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Roundtable of the Group of Friends for Solidarity and Inclusion with GCED: "Art Education Fostering Global Citizenship" Year of publication: 2023 Author: Hyunmook Lim Corporate author: APCEIU This report shares the overview of the Roundtable of the Group of Friends for Solidarity and Inclusion with GCED: “Art Education Fostering Global Citizenship”, held on Friday, 16 June 2023. The event was co-organized by the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Korea to UNESCO and the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) in partnership with the Group of Friends for Solidarity and Inclusion with GCED (Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Nigeria and Oman). This report shares the summary of the event, particularly the presentations on GCED activities through arts education by experts from Finland, Lebanon, the Republic of Korea and Nigeria to promote the values and initiatives of GCED through arts education. 
[Summary] Global Citizenship Education Forum: Sharing Stories of Empowering Citizens to Tackle Global-Local Challenges Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Korea to UNESCO | Group of Friends for Solidarity and Inclusion with Global Citizenship Education | APCEIU This report shares the overview of the Global Citizenship Education Forum held under the theme ‘Sharing Stories of Empowering Citizens to Tackle Global-Local Challenges’ on Friday, 13 May 2022. The event was co-organized by the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Korea to UNESCO and the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) in collaboration with the Group of Friends for Solidarity and Inclusion with GCED (Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Senegal and Serbia). This report shares the summary of the event, particularly the presentations on GCED activities implemented by practitioners from Armenia, Austria, Colombia, Jordan, Kenya and the Philippines to influence more GCED programmes/initiatives on various contexts and backgrounds. 
Ensuring Learning Outcomes (SangSaeng no. 46 Fall 2016) Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: APCEIU The 46th issue of SangSaeng, “Ensuring Learning Outcomes,” has been released. With the Education 2030 Agenda emphasizing the role of measuring quality education outcomes, this fall edition of SangSaeng reviews the current assessment systems and introduces the ongoing struggles and endeavors in developing better measuring tools. 3 Director’s Message4 Special ColumnLearn to Live Together: Pillars of Education Start with Learn8 Focus: Ensuring Learning Outcomes8 Preparing Learners for a Different Future: Monitoring Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship in the New Education Era14 Monitoring Knowledge for Better Learning Outcomes: The Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics’ Contribution to Global Citizenship and Its Measurement18 Competences for Democratic Culture: A Council of Europe Project for Teaching and Assessing the Democratic Competence of Student24 From 21st Century Competences to Global Citizenship and Global Competences 28 Special ReportExperiences and Difficulties of a Society: Developing Socio-cultural Skills of Kyrgyzstan Students34 Best Practices34 Embracing Sustainability: You Can Make a Difference39 Student Empowerment through Values in Action (SEVA): Training Students to Express Opinions, Reflect, Critically Evaluate,and Appreciate One’s Own Values and Those of Others44 LetterBe Global with a Compassionate Heart46 Peace in My MemoryFood for Peace in the 21st Century50 APCEIU in Action 
Peace Education in Northeast Asia: A Situational Analysis Year of publication: 2021 Author: Soonwon Kang | Cheng Liu | Ketei Matsui | Batbaatar Monkhooroi | Boyoung Park | Muyu Huang | Oyuntsetseg Dugarsuren Corporate author: APCEIU Being central to education for international understanding and global citizenship, peace education has always been an important theme in UNESCO. For effective delivery of peace education, it is critical to examine and understand the relevance of peace education and its key issues and approaches at a given juncture. With this in mind, in 2020, APCEIU conducted a study on peace education in South Korea to review its current state and suggest some policy recommendations. Following up on this study, APCEIU initiated in 2021 a research project on peace education in Northeast Asia in order to identify how peace education is interpreted and practised in the countries of the region and explore possibilities of cooperation among peace educators, researchers, and practitioners in the region. Building on this research, APCEIU hopes to develop and carry out joint projects for peace education in the region. 
EIU Best Practices 2021: Developing a Learning Platform in Engineering; A Case from Denmark (EIU Best Practices Series; no.55) Year of publication: 2021 Author: Serena Leka 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.55 introduces ‘ØkoEngineer’ which is a sustainability learning platform created to educate engineering students in Aarhus on sustainability concepts and how they couple with engineering design through the gamification of project-based learnings. The project aims to prepare the future engineers to play their crucial role in the significant global issues that we face. In response to the above challenges, future engineers, today's students are embracing initiatives that stimulate sustainability education. The students are motivated by the urge to relate sustainability with their domain-specific engineering theories. ØkoEngineer is a web-based game platform designed for integrating sustainability learning in engineering curricula. 
