Current projects

Our current services include:

• ruMAD?, a social justice education program that aims to develop student engagement in learning through social action.
• afairerworld.org, the Centre’s website, provides information about the Centre’s activities and is a portal to information on global issues.
• The Global Learning Resource Library provides resources on global issues and broadband Internet access. Resource acquisition is being undertaken with grants and sponsorship.
• Newsletters: The Centre produces a regular electronic newsletter.
• Promotion of events and activities: The Centre works with other organisations to promote the involvement of schools in local, national and global events. At present we are promoting:
• The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD). The goal of the DESD is to integrate the principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning.
• The Citizen of Humanity project developed by the National Committee of Human Rights Education (NCHRE). This project is aimed at promoting an understanding of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights Education in final year primary school children.

• Other events and activities include those organised by the Hobart Peace Coalition and the Anti-Poverty Coalition, Make Poverty History, and also Human Rights Week, Refugee Week, International Women’s Day and Harmony Day.