" where primary level students participate and the school E.M.E.I.E.F. "Limeira", an institution that houses a primary level and a special school of Education of Youth and Adults, participating in the beginning of these projects 190 students in total that work the school inclusion and the disability from the Arts. |
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| CLAYSS URUGUAY HEADQUARTERS |
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Launching of the Second Stage of the SL Promotion Program in Uruguay
On March 28, the second stage of the Program to Promote Service-Learning - Stage 2 (2019-2021) carried out by CLAYSS in Uruguay was launched. Representing CLAYSS, Prof. Alejandra Catibiela, General Program Coordinator, presented the main guidelines and work strategies for the next triennium of CLAYSS in Uruguay, accompanied by national education authorities, the Counsellor of the Central Board of Directors Laura Motta, the National Director of Education Rosita Inés Ángelo and the Permanent Representative of the Office in Uruguay of the OEI, Sandra Rodríguez. |
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Service-Learning is integrated into the training of prison operators
During the whole month of March, and in agreement with the Penitentiary Training Center (CEFOPEN), the team of CLAYSS Uruguay dictated a first edition of specific training in Projects of Service-Learning in the Unit of Rehabilitation N°13 "Las Rosas" in the Department of Maldonado. The module is developed within the framework of the Training Program that the center offers to operators near to be titled. Within this framework, thirty participants of the training for Prison Operators share theoretical-practical work sessions whose main objective is to know and put into practice the methodology of solidarity Service-Learning in concrete projects applied to their daily reality.
The training will culminate at the end of March with a presentation to the authorities of the Centre of the projects drawn up by groups of course participants. The initiative plans to continue the joint work between CLAYSS Uruguay and the National Rehabilitation Institute with an extension of the proposal to other Centers in the country. |
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CLAYSS Uruguay Headquarters - New team and new offices in Montevideo
As of March, CLAYSS Uruguay has a new office in Montevideo and expands its work team. Our new headquarters is located in Juan Carlos Gómez 1492 office 401 (Ciudad Vieja). Our contact telephone number is 2914-8738. |
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Misiones students committed to Service-Learning
The students of the Epet 25 of Campo Grande, Misiones, define themselves as students of a "Solidary Technical School". Their vocation to put their knowledge at the of society has made them winners of provincial and national awards.
They have participated in the annual calls made by the National Program "Solidarity Education" of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology through the Presidential Award "Solidarity Schools".
In 2015 they began with a project that consisted of the development and installation of an automated generating set for the local Area Hospital, in addition to restoring beds, stretchers, crutches, supports for serums, benches, etc. Since then, they have carried out educational solidarity experiences that contemplate the frequent realization of these activities, not only in the hospital but also in local organizations, churches and schools. The institution won a mention in the 2018 edition of the Presidential Award. To learn more about Solidarity Service-Learning experiences in Misiones (in spanish), click here. |
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Solidarity Project celebrates 20 years of caring for the environment of Mar del Plata
The Technical School N° 3 "Domingo Faustino Sarmiento", which is located 15 blocks from the center of the city of Mar del Plata and receives students from all over the district of General Pueyrredón, began in 1999 a project that, to this day, continues with the same commitment of the educational community and the neighborhood.
The "Project Arroyo La Tapera" began with the demand of the neighbors regarding the water they obtained from the well. From that moment on, the students carry out bacteriological analyses and water samples that are taken to the laboratory, where they then inform the recipients of the results. All the activities they carry out focused on water and the different problems that affect and even damage part of the homes and spaces in the area.
The students who have participated in the solidarity educational experience throughout the years have transferred the knowledge and experiences acquired to other students as well as to their community, being able to update themselves both in the practical and in the theoretical. This allowed them to reach a level of knowledge that, in addition to opening up job expectations and the possible insertion into related careers, increased the quality of school work and their commitment to the project and the institution.
