OUR PAST PROJECTS
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
COORDINATOR: Manuella Donato
ABOUT
Global Citizenship supports the work of civil society organizations with regard to their global connections, in order to potentiate cosmopolitan perspectives in the search for human rights. Since May 2015, when it started its activities, Global Citizenship has developed activities in partnership with non-governmental organizations, groups, and national and international social movements, through research on global agendas, support for the implementation of activities, and support in the preparation of projects and resource-raising. The team has also dedicated itself to mapping civil society organizations in the region, with the purpose of getting to know the local realities better and contributing to the strengthening of these initiatives.
GOALS
Promote the development of skills of International Relations students to act in NGOs and establish partnerships with them to support their international action;
Perform instructional activities on the international work of NGOs;
Establish partnerships with NGOs of international reach;
Offer support services to the NGOs work.
METHODOLOGY
The approach adopted is the creation of a space that works in a way similar to non-governmental organization , based on strengthening horizontal structure and collaboration, in order to promote the development of a relational autonomy between the global citizen’s members. Regarding external relations, it focuses on promotion of dialogue with groups and entities from organized civil society, with active listening that, together with the study of presented schedules, allows elaborate strategies to strengthen performance of partner organizations.
DEBATE CLUB
COORDINATOR: Cris de Lelis
ABOUT
Discuss varied topics related to International Relations, using the English language.
GOALS
Trabalhar habilidades argumentativas em língua inglesa, através de debates de temas variados, relacionados às relações internacionais;
Treinar a fluência do idioma; debater temas atuais das RI;
Ampliar o vocabulário de expressões usadas para argumentar ideias.
METODOLOGIA
Dinâmicas de grupo; jogos; leitura de textos; e outra atividade que seja de desejo do grupo para estimular o debate.
GLOBAL FORUM
COORDINATOR: Lucas Galindo
ABOUT
The project focuses on humanity's most important Security Issues, especially the active ongoing conflicts, the in-depth study for an ever more complete understanding of the context, the situation itself and its reflections on the local and international scene, and finally, presentation of objective strategies for resolution of these same conflicts.
GOALS
To develop and improve a sharper analytical-critical vision in the students;
To create expertise in the elaboration of diplomatic strategies, and not only, for the resolution of these same conflicts, leading the group to move an enormous range of constructed learning.
METHODOLOGY
Guided studies and dialogues within the group to broaden the horizons of vision and to refine academically and professionally, both the knowledge built in class and collectively, and the strategies for responding to and resolving conflicts.
INTERNATIONALIZE
Paradiplomacy and International Cooperation
COORDINATOR: Gustavo Rocha
ABOUT
The project seeks to expand the opportunities for professional practice in the public area, besides preparing the students to work in the public area and develop international culture in Caruaru.
GOALS
To promote the professional practice of International Relations in the public sector, with a focus on municipalities.
METHODOLOGY
Leveling up with students on paradiplomacy and technical cooperation. Develop international technical cooperation projects in partnership with the municipality, insert students in these projects.
LIKE
COORDINATOR: Lucas Galindo
COORDINATOR: Lucas Galindo
ABOUT
The original name of the Project is the central idea of the following phrases: "The world LIKE a home, humanity LIKE a family". The Project is dedicated to the articulation and realization of initiatives of social action and humanitarian service, mainly by the students of the Bachelor Degree in International Relations of the University Community substantiated by Centro Universitário Tabosa de Almeida ASCES-UNITA. The goal of the project is the enhancement of awareness regarding the complex connections between local and global realities as well as the cultural and professional enrichment of our students and, finally, to promote social responsibility and the construction of a better and more united world.
GOALS
Articulation and implementation of social action and humanitarian service initiatives, especially by the students of the Bachelor Degree in International Relations of the University Community substantiated by Centro Universitário Tabosa de Almeida (ASCES-UNITA);
The improvement of awareness regarding the complex connections between local and global realities;
The cultural and professional enrichment of our scholars;
To encourage social responsibility and the building of a better, more united world.
