| CLAYSS NEWSLETTER. AUGUST 2019 |
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The 22nd International "Service-Learning" 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.
Registration for the Conference: https://www.tfaforms.com/4746667
You can check the agenda and more information at: http://www.clayss.org.ar/english/conference/index.html
Registration is also open for the V Service-Learning Researchers Symposium (JIAS) to be held on 28 August 2019, as part of the activities of the XVI International Service-Learning Week. The JIAS will be held at the Centro de Altos Estudios Universitarios CAEU - OEI Argentina (Paraguay 1583, City of Buenos Aires. Argentina).
Registration open at:https://www.tfaforms.com/4746667 More information at: http://www.clayss.org.ar/JIAS/english.html |
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CLAYSS in Singapore
The 7th Congress of the Asian Service-Learning Network (SLAN) was held at the University of Social Sciences in Singapore from 19 to 21 June. The Director of CLAYSS, Nieves Tapia, was invited to participate as a speaker in two of the plenary sessions of the Conference, and to develop one of the simultaneous workshops.
The Conference was attended by 366 participants from 17 countries, 150 of whom made presentations. It was an opportunity to see the breadth, variety and vitality of service-learning developments in the Asia-Pacific region, and to generate valuable new contacts with the service-learning community in Asia. The Latin American experience presented by Nieves Tapia was received with enthusiasm, and possible alternatives for collaboration between the Asian Network and the Ibero-American Service-Learning Network were proposed.
A video summary can be found here: https://youtu.be/5JclfCkmPD8 |
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| CLAYSS URUGUAY HEADQUARTERS |
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Launch of the "Solidarity Education" Contest 2019
On July 17, the contest was launched, with the participation of one of the winning centers in past editions: the Liceo 47 of La Teja (Montevideo) with the project "Estilo 47", an internet radio program that comes out on FM El Tejano. The meeting was held with the support of the Spanish Cooperation Training Centre in Montevideo. For the seventh consecutive year, the Solidarity Education Contest is being held within the framework of the agreement between the National Directorate of Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC), the National Public Education Administration (ANEP), the Latin American Center for Service-Learning (CLAYSS in Uruguay), the Organization of Ibero-American States and the Civil Association "El Chajá". |
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The first meeting of the Uruguayan Service-Learning Network was held
The first meeting of the Uruguayan Service-Learning Network was held on July 17 at the Training Center of the Spanish Cooperation in Montevideo. In this instance this space was inaugurated with the commitment to continue working on common objectives, focusing on the strengths and resources that each member of the Network has for the development of joint initiatives.
In this meeting convened by CLAYSS, were represented state organizations allied to CLAYSS, such as INISA, CFE, Teacher Training Institutes; International Organizations, such as the OEI and UNICEF, the Global Learning Network, Catholic University of Uruguay, and Civil Association Organizations, such as El Chajá, América Solidaria and Gurises Unidos. During the meeting, principles and foundations for the integration of the Network were worked on, as well as shared interests among its participants. The Network foresees an upcoming meeting in November of this year, with the aim of moving forward on a work plan that will carry forward some of the axes agreed during the first meeting. |
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CLAYSS Uruguay signs an agreement with the National Rehabilitation Institute of the Ministry of Internal affairs
On June 18, CLAYSS Uruguay signed a cooperation agreement with the National Rehabilitation Institute (INR) of the Ministry of the Interior, with the aim of fulfilling its line of Promoting Service-Learning in the context of confinement. Marianela Fernández Vila, the general coordinator, Prof. Alejandra Catibiela and the president of the CVU, Prof. Lucila Leis. |
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Strengthening the alliance: collaboration agreement with the OEI
Last June, CLAYSS Uruguay signed a mutual cooperation agreement with the Organization of Ibero-American States, which will strengthen various lines of work over the next three years. During the event, both parties expressed their interest in collaborating jointly in the implementation of programs, projects and cooperation activities in the fields of education, science, culture and social development, especially in the areas addressed by CLAYSS and which are priorities for the OEI.
