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news archive	News INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION Mr Bern Y. Guri of the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development (CIKOD) presented a paper with the title 'innovative approaches to international education' at the international conference in South Africa organised by the Walter Sisulu University (October 2007). CIKOD is a member of the COMPAS network and works with traditional institutions in Ghana. GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS Mr Jayasinghe Perera of Future in Our Hands (FIOH) participated in the 3rd international conference on Gross National Happiness in Thailand, 22-28 November 2007. The name of the conference was 'World Views Make A Difference - Towards Global Transformation'. The conference offered a creative platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue. Gross National Happiness is a challenge to our worldviews and mainstream policy development. It urges to explore new patterns of cooperation across cultures, disciplines, and sectors. FIOH is a member of the COMPAS network and works on traditional organic agriculture and ethno-veterinary practices in Sri-Lanka More information: www.gnh-movement.org COMMONWEALTH PEOPLES FORUM: REALISING PEOPLE'S POTENTION The sixth Commonwealth People Forum was held in Kampala, Uganda from 18 to 22 November 2007. The Commonwealth Peoples Forum takes place every two years immediately before the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, and provides civil society organisations a chance to dialogue with governments. The theme of the Peoples Forum 2007 was Realising People’s Potential, and 20 workshops were hosted to illustrate this in different ways. The Cross-cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU) and the Commonwealth Secretariat co-organised the workshop on 'Culture in Development: A must for Equitable and Sustainable Transformation'. A number of speakers were invited representing the different regions of the Commonwealth. Professor Millar of the University of Development Studies (UDS) and the Centre for Cosmovision and Indigenous Knowledge (CECIK) represented Africa. Millar: 'This is the first time culture is on the map of the Commonwealth and hence they are seeking ways to deal with it. The forum offered me the opportunity to put COMPAS, CAPTURED and my entire interests in culture and development into an international arena.' Download the workshop report, or the Communiqué to the Commonwealth Heads of Government More information: www.chogm2007.ug ad more.
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INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

Mr Bern Y. Guri of the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development (CIKOD) presented a paper with the title 'innovative approaches to international education' at the international conference in South Africa organised by the Walter Sisulu University (October 2007).
CIKOD is a member of the COMPAS network and works with traditional institutions in Ghana.

GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS

Mr Jayasinghe Perera of Future in Our Hands (FIOH) participated in the 3rd international conference on Gross National Happiness in Thailand, 22-28 November 2007. The name of the conference was 'World Views Make A Difference - Towards Global Transformation'. The conference offered a creative platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue. Gross National Happiness is a challenge to our worldviews and mainstream policy development. It urges to explore new patterns of cooperation across cultures, disciplines, and sectors.

FIOH is a member of the COMPAS network and works on traditional organic agriculture and ethno-veterinary practices in Sri-Lanka

More information: www.gnh-movement.org

COMMONWEALTH PEOPLES FORUM: REALISING PEOPLE'S POTENTION

The sixth Commonwealth People Forum was held in Kampala, Uganda from 18 to 22 November 2007. The Commonwealth Peoples Forum takes place every two years immediately before the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, and provides civil society organisations a chance to dialogue with governments. The theme of the Peoples Forum 2007 was Realising People’s Potential, and 20 workshops were hosted to illustrate this in different ways.

The Cross-cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU) and the Commonwealth Secretariat co-organised the workshop on 'Culture in Development: A must for Equitable and Sustainable Transformation'. A number of speakers were invited representing the different regions of the Commonwealth. Professor Millar of the University of Development Studies (UDS) and the Centre for Cosmovision and Indigenous Knowledge (CECIK) represented Africa. Millar: 'This is the first time culture is on the map of the Commonwealth and hence they are seeking ways to deal with it. The forum offered me the opportunity to put COMPAS, CAPTURED and my entire interests in culture and development into an international arena.'

Download the workshop report, or the Communiqué to the Commonwealth Heads of Government

More information: www.chogm2007.ug

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