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The Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development: An Explainer Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO This is an explainer brochure of the new UNESCO Recommendation on Education for Peace and Human Rights, International Understanding, Cooperation, Fundamental Freedoms, Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development, which is commonly referred to as the Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development, about its purpose, history, content and potential to bring about necessary change. 
The Influence of education on conflict and peace building Year of publication: 2010 Author: Alan Smith Corporate author: UNESCO The purpose of this paper is to identify aspects of education that may have a positive influence on the dynamics of conflict or make a contribution to peacebuilding. The UN Secretary-General’s (2009) report on peacebuilding identifies a number of recurring priorities in conflict-affected situations, ‘establishing security, building confidence in a political process, delivering initial peace dividends and expanding core national capacity’. These priorities include ‘the provision of basic services, such as water and sanitation, health and primary education’. However, in conflict-affected situations education is also about more than service delivery because it is a means of socialization and identity development through the transmission of knowledge, skills, values and attitudes across generations. Education may therefore be a driver of conflict (fuelling grievances, stereotypes, xenophobia and other antagonisms), but can also be a way of contributing to ‘conflict transformation’ and ‘peacebuilding’. 
Education and Security - a global literature review on the role of education in countering violent religious extremism Year of publication: 2016 Author: Ratna Ghosh | Ashley Manuel | W.Y. Alice Chan | Maihemuti Dilimulati | Mehdi Babaei This review demonstrates that the impact of the worldwide proliferation of violent attacks motivated by religious extremism threatens both national and personal security irrespective of location or faith. Education has been particularly damaged by direct attacks on institutions, by the removal of educational opportunity, and by the use of education to indoctrinate and recruit young people. This review suggests that more young people today are being radicalized through soft power – extremist ideas, ideology, narratives and propaganda. It questions whether this can be met adequately by hard power responses, as these methods appeal directly to the psychological, intellectual and emotional states of young people. 
Recommendation on Education for Peace and Human Rights, International Understanding, Cooperation, Fundamental Freedoms, Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO Building more peaceful, just, and sustainable societies starts with education. It influences all aspects of our daily lives and our overall prospects while being impacted by our health and environment. In the global landscape of worsening climate change, democratic backsliding, persistent inequalities, rising discrimination, hate speech, violence and conflict, it can be a tool to address and prevent these problems in the future. And it can also be a long-term investment with increasing returns if shaped and deployed effectively. The new UNESCO Recommendation on Education for Peace and Human Rights, International Understanding, Cooperation, Fundamental Freedoms, Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development, which is commonly referred to as the Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development is a landmark guidance document that defines what needs to evolve in and through education to accomplish these goals. 
EIU Best Practice Series No. 29: Promoting EIU through globally connected classrooms in Thailand Year of publication: 2012 Author: Ajarn Kanchaphat Chaoplaina Corporate author: APCEIU This issue presents a multilateral project in Thailand, which interconnected students from Thailand, United Kingdom, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam to share their values and thoughts on EIU issues. Through the portals of connection, students from different regions were able to collaborate in doing group works and activities, which were focused on sharing ideas on students’ interest and every day experiences. This case highlights the specific practice that encouraged students to actively learn from one another and understand the cultural diversity, which optimized the outcome of the students’ capacity in communication skills, language skills, and personal development as global citizens. In addition to strengthening the network among participating schools, the impact of the multilateral project extended to teachers while they were engaged in exchanging pedagogical methods and knowledge to support and inspire each other. 
EIU Best Practices Series No.15: In-service teacher training on education for international understanding in China Year of publication: 2009 Author: Yu Xin Corporate author: APCEIU This document introduces an effective and systematic in-service teacher training programme on Education for International Understanding (EIU) in Beijing, China. In order for this training to take place, the Beijing Institute of Education (BIE) has been working to develop a school-based curriculum on EIU to be implemented in local schools. Through this effort, the in-service teacher training programme on EIU motivated and strengthened the capacity of teachers to incorporate EIU curriculum into various subjects they teach in schools. As a result of this practice, schools in which EIU have been implemented, raised the level of global awareness among their teachers and students. This effort to promote EIU in Beijing is an excellent model for policy makers, curriculum developers and educators to learn the effective strategies to promote EIU in schools. 