The framework agreement was accompanied by a working day and the definition of strategic lines of collaboration for the period 2019 - 2020. |
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New collaboration agreement signed with "El Chajá" Civil Association
In June, CLAYSS once again formalized its alliance with the Civil Association "El Chajá" through the signing of a mutual collaboration agreement. El Chajá is a non-profit civil association that works with the rural areas of the Department of Florida, in different lines, such as rural-urban migration, recovery programs and revaluation of traditions and culture, training the inhabitants of small towns and institutions that work in the environment, among others.
Through the agreement signed, the parties agree to carry out coordinated actions for the training and professionalization of educators regarding the design of educational proposals framed in the modality of Service-Learning. Both CLAYSS and El Chajá will coordinate efforts for the concretion of a support program for institutions that develop service-learning projects in Uruguay. |
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INISA and CLAYSS will integrate the proposal of Service-Learning to work with adolescents deprived of liberty by conflicts with criminal law
Based on the joint interest in the promotion of inclusive socio-educational practices with a human rights focus, the National Institute for Adolescent Social Inclusion of Uruguay (INISA) and CLAYSS Uruguay signed last June a mutual collaboration agreement to develop actions within the framework of the "Programme for the Promotion of Service-Learning" in Uruguay, with special emphasis on confinement contexts.
The agreement integrates training actions through virtual and/or onsite courses for educators and officials of the INISA Centers; technical assistance to the Centers -through the Support Program- for the development of educational projects based on the methodology of Service-Learning; communication and dissemination of the experiences made; support to the systematization; public recognition of practices; joint development of lines of research around the specific scenario of confinement context. Based on this agreement and the strategic alliance between both institutions, CLAYSS and INISA commit to collaborate with each other for the best development of the respective purposes and activities, elaborating and implementing common agreement programs and projects of mutual interest. |
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Onsite training at the Faculty of Medicine of the UBA
Within the framework of the Updating Conference of the Chair of Biomechanics and Functional Anatomy, of the School of Kinesiology and Physiatrics, of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, a Conference-Workshop of Service-Learning was held on July 22, a free activity coordinated by Prof. Graciela del Campo, in conjunction with Dr. Cristina Oleari (Chair Holder). The objective was to introduce the new members and reflect with those who are already working with the Problem-Based Learning Methodology (PBA) with a Service-Learning approach (SLA), in order to optimize the practical work of PBA and community devolution, which is done by 2nd year students, from the perspective of SLA. Twenty-three teachers participated in the Conference. |
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XXII Meeting of the Ibero-American Service-Learning Network
As usual, we will hold our annual Network meeting in August as part of the International Service-Learning Week on Tuesday 27 August. In this meeting we will have a virtual space for those who can not participate personally. The meeting is ONLY for Network members, one participant per Institution.
To register your participation or request virtual participation, please write to internacionales@clayss.org.ar
More information: http://www.clayss.org/english/redibero.html |
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Seventh National Conference of the Chilean Service-Learning Network (REASE)
Last Friday, July 12, 2019, part of the members of the National Service-Learning Network Chile (REASE), participated in the legal firm that recognizes the network as a legal entity in Chile.
This marks a milestone for the network, because there is a lot of work done for almost a decade... a collaborative work in which we can express that various institutions of higher and secondary education have a common goal, which is the methodology Service-Learning, which in addition to breaking paradigms invites us to change educational cultures and move towards a more collaborative education,'' said on the occasion REASE Director Camila Fara Belmar, focusing on social transformation through better training of professionals. With this step, the Network will be officially constituted with the possibility of advancing in its professionalization, search for funds or others that strengthen it. From CLAYSS we congratulate the brothers from Chile! |
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| Próximas actividades de CLAYSS |
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2019:
- September 19-21: Second European Conference on Service-Learning in Higher Education. Antwerp, Belgium. Nieves Tapia will be one of the plenary speakers, and will present a workshop together with Maria Rosa Tapia. More information:https://ecsl2019.eu/
- September 25-29: IV International Forum of the Union of Latin American University Social Responsibility (URSULA), Porto Alegre, Brazil. More information: http://unionursula.org/4to-foro-ursula-2019/
- December 12-13 XII State Meeting of the ApS, Pamplona, Spain. More information: https://aprendizajeservicio.net/
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