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Christine
Wirths, managing director of CultureWaves,
is the new President of SIETAR Germany.
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Alexander
Scheitza is the new Vice-President of SIETAR
Germany, supporting Christine Wirths and representing
SIETAR Germany at the SIETAR Europa board. Alexander
is founder of the Radius
trainer and consultant network and researcher
in the field of intercultural competence. Alexander
and Christine will lend their support to a continuation
of the fruitful cooperation between SIETAR Europa
and SIETAR Germany.
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Martina
Tadli has been elected into the board of SIETAR
Germany. Martina is a free-lance trainer and consultant
for intercultural communication. She will serve
the board as secretary and will be responsible
for the coordination of the regional groups in
Germany.
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Ruth
Habermehl has been elected into the board
of SIETAR Germany. Ruth will coordinate SD's public
relations and the development of focus groups
across Germany related to specific professional
topics that have formed in the course of an Open
Space event held in June. Ruth works for the migration
department of the Diakonisches Werk (the German
protestant's church social welfare organisation).
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Wave goodbye: |
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| Michael Thiel and Anette Hammerschmidt |
Michael Thiel and Anette Hammerschmidt
- the former presidential team - have left the
board after two terms. Their efforts in (co-)organizing
the SIETAR Europa conferences in Vienna and Berlin
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| Jürgen Henze |
Jürgen Henze, who hosted the Berlin
conference and represented SIETAR Germany at SIETAR
Europa's Board of Directors also left the board. |
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The
big event
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SIETAR Europa Congress 2005
Registration for the main congress:
Registering is easy. Just click here.
The congress website is full of information on all
aspects of the event and if you need any assistance
whatever, call us: +33 6 03 86 04 94.
We look forward to meeting you in Nice!
Congress 2005 Team
>> Visit
the congress website
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BANLIEUES D’EUROPE’EST
« Centres in the periphery »
Bucharest, Romania, 23-25 September 2005
Organised in collaboration with the Banlieues d’Europe
network, the first meeting of the Banlieues d’Europ’Est
network aims to draw attention to the Eastern European
region and to centre the debate on the question of peripheral
cultural centres, situated on the edge of towns or traditional
or official artistic circuits.
This double marginalization, geographic and artistic,
generates a rather special debate, placing these centres
at the centre of citizen participation today. It means
asking questions about artistic practices, their capacities
for mobilisation and innovation, and highlighting their
constraints and difficulties in order to try and isolate
the specificity of the projects.
This meeting will follow up the debate initiated in
2002 by Banlieues d’Europe during the meeting
on “Innovative Cultural Practices in South Eastern
Europe, and that of the meeting in 2004 on “New
European Movements, Nomad Communities, Cultures in Movement”.
This meeting will also be the occasion to valorise the
work of identification and setting up of networks developed
by Banlieues d’Europ’Est over the last few
years.
The work will take place over 3 days and will consist
of workshops, round tables, a journey through the town
and another in the country, and will the same time encourage
exchanges, the sharing of experiences and the setting
up of networks between the actors concerned. The meeting
will centre the debate on subjects such as:
- provocative interventions in urban space, intended
to make people react and to reflect on current themes;
- venues and actors that experiment different relationships
with artistic production and its public;
- projects and mobile/itinerant modes of expression
that break down the established barriers between the
artist, the public and the venue.
For this event, Banlieues d’Europ’Est aims
to create a space for meetings and dialogues for artists,
professionals and cultural actors in this region. In
this framework, one of the objectives of this meeting
is to constitute the first elements of an alternative
debate on art and culture in the Eastern European region,
and in order to achieve this Banlieues d’Europe
and Banlieues d’Europ’Est will:
- bring together innovative artistic experiences,
conceived in the geographic or artistic periphery
of the town;
- make these practices visible and encourage dialogue
and exchange;
- promote dialogue and openness for better understanding
of these practices and for their dissemination at
the European level.
More information...
FINANCING EUROPEAN INNOVATION
Oulu, Finland, 28-30 September 2005
The upcoming conference on "Financing European
Innovation" is now ready to take place in the well-established
research and high-tech city of Oulu, in Finland. Presentations
and showcases will cover issues as topical as the 6th
and 7th European Framework Programme, the CIP Programme,
Innovation and Regional Development, Innovation and
finance sector, E-Business, I-2010, Technology platforms,
Co-operation between the European Union and other countries,
Wireless technologies, etc. The speakers line-up will
include experts from both the public and the private
sectors.
More
information...
