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EIU Best Practices Series No. 39: Building School Capacity for Global Citizenship Education Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: APCEIU This monograph is one of APCEIU's EIU Best Practices Series, which aims to encourage educators, scholars, and activists to implement and share local initiatives on EIU. The Series No.39 introduces the Training of Trainers (TOT) program, a workshop for teachers to better incorporate GCED/EIU concepts into respective curriculum and school environment. Upon participating in the APCEIU training workshop, Mr. Yeshi Dorji from Dungtse Middle Secondary School in Bhutan sought to create a forum in which teachers and school officials can learn to incorporate GCED. Such exemplary initiative not only enhances capacity building of educators in the school, but also has potential to have larger impact in the local and regional communities. 
EIU Best Practices Series No. 40: Global Citizenship Education Capacity Building Initiative Year of publication: 2015 Author: Eretia Monite Corporate author: APCEIU This monograph is one of APCEIU's EIU Best Practices Series, which aims to encourage educators, scholars, and activists to implement and share local initiatives on EIU. The Series No. 40 introduces a successful hosting of workshop on GCED in Kiribati. Considered the first of its kind in Kiribati, the workshop brought together education officers and teachers to learn about emerging concept of GCED and EIU and means for implementation. The exemplary workshop involving fieldtrips and seminars has created a wave of learning opportunities for key stakeholders at all levels, paving way to put GCED into practice. 
EIU Best Practices Series No. 20: Education for International Understanding through In-service Training: Uzbekistan Experience Year of publication: 2010 Author: Mukhamadjon Aliyev Corporate author: APCEIU This monograph is one of APCEIU's EIU Best Practices Series, which aims to encourage educators, scholars, and activists to implement and share local initiatives on EIU. The Series No.20 introduces EIU projects undertaken by the Avloni In-Service Teacher Training Institute in Uzbekistan. The programme integrates EIU concepts into the public education through in-service training programs, promotes EIU concepts in different subjects and projects, and broadcasts good practices in the field of global citizenship education nationwide. Although it is still in the process of improvement, the programme is expected to raise awareness of EIU and empower education managers, principals and teachers in Uzbekistan. 
EIU Best Practices Series No. 21: EIU School-based Initiatives in Bhutan Year of publication: 2010 Author: Rinzin Wangmo Corporate author: APCEIU This monograph is one of APCEIU's EIU Best Practices Series, which aims to encourage educators, scholars, and activists to implement and share local initiatives on EIU. The Series No.21 introduces the case of Yonphula Lower Secondary School in Trashigang, Bhutan, which successfully incorporated EIU principles into the existing curriculum. With the Gross National Happiness (GNH) principle as Bhutan’s educational framework, EIU can fit easily to the academic settings and system. The case highlights activities, such as providing non-formal education for illiterate parents, and counseling services, health programs, and meditation programs to students, in exemplifying how innovative school activities can optimize the GNH framework for the promotion of EIU. 
Europe and North America Regional GCED Network Meeting: Final Report (21-22 November 2018, Lisbon, Portugal) Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: APCEIU This meeting report is for the meeting, held on 21-22 November 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, which aimed to strengthen global action on Global Citizenship Education. The event was jointly organized by the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) under the auspices of UNESCO, the UNESCO Venice Office and ANGEL project partners GENE.The meeting brought together over 50 GCED-related stakeholders, including those from academia, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), intergovernmental organizations, ministries, and the National Commissions for UNESCO. The meeting featured a range of presentations and reflections from partners and provided a platform to discuss action to strengthen GCED networking strategies within and beyond the region. It also offered participants the opportunity to share experiences, insights and knowledge with one another, and encouraged them to explore areas of collaboration in the future. 
Two concepts, one goal: education for international understanding and education for sustainable development Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok | APCEIU EIU and ESD are not dogmas but evolving concepts that can contribute to social learning and transformation. EIU and ESD share many common issues, supporting each other’s scope of work and focus. This series of information sheets has been prepared to highlight key complementary areas and synergies. 
Electronic resources on education for sustainable development Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok | APCEIU The Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) of UNESCO Bangkok and the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) collaborated to produce this document listing these electronic resources. The value of such resources is not limited to teachers alone; it is also useful to policy and decision makers, teacher educators, researchers and academics as well as students themselves. 
EIU Best Practices Series No. 22: Teaching Indigenous Knowledge towards Environmental Conservation: A Case Study of Camp Ebiil in Palau Year of publication: 2011 Author: Ann Kloulechad Singeo Corporate author: APCEIU This monograph is one of APCEIU's EIU Best Practices Series, which aims to encourage educators, scholars, and activists to implement and share local initiatives on EIU. The Series No.22 introduces a case study of community-based education program from Camp Emiil in Palau that promote protection of one's identity and heritage by teaching the youth with the traditional knowledge. The camp allows young participants to take direct part in fun activities and learning opportunities to immerse in culture and nature. Through such experiential learning, participants become more knowledgeable about ethnic practices and acquire important character building skills and conservation knowledge. 
EIU Best Practices Series No. 23: Peace Education for School Leadership: A Case Study of PEACeXCELS in the Philippines Year of publication: 2011 Author: Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela | Elaissa Marina Mendoza | Cristina Villanueva-Moreno Corporate author: APCEIU This report is one of APCEIU's EIU Best Practices Series, which aims to encourage educators, scholars, and activists to implement and share local initiatives on EIU. The Series No.23 showcases Peace Education Excellence in School Leadership for Southeast Asia (PEACeXCELS) in the Philippines, a competency building program for educators on EIU. Through comprehensive training, principals and educators undertook reforms in respective schools, implementing various activities to include concept of peace and multiculturalism within school policies and lesson plans. 
EIU Best Practices Series No. 24: Innovative Practice of Inter-disciplinary Implementation of EIU based on World Heritages Year of publication: 2011 Author: QIAN Lixia Corporate author: APCEIU This monograph is one of APCEIU's EIU Best Practices Series, which aims to encourage educators, scholars, and activists to implement and share local initiatives on EIU. The Series No.24 introduces a research undertaken by the Research Center for ESD, which outline projects that can be implemented to explore and promote education for international understanding and world heritage. To test the effectiveness, the Center carried out activities such as role-playing discussions and hands-on festival experiences at four kindergartens of the Huijia Education Organization and the High School Affiliated to the Renmin University of China. Overall, such initiative increased multicultural awareness of students and teachers alike, and affirmed commitment for further research and development.