Call for contributions to an e-book on:

‘Global Sustainable Development: A Challenge for Consumer Citizens’

The Consumer Issues and Family Resource Management Programme Committee of the IFHE and the CDVEC Curriculum Development Unit, Ireland would like to invite papers/contributions to an e-book which is being compiled on:

‘Global Sustainable Development: A Challenge for Consumer Citizens’

It is intended that the e-book represent papers/contributions from each world region and be launched and distributed on CD Rom at the next IFHE World Jubilee Congress in Lucerne, Switzerland 26-31 July, 2008.

The plan is to have at least one paper/contribution from each country.

Note the deadline for the call for letters of intention has been extended and would be appreciated as soon as possible.

The deadline for completed papers/contributions is 1^st November 2007.

Please bring this call for papers/contributions to the attention of your fellow colleagues and students.

Details of how to contribute to the e-book are outlined below.

Possible sub themes for contributions

Papers/contributions on the theme of ‘Global Sustainable Development’ that highlight aspects of consumer citizenship from one or more of the following perspectives will be welcomed:

Quality of life
Gender equality
Education
Past-present-future
Contrast between:
Rich/poor
Northern/southern hemispheres
Local/global
National/international
Etc.

The e-book should give a sense of similarities and differences concerning life as a consumer citizen within countries and communities.

Types of contributions

All types of papers/contributions that deal with aspects of sustainable development will be considered for inclusion in the e-book including:

Research papers
Discussion papers
Philosophical reflections
Case studies
Illustrated stories/photographs

Format of e-book

The e-book will be produced as a CD with one or more papers/contributions from each country.

The CD will open with a map of the world. When the cursor is placed over a country on the map the papers/contributions for that country will appear and can be selected for reading. There will also be a listed index of all papers/contributions.

The e-book will include introductory chapters from:

Lilha Lee (Korea), President of IFHE
Aidan Clifford (Ireland), Director of the CDVEC Curriculum Development(CDU)
Miriam O’Donoghue (Ireland) and Karin Hjälmeskog (Sweden), Chairs of the Consumer Issues & FRM Programme Committee

Funding of the e-book

The e-book will be funded by the CDVEC, CDU and will be a joint publication of the IFHE & CDVEC, CDU.

First call for contributions

Individuals or organisations who would like to contribute to the e-book should email a letter of intent as soon as possible to miriamodonoghue@eircom.net

The email should include the following information as a word attachment:-

Name of Author including title if applicable

Institution/workplace name and address
Country of origin
Email address
Proposed title/theme of paper/contribution
Proposed format e.g. Research paper, discussion paper, philosophical

reflection, case study, illustrated story/photographs

Format of each paper/contribution to the e-book

Word Document
Font type: Times New Roman
Line spacing:1.5
Font size: Body of text: 12pt
Font size: Main heading 14pt bold, sub headings 12pt bold
No of words/pages:3-5 pages (Maximum No of Words 2,500)
References not included in word count
Referencing system: Oxford Footnote/Bibliography System - several websites have information on the Oxford system e.g.

www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/refbib.html

Text in English
Papers/contributions must be forwarded as an email word attachment to miriamodonoghue@eircom.net. by 1^st November 2007. No other email address should be used. Papers/contributions should not be sent to the IFHE office.
All papers/contributions will be acknowledged within 14 days. If no acknowledgement has been received within that time it is the responsibility of the contributor to ensure that the email/document has been received.
Hard copies in the post can only be accepted in exceptional circumstances and by prior arrangement.
Inclusion of Photographs: Photographs can be included in Word Documents with text as part of an illustrated story.

Each paper/ contribution should include at the beginning:

Name of Author including title if applicable

Institution/workplace name and address
Country of origin
Email address
Author background (50 words max)
Title of contribution
Theme of contribution (50 words max)

The above are not included in the total word count allowed. The above order must also be adhered to.

Inclusion of papers/contributions

Every effort will be made to include papers/contributions that meet the criteria set by the committee for the e-book. Papers/contributions that do not meet the criteria or that do not follow the guidelines cannot be included.

How the e-book will be used at Congress 08

It is proposed that the e-book be presented free to all delegates at the next IFHE World Jubilee Congress is in Lucerne, Switzerland 26-31 July, 2008.
Copies will also be available for circulation to key people involved in sustainable development around the world
A small number of contributors to the e-book will be invited to make presentations at Congress workshops organised and chaired by the Consumer Issues & FRM Programme Committee.
A larger number of contributors to the book will be invited to make poster presentations at Congress

The Consumer Issues & FRM programme committee will not be responsible for any costs incurred by members for either their contributions to the e-book or for their attendance at Congress to present at workshops or make poster displays.

Follow on post Congress 08

Subject to the availability of funding an edited version of the book with selected

papers / contributions will be produced in hard copy format.

Miriam O’Donoghue

Deputy Director

CDVEC, Curriculum Development Unit

Sundrive Rd, Crumlin, Dublin 12

Ireland

Tel:00353876949094