UNEVOC News http://www.unevoc.unesco.org News from the UNESCO UNEVOC Network en Unevochttp://www.unevoc.unesco.org/august/logo.gifhttp://www.unevoc.unesco.org 19-05 to 20-05-2008 Agora 'Investing in people: strategies for financing VET' Thessaloniki, Greece http://agora.cedefop.europa.eu/vetfinancing2008/ 3-12 to 5-12-2008 Online Educa Berlin 2008 Berlin, Germany http://www.online-educa.com/ UNEVOC Centre Award well received by UNEVOC Network members UNEVOC Centre Award well received by UNEVOC Network members The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre has been receiving very positive feedback on the UNEVOC Centre Award from UNEVOC Network Members worldwide. (more) http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=UNEVOC+Centre+Award+well+received+by+UNEVOC+Network+members 29-04-2008 Global Action Week: record broken for world's biggest ever lesson! http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=56421&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html 24-06 to 28-06-2008 IVETA South Asia Regional Conference on "Innovative TVET Initiatives to support Sustainable Economic Development and Poverty Reduction, and the Role of TVET in Improving Social Equity" Colombo, Sri Lanka http://www.ivetasouthasia.org/ 17-04-2008 UNEVOC Sub-regional Seminar in Iloilo City, Philippines http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=UNEVOC+sub-regional+seminar%2C+Iloilo+City%2C+Philippines 24-06 to 26-06-2008 Celebrating Innovative ICT in Education Practices: From Idea to Impact Bangkok, Thailand http://www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=6800&tx_wecknowledgebase_pi1[tt_news]=991&tx_wecknowledgebase_pi1[backPid]=6771&cHash=5379209ba2 21-04-2008 Education For All Global Action Week 2008 http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=Education+For+All+Global+Action+Week+2008 10-08 to 13-08-2008 Achieving Poverty Reduction through Quality Vocational Education and Training in Partnership with Industry: IVETA Regional Conference Livingstone, Zambia http://www.iveta.org/regional-conference.htm 10-04-2008 Skills development for the water and sanitation sector in Vietnam http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=Skills+development+for+the+water+and+sanitation+sector+in+Vietnam 09-04-2008 St Petersburg UNEVOC Centre Visits UNESCO-UNEVOC http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=UNEVOC+Centre+St+Petersburg+State+University+ITMO+TMC+Visits+UNESCO-UNEVOC 31-03-2008 Virtual Conference on Educational Issues in Second Life http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=Virtual+Conference+on+Educational+Issues+in+Second+Life 02-04-2008 Korean NatCom for UNESCO Visits UNESCO-UNEVOC http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=Korean+NatCom+for+UNESCO+Visits+UNESCO-UNEVOC 28-03-2008 UNESCO Hosts Online Discussions on "Quality Education to End Exclusion" http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=UNESCO+Online+Discussions+on+Quality+Education+to+End+Exclusion 07-07 to 08-07-2008 2008 VTE Research and Networking International Conference Surabaya, Indonesia http://www.voctech.org.bn/mainpage/conferenceJuly2008.htm 05-05 to 09-05-2008 2008 ADEA Biennale on Education in Africa Maputo, Mozambique http://www.adeanet.org/Biennale%202008/en_index.htm 12-03-2008 The Virtual World in TVET http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=The+Virtual+World+in+TVET 09-03-2008 UNESCO-UNEVOC supports international project week of TVET institutions http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=International+TVET+Project+Week+in+Detmold%2C+Germany 12-03-2008 UNESCO-UNEVOC completes first dispatch of UNEVOC Centre Awards http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=UNEVOC+Centre+Awards 13-03-2008 Upcoming Publication: Intl. Handbook of Education for the Changing World of Work http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=UNEVOC+International+Handbook+on+TVET 11-03-2008 Upcoming UNEVOC Network Seminar in Dublin, Ireland http://www.unevoc.net/fileadmin/user_upload/docs/Dublin_Seminar_2008.pdf 17-08 to 20-08-2008 UNEVOC International Experts Consultation: Stimulating Networking and Capacity Building within the UNEVOC Network through Enhanced North-South Collaboration Dublin, Ireland http://www.unevoc.net/fileadmin/user_upload/docs/Dublin_Seminar_2008.pdf 08-03-2008 Indonesia Ratifies the Convention on TVE http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=Indonesia+Ratifies+the+Convention+on+Technical+and+Vocational+Education 03-03-2008 New participant in UNESCO-UNEVOC fellowship programme http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=UNESCO-UNEVOC+fellowship+programme+2008 15-10 to 18-10-2008 North American Association For Environmental Education, 37th Conference Wichita, Kansas http://www.naaee.org/conference/2008-conference 23-06 to 01-07-2008 iNet Online Conference: The Power of Networking http://www.ssat-inet.net 12-05 to 20-05-2008 iNet Online Conference "Personalising relationships" http://www.ssat-inet.net 21-07 to 23-07-2008 First World Congress on Teacher Education for TVET "Shaping TVET-Teacher Education for the Changing World of Work" Bandung, Indonesia http://www.upi.edu/tvet-congress/index.php 28-05-2008 ICTs at TVET in Africa, 2nd UNESCO-UNEVOC TVET Summit at eLearning Africa Accra, Ghan http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=eLearning+Africa+2008+-+TVET+Summit 13-07 to 17-07-2008 The Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning London, United Kingdom http://www.pcf5.london.ac.uk/ 28-05 to 30-05-2008 eLearning Africa 2008 / 3rd International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training Accra, Ghana http://www.elearning-africa.com/index.php 4-06 to 7-06-2008 6th International JTET Conference "Sustainable Development. Culture. Education", Anadolu University, Turkey http://bbcc2008.anadolu.edu.tr/home.php 10-08-2008 UK ITE network for Education for Sustainable Development/Global Citizenship, Inaugural Conference Central London, United Kingdom http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/2.0.html?tx_drwiki_pi1[keyword]=www.escalate.ac.uk%2F4125 17-06 to 21-06-2008 Education in the Information Age: Global Challenges and Enhancement Strategies University of Nigeria, Nsukka http://www.unevoc.net/fileadmin/user_upload/docs/eforum/UNN%20FACULTY%20OF%20EDUCATION%20INTERNATIONAL%20CONFERENCE%202008.doc