CROSS-CULTURAL LEARNING STYLES
Singapore, October 5th – 7th, 2005
A research program funded by the European Union, initiated
by the FH JOANNEUM (Austria) together with FH Gelsenkirchen
(Germany), Singapore Management University (Singapore)
and Kasetsart University (Thailand). The first major
part of this ongoing research project will conclude
with an academic conference held in Singapore. Further
conferences in the series are already planned for 2006
and 2007.
The complete “Call for Papers” and further
information about the meeting can be found at www.communicon.info
or please contact Christa
Müller.
SIETAR AUSTRIA: Culture Talk
12 October 2005
Woman-Expatriats, Dr. Iris Fishlmeyer
SIETAR AUSTRIA: Culture Talk
9 November 2005
Intercultral Training and Diversity Management, Dr.
Roland Engel
SIETAR AUSTRIA: Culture Talk
30 November 2005
Bikulturelle Paare in Österreich. Vertrag vom Dr.
Mutombo, Experte für „Domino“ -Beziehungen.
PERSONAL LEADERSHIP Making a World
of Difference
Paris on December 1-4, 2005.
This workshop is intended for intercultural practioners
and anyone interested in examining the directions and
committments they are making in their own development
as they live and work across cultures. Personal Leadership
is a methodology/ framework/ tool consisting of two
principles and six practices. It can help us become
better at handling not only cultural differences, but
also change, uncertainty and decisions that we find
difficult to make. The methodology is called Personal
Leadership because it invites us to take leadership
of our own personal development in situations where
we have a choice to either to go to 'default' or to
think of new and creative ways of handling differences.
The three day workshop (plus one evening) will consist
of small group activity, lecturettes, partner exercises,
field trips and quiet time for reflection.
PL workshops have been offered in many national and
global contexts since 1998. However, this is the first
time we are conducting a seminar in Europe.
More information...
Contact
NORDIC NETWORK of INTECULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Tampere, Finland, December 2 - 3, 2005
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information...
EUROPE INSIDE OUT
Brussels, Belgium, 9 - 11 December, 2005
Building on the themes of ‘Politics, Plurilingualism
and Linguistic Identity’ explored at the 5th annual
conference of IALIC in Dublin, this year’s conference
focuses on politics, language and cultural identity
within the specific context of Europe.
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information...
SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS PROGRAMMING FOR STUDY ABROAD
Cuetzalan, Puebla, Mexico, February 22-25, 2006
The Association for Academic Programs in Latin America
and the Caribbean (AAPLAC) seeks proposals for papers
or complete panels for its 17th Annual Conference. The
principal conference theme is Socially Conscious Programming
for Study Abroad. We also welcome proposal for papers
and panels on other themes relevant to study abroad
programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.
DEADLINE FOR SUMISSIONS OF PROPOSAL FOR PANELS OR ABSTRACTS
IS OCTOBER
15, 2005.
More information...
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Courses
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INTERCULTURAL STUDIES COURSES
The UBC Centre for Intercultural Communication and
the CERI The UBC Certificate in Intercultural Studies
is an innovative and timely program for people from
any sector who want to communicate effectively across
cultures and adapt successfully to cultural change.
This interdisciplinary program is practice-based and
combines experiential workshops with online seminars.
As a participant, you build intercultural knowledge
and skills for your own situations. You also increase
your effectiveness in multicultural and international
work and improve your ability to work well with people
from other cultures.
The UBC Certificate in Intercultural Studies is awarded
after the completion of two required courses and three
electives. The introductory course described below will
be offered on the following dates at Lille Catholic
University: September 29, September 30, October 1
Course Outline
Foundations and Skills in Intercultural Communication
(CIS 501 & 502)
This course introduces and reviews principle concepts
of intercultural communication: culture, ethnicity,
race, behavior, stereotypes, expectations, generalizations,
and values. Participants are invited to discuss their
own cultures and the way in which they influence their
professional and personal life. Consider contexts in
which intercultural skills are required and explore
how cultures vary. Learn how to deal with miscommunication.
Prepare your own portfolio of tools to build intercultural
competence.
Course Package Includes:
3 days of face-to-face courses
6 weeks of the course via the internet
Cost : 1290€
Other UBC Certificate in Intercultural Studies courses
include:
- Bridging Cultural Differences. CIS 601.
- Supporting International Assignments. CIS 602.
- Building Multi-Cultural Teams. CIS 604.
- Internationalizing Post-Secondary Organizations.
CIS 605. (online seminar only)
- Exchanging Knowledge Across Cultures. CIS 606.
Cost per module: 860 €
For information on these courses and to learn more
about how you can obtain your UBC Certificate in Intercultural
Studies, contact Grant
Douglas.
