This year, the 19° International Service-Learning Conference will take place on 25th- 26th August 2016, in the San Agustín Conference Hall of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (1300 Alicia M. de Justo Avenue, Buenos Aires City, Argentina). The registration is free and open. Please click here to complete it: https://www.eventbrite.com.ar/e/xix-international-service-learning-conference-registration-24964468397
You can check the Conference agenda by clicking here.

June Activities

During the last days in June, CLAYSS Uruguay coordinators, Ana María Scala and Catalina Thölke met with Irupé Buzzetti, General Director of the Early Childhood and Primary Education Council. The meeting was very positive, a valuable Exchange about the implementation of CLAYSS Support Program to Educational Centers in Uruguay and foreseeing posible lines for joint work. 
During this month many people enrolled for a new cohort of the online course which will be jointly developed by CLAYSS and Uruguayan educational authorities in the Ministry of Education platform. Surpassing all expectations, more than 200 teachers from across Uruguay, interested in receiving training about service-learning were enrolled.

Award to solidarity educational practices developed among universities

The First Conference of University Extension 2016, "University Extension in the XXI Century. Transforming those paradigms “took place in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Buenos Aires. The Health focus won the first mention on the poster "One World One Health" that developed Service-Learning in vulnerable areas of Villa Soldati with health risk.
This experience is the result of the work done by teachers, graduates and student volunteers from different university courses: Veterinary Science, Psychology, Social Communication, Graphic and Clothing Design, Dentistry, Gardening. They develop this university practice with the Luis Pasteur Institute of Zoonosis, the Margarita Barrientos Foundation and different organizations and nonprofit foundations.
It is an interdisciplinary project that is being developed nonstop since 2004, in which volunteer students, with the guidance of teachers are linked to contribute to solving really felt needs from disadvantaged villas. 

Registration open for course "Service-learning in Higher education"

The registration for the online course "Service Learning in Higher Education" is now open! The course will be starting August 11. Those who are interested should complete the registration form in the following link
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdUlQNccJstWPsJ9V-AHtNXcQ6uGVipFsGExXSZ6X0mgb_yGg/viewform as soon as possible. Registration ends on August 4th. 
CLAYSS offers training and technical assistance in service-learning pedagogy to educational institutions and civil society organizations involved in the design, implementation and institutionalization of community service-learning projects. We provide onsite and online courses on service-learning to all levels of education (preschool, primary, secondary and higher education) as well as youth and community organizations. We also offer a comprehensive program for educational institutions aiming at the formation of a team of teachers and executive administrators as leaders in planning, development and evaluation of institutional educational projects that integrate learning activities with practical service to the community.

The Universities Support Program in El Salvador

June 27-28: under the Support Program to Latin American Universities and convened by the Direction of Social Management of the Salvadoran Francisco Gavidia University, our trainers Sebastian Puglisi and Martin Ierullo led the "Second training workshop on service-learning for teachers and community partners." They worked full time for two days with Deans, Directors, researchers and teachers with all the staff of the Direction of Social Management that drives Service-Learning projects at the University of El Salvador. It was a favorable opportunity to socialize very good projects being developed by the UFG to the present and begin to outline future projects linking the university with the community.

XVIII Meeting of the Iberoamerican Network

As usual, we will keep the Network’s annual meeting in the month of August within the framework of the International Service-Learning Week.It will take place on Wednesday August 24th, 2-5pm (Argentina time). During the meeting we will have a virtual space for those who cannot attend personally. 
The meeting is ONLY for members of the Network, one participant per institution. To register your participation or request virtual participation, please write to[email protected]
For further information, please visit: http://www.clayss.org.ar/english/redibero.html

Service-Learning Award 2016 in Spain

The Spanish Service-Learning Network, Educo Foundation and Editorial Edebé, drive the second call for the Service-Learning Award 2016 in Spain, addressed to kinder and primary education, ESO-school and vocational training, as well as social organizations that are developing service-learning practices. More information on the Award website (in spanish): http://www.aprendizajeservicio.com/

Report on learning programs at the Austral University of Chile

In the Centro de Emprendizaje (CEM) located in southern Chile, relationships are an important part of the educational experience. In a recently published report by the Talloires Network, the MIT Laboratory of community innovation and CEM, explore the CEM method to integrate higher education with entrepreneurship and collaborative learning in the Austral University of Chile in Valdivia. The report "Entrepreneurship: Higher Education for entrepreneurship, learning and collective intelligence in southern Chile" further deepens on the practical application of "entrepreneurship" a concept (Engage + Learn) that the faculty and CEM staff try to live every day. You can download the report here: http://talloiresnetwork.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/CEM-study-English-June-2016.pdf

Renewal of the UNESCO Chair

Headed by Rajesh Tandon (PRIA, India) and Budd Hall (University of Victoria, Canada) and based on Research on Community and Social Responsibility in Higher Education, the UNESCO has just renewed the UNESCO Chair for a further period of four years. See more:http://unescochair-cbrsr.org/renewal-of-unesco-chair/

2016:

• August 8th-11th: Territorial Social Responsibility, Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean. Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. More information: [email protected] or www.iesalc.unesco.org.ve

• August 25th-26th: International Service-Learning Conference. Buenos Aires. Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. Alicia Moreau de Justo 1300, Buenos Aires, Argentina. More information: http://clayss.org.ar/english/conference/index.html

• September 26th-28th: IARSLCE Conference 2016, Roosvelt New Orleans, EEUU. More information:http://www.researchslce.org/conferences/

• October 14th - 16th: The VII National and II International University Service-Learning Conference. Faculty of Education Sciences, Campus Vida. University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. More information: www.usc.es/congresos/apsu7

• November 20th -23th: 3rd Asia Engage Regional Conference titled "Universities in an Integrating Regional Community: Engagement with Government, Industries and Civil Societies" Manila, Philippines. More information: http://unescochair-cbrsr.org/3rd-engage-regional-conference-manila-philippines-nov-20-23-2016/

2017:

• March 22nd – 25th 2017: Dare to Dream. The 28th Annual National Service-Learning Conference®, in Disneyland, Anaheim, California, EEUU. Organized by the NYLC (National Youth Leadership Council). More information: http://www.nylc.org/conference