"Evaluation Workshop: Life-Link & UNESCO ASPnet  Pilot Project 

Culture of Care & Water for Life 2007-2008"

3^rd – 6^th June 2008 Petra, Jordan

Monday

02/06/2008

Arrival; Conference venue:

CROWNE PLAZA RESORT PETRA, WADI MOUSA

Tuesday 03/06/2008

Scientific and Cultural Program -

Coming together

01.00 pm

Registration

01.00 -

01.30 pm

Start of the conference

- Life-Link, Dr. H. Levander 

- Student's representative

- Teacher's representative

- UNESCO, Robert Parua

- Bin Talal Univ., Prof. H. Hayajneh

- Petra representative, S. Farajat

03.00 pm

Listen and see our results and what we have done - I.

Schools' delegations reports on Culture of Care and Water for Life actions.

04.00 pm

Lunch

04.30 –

05.00 pm

The Oldest Water Management System developed by Man.

(Prof. Ziad Saad, Vice President of the German Jordanian University)

The Nabataeans greatest accomplishment was probably their system of water management. They developed a system to collect rainwater using water channels, pipes, and underground cisterns. Added to this, they developed very strong, waterproof cement, some of which is still in existence to this day. [more]

05.00 - 05.30 pm

The Ritual Significance of Water in the Ancient Near Eastern Culture.

(Prof. Hani Hayajeneh, Dean of the Archeology, Tourism and Hotel Management Faculty, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University)

Links:

Ortloff, Ch. R., The Water Supply and Distribution System of the Nabataean City of Petra (Jordan), 300 BC - AD 300. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 15:1, 2005, 93-109. (pdf)

05.30 - 06.00 pm

(Dr. Mansur Shkeirat, Archeology, Tourism and Hotel Management Faculty, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University)

Throughout the city of Petra are hundreds of underground water cisterns. Every possible drop of rainwater, as well as the water piped into the city was stored and used later. [more]

07.00 - 09.00 pm

Cultural evening, UNESCO & Life-Link & Schools delegates. Coming together

Wednesday 04/06/2008

Activity

09.00 –

09.15 am

Good Morning welcome by UNESCO Director, Dr. Anjum Haque

10.30 am

Review and assessment results on the Culture of Care and Water for Life performed actions (Dr. Göran Save, Executive Director, Life-Link)

10.45 am

Education for Sustainable Development: Addressing regional sustainable development challenges. By ESD Section, H.Q., Paris

12.00 am

Break + Poster Session

12.00 –

12.30 am

Opening Ceremony

12.30 –

02.00 pm

Photo & Lunch

02.00 –

02.45 pm

Global Perspectives and Mobilizing Resources; The role of ASPnet. By ASPnet section, UNESCO H.Q., Paris

02.45 - 03.30 pm

Poster Session with rotating presentations

03.30 –

04.30 pm

04.30 -

07.00 pm

Break

07.00 - 09.00 pm

Rehabilitation - working for something better. Strategy and risks.  (Mr Hans Levander, Spec Internal Medicine, Sweden)

Our society needs young skilled people to build a better future for all of us and when teachers become more effective communicators and conflict resolvers we are also setting the foundation to train our youth and therefore our future society. Christina is the Director of Conflict Resolution Schools Development and has worked as an independent consultant from 1988-2007. She has a close association with the Conflict Resolution Network and was director of the education consultancy for many years.

A Life-Link committee at a school wants to set up a project. How will this work? In this section [Life-Link-Project Management] some ideas are presented on how the committee might work in order to receive quality results. Let us follow the committee step by step.

09.00 pm

Evening meal

Thursday 05/06/2008 

Activity

10.15 am

Some illustrative reports from UNESCO ASPnet coordinators. (Introduction by M. Tazi, ASPnet National Coordinator, Marocco)

ASPnet National Co-ordinators in Arab States
 

11.00 am

Some illustrative reports from schools performed Care Actions; Culture of Care and Water for Life.

11.30 am

Break

01.00 pm

Looking ahead - I

Perspectives of Life-Link&UNESCO ASPnet collaboration; Discussion in smaller groups & Reporting

01.30 pm

Looking ahead - II

Water for Life - at schools;

A Stockholm International Water Institute Perspektive. Ms. Elin Weyler, Manager, Stockholm Junior Water Prize & Baltic Sea Project Perspektive. Mr. JonasOskarsson,  Coordinator of Sweden

02.00 pm

Break

02.00 -

02.30 pm

Looking ahead - III

UNESCO ASPnet MENA perspectives 2008-2015, UNESCO representative

UNESCO's core mandate is to bring education to all the world's people, based on the principle that education is a universal human right. UNESCO’s programme for Education in 2008-2009 gives top priority to accelerating progress towards Education for All by 2015.

02.30 -

03.30 pm

Lunch

03.30 -

04.00 pm

Looking ahead - IV

From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Care. Ms. Marcela Masó, Educator and Executive for the forthcoming Life-Link international conference Rosario, Argentina August2008

04.00 -

05.00 pm

Looking ahead - V

Culture of Care. Youth and Life Link perspectives (Youth representatives, Moderator Dr. Hans Levender)

11.00 pm

Cultural and Multicultural evening - II

Closing ceremony and distribution of certificates

Statement at the concluding conference in Petra [pdf]

Friday 06/06/2008 

Activity

01.00 pm

The giant red mountains and vast mausoleums of a departed race have nothing in common with modern civilization, and ask nothing of it except to be appreciated at their true value... [more]

Saturday 07/06/2008

Departure