Brazil (584) UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme. Progress Report. Period of activity: UNESCO Chair in Labor and Social Solidarity

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1 Brazil (584) UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme Progress Report Period of activity: UNESCO Chair in Labor and Social Solidarity Report established by: Luiz Inácio Germany Gaiger, Executive Coordinator 1. Academic activities Education I. Activities Seminar The salary society crisis, struggle against exclusion and solitaryeconomy main questions in an international perspective Theoretical and analytical approach of important current questions, related to the labor crisis, to the problems generated by the dominant social and economic mode and, on the other hand, to the alternative formulations and experiences, in public politics and civil society initiatives, emphasizing the new social economy revitalization phase and the solidarity principles. Post graduation and Extension students.duration:15 hours Female:14 Male:6 Total:20 Western Europe and North America: France Seminar The big tendencies of social cultural change in contemporary societies From the critical evaluation of the main formulations in the social sciences on contemporary societal changes, the seminar proposed a theoretical view of analysis and presented a thesis, combining wide bibliographic studies and investigations, which display the phenomenon linked to education and the scholarly field. The approach uses the European community and Latin America countries as the background. Duration: 15 hours

2 Female: 12 Male:8 Total: 20 Western Europe and North America: Belgium Seminar The contemporary society changes and the actor s roles: analysis in education, social politics and social movements fields. From the proposition of a conjunction of thesis related to the structural transformations in contemporary societies, the seminar analyzed its impacts in various society fields, based on empiric investigations, which distinguish the phenomenon linked to education and scholar field. The approach has the European community and Latin America countries as background. Duration: 15 hours Female:14 Male:9 Total:23 Western Europe and North America: Belgium Seminar Labor and Social Solidarity: inter speech between researchers The seminar proposed to create a space for inter speech between researchers in different areas, providing effective exchange of experiences and education exercise, by integrating students of various post graduation programs. The theoretical and methodological themes and categories associated to the theme labor and social solidarity refer, particularly, to those related to the thematic axis of the Chair: the changes in labor world and its impacts in the present; associative and self administrative alternatives to labor organization; labor and development politics; labor meaning and importance in contemporary world. Duration: 30 hours Target groups: postgraduate students Female:3 Male:2 Total:5 Research Unisinos has accomplished researches and has oriented dissertations and doctorate theses in the diverse thematic axis of the chair, through the six post graduation programs that integrate the Chair. The Research projects and academic studies of Unisinos, can be consulted on the site 2

3 2. Conferences/ Meetings I International Colloquium of Unesco-Unisinos Chair: Labor and Social Solidarity Dates and place: 01 a 03 de julho/ Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos Participants: 174 participants: teachers, researchers, post graduation students, politics administrators and public and private organizations professionals, syndicalists, workers and solidarity administrators. Female:108 Male:66 Total:174 Geographical coverage: Western Europe and North America: Belgium, France, Holland and Canada, Argentina and Uruguay. 3. Interuniversity Exchanges/ Partnerships Guy Bajoit - Université Catholique de Louvain/Belgium: teaching activities in July and December Jean-Louis Laville e Laurent Fraisse - Laboratoire de Sociologie du Changement des Institutions/Paris: teaching activities in July de 2003 and agreement of mutual cooperation (convention). José Luis Coraggio - Universidad General Sarmiento/Argentina: interchange visits and agreement of mutual cooperation (convention). Lee Pegler - Institute of Social Studies/Haia-Holland: interchange visits and convention preparation Mona-Josée Gagnon - Université de Montréal/Canada: Stage for posdoctoral professor, Ph.D at UNISINOS Post Graduation Program in Applied Social Sciences Pablo Guerra - Universidad de La República/Uruguay: interchange visits. Cáritas Uruguaya/Montevideo: mutual cooperation term. 4.Publication and multimedia materials Publication Book Title: A Outra economia (The another economy) Author(S): CATTANI, Antônio David (org.) Publisher(s): Veraz Editora Year: 2003 Language(s): Portuguese Number of pages: 306p 5. Others Events and Seminars: - Seminar Solidarity economy solution or illusion? - public conferences and meeting with the authors of the book The another economy, for defining its structure and authorship. 3

4 - Video-conference about the Philosophy s Day (11/21/2002) Univ. Paris, Buenos Aires e Montevideo / Prof. Alfredo Culleton. - Worldwide Forum of Unesco Chairs (November,2002). Teacher Domingos Donida had presided the session about Future orientations to UNESCO Chairs in sustainable development, social transformations and other complex problems. - Seminário Internacional Democracia, Gobernancia y Desarrollo: MERCOSUL priorities/uruguay - Participation of the Chair s coordinator. - First Food Security Counsel Conference from the cities of São Leopoldo, Pelotas and Porto Alegre - Participation of the Chair s coordinator. - Consultant (Chair coordinator) of FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - for the strategic planning of Zero Hunger Programme. - Reunion with FAO director, Post Graduation Program in Health Sciences and Nutrition from UNISINOS, about the School and planned alimentation - Participation of the Chair s coordinator II. Impact In its initial activities period, at biennium , three major actions were developed: a) the internalization of the project at Unisinos for the assimilation of its mission by the administrators and researchers from the diverse areas involved. This action was developed after several meetings and reunions, which resulted in significant subsidies for the operation of the Chair in the subsequent period. b) the enlargement of relationships with external partners, leading to the celebration of cooperation conventions. As can be observed in the activities description, this action had resulted in the consolidation and expansion of relations in Brazil, in Mercosul countries and in northern countries, mainly in Europe. The relationship with private social organizations and public sectors linked to embrace areas of the Chair, such as education, health and cooperativism. These actions culminated in the First International Colloquium of the Chair, in July 2003, emphasizing the meetings of Research nets and the installation of the Chair s Consultative Counsel. III. Forthcoming activities a) The main action to be developed corresponds to the definition of an Activity Plan in medium term, combining initiatives in the labor research field, teaching and post graduation, actions directed to the community and cooperation with universities and social institutions. At the same time, its goal is to develop the sharing of activities through the Post Graduation Programs of the Chair. The next activities are previewed for the beginning of 2004 are the following: a) participation in the colloquium Associations et cooperatives face aux marches et aux pouvoirs publics in Paris, January 2004, with presentations from Professors Armando Donida and Luiz Inácio Gaiger; 4

5 a) Co-promotion of the Third Meeting with Latin Americans Cooperativism. investigators Unisinos, April, 28 to 30, b) publication of the papers presented at the First International Colloquium of Labor and Social Solidarity in Social Sciences Magazine- Unisinos, number 164; c) Offer of seminars shared between Unisinos Post Graduation Programs. Convention with Institute of Social Studies/Haia, IV. Development prospects The Chair is linked to Unisinos Senior administration, and is supported by six Post Graduation Programs, in permanent structures of different scientific areas. The main strategy to be developed in the years to come corresponds to the intensification of activities shared among these programs, by offering and collaborating in graduation and extension university s activities. During 2004, an Activity Plan at medium term will be elaborated and will be financed through a specific budget endowment from Unisinos and through the multiplication of public and private support funds. In particular, support for the Chair s actions is anticipated from research agencies and inter university cooperation in Brazil. In the ambit of external relations, the main objective will be the institution of new cooperation links with Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, especially through other UNESCO Chairs in the region and other universities, especially those belonging to Jesuit Universities from Latin America. A more incorporating participation is anticipated from Mercosul in the Second Colloquium of the Chair, in June