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July 2009

Educational challenges in Belarus (RITA program)
2009-07-20 11:11:59
Polish-Belarussian meeting, financed by RITA program and dedicated to educational challenges started in Gdynia (Poland) in July 17, 2009. The next step of the project will consist of the research among teachers and parents living in big cities in Belarus. Results of our research will help us to build a counseling internet site dealing with educational problems parents and teachers experience in their difficult role to upbringing children.

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Last session of the International Conference on Leadership
2009-07-15 04:31:30
On Sunday, July 12, participants of the IJELP International Conference on Leadership have presented some results of previous IJELP sessions since 1998. Representatives of 10 countries have been working on strengthening international network of educational leaders and new ideas of international cooperation have been born. The seventh edition of IJELP is planed in July 3-18, 2010.

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International Conference on Leadership in Gdynia
2009-07-10 03:46:21
The International Jesuit Education Leadership Program Conference is being held between 8th and 12th July 2009 in Pedro Arrupe Centre in Gdynia, Poland. The 5-day event has been organized by the Arrupe Center (Poland) in cooperation with the Socires Foundation (Holland) and gathered representatives of catholic educational establishments from Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Romania, Croatia, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Poland and Egypt.

The focus of the conference is on leadership and effective management of educational institutions. The special guests, who will share their knowledge and experience with the participants, are:

Christopher Lowney from the USA - a former Jesuit, who later joined J. P. Morgan & Co., serving as a managing director and management committee member in Tokyo, Singapore, London, and New York until 2001, author of the widely acclaimed book Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World.

Alfred Darmanin SJ from Malta, theologian, philosopher, mathematitian and psychologist specializing in psychology of leadership, Head of the Psychology Department at the University of Malta between 1988-1994 where he teaches as a senior lecturer, author of books The Skilled Leader: An Integrated Approach to Leadership and Developing Leadership Skills. A Training Manual for Leaders.

Erik Bloemkolk from the Netherlands, an international cooperation expert, trainer in lobby and advocacy as well as strategic planning, experienced lobbyist and project manager, Director of SOFT Tulip also working for Socires Foundation in The Hague.

Thomas Roach SJ from the USA, longstanding Headmaster of Jesuit schools in the United States of America, working as President of Georgetown Preparatory School Washington for the last 15 years, the Secretary for Education by Superior General of the Society of Jesus in Rome.

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