Join the discussion on how we can build more effective partnerships to advance community – higher education efforts to contribute to improving the social, economic and environmental conditions of our communities, nations and planet.

 

An open meeting of the

 

GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGED RESEARCH

 

THE GROWING MOVEMENT TO UNITE CIVIL SOCIETY AND HIGHER EDUCATION TO CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

 

When

August 26 2009 from 13.00 to 16.00

 

Where

Old Staff Commons Room

Queens University, Belfast,

 

Who

Anyone interested, all delegates to the Living Knowledge Conference, members of the Alliance are welcome to attend.

 

Chair: Rajesh Tandon (Society for Participatory Research in Asia and Chair of GACER)

 

Contributions from: Budd Hall (Community Based Research Canada and Secretary of GACER), Chan Lean Heng (Science University of Malaysia) and others.

 

We will be reporting on some significant initiatives, including impact on the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education, and a major study of the policy outcomes of community university partnerships in research for sustainable development.  We will be asking for input on future collaboration and action.

 

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