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Feasibility Study on Monitoring Global Citizenship Competences in the Asia-Pacific Region (Phase I) Year of publication: 2020 Author: Aaron Benavot Corporate author: APCEIU In accordance with SDG 4.7, countries are promoting GCED and other aspects of Target 4.7. It is necessary to measure learner levels and progress in global citizenship competencies to assess the extent to which learners are acquiring knowledge, attitudes, and skills related to global citizenship.This report is organized into three substantive sections. Section II discusses existing definitions and conceptualization of GCED and GCC drawing on different sources. Section III describes which Asia-Pacific countries are included in this feasibility study and how relevant policy and curriculum documents are identified and analyzed. This section also discusses some common and share features of GCED that emerge from an analysis of country documents. Section IV briefly reviews existing measurement approaches of GCED or related concepts and then proposes a Measurement Framework of GCC for possible use in the A-P region. Section V of the report provides some forward-looking suggestions. 
Ethical AI and GCED: Exploring the Expanding Domain of Artificial Intelligence (SangSaeng; No. 62, 2024) Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: APCEIU The 62nd issue of SangSaeng has been published with the theme of “Ethical AI and GCED: Exploring the Expanding Domain of Artificial Intelligence.” AI has never been as pervasive and influential as it is in today’s rapidly changing world. Despite the convenience and cutting-edge technology AI has offered us, it has the potential to pose a threat to humanity. This is where ethics for AI should come forward. In this regard, this issue will lead readers to the alarming side of AI as well as its future developments, focusing on the importance of GCED and AI ethics in tackling any potential problems. Contents03 Editor's Note 04 Special ColumnEmbracing Change to Cultivate Success — Integrating Global Citizenship Education into Tertiary Education / Dendev Badarch 08 FOCUS: Ethical AI and GCED: Exploring the Expanding Domain of Artificial IntelligenceRole of Ethics in the Era of AI — Protecting and Guiding AI Processes for Humanity to Flourish / Emma Ruttkamp-BloemPaying Attention to AI Ethics — An Avenue for a New Competitive Edge in Business / Myoungshin KimDriving Innovative Education — Balancing Future Possibilities and Ethical Concerns: How GCED Can be Used to Address AI Issues / Angelique Southern 20 Special ReportEmpowering a Climate Generation — From Classrooms to Climate Frontlines: The Transformative Role of Education highlighted at COP28 / Djian Sadadou 22 Best PracticesNavigating an AI Future — Ethical AI and the Importance of Critical Thought / Hannah GrantGLACE Brings the World to a City — Empowering Youth as Global Citizens: Lessons from Navotas City’s Project GLAC / Marco D. MedurandaLowering Eco-Anxiety — Teaching Climate Change Through Media and Information Literacy / Laetitia Legrand 33 GCED YOUTH NETWORK New Wave of Youth Advocacy — Role of AI in Youth Advocacy and its Ethical Implications to Global Citizenship / Oshan M. Gunathilake and Diego Manrique 36 Understanding the Asia Pacific RegionDiscovering Auroville — Where Boundaries Fade, Nature Thrives, and Global Minds Unite / Akanksha Arya 39 Peace in My MemoryHappiness without Violence — Mindanao Peace ForumCelebrates Building a Culture of Peace / Ludivina Borja-DekitPeace Scholar Passes Away Amidst Turbulent Times / Kwang-Hyun KIM 45 Story TimeThe Right Footing — My Life Has Purpose Thanks to Football / Hajar Abulfazl 48 LetterShared Challenges of Global Citizens / Natsuki Nagata 50 APCEIU in Action 
Confronting Inequality through GCED: Toward Justice, Inclusion, and Transformation (SangSaeng; No.65, 2025) Year of publication: 2025 Corporate author: APCEIU The 62nd issue of SangSaeng has been published with the theme of “Ethical AI and GCED: Exploring the Expanding Domain of Artificial Intelligence.”AI has never been as pervasive and influential as it is in today’s rapidly changing world. Despite the convenience and cutting-edge technology AI has offered us, it has the potential to pose a threat to humanity. This is where ethics for AI should come forward. In this regard, this issue will lead readers to the alarming side of AI as well as its future developments, focusing on the importance of GCED and AI ethics in tackling any potential problems.Contents03 Editor's Note 04 Special ColumnEmbracing Change to Cultivate Success — Integrating Global Citizenship Education into Tertiary Education / Dendev Badarch08 FOCUS Ethical AI and GCED: Exploring the Expanding Domain of Artificial IntelligenceRole of Ethics