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EIA training in Rashta 2019-08-19 Within the framework of the project “Environmental Legislation and Politics” with the support of the OSCE, a training on “Environmental Impact Assessment” was conducted by the Garm Aarhus Center. The training was attended by 26 representatives, including 10 women and 16 men. from various organizations of the Rasht region that deal with environmental issues, in particular the Department of Ecology, the local administration of the Garm jamoat, public organizations, business structures, the Daewoo, the Department of Water Sewage and Public Services, the Department of Women and Family, the Vocational and Technical Lyceum, the Adult Education Center, employees Garm Aarhus Center and green patrols. URL:https://www.aarhus.tj/2019/07/28/%d1%82%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b3-%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%be%d1%81-%d0%b2-%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%88%d1%82%d0%b5/ 
Rural girls of Kyrgyzstan learn programming, taking a step towards the future at STEM Education 2019-08-19 UN Women is contributing to encouraging girls in Kyrgyzstan to pursue a career in STEM. Using a caravan of programming, rural girls learn some important programming basics. URL:https://eca.unwomen.org/ru/news/stories/2019/07/rural-girls-in-kyrgyzstan-learn-coding-as-a-step-toward-a-future-in-stem 
The problems of preserving the historical and cultural heritage of Central Asia and Russia were considered in Kazan 2019-08-19 The international forum dedicated to the topic was organized by the International Institute for Central Asian Studies. The event was held from July 26 to 28.During the forum “Humanitarian Security in the Modern World: Challenges and Practices of Preserving the Historical and Cultural Heritage of Central Asia and Russia”, the main trends in the preservation of historical and cultural monuments of Central Asia and the Eurasian continent as a whole were discussed. URL:https://kpfu.ru/imoiv/problemy-sohraneniya-istoriko-kulturnogo.html 
Journalists from Central Asia are invited to attend the media tours in Brussels 2019-08-19 The project “Promoting Stability and Peace in Central Asia” in collaboration with the European Neighborhood Council (ENC) announces a media show for young journalists, bloggers, activists and citizens covering the prevention of violent extremism in Central Asia.The second international media will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on September 8-12, 2019. URL:https://media.tj/zhurnalistov-centralnoj-azii-priglashayut-na-mediatur-v-bryussel/ 
The applications for participation in the media tour is open 2019-08-19 Internews, within the framework of the project “Promoting Stability and Peace in Central Asia,” announces the acceptance of applications for participation in the media role “The role of women leaders in preventing violent extremism”, which will be held in the city of Osh, Kyrgyz Republic.During the mediation, participants will be able to discuss the situation related to the issues of radicalization, prevention and combating extremism with experts, theologians and representatives of state bodies, learn about the activities of women leaders in the villages of Nookat, Aravan and the city of Osh, as well as with the work of the "Mutakalim" Women Public Union. URL:https://media.tj/otkryt-priem-zayavok-na-uchastie-v-mediature/ 
The European Union presented a package of programs to assist countries in Central Asia 2019-08-19 Introduced on Sunday at the 15th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Central Asia and the European Union in Bishkek, new cooperation programs with EU financial support are aimed at sustainable development and modernization of the region. As noted in the press release of the European Commission, the announcement of a package of programs worth 72 million euros is the beginning of the implementation of the EU Strategy for Central Asia, adopted in June by the EU Council. The programs announced on Sunday cover the areas of sustainable energy, economic empowerment, education, inclusive sustainable growth. URL:http://interfax.az/view/771525 
Bullying in Schools of Kazakhstan: The Age of Bullies Gets Younger 2019-08-19 According to experts, Kazakhstan has neither a thought-out anti-bullying policy, nor a protocol of response to bullying at schools. A resident of Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, Amina graduated from school seven years ago, but still remembers bullying. Moreover, she was on both sides of bullying just like many other students. “It was in junior school. The target was my classmate. We opened her copybooks or a school diary and read her grades aloud. We threw her copybook to each other while she was trying to catch it. It lasted for a short time because her grandmother and a teacher came and punished us. It’s unpleasant and shameful to remember this case,” Amina said. No one is surprised with the word bullying. The main character of the famous Netflix TV series, 13 Reasons Why, killed herself because of bullying. “A boy who survived” suffered from it – a well-known main character of all novels by Joan Rolling, Harry Potter. Child psychologist Olga Mustafina said aggressor in this situation seems to call for attention. This is a signal “I am here, look at me”. “It happens if a child doesn’t have unconditional love and support. If a parent is involved, the child will feel support, warmth, love and won’t need to express their negative aggressive emotions to classmates,” she explained. The psychologist thinks a bully doesn’t have positive emotions, so they can get them through negative emotions and aggressive behaviour. In case of school bullying, qualified specialists must be involved. According to the Ministry of Education and Science, there are 7,207 school