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Examining practices for educators to empower learners to become global citizens: UNESCO Week for Peace and Sustainable Development 2017-03-22 More than 500 experts, practitioners and policymakers from across the world gathered in Ottawa, Canada and explored pedagogical approaches and teaching practices to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Global Citizenship Education (GCED). The UNESCO Week for Peace and Sustainable Development: the Role of Education (6-10 March 2017) brought together the Global Review Forum for the Global Action Programme on ESD (GAP) and the Third UNESCO Forum on GCED representing UNESCO's two major educational approaches. Participants examined good policies and practices for educators and teacher trainers to empower learners to become global citizens. On 8 March, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova officially opened the 5 - day event and an exhibition of 42 booths showcasing a wide variety of practices and approaches to ESD and GCED. “We need the education that promotes understanding between cultures, that strengthens the resilience of societies. And we need teachers equipped with the skills and confidence to foster these competences.” She highlighted the importance of teachers’ role to cultivate global citizenship. APCEIU participated in the exhibition under the name of ‘Global Citizen Campus’ which consists of hands-on activities related to GCED as well as SGDs, Global Citizen Passport, online materials such as GCED Clearing House, APCEIU’s publications including GCED best practices, etc. The APCEIU’s booth drew the attention of many participants, providing a platform for sharing practices, ideas, and insights on GCED. The Third UNESCO Forum on GCED, which opened on 8 March, drew together GCED experts, educational practitioners, civil society organizations, young people, research institutions and universities, UN agencies and other partners from the public, non-governmental and private sector from all regions. “Teachers are on the frontlines of bringing GCED into learning environments. Without confident, qualified and well-prepared teachers, we cannot advance GCED,” said UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education, Qian Tang, at the official opening of the Forum. Utak Chung, Director of APCEIU, in remarks at the opening of the Forum, pledged that APCEIU will continue to support promoting GCED with UNESCO and other partners. He also renewed the APCEIU’s endeavours towards the global advancement of GCED and reaffirmed that fostering global citizenship is not just the UN or UNESCO’s agenda, but ultimately a global agenda for all. During the Forum, APCEIU co-organised and supported two concurrent sessions. In collaboration with the UNESCO Bangkok Office, APCEIU organised a session titled “Preparing teachers for global citizenship education in Asia: what works?” on 9 March. Inviting two experts from the region, Francis Daehoon Lee (Sungkonghoe University) and Toh Swee-Hin (University of Alberta), the session explored themes and pedagogical methods through which GCED can be approached. On 10 March, APCEIU supported a session titled “Teaching with young people: What do learners expect from GCED?”, led by the GCED Youth Network. The GCED Youth Network was established by a group of youth advocates for GCED who participated in APCEIU’s annual programme for youth. Anna Susarenco from Moldova and Lorena Gamarra from Peru introduced advocacy techniques which teachers and educators can use to engage young people in GCED. The third UNESCO Forum on GCED focused on teachers’ crucial role for pioneering frontline to bring GCED into classrooms and for achieving SDGs. Throughout the Forum, participants exchanged ideas and information on GCED and strengthened networks to ensure that practical change is brought into learning environment. URL:Examining practices for educators to empower learners to become global citizens: UNESCO Week for Peace and Sustainable Development > APCEIU News - APCEIU (unescoapceiu.org) 
National Workshop on “Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship” in Islamabad, Pakistan 2017-03-08 Co-organized by APCEIU, UNESCO Islamabad and UNESCO Headquarters, a National Workshop on “Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Education” was held on 15 - 17 February in Islamabad, Pakistan. This three-day national workshop was especially for the education stakeholders in Pakistan to raise their awareness and understanding on the concept of Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals target 4.7. Aimed to ensure that all leaners are provided with the knowledge, attitudes and skills to promote sustainable development and global citizenship, this workshop was a forum of discussing issues around SDG 4.7 by participants from Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, provincial/area education department offices, civil society organizations, research institutes, academia and youth organizations. This national workshop was facilitated in the participatory format through presentations, group works and activities to help participants deepening their understanding on ESD and GCED as well as internalize its concepts to develop action plans respective to their own educational contexts. As one of the sessions, Prevention of Violent Extremism through Education (PVE-E) was focused by reflecting current situation of incidents by extremists especially in Pakistan. During the workshop, participants worked in groups to share their best practices and at the end of workshop, established key recommendations and detailed action plans in three areas of Education Policies, Curriculum and Teacher Education. At the closing of the workshop, Director Utak Chung expressed his gratitude to the workshop participants and UNESCO Islamabad, and promised continuous support from APCEIU for future cooperation as follow-up on this opportunity. He mentioned that “as a partner of SDG 4.7, we look forward to working together with educators in Pakistan to enhance GCED and ESD through diverse opportunities and APCEIU programmes.” URL:National Workshop on “Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship” in Islamabad, Pakistan > APCEIU News - APCEIU (unescoapceiu.org) 