in the Era of AI — Protecting and Guiding AI Processes for Humanity to Flourish / Emma Ruttkamp-BloemPayingAttention to AI Ethics — An Avenue for a New Competitive Edge in Business / Myoungshin KimDriving Innovative Education — Balancing Future Possibilities and Ethical Concerns: How GCED Can be Used to Address AI Issues / Angelique Southern 20 Special ReportEmpowering a Climate Generation — From Classrooms to Climate Frontlines : The Transformative Role of Education highlighted at COP28 / Djian Sadadou 22 Best PracticesNavigating an AI Future — Ethical AI and the Importance of Critical Thought / Hannah GrantGLACE Brings the World to a City — Empowering Youth as Global Citizens: Lessons from Navotas City’s Project GLAC / Marco D. MedurandaLowering Eco-Anxiety — Teaching Climate Change Through Media and Information Literacy / Laetitia Legrand 33 GCED YOUTH NETWORKNew Wave of Youth Advocacy — Role of AI in Youth Advocacy and its Ethical Implications to Global Citizenship / Oshan M. Gunathilake and Diego Manrique36 Understanding the Asia Pacific RegionDiscovering Auroville — Where Boundaries Fade, Nature Thrives, and Global Minds Unite / Akanksha Arya 39 Peace in My MemoryHappiness without Violence — Mindanao Peace Forum Celebrates Building a Culture of Peace / Ludivina Borja-DekitPeace Scholar Passes Away Amidst Turbulent Times / Kwang-Hyun KIM 45 Story TimeThe Right Footing — My Life Has Purpose Thanks to Football / Hajar Abulfazl 48 LetterShared Challenges of Global Citizens / Natsuki Nagata 50 APCEIU in Action 
Envisioning the Future of Assessment in Transformative Education: A Synthesis Report of the Expert Meeting on Evaluation and Assessment for Transformative Education: Towards and Beyond 2030 Year of publication: 2025 Author: Esther Care Corporate author: APCEIU Transformative education calls for learning that nurtures not only knowledge, but also the values, attitudes, and behaviours essential for inclusive, just, and sustainable societies. Recent global discussions, including UNESCO’s Reimagining Our Futures Together: A New Social Contract for Education and the Recommendation on Education for Peace and Human Rights, International Understanding, Cooperation, Fundamental Freedoms, Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development, emphasise learning that fosters critical thinking, empathy, cooperation, and action-oriented engagement. Within this vision, assessment needs to evolve from primarily measuring achievement to supporting a process of learning that actively enables and evidences learners’ reflection, growth, and empowerment. Traditional approaches, which prioritise standardisation and summative outcomes, are insufficient for capturing the complex competencies at the heart of transformative education, such as socio-emotional development, critical reflection, ethical reasoning, and responsible action. These limitations raise fundamental questions about not only how transformative learning outcomes can be assessed across diverse systems and contexts, but also what purposes assessment should serve.To examine these issues, APCEIU convened the Expert Meeting on Evaluation and Assessment for Transformative Education: Towards and Beyond 2030, held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on 2–3 July 2025. The meeting brought together global experts, researchers, and policymakers to discuss current challenges, share emerging practices, and consider strategic directions for reimagining assessment in support of transformative education.Building on these rich discussions, this report synthesises the key reflections and forward-looking perspectives shared during the meeting. Part I presents analytical insights and strategic considerations for advancing assessment in transformative education, while Part II documents the meeting proceedings, including presentations and collaborative discussions. 
Literacy and the Promotion of Citizenship: discourses and effective practices Year of publication: 2008 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning and its partners, the Agence Nationale de Lutte Contre L’Illettrisme (ANLCI) and the UNESCO French National Commission, organized a Regional Meeting on “Literacy and the Promotion of Citizenship: The Challenge of Learning” from 2-5 April 2005 in Lyon, France. Participants from 38 countries of what UNESCO considers to be the European Region (i.e. Europe, Canada, Israel and the United States of America) reviewed pertinent policies and shared good practices.By focusing on the theme of citizenship, the meeting sought to establish a link between literacy and the empowerment of citizens. This publication brings together the main presentations from that meeting, and as such documents the diversity of literacy-related thinking and practice in the region. 
