Our old friend John Engle sends this from Haiti:
We recently completed a 5-minute video where I talk about our purpose, philosophy and essential practices including ost. Here’s the link to those interested and who have time: http://www.haitipartners.org/2010/06/education-democracy-and-development/
On the ground regular updates at http://www.haitipartners.org/the-blog/
Harrison Owen shared this recently on the OSLIST:
Egypt at the Crossroads Project
Thursday, March 31 at 9:00am – April 3 at 5:00pm
Location: Hotel Palmera (Ain al Sukhna)
Approach
The workshop will be an Open Space event aiming to exchange views and visions on Egypt’s future between Egyptian and German youth belonging to political parties on the issue of political reforms in Egypt. Our goal is to empower the role of youth in the democratization process via training and dialogue among young members of the civil society and political parties in Egypt.
Background
The project promotes the establishment of structures for independent youth work, which increases the opportunities for young people in Egypt to participate in social processes. They are supported in their efforts to play an active and creative role in civil society, working towards a sustainable democracy and taking part in NGO activities of youth cultural centers.
Goals
This Open Space offers the participants room to discuss their understanding of human rights and democratic change, discover their potential power to change and improve the social and political reality of Egypt develop their own project ideas and implement them effectively The aim is support young people to shape their futures independently and join the political and social dialogue in Egypt.
Target Group:
Motivated and engaged young people (20+) who are either already members or are interested in joining or founding an NGO.
Join Now :
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Egyptian-Youth-Federation/203160736364186?sk=app_6009294086
Luc Bizeul, en France, écrit:
Bonjour, j’ai le plaisir de vous inviter à rejoindre une liste de diffusion sur sur le forum ouvert; le but de cette liste est de permettre les discussions et les échanges en français autour de la pratique de l’ouverture, plus particulièrement au travers du Forum Ouvert, et de faciliter le développement de la communauté francophone.
Vous pouvez vous inscrire via l’interphase web : http://groups.google.fr/group/rffo/ ou en envoyant un mail sur : mailto:rffo+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Le vous trouverez des nouvelles en Français sur le forum ouvert via le blog du RFFO (réseau francophone sur le forum ouvert) : http://forumouvertopenspace.blogspot.com/