EIU Best Practice Series No. 17: Climate cool schools project in Malaysia: creating awareness and understanding of climate change Year of publication: 2010 Author: Maria Salih Corporate author: APCEIU The Climate Cool Schools (CCS)-Global Platform project is a multilateral learning portal for students in Malaysia, the UK, and Hong Kong to work together to explore local and global climate change issues. The learning portal enables these students to learn from each other about what actions are possible, and to find a voice to advocate wider actions at the local and global levels. The project was initiated in late 2007 and in early 2008 embarked on a two year trial basis with the British Council (BC), Sultan Idris Education University (SIEU), and the Perak State Education Department (JPN, Perak) as the partners. This project is a follow-up from the ZeroCarbonCity project launched in 2005 by the British Council. 
세계시민을 위한 국제이해교육 Year of publication: 2003 Corporate author: APCEIU International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century of UNESCO proposed “Learning to Live Together” as the worldwide educational goal at the twenty-first century. Also, as many countries have become multiethnic or multicultural societies due to increasing interdependences, globalization and ICT, the necessity and importance of Education for International Understanding (EIU) on how to live in harmony with others is growing. In Korea, EIU was included as a selective subject for creative experience activities in the seventh national curriculum and the number of schools teaching EIU on the ground has been increasing since 2000. However, in many cases what to teach was left up to teachers’ discretion owing to the lack of clear guidelines or materials. This book is comprised of systematized educational goals and contents in accordance with primary and secondary school curricula, and was developed by Asia-Pacific Centre for Education for International Understanding (APCIEU) under the auspices of UNESCO for its first three years since its establishment in 2000. EIU as a school subject aims to provide students with knowledge, values and ethical attitudes needed for the people of global society to move beyond the borders of ethnicity, culture and religion into a life of peaceful coexistence. Within the frame of EIU, students learn about cultural relativity and universal values. Based on holistic perspective, this book is designed with the following five units - multicultural understanding, issues of globalization, respect for human rights, a peaceful world, and sustainable development - to be utilized for learning at the level of primary and secondary level students. 
Paving the way together for global citizenship education (SangSaeng no. 37 summer autumn 2013) Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: APCEIU SangSaeng No. 37- How to Foster Global Citizenship? has been published. In order to help our readers better grasp the concept of global citizenship and provide useful information and new ideas, this issue deals with various aspects of global citizenship education.3 Director’s Message4 Special ColumnBuilding True Citizens for a Single Humanity8 Focus: How to Foster Global Citizenship?8 Eliminating World Challenges through Global Citizenship Education 13 Developing Global Citizens with a Global Perspective18 Living in a New World Starts with Education23 GCE in Every Corners of the World28 Best Practices28 Hands-on Hand Print for Environmental Sustainability32 Bhutan Teachers Learn New Models of Education35 Comic Relief: Song of the City36 Special ReportPaving the Way Together for Global Citizenship Education40 InterviewBuilding a Global Community out of the Ashes of Poverty42 LetterCapturing Moments of Living in Harmony44 Peace in My MemoryHow Golf Speaks about Peace47 Understanding the Asia-Pacific RegionDiscovering Locks beyond the Function of Opening and Closing50 APCEIU in Action 
Building true citizens for a single humanity (SangSaeng no. 37 summer autumn 2013) Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: APCEIU SangSaeng No. 37- How to Foster Global Citizenship? has been published. In order to help our readers better grasp the concept of global citizenship and provide useful information and new ideas, this issue deals with various aspects of global citizenship education.3 Director’s Message4 Special ColumnBuilding True Citizens for a Single Humanity8 Focus: How to Foster Global Citizenship?8 Eliminating World Challenges through Global Citizenship Education 13 Developing Global Citizens with a Global Perspective18 Living in a New World Starts with Education23 GCE in Every Corners of the World28 Best Practices28 Hands-on Hand Print for Environmental Sustainability32 Bhutan Teachers Learn New Models of Education35 Comic Relief: Song of the City36 Special ReportPaving the Way Together for Global Citizenship Education40 InterviewBuilding a Global Community out of the Ashes of Poverty42 LetterCapturing Moments of Living in Harmony44 Peace in My MemoryHow Golf Speaks about Peace47 Understanding the Asia-Pacific RegionDiscovering Locks beyond the Function of Opening and Closing50 APCEIU in Action