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Organisations
and collaboration
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THE OBSERVATORY OF CULTURAL POLICIES
IN AFRICA
The Observatory is a Pan African international
non-governmental organization. It was created
in 2002 with the support of African Union, the
Ford Foundation and UNESCO with a view to monitor
cultural trends and national cultural policies
in the region and to enhance their integration
in human development strategies through advocacy,
information, research, capacity building, networking,
co-ordination and co-operation at the regional
and international levels.
More information...
EU PROJECT PROPOSALS
Autumn is approaching, and this is the season
of project-making. We are keen on joining new
and interesting project proposals to be submitted
in the framework of Leonardo da Vinci and Socrates
in October/November 2005..
The Leonardo priorities that we would find most
interesting are
- Developing the quality of VET systems and
practices
- Developing relevant and innovative e-learning
content
- Continuous training of teachers and trainers
- Validation of non-formal and informal learning
As far as Socrates is concerned Minerva and all
three centralised project types in Grundtvig are
relevant for us: European Cooperation Projects,
Training Courses and Networks, particularly in the
areas of
- Teaching and learning of foreign languages,
regional and minority languages, and the languages
of migrants and ethnic minorities in adult education;
- Learning in later life; Inter-generational
learning;
- Strategies to promote effective alternative
pathways into formal education, including access
pathways to higher education for persons without
formal entrance qualifications;
- Professionalisation of adult education (initial
and in-service training of adult education teachers
and other staff; quality assurance of services
and institutions);
- Relationship between general and vocational
education; workplace-based general learning;
- Adult education for marginalised or disadvantaged
citizens, notably prisoners and ex-offenders,
refugees and asylum-seekers.
A topic which is of special interest to us is
the demographic change and to develop strategies
for enterprises and organisations, employees and
citizens to cope with the challenges of the ageing
society.
We would be very pleased to discuss and contribute
to your ideas for new
project proposals. So please let us know if you
intend to submit a proposal in the coming selection
rounds.
Best wishes on a rare sunny day in this rainy
Austrian summer.
Holger
Bienzle
Tel: +43 1 532 45 45 - 62
Fax: +43 1 532 45 45 - 45
www.die-berater.com
www.e-traincenter.com
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Book
reviews and publications
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GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL:
The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond
Random House 1997
A book review by Danny
Yee - © 1997
Why is it that Europeans ended up conquering so much
of the world? Or, as one of Diamond's New Guinean friends
asks him, why do they have all the "cargo"?
Despite all the contrary evidence from anthropology
and human biology, many persist in attributing the differing
political and economic successes of the world's peoples
to biological, "racial" differences. Others
appeal to cultural differences or to historical contingency.
But Diamond sees the fundamental causes as environmental,
resting ultimately on ecological differences between
the continents.
An extended argument for this, Guns, Germs and Steel
is nothing less than a history of Homo sapiens on a
scale of continents and millennia.
Read
the whole review...
THE CANADIAN SUBSIDY DIRECTORY
This guide contains more than 3100 listings of grants
and loans offered by both the federal and provincial
governments. It also includes foundations and associations.
It is deemed to be the perfect tool for anyone seeking
funds.
Businesses, Municipalities, Colleges, Universities,
Home Owners, Students will find a wealth of information
leading to funding. It is a must for anyone seeking
funds.
The American Grants and Loans Directory is also available
for The United States. (more than 700 foundations included
in this
publication)
CD version: $69.95
Printed version: $149.95
To order please call: 450-224-wask(9275)
More
information...
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Invitation
to General Assembly meeting
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INVITATION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING
OF SIETAR EUROPA
La Colle sur Loup, France, 16.00 – 18.00
Saturday September 24th 2005
AGENDA:
- President's report
- Approval of the financial report and budget
- approval of 2004 accounts
Report of the auditors for the accounts of 2004
- approval of 2005 budget
- Amendments on the Statutes of SIETAR Europa to
reflect the new structure
- debate
- decision for voting procedure
- consequences
- Announcement of the results of the 2005 elections
of the Board of Directors and introduction of the
new Board of Directors.
- SIETAR Europa congress 2007
- Election of auditors for the minutes of the General
Assembly
- Appointment of the Nomination Committee
- Other business
Please
mail us your ideas and suggestions
According to the Statutes of SIETAR Europa:
Proxies are permitted but no member may have more than
five votes. Decisions are taken by simple majority of
the voting members present or represented by proxies.
(Art. 7, Statutes). The quorum for the general Assembly
shall be 25% of the total membership. If a quorum is
not present, then a second meeting may be called in
which no quorum is required.
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services
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