Workshop for sharing the outcomes of 2016 ‘Support for GCED Course Development 2017-03-06 An academic workshop to share the outcomes of 2016 ‘Support for GCED Course Development’ was held at the Jeju International Peace Center on 22-23 February this year. The workshop was attended by the professors who had designed and implemented GCED courses at 9 different universities in the Republic of Korea during the 2016 Autumn semester (July to December) under the support of APCEIU. It was an opportunity to share and discuss among professors the outcomes, operational strategies and teaching methods with regard to the implemented GCED courses. Throughout this workshop, the participants could share and learn about newly developed GCED curricular implemented in each university/department. In addition, in-depth discussions on shaping the future of GCED course development and implementation was continued, such as finding ways to link the existing GCED courses to students’ career paths and out-of-school education programmes as well as on the importance of developing a necessity for development of common GCED reference materials and GCED courses assessment mechanism. URL: Workshop for sharing the outcomes of 2016 ‘Support for GCED Course Development’ > APCEIU News - APCEIU (unescoapceiu.org) 
APCEIU publishes GCED Photobook “Begin from the end -> From Siberia to Baltic Sea” 2016-12-26 As a part of GCED content development utilizing photography, APCEIU published a GCED Photobook “Begin from the end -> From Siberia to Baltic Sea”. This photobook contains around 130 photos that were taken during the journey on Trans-Siberian Railway crossing the Eurasia continent. The book also carries interesting stories which describes cities and people from each train stops with perspective of Global Citizenship Education. The background for this photobook, Russian Federation not only has diversity of peoples and cultures from the largest territory in the world but also is a country with unique identity which encompasses both Europe and Asia. APCEIU hopes to share with readers the vast nature of Siberia, stories of peoples, and the unforgettable experiences of sharing and communicating through the journey on train. APCEIU also aims at delivering the core values of GCED such as Cultural Diversity, Peace and Learning to Live Together through images and stories in this book. 
2016 APCEIU GCED Network Meeting: Catalyzing Global Action and Solidarity for GCED towards 2030 2016-12-16 In order to achieve Global Citizenship Education (GCED) until 2030, catalyzing global action is a priority for APCEIU. Cognizant of the strong support of institutions globally to put GCED into action, APCEIU has convened the 2016 APCEIU GCED Network Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea from 9-11 November 2016. Representatives from 36 organizations and institutions implementing and contributing to GCED gathered during the GCED Network Meeting to share their activities and explore potential ways of collaboration on promoting GCED. Mr Utak Chung, Director of APCEIU, in his opening remarks highlighted that, “This gathering comes at a most opportune time, to take a step further in the realization of GCED by exploring potential collaboration through forming human and institutional-network.” Mr Gwang Jo Kim, representing UNESCO Bangkok, the Regional Bureau of Education in the Asia-Pacific, underlined in his congratulatory remarks that it is, “Through partnerships and joint actions that we can maximize our support to countries and scale up our efforts to promote GCED.” On the outset, the GCED Network Meeting showcased the diverse efforts of institutions globally in promoting GCED. Participating organizations and institutions highlighted the interconnectedness of GCED with related concepts including human rights, peace, cultural diversity and sustainable development, and how can the complementarities be explored. Furthermore, institutional presentation panels were divided based on the participating organization’s backgrounds; Intergovernmental Organizations, Research and Training Organizations, Civil Society Organizations, Higher Education Institutions, and Network Organizations. Each panel provided an opportunity to identify common work areas, synergies and possible areas of collaboration. Participants have commonly noted as well about the importance of aligning GCED activities to the Sustainable Development Goals, in which GCED is part of as Target 4.7, particularly through the development of monitoring mechanisms and indicators. Based on the results of the institutional presentation panels, participants discussed further to develop strategies for the GCED Network in various dimensions: Research and Policy Development; Capacity-Building of Educators; Information Dissemination and Material Development; Advocacy, and Partnerships and Networking. The discussion served as an opportunity to brainstorm on how the participating organizations can increase the impact of the GCED programmes, and how can the GCED Network support the overall promotion of GCED as well as dissemination of global education agenda. Ms Ann Therese Ndong Jatta, Director of UNESCO Nairobi, emphasized that GCED’s inclusion in the global agenda is a strong call for governments and stakeholders to be engaged in the promotion of GCED. She further praised the effort of APCEIU to put