The United World College of the Adriatic is organizing an  international event dedicated to cooperation in Secondary Education in the cross border area between Italy, Slovenia and Austria.

The Conference, which will take place in the outstanding location of Duino (Trieste, Italy) on the 25^th November  2008, will be an opportunity for professional development of teachers across countries, encouraging the pooling of ideas and collaboration across borders for the benefit of institutional representatives, teachers and students and  aiming at a permanent laboratory for integration among secondary education and cultural institutions of the cross border area between Slovenia, Italy and Austria.

Policy makers at institutional level, heads of schools, teacher, student and media representatives from Italy, Austria and Slovenia have been invited to the event.

Please find attached the PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE and the REGISTRATION FORM

A long article on the achievements of the PACE Project was published in the September edition of the magazine “United World”.

Read the article HERE on page 7.

The Business Plan of the Agency for Cooperation in Secondary Education was among the 10 finalists of the prize “Start Cup” organised by the University of Trieste. Start Cup is a competition among innovative projects of business.

Find here the PACE trailer.

This short video is a compelling presentation of the PACE Project and of its results. It has subtitles in English and Italian. It was published over the summer by our great multimedia consultant Max Mucchiut.

What more appropriate venue for a demonstration of excellent teaching practice than the Centre of Excellence in Education at the University of Ca’ Foscari , Venice, ( CENEC), where PACE teachers, covering a full spectrum of subjects, presented their experience of the PACE Project.

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Now it is possible to download pictures, comments, written texts of the presentations, clips. Conference page

The first conference of the Agency for Cooperation in Secondary Education was an exercise in cooperation across Central and South East Europe, with more than 150 participants from over 16 countries, brought together by a shared interest in the theme of innovation in secondary schools.

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During the First International Conference of the Agency for Cooperation in Secondary Education, students’ views were given a voice with the official presentation of the students’ document “Education for the Future”. This document was written collaboratively by student representatives from 16 participating countries. Student representatives submitted this document to their institutional representatives. 

Open here to download the document in English, Italian and Croatian.

Download HERE the updated Programme and list of guests

Students from Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Poland and Slovakia are to have a direct line to their representatives in government; the chance to communicate directly their vision of education for the 21st century.

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