Workshop on “Introducing the Cape Verdean language in schools”
On Saturday 21 May, Renée DePalma accompanied bilingual education specialist Ana Josefa Cardoso in organising a workshop at the University of Cape Verde (UCV), in which teachers from schools and the university, writers and language and culture activists debated ways of introducing the community language, Kriolu, into the school system. Despite its independence from Portugal […]
Galician Week of University Cooperation for Development
ECIGAL participated in the University of Vigo’s Galician Week of University Cooperation for Development on 9 May 2023. We shared a panel discussion on University-NGO Alliances: an opportunity to collaborate within the framework of cooperation with Architecture without Borders and Engineering without Borders. It was a very interesting exchange of experiences and perspectives!
Workshops on the exchange of knowledge against machista violence
From Solidariedade Internacional de Galicia and the research group ECIGAL, we have the pleasure of presenting the I International workshops for the exchange of knowledge in Development Cooperation; strategies against machista violence towards women for a fulfilling life. This space aims to understand the global dimension of a structural problem (misogynistic violence), bringing us closer […]
II Congress on Educational Assessment, with a focus on global citizenship
On the 7th and 8th of October in Pilas (Seville), Madre Coraje invites us to come together to reflect on educational assessment with a global citizenship approach. The II Congress is part of the ‘Educating for the transformation the world needs’ project (ref. 0F006/2020), funded by AACID, and ECIGAL were members of the Scientific Committee. […]
MOOC: Education for global citizenship at school
At UdC Aberta, UdC’s MOOC platform: https://udcaberta.udc.gal/ We are launching a Training section on the Ecigal website, and we are doing so by sharing the online course with you: Education for global citizenship in school. A perspective from practice. This course aims to explore what it entails to incorporate the approach of global citizenship education […]
Digital literacy workshop
All social educators play a fundamental role in the digital and media literacy of citizens. In their various fields of work, they can plan and develop learning situations aimed at working with the media as an object of study, promoting processes that involve the critical analysis of media messages and the creation of media products. […]
TFG Prize: The Epistemologies of the South in Development Education
The OCV called for a new edition of the UDC Awards for Final Degree and Master’s Degree Projects (TFM) in Development Cooperation last November. This initiative aims to contribute to local and global transformation by promoting studies and projects that help to better understand practices focused on sustainable human development in the region, as well […]
Training with Mother Courage at the ECG Conference
As part of the 8th Global Citizenship Education Days, which we are organising between the ECIGAL Group of the University of A Coruña (UdC) and International Solidarity, we will run a workshop for teachers and professionals from organisations on strategies for integrating Global Citizenship Education (GCED) into the curriculum. It will be facilitated by Madre […]
III Seminar on Prison Education
From the Socio-Cultural Animation Plan which we are developing in collaboration with the Aliad Ultreia association and the SEPA-interea group from the USC, we are promoting the 3rd Seminar on Prison Education, in this edition focusing on participation in prison. It will be held on 28 October at the Faculty of Education at the USC. You […]
Call for entries for the 2nd Galician ECGD Award is now open
The Galician Coordinator of NGOs is opening the call for the second edition of the Galician Award for Education for Development and Global Citizenship, with the aim of recognising transformative educational experiences that foster a solidarity-based, critical and committed citizenship in the construction of a just world. Come and join in and share your experience! […]