Paul Miller, Director of Global Initiatives - NAIS, Ioana Suciu, Associate Director of Global Initiatives - NAIS, Kusum Wagle, Teacher – Washington International School, Valentine Courouble, 7 th Grade Student – Washington International NAIS Challenge 20/20: “Solving Global Problems Two Schools at a Time”

NAIS Global Initiatives The mission of the Global Initiatives team is:  To assist NAIS member schools and their partners in their quest for a more global future for their students, NAIS will nurture partnerships and provide resources within an international framework.

One Book: High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them

Sharing our planet: Issues involving the global community  Global warming  Biodiversity and ecosystem losses  Fisheries depletion  Deforestation  Water deficits  Maritime safety and pollution

Sharing our humanity: Issues requiring a global commitment  Massive step-up in the fight against poverty  Peacekeeping, conflict prevention, combating terrorism  Education for all  Global infectious diseases  Digital divide  Natural disaster prevention and mitigation

Sharing our rule book: Issues needing a global regulatory approach  Reinventing taxation for the twenty-first century  Biotechnology rules  Global financial architecture  Illegal drugs  Trade, investment, and competition rules  Intellectual property rights  E-commerce rules  International labor and migration rules

Two Programs: Challenge 20/20 and the Global Issues Network

Global Issues Network  Started in Europe- then Asia, the Middle East  Starting this fall in Africa and the Americas

GIN: Town Meeting Web Platform network.org

GIN: Conferences Annual in Geneva March Europe in Milan Fall 2008 Middle East in Doha March 2009 US Summer Institute in Washington DC (WIS)

Challenge 20/20:  International education program  Internet-based program with no cost and no travel required  Cross-cultural partnerships  Open to public and private schools, elementary and secondary

Goals  Creative problem-solving  Collaboration  Communication with students from a different country and culture  Community service, service learning  Learning different perspectives

Partnerships Some schools are already working together (sister schools etc). Others are paired by NAIS based on  grade level  topic of interest  preferred partner school and/or location  when they want to start (1 st or 2 nd term)  2-3 school partnerships

Structure  Relatively unstructured: no benchmarks or performance standards  Paperwork: registration process; reports  Bonus: priority for Institute for Student Leaders for rising 9 th to 11 th graders

2008 Applications to Participate in Challenge 20/20:  Term One: (September 2008 to February 2009)  Term Two: (January 2009 to May 2009)  All applications for either term are to be submitted to NAIS from by August 15, 2008  Partnerships and announcements are made at the end of August/beginning of September 2008  Apply online at:

Participants  2005: 75 schools from 26 US States and 30 countries  2006: 350 schools from 32 US States and 52 countries  2007: More than 400 schools from 39 US States and 56 countries

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Challenge 20/20 Video: Here is a short video about Challenge 20/20!

Examples Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Flourtown, PA, and St. Joseph's Convent Girls' Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur, India Global problem: Infectious Diseases 9-12  Students launched a charitable partnership with two impoverished towns in India.

Examples Elementary School Partnership PK-5 Bright School, Chattanooga, TN, partnered with Colegio Cristobal Colon, Lomas Verdes, Naucalpan de Juarez, Mexico. Global Problem: Water Deficits  Students are running informational campaigns including public service TV spots they created, to encourage water conservation.

Examples St. Mary’s Episcopal School, Memphis Tennessee and Steigerwald Landschulheim Gymnasium Wiesentheid Germany 9-12 Global Infectious Diseases  Schools decided to concentrate on hygiene  Created The Helping Hands Program  Sanitizers and educational tools put in to the Hospital Benjamin Bloom in El Salvador, working with an NGO there