ALA

The long time Secretary of ALA, Roger Morris became a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours List released at the weekend.
His citation reads _ For service to the adult, continuing and community education sector through practitioner developmen, research and professional leadership.

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Asia and Pacific countries meet in Dhaka to accelerate literacy
Nine countries in the Asia-Pacific region are participating in a regional meeting on UNESCO’s Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) from 21 to 24 January in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
A ten-year initiative within the United Nations Literacy Decade, LIFE aims to accelerate literacy [...]

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Public Training Program Update
Please find outlined below some of the upcoming public training programs being conducted by Diversity@Work.
As specialists in all areas of diversity and inclusion, we believe that these programs will prove beneficial for you or your organisation, whether you are a government body, corporation, employment service provider, recruiter or [...]

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To be held in New york from 25 February - 7 March 2008; more information can be found at http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/52sess.htm

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To be held April 20 -25 2005 Accra, Ghana, more about this conference can be learned by visiting - http://www.unctadxii.org/en/The-Conference/Accreditation-and-registration

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Mark this occasion by joining the World Social Forum Day of Action - 26 January 2008.
The social forum is having a week of action culminating in a global day of mobilization .
Visit http://www.whiteband.org/ACtion/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/wsf-2008/ for details.

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National workshops run by the Australian Flexible learning Framework will be held throughout Australia from 13 February - 5  March.
For information about times, places and the online activity that needs to be completed prior to the day, email industry@flexiblelearning.net.au or go to http://industry.flexiblelearning.net.au/2008/bcflyer.pdf

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National Volunteer Week to be held from 12th to 18th May. Work is well underway and that includes the project collateral, posters and lapel pins.
Orders close on 25th January so please make sure you place your requests by then as demand so far suggests there may not be a second chance.
To [...]

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Announcement and Call for Papers
 
Theme: Internationalisation in Education: Culture, Context and Difference
 
The 2008 conference of the British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE) will be held at the University of Glasgow, Kelvin Conference Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
 
In this conference the theme of internationalisation and its multiple meanings [...]

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