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What's in a Word? The Problem with 'Development' with Dr Karen Pashby Year of publication: 2020 Author: Karen Pashby Corporate author: Bridge 47 Dr Karen Pashby is a Reader at Manchester Metropolitan University and is also part of Bridge 47's Knowledge Exchange Partnership.In this episode, Karen explores development through a post/de-colonial lens, discussing how development is viewed in public discourse and how these effects the field of Development Education. 
Why Is Target 4.7 So Important to the Sdgs? With Paul Bradley, SCVO Year of publication: 2020 Author: Paul Bradley Corporate author: Bridge 47 In this Bridge 47 Network Story, Paul Bradley of The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organizations eloquently talks about why Target 4.7 and Global Citizenship Education is crucial to Achieving the United Nations's SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). 
The Role of Education in Addressing Future Challenges Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Bridge 47 This report, ‘The role of Education in addressing future challenges’, was prepared in response to UNESCO’s Futures of Education consultation. Through this initiative, UNESCO proposes to consider the role of education as a common good in 2050 and beyond. In other words, education is key to building a more sustainable planet and equal societies. In this report, Bridge 47 will focus on the role of education that is transformative and value-based to adapt and respond to the multiple challenges the world is currently facing. Bridge 47 considers as transformative any education that fosters global citizenship, sustainable development, human rights, equality, peace and cultural diversity, as captured in Target 4.7. of the Sustainable Development Goals.Bridge 47 sees education from a holistic perspective, ie. learning that is lifelong and extends beyond formal learning, and life-wide, that takes place in a multitude of contexts and environments. Formal, non-formal and informal learning all have a key role to play. 
Transformative Learning Journeys: Venturing Into the Wilds of Global Citizenship Education Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Bridge 47 This book is a testimony of the Bridge 47 Transformative Learning Journeys – an experiment to expand our concepts and practices of Global Citizenship Education. It is a nevercomplete mosaic of experiences and personal reflections about transformation, decolonization and learning as an invitation to relate to and play with.This book is dedicated to all the curious people out there who are passionate about education in caring for our world and each other - the dreamers, the healers, the lovers, the teachers for a different future to emerge. It goes to the fighters who are desperate and overwhelmed in face of complex challenges and are worn out by their struggle for justice and change – to find inspiration, energy and courage to treat ourselves gently, to let go and to make space for new things to emerge. 
SDG Talk: Mr. Martin Nesirky Year of publication: 2021 Author: Martin Nesirky Corporate author: Sloga Platforma | Bridge 47 SDG Talk with Martin Nesirky, director of UN Information Service Vienna about Sustainable Development Goals, implication od COVID-19 pandemic on education, Global Citizenship Education and more.SDG Talks was prepared in cooperation with the UN Association for Slovenia, as part of the Bridge 47 - Building Global Citizenship project. The project is funded by the European Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, and is implemented by the SLOGA Platform.Content does not reflect positions of the EU or Slovene MFA. 
Envision 4.7 Event and Roadmap Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Bridge 47 Envision 4.7 took place in Helsinki in 2019, bringing together 200 education practitioners, civil society representatives and decision makes to create the Envision 4.7 Roadmap, a policy guideline to the future implementation of SDG Target 4.7 in Europe. This video presents the Envision 4.7 story. 
Political Leadership for Sustainable Development: Why Do the Global Goals Matter to Local Councillors, and Why Do Local Councillors Matter for the Global Goals?; Training Manual Year of publication: 2021 Author: Maeve Bateman | Jihyun Kim Corporate author: Irish Development Education Association (IDEA) | Bridge 47 Political Leadership for Sustainable Development: Why Do the Global Goals Matter to Local Councillors, and Why Do Local Councillors Matter for the Global Goals?; Training Manual