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Nepal: lessons from integrating peace, human rights, and civic education into social studies curricula and textbooks Year of publication: 2015 Author: Melinda Smith Corporate author: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | Education Above All (Qatar) This case study examines the process undertaken by the Ministry of Education (MoE) in collaboration with development partners to revise the social studies curriculum in Nepal. The aim was to promote education for peace, human rights, and civic education (PHRCE) in the wake of a 10-year Maoist insurgency and the transition to a democratic republic. It provides a critical analysis of the process, synthesizing information from two assessments of the initiative, and makes recommendations for the future based on challenges and gaps identified by stakeholders. The study also provides recommendations to countries in post-conflict transition which are interested in undertaking similar curriculum reform initiatives.Information is drawn from a number of reports and programme documents developed by the implementing partners, as well as 12 interviews with individuals involved in the process of curriculum reform. Interviewees included representatives of the major agencies involved in the revision process: the MoE’s Curriculum Development Centre, the National Centre for Education Development, Save the Children, UNESCO, and UNICEF. In addition, interviews were conducted with representatives of civil society and non-governmental agencies supporting peace education and representing marginalized groups, and the external international consultant who provided technical assistance. 
Le réSEAU en action: citoyens du monde connectés pour le développement durable: guide à l'intention des élèves Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO Le guide « Le réSEAU en action : Citoyens du monde connectés pour le développement durable » à l’intention des élèves a pour but d’initier les élèves du secondaire à l’éducation à la citoyenneté mondiale (ECM) et à l’éducation en vue du développement durable (EDD), et de leur proposer des idées et des activités pour qu’ils contribuent activement à la construction d’un monde plus pacifique et durable. Le guide s’appuie sur les discussions et les activités de près de 1 100 participants originaires de 104 pays, notamment des coordinnateurs nationaux du réSEAU, des chefs d’établissement, des enseignants, des élèves et des experts qui ont contribué à la plateforme collaborative en ligne « Le réSEAU en action : Citoyens du monde connectés pour le développement durable » en 2014 et 2015 [http://fr.unesco.org/aspnet/globalcitizens/]. Le guide à l’intention des élèves : donne une idée de ce que signifie « être un citoyen du monde » ainsi que des suggestions pour contribuer au développement durable ; propose des idées pour agir vous-mêmes dans votre foyer, dans votre école, dans votre communauté, dans votre pays et dans le monde ; présente une sélection d’activités sur l’ECM et l’EDD mises en œuvre par des écoles du réSEAU du monde entier. 
Le réSEAU en action: Citoyens du monde connectés pour le développement durable: guide à l'intention des enseignants Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO Le guide à l’intention des enseignants : donne aux élèves une idée de ce que signifie pour eux « devenir des citoyens du monde » ainsi que des suggestions pour contribuer au développement durable ; propose des idées d’activités en classe pour aider les élèves du secondaire à développer des connaissances, des compétences, des valeurs, des attitudes et des comportements en faveur de l’ECM et de l’EDD ; présente une sélection d’activités sur l’ECM et l’EDD mises en œuvre par les écoles du réSEAU du monde entier. 
Education for citizenship in the Arab World: key to the future Year of publication: 2011 Author: Muhamman Faour | Marwan Muasher Corporate author: Carnegie Middle East Center Reforming education to foster citizenship is urgently needed if democracy is to take hold in the Arab world. Under authoritarian rule, students were primarily taught to be docile subjects of the state—creative thinking was discouraged and information was treated as indisputable. Instead, students must learn from a very early age what it means to be citizens who seek and produce knowledge, question, and innovate. Only by teaching youth to think critically and respect different points of view will Arab countries become economically competitive and reliably democratic. Education for citizenship in the Arab World: key to the future Year of publication: 2011 Author: Muhamman Faour | Marwan Muasher Corporate author: Carnegie Middle East Center Reforming education to foster citizenship is urgently needed if democracy is to take hold in the Arab world. Under authoritarian rule, students were primarily taught to be docile subjects of the state—creative thinking was discouraged and information was treated as indisputable. Instead, students must learn from a very early age what it means to be citizens who seek and produce knowledge, question, and innovate. Only by teaching youth to think critically and respect different points of view will Arab countries become economically competitive and reliably democratic. 
Citizenship education at school in Europe Year of publication: 2005 Corporate author: Eurydice. European Unit This comparative analysis is based on country descriptions supplied by the Eurydice National Units.To collect information for them, a Guide to Content, including common guidelines and definitions, was prepared by the Eurydice European Unit (EEU) in consultation with the National Units at the beginning of 2004.The aim of the Guide to Content was to ensure that the country descriptions were drafted in accordance with a common structure to facilitate subsequent cross-country comparison of the information provided. Promoting sustainable development in Nigeria: via civic education (Journal of education and practice, vol. 5, no 34) Year of publication: 2014 Author: Ajibola A. Lukman | Habida Audu Corporate author: International Institute for Science, Technology and Education Nothing in this world is so powerful as an idea whose time has come. In the face of ethical knowledge, skill disposition and sustainable development in Nigeria, civic education assumed central position. Idea of civic education in Nigerian curriculum is so powerful to the extent that each young Nigerian deserves its knowledge. On this basis, this paper describes civic education as an underpinning factor for individual and social development of our nation. The paper analyzes the fabric between civic education and social development towards blending and interfacing local wisdom with global knowledge, values and skills, which will develop the young Nigerian to become a citizen of this country as well as a citizen of the global village. The paper points to the fact that civic education is central to shaping attitudes and social interaction and both are critical to addressing issues surrounding sustainable development. To this end, the paper concludes that sustainable development requires civic knowledge, civic skills and civic disposition. It is therefore recommended that civic education should be seen as an engine for development in which states, individuals, communities, and businesses partake in providing sustainable development. 
Tool for quality assuarance of education for democratic citizenship in schools Year of publication: 2005 Corporate author: Council of Europe This Tool for Quality Assurance of Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC) in Schools was prepared as a response to the compliance gap between policies and practices of EDC in various countries. While EDC policies are well developed, EDC practices in schools present significant weaknesses. The Tool was also prepared as part of the current interest and implementation of quality assurance in education. This Tool is designed as a reference document. It focuses on education for democratic citizenship and applies the principles and processes of quality assurance to EDC. Expert group meeting “youth civic engagement:enabling youth participation in political, social and economic life” 16-17 June 2014 UNESCO Headquarters Paris, France: concept note Year of publication: 2014 Corporate author: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs From 16-17 June 2014, the Division for Social Policy and Development in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations and UNESCO will organize an Expert Group Meeting at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, under the theme “Youth Civic Engagement: enabling youth participation in political, social and economic life.” The meeting will bring together experts and representatives of youth organizations, academia, representatives of Member States, United Nations entities, and intergovernmental organizations to discuss the ways in which youth civic engagement can be an enabler for political, social and economic participation, as well as to examine current opportunities and challenges affecting such potential. These topics will be considered under the framework of both the World Programme of Action for Youth1 and of the UN System-Wide Action Plan on Youth which respectively incorporate youth participation and youth civic engagement among their priority areas for action. Declaração e Plano de Ação Integrado sobre a Educação para a Paz, os Direitos Humanos e a Democracia Year of publication: 1995 Corporate author: UNESCO This document is Declaration of the 44th session of the International Conference on Education (Geneva, October 1994) endorsed by the General Conference Declaration of the 44th session of the International Conference on Education (Geneva, October 1994) endorsed by the General Conference of UNESCO at its twenty-eight session Paris, November 1995 of UNESCO at its twenty-eight session Paris, November 1995.