Education 2030 into action. Through a drafting committee from the participants, a final outcome statement with the subtitle “Partnerships for Global Citizenship Education towards 2030” was finalized by the representatives of institutions and organizations shortly after the end of the 2016 APCEIU GCED Network Meeting. The final outcome statement details the foundation of the establishment of an international network of institutions and organizations for the promotion of GCED and recommendations for the inclusive, holistic, systematic and sustainable promotion of GCED until 2030. At the closing of the meeting, Mr Utak Chung expressed his gratitude to the participants and promised continuous support of APCEIU for strong collaboration with partners through the network. “We will continue to promote GCED in the future, and we look forward in working more actively with you, our partners, together through the GCED Network,” said Mr Chung. APCEIU will continue to promote GCED through the GCED Network, and plans to address the needs of various regions and stakeholder groups in 2017. URL: 2016 APCEIU GCED Network Meeting: Catalyzing Global Action and Solidarity for GCED towards 2030 > APCEIU News - APCEIU (unescoapceiu.org) 
“Envisioning Eternal Wonders behind Lens”, the 14th EIU Photo Class in Siem Reap, Cambodia 2016-10-28 On 16 October 2016, the 14th EIU Photo Class held in Siem Reap, Cambodia ended successfully. Under the theme of “Envisioning Eternal Wonders Behind Lens”, the 14th EIU Photo Class was co-organized by APCEIU and Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport(MoEYS) for 7days from 10 October to 16 October. Twenty-one Cambodian and eight Korean students, together with three professional photographers explored various places in Siem Reap such as Angkor Wat, the most representative historical site, as well as the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tonle Sap Lake and a traditional local market. They not only took photos but also participated in various programmes such as Global Citizenship Education (GCED) Workshop, Cross-Cultural Awareness Programme, EIU Photo Workshop. On the last day of the Photo Class, there was an exhibition of 66 photos selected by the participating students and photographers at Phokeetra Ballroom, Sofitel Hotel, Siem Reap. As a grand finale of the programme, the photo exhibition attracted about 500 people including Dr. Bae Ki-Dong, Chairperson of APCEIU’s Governing Board; H.E. Im Koch, Secretary of State of Cambodian MoEYS; H.E. Park Seung Gyoo, Consul General of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Cambodia; parents and teachers of Cambodian participants; staff of the Cambodian MoEYS as well as Siem Reap provincial department of MoEYS; and Korean Association in Siem Reap. The guests appreciated diversity and elegance of Siem Reap in the photos taken by the Korean and Cambodian students. Representing all the Korean students, Ms. Shin Haenaran said, “Through this Photo Class, we were able to draw lights into each other’s heart” and added, “I believe that when we look back on these pictures, we will find our image as global citizens, bounds together as one”. A Cambodian student Mr. Yorn Sovanna commented, “I’m very pleased that I got to know about Global Citizenship Education and also had a chance to interact with Korean friends”. He also said “I really appreciate the opportunity to participate in this programme”. The photos taken in Cambodia will be exhibited online for a world-wide audience through EIU Photos Class Archive (photoclass.unescoapceiu.org). The EIU Photo Class provides opportunities for students from all around the world to learn EIU and GCED through the art of photography. Participants get to learn how to express their thoughts, shed new light on their daily lives and surroundings by taking photos under the instruction of professional photographers. Since its inception in the Philippines in 2006, APCEIU has captured various forms of life from many different places around the world such as Bhutan, Republic of Palau, Laos, Bangladesh, Iran, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Indonesia, Turkey and Russia. URL:“Envisioning Eternal Wonders behind Lens”, the 14th EIU Photo Class in Siem Reap, Cambodia > APCEIU News - APCEIU (unescoapceiu.org) 
The International Conference on GCED Will Take a Role of a Platform on GCED Pedagogy and Practice 2016-10-14 Co-organized by APCEIU, Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and JoongAng Ilbo, and in partnership with UNESCO HQ, the International Conference on GCED: Platform on Pedagogy and Practice will be held on 24-25 October 2016 at Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel in Seoul, Republic of Korea. This Conference aims at providing a prime opportunity to kick off conversations on GCED, share current issues and good practices, as well as explore future steps in the area of GCED along with diverse participants from around the world under the overarching theme of GCED for SDGs: From Commitment to Action. By gathering various key stakeholders and the general public together, the Conference will provide a platform for sharing practices, pedagogy, ideas, and insights on GCED and reinforcing partnerships and network among key stakeholders, while formulating strong advocacy and awareness raising on GCED and advancing GCED at the local, national, regional and global levels in the context of SDGs. The Conference will be comprised of plenary and concurrent sessions in which about three hundred participants including GCED experts, practitioners, and educators from various sectors as well as general public who are interested in GCED can share diverse practices and pedagogical approaches. On the first day of the Conference, the Keynote Session will run as a policy dialogue among policy makers. The