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International Meeting on "Universities and training of social leaders"

Rencontre internationale "Universités et formation des leaders sociaux" à Reñaca (Chile)

 

             Reñaca - Valparaiso. Chile. 8 to 13 December 2008

 

Meeting organized by the University of the Sea, the World Forum of fishermen, the Sustainable Earth Alliance and the FPH. A good balance between  Universities (public and private universities), organizations of popular education, representatives of social movements (peasants, fishermen, inhabitants..).

Participants from Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia. An important decision: the creation of an "International University Terre Citoyenne". This university integrating these three components (Universities, NGOs, social movements), shall promote the development of training citizens and social leaders in universities outside the universities, promote trade, validating training, create e-learning modules.

 

 

 

You can access all documents in connection with the meeting (in the language of origin)

 

Interview with  Raymunda de Oliveira, CONTAG - Brasil
Interview with  Humberto Chamorro - Pescadores artesanales- CHILE
Interview with  Thái Thi Ngoc Du - Vietnam
Interview with  Cristina Reynals - UPU, Argentina
Interview with  Luís Malán - FENOCIN - Ecuador
Interview with  Fernando Rosero - CAFOLIS – Ecuador (en espagnol)
Interview with  Richard Petris - Ecole de la Paix - France
Interview with  Humberto Mella - Pescadores Artesanales- Chile
Interview with  Xsenofón Krisafi - Université européenne d'Albanie
Interview with  Lola Vásquez - UPS - Ecuador
Interview with  Hervé Ott - IECCC – France
Interview with Ana Maria Netto - Univ. Planalto - Brasil
Interview with  Li Chenggui - Academy of Social Sciences - Beijing China
Interview with  Marcos Fidel Vargas Fundación CAPACITAR et Nicolás Bermudez (CINEP), Colombia
Interview with  Fernando Rosero – CAFOLIS (en francais)
Interview with  Ruth Pacheco - Universidad del Mar - Chile
Interview with  René Segbenou – ADEPA – Bénin
Interview with  Juan David Escobar - CERAI - España
Interview with  Pierre Vuarin – FPH - Suisse
Video on Global Café
Video on International University Terre Citoyenne

  • 6 interviews made during the meeting about the challenges of the International University Terre Citoyenne (in Spanish):

Ruth Pacheco: “Los líderes sociales tienen que ser emprendedores” - Spa
Raimunda de Oliveira: La formación de líderes sociales debe valorizar la cultura e identidad de los pueblos. - Spa
Nicolás Bermúdez: “En las prácticas de las organizaciones sociales se está construyendo una nueva ciudadanía” - Spa
Marco Fidel Vargas: “La Universidad Tierra Ciudadana tiene que ser capaz de mostrar el valor de lo único, al mismo tiempo que nuestras similitudes” - Spa
Lola Vazquez: “La academia y el mundo social deben trabajar juntos” - Spa
Fernando Rosero: “Hay chispazos, pero todavía no veo un pensamiento pedagógico articulado” - Spa

  • The papers of the meeting by Pedro Avendaño :

•Encuentro de Reñaca - documento síntesis temática por Pedro Avendaño (Spa)

Informe ENCUENTRO de Reñaca por Pedro Avendaño (Spa)