METHODOLOGY
The project is developed through weekly meetings where all the planning steps are executed: contacts with active partners, scanning and contacting potential partners, insertion planning, strategic planning, and decisions about the various referrals related to selection, destinations and consular protocols, updating social media, permanent revisions of the agreements' texts, etc.
NE PROSPECT
COORDINATOR: Robson Góes
ABOUT
The project provides students with opportunities to understand macroeconomic issues and economic politics that reflect on the internal and external market conditions. They can thus analyze and verify the existence of business opportunities, windows opportunity, between markets.
GOALS
Market Prospect;
Understand the macroeconomic variables;
Analyze the economic politics adopted;
Analyze the trade balance data;
Calculate and interpret trade indexes.
METHODOLOGY
Group study, debates and presentation of basic macroeconomic theory. Then, each student adopts a country to work with and apply the macro analysis tools. Presentation of your country's macro information. After this, the student searches the COMEX sites for data on the balance of trade of the country, in order to verify its trade flow and current trade. Finally, by calculating the indexes, it is verified whether or not there are trade opportunities in the country.
IR ON THE ROAD
COORDINATOR: Cris de Lelis
ABOUT
Promotion of the International Relations course widespread at Centro Universitário Tabosa de Almeida (ASCES-UNITA) through social media, visits at high schools and events made by its own institution, using also the Desbrava Mundo game.
GOALS
Promotion of IR Bachelor Degree through visits in high schools;
Present the several facets of the course;
To use the Desbrava Mundo game for a more ludic presentation;
To interact through social media, a very useful tool in modernity.
METHODOLOGY
Organization of Desbrava Mundo game; discussion and task divisions; setting objectives and deadlines for the actions; and what more the group thinks is necessary for the task progression.
SOCIAL PROJECT
COORDINATOR: Nivaldo Inojosa
ABOUT
The project purpose follows the students in all the process which involves the realization of actions, activities, and involvement in many social realities, especially concerning the challenges that underprivileged people in society face, showing to the laboratory’s participants the complete cycle of social projects, from the problems identification, search of possible solutions for those, through elaboration, management, monitoring, evaluation and social projects’ accountability with the purpose to show the necessary steps for fund-raising needed to realization of the same.
GOALS
Develop in students a critical conscience of society through observation of the region's reality where they intend to act, identifying the challenges and possibility of target population and the environment.
Support a panoramic understanding about the social projects and their importance in people's life;
To present elements that allow the students to understand the processes of social projects and programs, in order to enable them to elaborate and manage them;
Capacitate the students to act in fund-raising ambit;
Generate and refine in students the responsibility in front of themselves and of humanity;
Stimulate the solidarity practice and empathy as important factors that can be applied daily with all people, as a way to promote harmony and true relations in the atmosphere where we live and act;
Use the acquired knowledge to stimulate the critical positionnement, in search of solutions to the problems’ situation and the constantly questioning of reality;
Develop the ability to formulate and implant relationship strategies with different actors of social programs area, NGOs, Public and Private Entities and other actors.
METHODOLOGY
Theory and practice classes about the theme. PowerPoint utilization, videos and other media presentations. Individual activities and in groups. Visit the organizations that act in social area projects in the region.
BASIC TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES
COORDINATOR: Cris de Lelis
ABOUT
To study techniques that help us translate texts of neo Latin languages to Portuguese.
*In 2021.2, the project was responsible for translating the official website of Caruaru turism to English and Spanish languages, in a partnership with the Secretariat of Economic Development, Tourism and Creative Economy (SEDETEC).
GOALS
To work techniques for text translation.
To understand the neo Latin languages origin;
To identify types of texts and target audience for translations;
To put into practice translation skills with real material.
METHODOLOGY
Through weekly meetings, work with tools in order to improve the translation practice in tandem with original material translation. The project can be executed in a hybrid form, depending on external and internal demands.