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COBIAC and the city of Martigues welcome Kamel Suleiman of Tamer Institute

Laetitia — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:15:42 +0000

Kamel Suleiman © Espace lecture Vaillant-Acelem

Kamel Sulieman is a team mate of the Tamer Institute, which leads many initiatives on reading and writing in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip : writing workshops, publishing of several collections of books, creation and support to libraries in refugee camps… He came to do [...]

Bel Horizon, ardent defender of patrimony in Oran

Laetitia — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:22:48 +0000

Logo © Bel Horizon

Created in 2002, on the occasion of the 11th centenary of the city, Bel Horizon is a dynamic association that aims at promoting Oranese heritage in all its aspects. The guides trained by the association offer others thematic tours, which make the participants aware of the patrimony wealth in Oran [...]

Once upon a time, Oran…

cdussol — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:19:26 +0000

Si Oran m’était contée © Le petit lecteur d’Oran

From 12h to16h of March 2012, the organization « Le petit lecteur d’Oran » organized the the 6th edition of story telling festival in Oran. The cultural event is now considered as a major attraction. Several components take part in the success of the [...]

Tamer publishing in Palestine

cdussol — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:04:03 +0000

Tamer’s publishing unit is complementary to the children literature department at the institute. Since its establishment, the unit has published 150 children and young adults’ books and reference materials on children literature. The books published by Tamer are either written by Palestinian professional and amateur writers or translated from other languages and cultures; a special [...]

IT training fot teachers in Egypt

Laetitia — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:34:30 +0000

Egyptian Catholic Schools Training Consultant

June 2010

“Teacher training” © CFECE-cairo

Technology for Improved Learning Outcomes-TILO is designed to improve the quality of teaching, learning and school management thanks to the use of technology by pupils in schools. The American Agency for International Development & Technology and Technology for Improved Learning Outcomes are working [...]

Tamer Institute for community Education

cdussol — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:09:04 +0000

Intervention for the Mediakitab meeting – Marseille by Samar Qutob

Tamer’s profile :

Tamer Institute for Community Education is a Palestinian educational non-profit organization established in 1989 as a natural and necessary response to the urgent needs of the Palestinian community during the first intifada (uprising).

The most important of these [...]

Public reading in Lebanon

cdussol — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:32:37 +0000

Imad Hachem/Head of Books & Reading/Lebanese Ministry of Culture

“The Lebanese are scattered around the globe. In 2009 they played hosts”. Chosen by UNESCO as the World Book Capital in 2009, Beirut was the scene of a cultural year such as Lebanon had never known.

“A window on the diversity of cultures and a [...]

Milan libraries

cdussol — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:13:24 +0000

The Public Library System in Milan is made up of 26 units : that is 1 Central library , 24 branch libraries and 11 circulating libraries scattered throughout the town. The organization of the whole system is based upon two coordinated units ; one responsible of the Central library and the other for the branch [...]

A graffiti project in libraries

Laetitia — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:28:43 +0000

by Aldo Pirola

In Affori, a district on the outskirts of Milan the “ space for youngsters” was opened in 2006., specially designed for teenagers between 14 and 17 years. In addition to the usual Internet work stations, books, serials and journals undoubtedly of interest to them, dvd and cartoons, special column has been installed [...]

School libraries in Egypt

Laetitia — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:50:36 +0000

By Soha Saad-Wakim, Coordinator at the Catholic Schools Training Centre in Alexandria

Libraries and information services undoubtedly play a key role in access to essential documentary resources. Their action encourages cultural development and contributes to maintaining intellectual freedom. School libraries are supposed to make an important service structure available related to the school’s aims. These [...]