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Lessons Learned for Peace Year of publication: 2019 This resource is part of a collection of resources compiled by UNICEF’s 2012-2016 Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy Programme (PBEA), known as Learning for Peace, which was funded by the Government of the Netherlands. The purpose of Lessons Learned for Peace is to share UNICEF’s experience in conducting conflict analyses as a prerequisite for social services programming in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. As part of UNICEF’s Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy programme, supported by the Government of the Netherlands from 2012-2016, UNICEF commissioned conflict analyses in 14 countries that informed education and other social services interventions at the system, institutional, community and individual levels. The challenges, opportunities and lessons-learned of conflict analysis research in fragile and post-conflict contexts are illustrated and discussed. 
Peace Education: A Pathway to a Culture of Peace; Third Edition Year of publication: 2019 Author: Loreta Navarro-Castro | Jasmin Nario-Galace Corporate author: Miriam College. Center for Peace Education This book is based on author's study and research as well as on experiences as teachers and trainers. By writing about what the authors have come to know and experienced. It is their hope that the ideas contained in this book will circulate widely and promote enthusiasm for both education and action for peace.This book is organized into three sections. Part I aims to develop a holistic understanding of peace and peace education; Part II discusses key peace education themes; Part III focuses on the peaceable learning environment. A "vision for the future" is presented in conclusion. 
Education for Social Peace Year of publication: 2018 Author: Idris Sultan Saleh Corporate author: Morocco. Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs The author reviews the concept of social peace and its importance for individuals and societies. Then he goes on to refer to Islamic religion and its framing of societies with social peace. The article concludes with a discussion of education in the light of social peace. 
Programs of Peace Education in Pre-University Education on the Light of Some Countries’ Experiences and the Extent of Benefit in Egypt Year of publication: 2014 Author: Amel Ahmed Hassan Mohamed Corporate author: Association of Arab Educators Education for peace has got an international, regional and local interests, in particular, today's world desperately needs more than ever before to face the problems afflicting the human race, and the conflict expected to increase in the coming years. This situation confirms the importance of achieving peace in all dimensions with oneself, family, society, and the environment.This study aimed to investigate the experiences of some countries in the field of education for peace and to draw some benefits from them. For achieving this aim, the study followed the Descriptive-Analytic Approach because of its appropriateness to the nature of the study. The sample of study dealt with three experiments in the field of education for peace in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Sierra Leone, which were chosen after passing through a relatively long period of conflicts and disputes. By analyzing the three experiments, the similarities and differences among countries were reviewed in terms of, period and nature of conflict, foundations, objectives and content of the programs, teacher training. The study achieved some benefits through reviewing literature and analyzing the three experiences. The suggestions of the study were classified under some themes, including: foundations of peace education, its objectives, contents, and teacher training. 
Education, Identity and Rising Extremism: From Preventing Violent Extremism to Promoting Peace, Resilience, Equal Rights and Pluralism (PREP) Year of publication: 2017 Author: Sanam Anderlini Corporate author: International Civil Society Action Network In November 2016, during ICAN’s fifth annual Women, Peace and Security forum, members of the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL) and other women-led organizations in over 30 countries analyzed the role of formal and informal education in contributing to enabling conditions and mitigating extremist violence. They also highlighted their own practical experiences and lessons learnt in providing education to prevent violent extremism by fostering peace, resilience, equal rights and pluralism (PREP) in formal and informal spaces, including through the teachings of alternative religious narratives. Their experiences, combined with desk research on the state of current policy and practice, and the first multi-stakeholder Global Solutions Exchange (GSX) meeting on the nexus of education, gender and extremism held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris in March 2017, inform the findings of this report. 
Learning to Live Together Sustainably: Addressing the Challenge of UN Sustainable Development Goal Target 4.7 Year of publication: 2019 Author: Margaret Sinclair | Jean Bernard Corporate author: Protect Education in Conflict and Insecurity (PEIC) | Spectacle Learning Media The practical advice and guidelines in this book help support learning to live together, conflict transformation and peace at the individual, group and community levels. The framework for developing widely accessible, high quality learning materials supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals and is relevant to formal and non-formal education activities and projects. This document also raises important issues about the professional responsibilities of policy-makers at global and national level, who determine what content is addressed in the classroom. In particular, it addresses the need for education materials that support cross-cutting issues such as learning to live together, global citizenship education, and education for sustainable development. 