More information can be found (in spanish) at http://proyectolatapera.blogspot.com/ |
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The first cohort of 2019 courses began
The Development of Learning Projects course is already being developed in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
More information: http://www.clayss.org.ar/english/online.html |
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Open conference and training day for teachers of the Catholic University of Cordoba
On Thursday, March 21, Prof. Nieves Tapia gave an open lecture in the city of Cordoba, invited by the Catholic University of Cordoba. With the presence of the University authorities and about 80 university teachers, schools and leaders of social organizations and public agencies, Nieves spoke about the link between University Social Responsibility and Service-Learning, and presented an international overview on the subject. On Friday 22, an intensive workshop was held for about a dozen University professors who are developing or starting to develop Service-Learning projects in their academic units. The day was rich in dialogues and clues for the growth of projects in the University, which has a long history of social commitment and development of learning projects of high quality. |
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1er Seminário Internacional de Aprendizagem Solidária in Brazil (1st International Conference on Solidarity-Learning)
On Friday, March 29th in the Aula Magna of the Municipality of Sao Paulo, the 1er Seminário Internacional de Aprendizagem Solidária (1st International Conference on Solidarity-Learning) was held in Brazil. This conference was convened by Rede Brasileira de Aprendizagem Solidária, coordinated by CLAYSS together with Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em Educação, Cultura e Ação Comunitária (CENPEC) and Instituto Singularidades. The topics addressed were: pedagogical theories and practices on significant learning, social intervention, integral education, youth, territories and curricula. |
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CLAYSS at the 1st URSULA Regional Forum
This first Regional Forum was held on April 11 and 12, 2019, at the University of Mendoza, Argentina, and was organized by the Union of Latin American University Social Responsibility (URSULA), the University of Mendoza and UTEM, Metropolitan Technological University of the State of Chile. Enrique Ochoa, Executive Director of CLAYSS, participated in the Talk Debate: "Responsibility or Social Commitment? How to define university social relevance", together with François Vallaeys (President of Ursula RSU Latam) and Prof. Marcelo Almeida (Professor at the Graduate Institute of the Universidad Tecnológica del Norte - Ecuador) in the #ForoURSULA.
The first Regional Forum URSULA: Social Responsibility, University and Sustainable Development, sought to bring together multiple actors of society (university, business, civil society organizations, government) around the discussion of the role of the University in front of the Objectives of Sustainable Development (ODS). ad of the Service-Learning Program of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Natacha Pino Acuña, Director of the School of Industrial Civil Engineering of the University of Aysén and Jorge Reino Messina, Corporate Service-Learning Coordinator of the Autonomous University of Chile, now occupy the positions of Deputy Director, Treasurer and Secretary, respectively. From CLAYSS we thank the service of all the members of the previous management, and we wish all the best to the new team. |
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A new call for the Spanish Service-Learning Award is open
The Spanish Learning Award, organised by the Spanish Service-Learning Network, Edebé Publishing House and Educo, is open until 15 September.
For more information: http://www.aprendizajeservicio.com/ |
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| Upcoming CLAYSS activities |
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2019:
- 24 May: Open Conference of Nieves Tapia in Barcelona, organised by the Escolas Pías de Catalunya, and the University of Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya.
- June 19-21: 7th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning, Singapur. More information: http://isotope.suss.edu.sg/aprcsl2019/
- 4-6 July: 2nd Regional Service-Learning Week in Central and Eastern Europe. For more information write to: slconferencecee@clayss.org.ar To read more info about our CEE program go here: http://www.clayss.org/CEE/index.html
- 8 August: 5th International Service-Learning Researchers' Symposium. More information: http://www.clayss.org.ar/JIAS/english.html
- 29 and 30 August: XXII International Service-Learning Conference at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Alicia Moreau de Justo 1300, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Until May 15th: New Call for Papers for the IARSLCE Journal
The Editorial Board of IJRSLCE (International Journal for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement) is seeking proposals that reflect the breadth of studies in the field of service-learning and community participation, with articles from different countries and disciplines and representing a wide range of methodologies for issue 7 (2019) of the journal.
The Guidelines are available at: https://ijrslce.scholasticahq.com/
For more information, write to: gbowen@barry.edu or churd@compact.org
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Until May 17th: Call for papers for Conference 2019
The International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) is pleased to announce that the reception of papers for the 2019 conference is open in Albuquerque, NM, USA. The conference will be held October 23-25, 2019. The theme of this year's conference is to celebrate the "I" at IARSLCE: Investigating Cross-Border Engagement. For more information about the 2019 conference as it becomes available, to view the call or to submit a proposal, visit http://www.researchslce.org/conferences
In addition, registration is now open for the IUPUI 2019 Research Academy on Community Participation and Engaged Learning. To register: http://bit.ly/2WqcUsO
For more information, write to: tomhahn@iupui.edu
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