A study of the middle school social studies and moral education curriculum to foster global citizenship Year of publication: 2009 Author: Geunho Lee | Deokgeun Kim | Byungsu Min | Hyunjeong Oh | Hyojeong Kim | Junsik Park | Jeongmin Eom Corporate author: Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation (KICE) This study was conducted to analyze the determinants (i.e. multicultural acceptability, national identity, and moral values) influencing global citizenship in order to examine the construct of global citizenship as well as to find the moral education about global citizenship for teacher education. Hierarchical regression was used to analyze the survey of 116 college students in university of education. The results are following. Firstly, The hierarchical regression analysis of ModelⅢ with influencing three factors to global citizenship explained 25% of the variance in student’s global citizenship, and it was found common good among moral values and experience of living a life in the foreign countries as important factors in the model. Second, They regressed into the variance of moral values even though a few ones of multi-cultural acceptability and national identity were influential factors before modelⅢ. Contrary to theoretical expectations, they are turned into be a half of influential factors to global citizenship. Based on the results, we suggested that to solve the global problems need to be strengthen in the developing the education curriculum for global citizenship. Furthermore, future research with stratified sampling will be conducting to generalize the result of this study. 
중학생의 세계시민 실천 관련 요인 간의 구조적 관계 분석 (국제이해교육연구; Vol. 18, No. 1) Year of publication: 2023 Author: 임진영 | 박환보 Corporate author: Korean Society of Education for International Understanding (KOSEIU) 본 연구의 목적은 청소년의 세계시민 실천에 영향을 미치는 요인 간의 구조적 관계를 분석하는 데 있다. 이를 위해 D광역시 소재 중학교 학생을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하여 응답한 학생 890명을 대상으로 학생들의 세계시민 실천 요인 간의 구조적 관계를 살펴 보았다. 특히, 청소년의 세계시민성에 영향을 미치고 있는 요인으로 주목받는 개인 경험의 매개효과를 확인하고자 하였다. 연구방법으로, 구조방정식모델 분석을 실시하였으며 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 청소년의 세계시민으로서의 정의적 영역은 실천적 영역에 유의미한 영향을 나타냈다. 그러나 인지적 영역은 실천적 영역으로의 유의미한 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 인지적 영역은 개인 경험을 매개로 한 유의미한 간접효과, 즉 매개효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 분석 결과를 토대로 청소년의 세계시민 실천을 높일수 있는 방안을 모색하였다. 
The Achievements and Tasks of the Global Citizenship Education University Course Development Project Year of publication: 2020 Author: Eegyeong Kim | Soobin Min | Semi Lee | Haeryun Kim Corporate author: Korean Society of Education for International Understanding (KOSEIU) This study seeks to analyze the achievements and tasks of the 「GCED University Course Development Project」 promoted by APCEIU. Using such research methods as literature review, workshops, and expert consultation, we analyzed the four-year project surrounding course providers, course contents, and student learning and satisfaction. The findings show that the project has heightened universities’ interest in GCED through 33 courses involving 1,572 students from 21 universities. It was also confirmed that a variety of supports allowed students to have meaningful learning experiences. However, large class sizes, disparity among universities, and the absence of performance measuring tools seemed to limit the success of the project. As a strategy for overcoming these limitations, we suggested the tasks in terms of both quantitative and qualitative aspects. 
5th UNESCO Forum on Transformative Education for Sustainable Development, Global Citizenship, Health and Well-being (Strand 3) Year of publication: 2021 Author: Carmel Cefai | Dy Samsideth | Mieke van Ingelghem | Kiichi Oyasu Corporate author: UNESCO | El Centro Asia Pacífico de Educación para el Entendimiento Internacional (APCEIU) Strand 3– What does progress in transformative education look like – the crucial role of teachers Plenary session 3Based on the findings of two global studies conducted by UNESCO and its partners, this session discussed what can be done to support teachers to feel more confident in their role and to effectively facilitate transformative education. Moderators: Ms Antonia Wulff, Director of Policy, Advocacy and Research, Education International, Mr Christophe Cornu, Senior Project Officer, Section of Education for Health and Well-being, UNESCOMr William Gaudelli, Dean, College of Education & Vice Provost for innovation in education, Lehigh University, USAMr Carmel Cefai, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Malta, MaltaPanelists:Mr Anil Ramdewor, Ministry of Education, MauritiusMr Souphap Khounvixay, Advisor, Cabinet Office of the Minister for Education and Sports, Lao People's Democratic RepublicMs Miri Yemini, Professor, Department of Educational Policy and Administration, the