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<DIV>Public Achievement (PA) is a versatile model for facilitating civic engagement among children and youth, and has been successfully used in various places (USA, N. Ireland, Turkey, Palestine, Romania among others).</DIV>
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<DIV>PA is showcased in the last issue of Connect, a newsletter edited by Roger Holdsworth. As you may already know, Roger is affiliated with the Center for Youth Studies at University of Melbourne. He has been working in schools for a long time and puts together a great radio program every Sunday at PBS. </DIV>
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<DIV>He has been editing Connect for quite some time now. The newsletter features work focused on student participation in Australia and elsewhere.</DIV>
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<DIV>The June issue features PA on the cover and the text is adapted from a paper that I wrote earlier for a conference book. The piece is titled, "<STRONG>Public Achievement in Turkey and beyond: Civic engagement as a tool for learning, empowerment and social change</STRONG>."</DIV>
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<DIV>The piece illustrates PA work with examples from Turkey, Palestine, Moldova and Romania.</DIV>
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<DIV>See: Connect, issue 171 (June), 3-8.<BR> </DIV>
<DIV>You can obtain a copy by contacting Roger Holdsworth at <<A href="mailto:r.holdsworth@unimelb.edu.au" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:r.holdsworth@unimelb.edu.au">r.holdsworth@unimelb.edu.au</A>>.</DIV>
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<DIV>For more information on PA; please visit <A href="http://www.paunite.org">www.paunite.org</A>.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Serdar</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>Member, Executive Committee, International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Member, Executive Committee, European Community Psychology Association (ECPA)</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=1>Past-President, Children's Rights Coalition of Turkey<BR>Past-President, Regional Network for Children (NGO/UNICEF Regional Network for Children in Central and Eastern Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic States)</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT>
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