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EDUCATION & TRAINING
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STUDENTS & TEACHERS NETWORKS
AIESEC - if you’re young, recent graduate and willing to live and work in another country in areas of management, information technology, education, and development… check immediately the exchange programs run by this international students’ foundation.
[www.aiesec.org] YXC
ASPNet - launched by UNESCO, the ‘Associated Schools Project Network’ includes some 7,509 institutions, ranging from nursery schools to teacher training institutions in 175 countries. Aimed at providing young people with high quality education, it bases its activities on four pillars: learning to know, to do, to be and to live together. A selected group of ASPNet teachers tested the YOUTHXCHANGE training kit before its official launch. [portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7366&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html]
Caretakers of the Environment International (CEI) - is a global network of secondary school teachers and students active in environmental raising awareness activities. Its ‘basic’ website illustrates the activities they run all over the world to build ecologically sustainable society: “there’s only one earth - they claim - and we have to look after it”… As an example of what Caretakers are doing in Africa, YXC presents CATEK (Caretakers of the Environment Kenya)… [www.caretakers4all.org] YXC
Check Your Head (CYH) - is a youth driven organisation located in Vancouver. CYH educates young people on global issues, by looking at the connection between global events and issues and local realities. CYH portal provides resources, training and support for youth, who then facilitate workshops, organise events and coordinate projects promoting education and action around issues of globalisation and social justice. [www.checkyourhead.org]
Mondialogo - are you between 15 and 18 years… persuaded that cultural diversity is a resource to be preserved… that dialogue is the way to build a better world… and willing to interact with other young people? If the answer is yes, then you should have a look at this great initiative that gathers together hundreds of schools from all over the world, in the name of intercultural dialogue and exchange! [www.mondialogo.org/mo/site/?pg_id=1065371559] YXC
World Link - is a global learning network linking thousands of students and teachers all around the world. Its training program, namely addressed to developing countries, is designed to help teachers and students learn to use information and communication technologies (particularly the Internet) to improve teaching and learning. One of the most innovative programs assisting developing countries in bridging the digital divide. Great! [www.world-links.org/index.php] YXC
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