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Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2025: Engaging Communities to Close the Evidence Gap Year of publication: 2025 Corporate author: UN.ESCAP The SDG progress report 2025 presents the latest data and insights on progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Asia-Pacific region. While celebrating regional achievements, it also highlights persistent challenges—such as climate change, natural disasters, and critical data gaps—that risk leaving marginalized communities behind. By showcasing innovative community-level partnerships, the report explores how local efforts can help bridge the evidence gap, ensuring that progress toward the SDGs is inclusive and leaves no one behind. 
Citizenship and Culture of Peace in Educational Reform Year of publication: 2005 Author: Raúl Zepeda López, María del Rosario Toj, Edgar Florencio Montúfar Corporate author: UNESCO The concern raised by the themes and contents of civic education and the culture of peace in childhood and youth are issues that are felt in various academic sectors, in social organizations and educational authorities that sometimes translate into articles in the media, where, among other things, one speaks of "the loss of values", generally having as reference to the young generations and making invisible that this loss is mainly present in the adult generations, which are responsible for this situation. These concerns, in spite of that conscious ambiguity, are not gratuitous. They can be a starting point to become aware of the need to develop new capacities and values, the absence of which young Latin Americans identify in their political and social leaders, as has been pointed out in cited studies, carried out by UNICEF for Latin America and for Beatriz de Cazali for Guatemala. The need to respond to this concern is also present in the participants in the dialogues and municipal consensus (2000), as well as among authorities and curriculum developers of MINEDUC in the last five-years. 
Learning to live together: an intercultural and interfaith programme for ethics education Year of publication: 2008 Corporate author: Interfaith Council on Ethics Education for Children | Arigatou Foundation (Switzerland) Learning to Live Together has been developed for use in different religious and secular contexts as a resource for everyone concerned with promoting ethics and values. The objective has been to develop a resource that is relevant on a global level and yet flexible enough to be interpreted within different cultural and social contexts. The resource has been tested in many different regions and cultural contexts to assure that it is relevant in regional and local contexts (see ‘We did it like this’, p.187).Test workshops have been held in 10 different countries, where the GNRC was able to bring together various religious and secular organisations working with children. During the test workshops, this resource manual was used to the benefit of more than 300 children and youth, representing African Traditional Religions, Bahá’í Faith, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, members of Brahma Kumaris and a number of people of secular thinking. Test workshops as well as input and comments from experts in the area of education, ethics, spirituality, intercultural and interfaith learning and child rights have contributed important experiences and opportunities for learning for the development of this resource. Learning to Live Together is already having an impact. In a GNRC programme in Israel, the resource material was used during a six-day journey made by a group of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim youth to the historical sites of Israel and Palestine, all of which have symbolic relevance to the conflict in their region. At each stop, youth participants discussed their values and their differing perceptions of their shared history.Learning to Live Together is an adaptable resource that can be used with children from many different cultural, religious and social contexts to nurture common values and a mutual respect for different backgrounds and traditions. The resource provides space for enhancing children’s innate potential for spirituality and hope for a better world, as a contribution to changing the situation for children worldwide. The Users Guide provides all necessary information for its use. UNESCO and UNICEF have been closely involved in developing Learning to Live Together and have endorsed the material as an important contribution to a quality education, which takes a multicultural and multi-religious society into consideration. UNESCO’s Guidelines for Intercultural Education underpin the philosophy and the approach of the resource: “Religious education can be described as learning about one’s own religion or spiritual practices, or learning about other religions or beliefs. Interfaith education, in contrast, aims to actively shape the relations between people from different religions”. 
Global citizenship education: an emerging perspective Year of publication: 2014 Corporate author: UNESCO This document draws on inputs to, and common perspectives emerging from, a Technical Consultation on Global Citizenship Education organized by UNESCO and the Republic of Korea (i.e., the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and of Education, and the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding) in Seoul on 9-10 September 2013 . Informing this draft document are: a) responses from the expert participants to a questionnaire circulated by UNESCO in advance of the consultation; b) presentations from experts during the consultation; c) discussions during the consultation; and d) reference material contributing to, and prepared for, the consultation. The final draft of this document was prepared by UNESCO’s Division of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development at Headquarters in Paris, with the assistance of a drafting team. 
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. 
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 
Education for international understanding: toward a culture of peace (SangSaeng vol1. autumn 2001) Year of publication: 2001 Author: Swee-Hin Toh Corporate author: APCEIU Over the past several decades of political, economic, social and cultural changes and developments throughout the world, the idea of education for international understanding (EIU) has evolved through the work of innumerable educators, researchers, institutions and organizations. Initially, the focus in school and tertiary programs tended to emphasize the need to increase the level of knowledge about other nations, societies and cultures as a key means to promote better, more “peaceful” international (economic and political) and intercultural relations. Especially in universities of the “North,” area studies of different regions and countries expanded and found their way into school-based curricula. In part, EIU was deemed important and helpful in the development of human resources needed to implement foreign aid programs. It was also a response to the increased internationalization of campuses due to the growing numbers of foreign/overseas students. By the 60s, however, a variety of social and political forces and movements were beginning to impact on this earlier focus of EIU. First, it was no longer viewed only in terms of understanding the relations between “nations” or “societies” across political and economic boundaries. EIU would need also to look closely at local and internal issues, and at problems of one’s own society that might significantly influence the direction and nature of international relations. Furthermore, conceptual perspectives on EIU began to reflect a spectrum of frameworks of understanding and analysis, from “conservative” and “liberal” to more “critical” paradigms. Underpinning the critical approaches was a questioning of the power inequities characterizing the international order of nation-states, and the need to overcome such gaps if the original vision of “world peace” was to be fulfilled. Third, the evolving theory and practice of EIU took on a host of societal, international and increasingly global issues deemed urgent at all levels of life. 
Living in a new world starts with education (SangSaeng no. 37 summer autumn 2013) Year of publication: 2013 Author: Hans van Ginkel 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 
Developing global citizens with a global perspective (SangSaeng no. 37 summer autumn 2013) Year of publication: 2013 Author: Misato Yamaguchi 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