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EDITORIAL We're already on the last part of 2011 and the clock is ticking fast, especially in the context of daily news related to today’s crisis, with threats of recession, cuts and adjustments of the welfare state... This process that we live today in Europe is already known to other continents and therefore we need to strengthen our partnerships in order to face the future together. This first year working with the Progress program is allowing us to address more activities and further strengthen our network. The time has come to make an initial assessment and set the stage for next year, and to that end all European coordinators will hold a meeting in Warsaw. The training group continues its work, this time with the contribution of Mexican educators who have organized an international working group. We are constantly receiving more and more news of international meetings, courses or initiatives organized by other networks or agents. We hope to account for all of them in our newsletter. Maybe we can highlight a novelty: the 1st Photograph Contest “Our Streets”, which seeks to give voice to the people on the street, spreading their way of seeing the country and city. We encourage you to participate. THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION Training of Street Education Trainers in Mexico City. From 27 to 30 September 2011, a meeting with a portion of the Dynamo International Street Workers Network training group. In addition to advancing the work regarding training, there will be meetings with Mexican educators and authorities and visits to projects. NEWS A world conference on juvenile justice in Africa. 7-8 November 2011, Kampala-Uganda Défense des Enfants International (DEI) and The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) are organizing a global conference on juvenile justice in Africa on 7 and 8 November in Kampala, Uganda. "Rue de chez moi" created in Martinique Social workers in Martinique street have created a structure to better defend their daily work and to promote solidarity among their own members. Congratulations! Questionnaire on progress in the fight against violence towards children. With the study on violence against children published by the United Nations Secretariat in 2006 as a reference, this questionnaire is being released in order to learn about the progress in implementing the recommendations on a state level. Street Words Forum Proceedings at Brussels, 2010. The resulting texts of the discussions and exchanges among more than 700 participants at the 2nd Street Words Forum held in Brussels in October 2011 have just been edited. Our Streets Photograph Contest Dynamo International - Street Workers Network is organizing a photograph contest for youth and adults. AGENDA CLUES For over ten years, many people working in the field of social work in contact with impoverished populations have been talking about the risks of the prevailing economic model. From that classic "in and out of," we have seen that in Europe and the world wealth has increased in general, but also inequality... STREET WORDS On this occasion we speak with Polona Dominik, Nico de Groot and Helmut Steinkellner, Austrian network street workers, who tell us what their daily work is and what are the challenges street work faces. Pour gérer votre abonnement à cette newsletter, cliquez ici |
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