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Enseigner le respect pour tous: activité 2: cartographie des matériels et pratiques existants, en coopération avec les universités et les centres de recherche, rapport final Year of publication: 2013 Author: Peter G. Kirchschlaeger | Stefanie Rinaldi | Franziska Brugger | Tanja Mitrovic Corporate author: University of Teacher Education (Switzerland). Centre of Human Rights Education The constant rise of racism, xenophobia and intolerance despite the renewed commitments made by the international community is giving the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) a reason to consider education as key to strengthen the foundations of tolerance, reducing discrimination and violence and learning to live together. It is required to cultivate respect for all people regardless of colour, gender, descent or national, ethnic or religious identity. The project “teaching respect for all” aims at reducing intolerance, violence and discrimination trough education. The project is founded on the universal values and common core principles promoted by UNESCO, even though UNESCO is aware, that the countries differ from one another in dealing with issues related to anti-racism and tolerance in education according to each country’s history and culture. 
Contributions of Early Childhood Development Programming to Sustainable Peace and Development Year of publication: 2018 Author: Chelsea K. Donaldson | Friedrich W. Affolter | Liliana Angelica Ponguta | Rima Salah | Pia R. Britto | James Leckman | Paul Connolly | Siobhan Fitzpatrick | Pauline Walmsley By intervening early and engaging with children’s families, ECD services offer a unique opportunity to make a cost-effective and sustainable impact on interrupting cycles of poverty and violence. Given that efforts towards sustainable peace must encompass all sectors and address all societal levels, there is a crucial need for implementing “multi-level ECD services” that center on the whole child and engage his or her surrounding ecological context. These comprehensive ECD services can not only improve child development outcomes, but also strengthen competencies in caregivers, address stressors and conflict drivers in the community and build institutional capacities to reduce structural violence. The purpose of this background paper is to merge insights from both micro and macro-level perspectives to demonstrate how ECD services can be leveraged to sustainable peace and development. While peacebuilding experts have traditionally focused on macro-level strategies such as government reform or economic rehabilitation interventions, ECD practitioners have focused primarily on micro-level interventions of individual children and families without much exploration of how ECD services can be leveraged to mitigate risks of conflict and transform relationships across communities and regions. 
Youth and the Field of Countering Violent Extremism Year of publication: 2018 Author: Marc Sommers Most youth are peaceful. Even if the field known as “countering violent extremism” (CVE) did not exist, most young people still would not join a violent extremist organization (VEO). At the same time, the overwhelming majority of people who become violent extremists are youth — most of whom are male. The challenge at the center of CVE is thus an unusual one: identifying the fraction of youth populations most likely to enter a VEO and thwarting that option. This paper investigates that challenge, with analysis featuring interviews with 21 experts and over 400 publications on violent extremism, CVE, and youth. Two correlations inform this work: the direct relationship between nations with “youth bulge” populations and state repression, and the connection between state repression and increased violent extremism, with repressive states usually targeting male youth. 
School-related violence and bullying on the basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) - Synthesis Report on China, the Philippines, Thailand and VietNam Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok School related violence and bullying is a problem in all countries. UNESCO is committed to ensuring that all children and young people have access to safe, inclusive, health-promoting learning environments as part of its strategy on education for health and well-being. This synthesis report on school related violence and bullying on the basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE), covering China, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam, was developed to broaden awareness and understanding about this issue, while also identifying best practices and policies. It also aims to mobilize support for advocacy among educators, research institutions, policy makers and activists at the national and regional levels. 
Global Partnership for Education Results Report 2018 Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Global Partnership for Education (GPE) The GPE Results Report 2018 shows progress against agreed-upon targets and identifies critical gaps that need to be addressed. 