To live together: shaping new attitudes to peace through education Year of publication: 1997 Author: Daniel S. Halpérin Corporate author: UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) The ‘To live together’ initiative was born at a meeting in February 1996 with Professor Emeritus Antoine Cuendet, a pediatric surgeon, former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Geneva University, and chairman of the Geneva Foundation to Protect Health in War (hereafter the Geneva Foundation). His foundation was in a process of trying to better define its scope of action within the large theme of ‘health and war’, and to identify areas of research that would deserve priority support. We agreed that, at a time when politicians had entered an era of peacemaking in the Middle-East, the situation might be suitable for Palestinians and Israelis to venture into joint research projects. In particular, a potentially fruitful project could be to examine the effects of long term, protracted conflicts-such as the Israeli-Palestinian one-on the mental and social health of children. Little was known about how much of their anxiety, psychosomatic complaints, agressivity, behavioural disorders or school failures may be linked with direct or indirect consequences of the conflict. What were the interventions or instruments that may counterbalance, or even correct such problems? Was there any kind of an educational programme, for instance, that might be demonstrated to be efficacious in counteracting those putative effects of the conflict; and that might prove of value in actually accelerating the healing of the traumatisms, while simultaneously strengthening the construction of peace? Asia-Pacific guidelines for the development of national ESD indicators Year of publication: 2007 Author: Daniella Tilbury | Sonja Janousek | Derek Elias | Joel Bacha Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok UNESCO Bangkok, with assistance from the Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) in conjunction with Macquarie University in Australia, implemented a project to assist with the important task of monitoring and assessing progress during the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD). This process has been funded by the generous contribution of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology under the Japanese Funds-In-Trust for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The DESD provides an important opportunity to enhance the profile of ESD in both formal and informal learning spaces which in turn assists UNESCO Member States with the transformation into sustainable societies. Efforts to promote and integrate ESD at all levels will be key to advancing the reach of the Decade.Responding to the DESD International Implementation Scheme’s (IIS) recommendation to develop indicators (see Appendix 1), the Asia-Pacific DESD Indicators Project commenced in March 2006. The first stage of the project has resulted in the publication of this Guidelines document which assists UNESCO Member States in the Asia-Pacific region with the development of ESD indicators and monitoring systems at the national level.The document is intended to provide an important practical resource for UNESCO National Commissions, in addition to other stakeholders, in the area of ESD indicator development. By outlining how to develop national ESD indicators, the Guidelines offers an effective way of building knowledge and increasing ownership of the Decade among stakeholders. Rather than deliver a pre-packaged set of ESD indicators, this document provides countries with a foundation for developing indicators that are relevant to their national contexts.The objectives of the Guidelines are:• To assist with understanding the nature of ESD indicators and the different approaches for their use;• To identify the different types of ESD indicators and what they may reveal about progress;• To identify important sources, methods and planning tools for both data collection and reporting;• To encourage UNESCO Member States in the Asia-Pacific region to work collaboratively, share experiences and learn about meaningful monitoring and assessment during and beyond the DESD; and• To build national capacity to develop ESD indicators and ESD data collection mechanisms at the national level Opening new windows to sow peace: building citizenship Year of publication: 2015 Author: Tatiana Zuluaga Zapata | Carlos Humberto Vélez Ocampo | Laura Juliana Pachón Rodríguez | María Julieta Ortiz Fernández Corporate author: Bogotá. Secretaría de Educación del Distrito (SED) This document aims to help students come with innovative ideas to generate transformations for peace and citizenship in Colombia. It is aimed at creating a conscious mobilization every April 9, during the commemoration of the victims and the missing in Colombia, and has the intention of motivating citizens to fill the streets with joy, raise their voices and commit to peace. 
The Role of Education in Countering Violent Extremism Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation and Hedayah On 18 and 19 September 2013, the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation (CGCC) and Hedayah co-hosted in New York City an expert roundtable on “The Role of Education in Countering Violent Extremism.” The meeting brought together a group of policy-makers, researchers and practitioners to discuss challenges and best practices related to efforts to counter violent extremism through education.