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World eBook Fair July 4 - August 4

"Own Your Own Library" is the theme of the 2008 World eBook Fair. The fair is created by contributions from 100+ eLibraries from around the world. The largest collections in the fair are:

Day of the African Child: 16 June
Right to Participation: Let Children be Seen and Heard

Learn about the the rights of the African child:

The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child is administered by African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.

The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

World Environment Day: 5 June


World Environment Day organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) stimulates global awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. "Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy" is the 2008 theme. New Zealand, one of the first countries to pledge a carbon-neutral future, will be the main host of World Environment Day 2008.

Read about moving towards a low carbon economy in the May 2008 edition of Our Planet, the magazine of the UNEP.

Climate Neutral Network is a platform to facilitate information exchange and networking on achieving a transition to a low carbon society.

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News from: Widernet, EQUATE, Afterschool.org

GLP is partnering with the WiderNet Project to integrate Widernet's eGranary Digital Library, a hard drive with more than 10 million educational documents into education projects in countries such as Zambia, Rwanda and Afghanistan.

"Education from a Gender Equality Perspective", published by the EQUATE project, presents a framework for addressing gender equality in education to be used by education programmers in designing, managing and evaluating education projects.

Afterschool.org sponsored the First Afterschool.org Video Webcast Competition. View the winning video: "The Town and Country Learning Center.

HIV AIDS in the Spotlight
3-8 August 2008: XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City

The theme for the XVII International AIDS Conference is Universal Action Now which emphasizes the need for continued urgency in the worldwide response to HIV/AIDS, and for action on the part of all stakeholders at the global, national, regional and local levels. In addition to the conference sessions, other programme activities include the the Global Village to intensify the involvement of community organizations, the Youth Programme to strengthen the participation of youth and the Cultural Programme to highlight the role of culture in response to HIV/AIDS.

For teachers:
• AVERT has online quizzes on several HIV/AIDS topics or teachers can design their own quiz with a choice of questions.

• Education International with its partners, WHO (World Health Organisation) and EDC (Education Development Center), implements EFAIDS, a programme that combines the efforts of teachers' unions in advocating for Education For All (EFA) at national level with their commitment to HIV/AIDS prevention in schools locally.

For education managers:
• HIV/AIDS Impact on Education Clearinghouse, coordinated by the International Institute for Educational Planning/UNESCO, is a platform for sharing knowledge and information on the impact of HIV/AIDS on education.

• Overviews of Practical Resources, produced by EDUCAIDS,the Global Initiative on Education and HIV & AIDS led by UNESCO, provides useful published resources on essential components of an education sector response to HIV and AIDS.

For researchers:
Visit GLP's resource section on HIV and AIDS, and ELDIS, a leading website on development policy, practice and research, who has a resource guide on HIV and AIDS.

• The XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008), will be held in México City, México from 3-8 August 2008. The conference theme is "Universal Action Now."

• "Digital Opportunities for All: Preparing Students for 21st-Century Skills" is the theme of the 2008 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education. Funded by the Kingdom of Bahrain, the US$50,000 prize is divided between two winners. This prize rewards activities that demonstrate best practice as well as creative use of ICTs to enhance learning, teaching and overall educational performance. The deadline for submissions is 31 August 2008.