psychologists in Kazakhstan. It makes 97 per cent of total demand. “They were laughing behind my back and imitated me” From tenth grade, Amina became the target of bullying. However, she attended one of the top 100 educational institutions of the country, which is deemed exemplary. "My friend and I were listening to rock music and it became the main reason for bullying. We were listening to it in English, spoke English to each other, my friend used to draw well.They nicknamed us, shouting out Linkin Park, goths, emo, metalheads. Boys from other grades didn’t conflict openly with us, they were just laughing behind our backs, imitated us, pushed us in the corridor or in a canteen as if accidentally. Classmates were even tougher; they commented everything – from our copybook covers to our appearance. But during tests everyone became friendly because my friend and I were straight A pupils and they needed us to cheat off." Back in 2013, UNICEF studied the rate of violence against children in the schools of Kazakhstan. Two thirds of pupils who completed questionnaires faced discrimination and school violence. Almaty-based centre for children’s safety Angel holds anti-bullying trainings. The head of the centre, Zarina Dzhumagulova, said parents complain about bullying in grades where their children study. “Maybe there’s no bullying as such, but there may be conflicts within the class, strange aggressive manifestations in some children. And parents want to see a friendlier environment. There are a lot of stories, but unfortunately the age of bullies gets younger. Bullying starts from grade one literally,” Dzhumagulova said. Representative of the ministry of education said children and their parents may call trust line 111 and ask for help. Moreover, a chat is available in Telegram “Let’s protect children together”, which unites all school psychologists, principals and representatives of the children’s protection board. Here they are going to discuss all known cases of bullying. Now it has 4,849 followers. A Telegram-chat Bala Qorgay (Let’s protect children), which now has 744 followers, was created for reporting the facts of unethical behaviour of teachers. However, the ministry explained the majority of requests related to educational issues, rights of children and benefits for low-income and large families. According to Zarina Dzhumagulova, Kazakhstan does not have a thought-out anti-bullying policy as well as the concepts of “harassment” and “bullying” in the law “On education”. “If we take any case of school bullying, we don’t have a protocol of response. What should a teacher do in this case? How to achieve zero tolerance to school violence? There’s no clear instruction on what every participant of the educational process should do in a certain situation,” she said. According to her, Kazakhstan does not record statistics of such cases. At best, there’s a record of suicides and suicide attempts of adolescents, but no one cares about the reasons. URL:https://cabar.asia/ru/bulling-v-shkolah-kazahstana-vozrast-travli-molodeet/ 
APCEIU calls upon the collective efforts of GCED & ESD at the UNESCO 2019 Forum 2019-08-18 The UNESCO 2019 Forum on Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship took place on 2-3 July 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam, under the overarching theme “Learning and Teaching for Peaceful and Sustainable Societies: From early childhood to primary and secondary education”. This Forum was organized by UNESCO, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Training of Viet Nam and the Viet Nam National Commission for UNESCO, with the additional support of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT), the UNESCO Japanese Funds-in-Trust for the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development, and the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU). The Forum was kicked off with the opening and congratulatory remarks by the representatives of the organizers. APCEIU Director, Mr Hyun Mook Lim, in his remarks, highlighted the common vision of ESD and GCED which aims to make our world more just, inclusive, peaceful and sustainable. On top of that, he urged the collective efforts of ESD and GCED in a holistic way to mainstream them into curricula and policies despite some differences between them. Also, APCEIU organized concurrent session 5.2 entitled “The role of teacher training in promoting the social and emotional and behavioural dimensions of learning of ESD and GCED”. By bringing a panel of experts and practitioners together, the session provided rich insights based on the research results from the experiences in teacher exchange which had impacts on minds and attitudes of teachers and students. Furthermore, while sharing progress, achievements and challenges, the panelists discussed how we could make difference in teacher training to transform the learners’ mindset more effectively, with a focus on the international teacher exchange as one of the innovative ways in teacher training. The 2-day meeting comprised of a myriad of sessions such as panel discussions, town hall meetings, workshops and etc., addressed how the cognitive, socio-emotional and behavioural dimensions of Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Education are reflected in pre-primary, primary and secondary education. With approximately 340 stakeholders from the fields of GCED and ESD across the globe, this Forum successfully concluded pledging to get together again at the Forum in 2021. The upcoming Forum will be devoted to reviewing the global progress made in the areas of ESD and GCED enshrined in Target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development of Goal (SDG) 4 on Education. URL:APCEIU calls upon the collective efforts of GCED & ESD at the UNESCO 2019 Forum > APCEIU News - APCEIU (unescoapceiu.org) Photo credit: UNESCO HQ