As part of our sustainability training, a major focus of the discussion has been around the traits, qualities, types and forms of leadership. In continuity of the programme an online workshop was organized early October 2021, participants were asked to consider which Algerian leader inspired them. Whose experiences and achievements have helped them to reach their own potential, to engage in reflections about the future, to protect their local environments or to innovate and create new models for sustainability in Algeria?
Training in Sustainability Leadership
As part of Youth Futures Algeria programme, Coventry and Jijel University, alongside Sustainability Leadership Kosovo, organised a training for Algerian postgraduate students in Algeria and the UK from the 9 – 12 September 2021.
Inspiration from the South: Oases as exemplary ecosystems
Climate change is increasingly visible and is already affecting regions in the south, regions that already experience the extremes of our climate. In regions such as Ghardaia or Laghouat in the south of Algeria summer temperatures can reach up to 50 degrees centigrade. How to manage agriculture, water resources and even community life then becomes a daily challenge. Oases cultures, however, have survived, adapted and thrived in harsh conditions for many millennia.
Environment Citizen Network for a Cleaner and Greener Oran
In Oran, as in all other parts of Algeria, young people represent the largest part of society. Formerly called ‘Wahran Elbahia’ (Oran the Beautiful), the second-largest city in the country has seen the emergence of many new associations, as well as young individuals, who are focused on protecting the environment.
Can the arts help us Imagine the Future?
Faced with the challenges and uncertainties linked to the environmental and climate crises, the global pandemic and the ripple effects into our societies and economies, how do young people imagine their futures? How would they wish them to be? To actively create those futures, are they first able to imagine them creatively?
Responding to Coronavirus: an international debate with Jijel and Coventry
Bringing together scholars from around the globe, Jijel and Coventry hold an international online conference on “Responding to Coronavirus.”