dialogue will lead to sharing of their visions of education and expectations from adopting or highlighting GCED in their policy or agenda and discussing plans and strategies to cooperate to provide GCED with favorable policy environments, which will contribute to building sustainable and peaceful societies. In the Panel Discussion, speakers representing different age groups, cultures, and expertise will exchange their understandings and conceptions of “global citizen” viable in their groups, trying to define their own meaning of being a global citizen in their groups and fields by listing up kind of capacity, skills, or attitudes required for global citizens. Braulio Guemez, a participant of 2nd Youth Leadership Workshop on GCED will voice out his experiences on being a global citizen as a youth. Sujan Shakya, a former member of the Non-Summit (TV Talk Show) will represent foreigners living in Korea, sharing his broad perspectives on various social and cultural issues. As a representative of corporate sector, Jay R. Lee, Corporate and Government Affairs Manager of Intel Asia & Pacific will share the insights and perspective gained from her extensive experiences in her career. The concurrent sessions which are to be organized, designed and conducted by various educators and practitioners across the globe will feature participatory dialogues, innovative teaching-learning activities, demonstration of mini lessons and interactive discussions. The Concurrent Session 1: Actors of GCED featuring three parallel sessions will consist of best practices of GCED through presentations and mini-demonstrations by three key actors that are implementing GCEDㅡeducators, schools, and youth. Participants are expected to gain practical insights and advice from these case presentations. The second day of the Conference starts off with GCED Talks: Learning to Live Together where socially influential people will share their ideas and views on learning to live harmony in TED-style talks. Young-suk YS Chi, a Chairman of Elsevier, Rediet Kefale from Ethiopia, 2nd Youth Leadership Workshop on GCED participant, and Seth Leighton, the CEO and Co-founder of Envoys will be invited to the stage one by one to share their genuine stories about the power of education transforming their lives as active and responsible global citizens. Following the GCED Talks, the GCED Youth Network Launching Ceremony and EIU Best Practices Awards Ceremony will be held as side events. The second concurrent session (Thematic Approaches to GCED) will address the four pivotal thematic pillars in GCED: Building a Culture of Peace, Respect for Cultural Diversity, Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) and Sustainable Development and Human Rights. This interactive and participatory session will explore the values to be formed through GCED and the methods of delivery to nurture global citizenship. The Last concurrent session (Learning Process and Assessment of GCED) features the actual process of GCED on the ground, specifically delving into designing, planning, teaching, and assessing GCED. Under this theme, participants will be able to gain practical knowledge and advice on how to actually teach and assess GCED. This annual Conference aims to become a solid platform where GCED actors all over the world come together to share their various actions and practices in GCED and discuss ways GCED can advance further to resolve many critical global issues. At the Conference, advocacy, solidarity and partnerships will strengthen, which will surely leave remarkable changes in the world through the years. If you wish to participate in this Conference, please register online at http://gced.unescoapceiu.org/conference/. URL: The International Conference on GCED Will Take a Role of a Platform on GCED Pedagogy and Practice > APCEIU News - APCEIU (unescoapceiu.org) 
Sub-regional Workshop on implementation of GCED and ESD in Almaty, Kazakhstan 2016-10-10 The 2nd Sub-regional Workshop on implementing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Global Citizenship Education (GCED) was co-hosted by APCEIU and UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office on 27-29 September 2016 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Last year, in partnership with UNESCO, UNESCO Bangkok Office, UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office and Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP), APCEIU co-organized the Sub-Regional Workshop on GCED for educators in Central Asia, which identified the need to strengthen capacities of teachers and educators at a local level in order to conduct GCED in classrooms effectively. Therefore, the 2016 workshop aimed to agree on a number of activities, which could be developed to strengthen ESD and GCED joint efforts and activities at a local level, in collaboration with a number of partners in Central Asia. The targeted group in the 2016 training workshop consisted of representatives from local/district education departments in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, including teachers from selected schools of the UNESCO Associated Schools Project (ASP) in respective countries. Also the experts from UNESCO, APCEIU, OSCE, UNICEF and other international, regional and national organizations and NGOs shared their experiences and practices for a better understanding of global, regional and national education trends and challenges in ESD and GCED. Moreover, the Workshop examined strategies for practical local level implementation of ESD and GCED, including Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE), in order to achieve the target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 in Central Asia. URL:Sub-regional Workshop on implementation of GCED and ESD in Almaty, Kazakhstan > APCEIU News - APCEIU (unescoapceiu.org)