Jaime and Joan Constantiner School of Education, Tel Aviv University, IsraelMr Bert Tuga, President, Philippines Normal University, PhilippinesMs Anh Duong Phuong, Teacher and youth activist for gender equality and girls’ rights, Viet NamMr Renato Jiménez Cabrera, teacher trainer, the Benemérita Escuela Nacional de Maestros, Mexico Concurrent sessions 3The session addressed key action areas in view of advancing the role and building the capacities of teachers to deliver ESD, GCED and education for health and well-being. Session 3.1 – Teacher preparednessModerator: Dr Jim Taylor, Research Associate, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSpeakers:Dr Dy Samsideth, Deputy Director General for Education, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, CambodiaDr Mieke van Ingelghem, Lecturer, UC Leuven Limburg Teacher Education (UNESCO Associated Schools Network member), Belgium Session 3.2 – Teaching and learning resources and materialsModerator: Ms Yumiko Yokozeki, Director, UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA)Speakers:Mr Dennis Sinyolo, Director, Education International’s African Regional OfficeMs Mary Sichangi, Head of Department, Partnerships & Linkages, Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA)Mr Temechegn Engida, Program Officer, UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA) Session 3.3 – School and community supportModerator: Mr Carlos Vargas, Chief of Section of Teacher Development, UNESCOMr Carlos Enrique Rodoriguez Rivas, Head, National Teacher Training Institute, Ministry of Education, El SalvadorDr James Williams, Professor, School of Education and Human Development at George Washington University, USAMr Kiichi Oyasu, Director, Education Cooperation Department of Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU), Japan Links to Strand 1 / Strand 2 & Special Session / Strand 4 
5th UNESCO Forum on Transformative Education for Sustainable Development, Global Citizenship, Health and Well-being (Strand 4) Year of publication: 2021 Author: Alexander Leicht | Nilantha Gunasekara | Aaron Benavot | Umair Mushtaq | Elena Diryugina | Libby Giles | Mónika Réti | Le Anh Vinh Corporate author: 유네스코 | 유네스코 아시아태평양 국제이해교육원 Strand 4 – What does progress in transformative education look like – conclusions and next steps Plenary session 4The Strand assessed how to best capture progress including possible benchmarks and success indicators in addressing different aspects of transformative education and discussed the way forward.Moderator: Ms Vibeke Jensen, Director, Division of Peace and Sustainable Development, UNESCOPresentation of the key ideas for recommendation:Mr Alexander Leicht, Chief of Section of Education for Sustainable Development, UNESCODiscussants:Mr Nilantha Gunasekara, Deputy Director, School Health and Nutrition Branch, Ministry of Education, Sri LankaMs Chandrika Bahadur, Director, SDG AcademyMs Katarina Popovic, Professor, Department of Andragogy, University of Belgrade, Serbia & Secretary General, the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE)Mr Hyun Mook Lim, Director, APCEIUMr Aaron Benavot, Professor, University of Albany, USA Concurrent sessions 4In the concurrent sessions, concrete policy recommendations on advancing transformative education and creating enabling conditions were formulated by policymakers, practitioners and monitoring experts. Session 4.1 – Policy makersModerator: Mr Sam Loni, Programme Director, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, USASpeakers:Ms Catherine Matara, Assistant Director of Education, Ministry of Education, KenyaMs Sandra Allison Soria Mendoza, Head of the Environmental Education Unit and Environmental Education Specialist, Ministry of Education of PeruMs Saher Baig, Representative, Youth4Climate Session 4.2 – PractitionersModerator: Ms Monica Froehler, CEO, Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global CitizensSpeakers:Mr Umair Mushtaq, Project Manager, The Little Art, PakistanMs Elena Diryugina, Head of methodology and evaluation department, Investment to the Future, Russian FederationMs Libby Giles, Head of Global Citizenship, St Cuthbert’s College, Director, New Zealand Centre for Global Studies, New Zealand Session 4.3 – Monitoring experts on measurement frameworks, M&E, and dataModerator: Mr Ralph Carstens, Senior Research Advisor, International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)Speakers:Ms Mónika Réti, Representative of Hungary, UNECE working group on monitoring of the ESD strategyMr Le Anh Vinh, Deputy Director General, Viet Nam Institute of Educational Sciences (VNIES)Mr Hilaire Hounkpodoté, Coordinator of the Programme for the Analysis of Education Systems (PASEC), CONFEMENMr Guy-Roger Kaba, Coordinator of the Observatory on the Quality of Education, CONFEMEN Links to Strand 1 / Strand 2 & Special Session / Strand 3