The final report of the Invitational Forum on “Converging Competences: Diversity, Higher Education, and Sustainable Democracy,” organized jointly by the Council of Europe and the US Steering Committee of the International Consortium for Higher Education, Civic Responsibility and Democracy at Council of Europe Headquarters in Strasbourg on October 2 – 3, 2008 has been released.
The purpose of this report is to provide an analytical note and a personal reflection on the theme of converging competences for diversity and sustainable democracy, and the role of higher education in developing these competences. As such, the report does not provide a comprehensive description of the presentations and discussions in the Forum, but is rather a reflection of these through highlighting some of the key issues, and occasionally adding points that were raised but left unanswered in the Forum.
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An invitational Global Forum, organized by the Council of Europe and the US Steering Committee of the International Consortium for Higher Education, Civic Responsibility, and Democracy will address the issue of converging competencies for the diversity and sustainable democracy and the role of higher education in developing these competencies. The conference will be hosted at the Council of Europe on October 2-3, 2008. Please check the Council of Europe website for more information.
Caitlin was chosen from a highly competitive group of students to be this year’s Intern in Universities and Global Democracy. She will spend the month of June in Strasbourg, France, working with the Council of Europe’s Committee on Higher Education and Research. She will be assisting the IC and the CoE in the planning of the October 2008 Global Forum.
Location: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
On December 2, 2007, in honor of International Human Rights Day, the International Consortium sponsored Students for Human Rights and Democratic Education, a student-coordinated conference for student leaders from the United States, Canada and Europe. The keynote address was given by Jerome Shestack, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and Former President of the American Bar Association.
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