EIU Best Practices 2021: Reinforcing GCED Virtually; the AFS Effect+ for the Classroom, a Case from Brazil, Colombia, and New Zealand (EIU Best Practices Series; no.56) Year of publication: 2021 Author: Ana Carolina Cassiano 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.56 introduces ‘the AFS Effect+ for the Classroom Programme’ which is launched in September 2020. The programme has engaged 150+ high-school teachers from Brazil, Colombia, and New Zealand who completed 20 hours of virtual teacher training, collaborated virtually with each other and piloted activities developed by AFS with their classrooms, reaching over 2,500 students. As a result of the programme, the AFS Effect+ for the Classroom: Toolkit for Educators is now available to teachers worldwide to use as a resource for teaching Active Global Citizenship & the SDGs for high school students. The toolkit is currently available in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and being disseminated through AFS Network Organizations which are present in 50+ countries. 
EIU Best Practices 2021: Upholding GCED through Amahoro Club; A Case from Burundi (EIU Best Practices Series; no.57) Year of publication: 2021 Author: Sinai Bakanibona 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.57 introduces ‘Amahoro Clubs’ which means Peace Education Clubs. It is a project that has been initiated in other secondary schools of Burundi in terms of consolidating culture of peace and stability in Burundian society by applying different concepts of Global Citizenship Education in our life. This programme influence positively different social stratifications of people to know how to live together and be united by facing diverse challenges which can somber the population in violent conflicts. Amahoro Clubs serve as a platform in which people become aware of the various social issues. Students and teachers are gaining the necessary knowledge and skills that will help prevent the occurrence of conflicts. 
EIU Best Practices 2021: Strengthening Global Citizenship Skills; The Project GLACE Experience, A Case from Philippines (EIU Best Practices Series; no.58) Year of publication: 2021 Author: Marco Meduranda 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.58 introduces ‘Project GLACE’ or ‘Global Learning through Active Citizenship Education’. It is an after-school enhancement program that sought to enhance students' global citizenship skills through afterschool learning sessions, off-campus intercultural education experiences, and service-learning or community outreach activities. Using the 4-I's (Inquire, Investigate, Innovate and Impact), selected teachers taught global citizenship education concepts for a span of 12 - 15 weeks with the first six to ten weeks exploring the themes of social justice and equity, identity and diversity, self-awareness and reflection, concern for the environment, commitment to sustainable development, and commitment to participation and inclusion. 
EIU Best Practices 2021: Fostering Intercultural Awareness through GCED; A Case from Sri Lanka (EIU Best Practices Series; no.59) Year of publication: 2021 Author: Oshan Madushanka Gunathilake 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.59 introduces ‘Citizen Culture’ which is designed to foster intercultural and interreligious understanding within youth communities through the theories and learnings of GCED. The programme focused on a selected group of young individuals who are representing both vulnerable communities as well as privileged, also belonging to a diverse mixture of cultural, religious, social and ethnic backgrounds. The learners will go into their respective communities and spread this message as agents of positive change and actively contribute to the social cohesion, trust and awareness building through volunteer participation for transforming popular harmful narratives and practices which are structured in our society - cultivating a culture of peace. 
Learning to Live Together in a Challenging World (SangSaeng no. 48 summer 2017) Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: APCEIU The 48th issue of SangSaeng, “Learning to Live Together in a Challenging World,” has been published. With nationalism on the rise and support for populist perspectives, this edition of SangSaeng emphasizes the global community’s efforts for tolerance and learning to live together. It contains articles reminding us of the importance of empowering learners to assume active roles to face and resolve global challenges. 3 Director’s Message4 Special Column4 Education of Harmony, Peace and Happiness8 We Must Educate Global Citizens to Sustain Peace in the World11 Focus: Learning to Live Together in a Challenging World11 Access to Equitable Quality Education.14 How Business Helps People Learn to Live and Work Together17 Challenges in the Horn of Africa and Desire for Human Dignity20 Ethnic Identity in the Era of Minority Recognition 23 Special ReportShrinking Spaces: A Perspective from Iraq26 Best Practices26 Free2Choose-Create30 Strengthening Literacy Learning in Lesotho35 Youth NetworkGCED & Youth: An Open Forum in Jeju38 InterviewThe Power of Music: An Agent of Transformation42 Understanding the Asia-Pacific Region42 Naadam: A Celebration of Culture46 Bomena in Bhutan50 APCEIU in Action