Artificial intelligence in education: challenges and opportunities for sustainable development Year of publication: 2019 Author: Pedró, Francesc | Subosa, Miguel | Rivas, Axel | Valverde, Paula Artificial Intelligence is a booming technological domain capable of altering every aspect of our social interactions. Ineducation, AI has begun producing new teaching and learning solutions that are now undergoing testing in differentcontexts. This working paper, written for education policymakers, anticipates the extent to which AI affects the education sector to allow for informed and appropriate policy responses. This paper gathers examples of the introduction of AI in education worldwide, particularly in developing countries, discussions in the context of the 2019 Mobile Learning Week and beyond, as part of the multiple ways to accomplish Sustainable Development Goal 4, which strives for equitable, quality education for all. First, this paper analyses how AI can be used to improve learning outcomes, presenting examples of how AI technology can help education systems use data to improve educational equity and quality in the developing world. Next, thepaper explores the different means by which governments and educational institutions are rethinking and reworking educational programmes to prepare learners for the increasing presence of AI in all aspects of human activity. Thepaper then addresses the challenges and policy implications that should be part of the global and local conversations regarding the possibilities and risks of introducing AI in education and preparing students for an AI-powered context. Finally, this paper reflects on future directions for AI in education, ending with an open invitation to create new discussions around the uses, possibilities and risks of AI in education for sustainable development. 
Bridge Zambia Project Report Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Korean National Commission for UNESCO | Zambia National Commission for UNESCO The Bridge Zambia Project (the Project) has been implemented jointly between the Korean National Commission for UNESCO (KNCU) and its partners in Zambia since October 2010. In March 2019, KNCU’s involvement in the Project will come to an end and Zambia will take over full responsibility for the Project as it goes forward. The Project has supported grassroots activities through the establishment of a Community Learning Centre (CLC), which acts as a hub of community-led development activities in non-formal education. The Project has mobilized and empowered communities and local leadership to take charge of non-formal education programmes with the aim of assisting Zambia to attain UNESCO’s Education for All goals and UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4), concerning education quality. 
A Review of education for sustainable development policies from a cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue perspective: identifying opportunities for future action Year of publication: 2009 Author: Daniella Tilbury | I. Mulà Corporate author: UNESCO This review highlights the striking absence of culture in ESD, a gap also acknowledged by participants at the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development held in Bonn, Germany, from 31 March to 2 April 2009. The final declaration emphasizes that ESD is about 'creative and critical approaches, long-term thinking, innovation and empowerment for dealing with uncertainty', and for solving complex problems, highlighting in particular the interdependence of environment, economy, society, and cultural diversity from local to global levels. The review and its methodology provide an instructive example of ways to articulate the linkages between cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and ESD, required for a sustainable future. Un examen de l'éducation pour les politiques de développement durable à partir d'une diversité culturelle et de la perspective d'un dialogue interculturel: l'identification des possibilités d'action future Year of publication: 2009 Author: Daniella Tilbury | I. Mulà Corporate author: UNESCO Cet avis met en évidence l'absence frappante de la culture dans l'EDD, un écart aussi reconnu par les participants auconférencemondial de l'UNESCO sur l'éducation pour le développement durable tenu à Bonn, en Allemagne, du 31 Mars au 2 Avril 2009. La déclaration finale souligne que l'EDD est sur ' approches créatives et critiques, la pensée à long terme, l'innovation et l'autonomisation pour faire face à l'incertitude », et pour résoudre des problèmes complexes, en soulignant en particulier l'interdépendance de l'environnement, l'économie, la société et la diversité culturelle du niveau local au niveau mondial. L'examen et sa méthodologie fournissent un exemple instructif de façons d'articuler les liens entre la diversité culturelle, le dialogue interculturel et EDD, nécessaire pour un avenir durable. 
Education for intercultural understanding Year of publication: 2010 Author: Joy de Leo Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok The theme of intercultural understanding and respect for cultural diversity falls within the social dimension of peace, equality and human rights, underpinned by the cultural context, within and through which learning occurs, and which forms the basis for inter-linkages between the various sustainability dimensions (i.e., socio-political, environmental and economic). Within the International Implementation Scheme, the value of respect is seen as central to all aspects of sustainable development: respect for self, for others and for all life on earth.