| Summary: |
The objective of this final experts’ meeting is to finalize
a guidebook for history textbook authors writing on encounters between
the Arab World and Europe.
The experts have been equally selected, three from the North as
well as three from the South (Austria, Egypt, Lebanon, Sweden, Tunisia
and United Kingdom).
The Partners supporting this activity are: UNESCO Regional Bureau
for Science in the Arab States (UNESCO Mediterranean Programme),
the League of Arab States, the Islamic Education Science and Culture
Organization (ISESCO), the Arab League Education Culture and Science
Organization (ALECSO), the Swedish Institute in Alexandria, the
Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between
Cultures, UNESCO Headquarters (Education Unit) and the Georg Eckert
Institute for textbooks Revision.
The guidebook of circa 50 pages will be published during fall of
2009 and translated into 5 languages (Arabic, English, German, French
and Spanish). It will then be disseminated to the various Ministries
of Education, curricula and textbook authors. The meeting takes
place at the League of Arab States. |
