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UNESCO Arab Regional Education Support Strategy: 2016-2021 Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO Beirut Covering the period of 2016-2021, this strategy document aims to provide tangible support for each Member State in the Arab Region, taking into account national needs and priorities and thus employing nationally relevant approaches based on the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. 
Reimagining Life Skills and Citizenship Education in the Middle East and North Africa: A Four-Dimensional and Systems Approach to 21st Century Skills; Conceptual and Programmatic Framework Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNICEF Middle East and North Africa The MENA Life Skills and Citizenship Education (LSCE) Initiative represents a country and regional collaborative endeavour towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. It seeks to reformulate traditional understandings of life skills and citizenship education in the region, while recalling fundamental questions about the purpose and role of education in societal development that are relevant to the current context.The LSCE Initiative focuses on three inter-locking challenges:An elusive knowledge society, as a result of poor quality of education, low levels of learning outcomes, and limited equity and inclusion.Declining economic growth, as a result of a lack of employability skills, high youth unemployment rates, gender disparities in accessing the labour market, lack of job creation, and a weak business environment.Weak social cohesion, as a result of mounting violence and radicalization as well as weak civic engagement. 
NISSEM Global Briefs (Volume II): Educating for the Social, the Emotional and the Sustainable; Pedagogy, Practice and Materials Year of publication: 2020 Author: Andy Smart | Margaret Sinclair Corporate author: Networking to Integrate SDG Target 4.7 and SEL skills into Educational Materials (NISSEM) The timeframe for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is tight, and the world also faces the consequences of Covid-19. NISSEM Global Briefs aim to show how SDG Target 4.7 themes and social and emotional learning (SEL) can be embedded in education policies, programs, curricula, materials, and practice, to help make progress towards sustainable development. 
SDG Talk: Mr. Martin Nesirky Year of publication: 2021 Author: Martin Nesirky Corporate author: Sloga Platforma | Bridge 47 SDG Talk with Martin Nesirky, director of UN Information Service Vienna about Sustainable Development Goals, implication od COVID-19 pandemic on education, Global Citizenship Education and more.SDG Talks was prepared in cooperation with the UN Association for Slovenia, as part of the Bridge 47 - Building Global Citizenship project. The project is funded by the European Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, and is implemented by the SLOGA Platform.Content does not reflect positions of the EU or Slovene MFA. 
Raising Citizens' Awareness Through Development Education: Success Stories Collection Year of publication: 2020 Author: Lur Fernandez Salinas Corporate author: PLATFORMA Development Education and Awareness Raising (DEAR) are natural lines of action for local and regional governments active in development cooperation and tie in perfectly with their territorial strategies.Awareness-raising among citizens, through the action of municipalities and regions, remains a core component of the co-responsibility, solidarity, mutual knowledge and mutual understanding needed to mobilise and unite communities.Discover this Success Stories Collection which aims to showcase concrete, impactful and transformative experiences of local and regional governments and their associations actively engaged in DEAR projects and decentralised cooperation strategies. Sensibiliser les citoyens par l’éducation au développement : Exemples de réussites Year of publication: 2020 Author: Lur Fernandez Salinas Corporate author: PLATFORMA Le programme DEAR constitue une ligne d’action tout à fait naturelle pour les collectivités territoriales actives dans la coopération au développement et s’inscrit parfaitement dans leurs stratégies territoriales.La sensibilisation des citoyens, par l’action des municipalités et régions, reste une composante essentielle de la coresponsabilité, de la solidarité, de la connaissance et de la compréhension mutuelles nécessaires pour mobiliser et fédérer les communautés.Le présent recueil d’histoires de réussite vise à montrer les expériences concrètes, percutantes et transformatrices des collectivités territoriales et de leurs associations activement engagées dans des projets DEAR et des stratégies de coopération décentralisé 
Engineering for Sustainable Development: Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO | International Centre for Engineering Education (ICEE) The report highlights the crucial role of engineering in achieving each of the 17 SDGs. It shows how equal opportunities for all is key to ensuring an inclusive and gender balanced profession that can better respond to the shortage of engineers for implementing the SDGs. It provides a snapshot of the engineering innovations that are shaping our world, especially emerging technologies such as big data and AI, which are crucial for addressing the pressing challenges facing humankind and the planet. It analyses the transformation of engineering education and capacity-building at the dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution that will enable engineers to tackle the challenges ahead. It highlights the global effort needed to address the specific regional disparities, while summarizing the trends of engineering across the different regions of the world.By presenting case studies and approaches, as well as possible solutions, the report reveals why engineering is crucial for sustainable development and why the role of engineers is vital in addressing basic human needs such as alleviating poverty, supplying clean water and energy, responding to natural disasters, constructing resilient infrastructure, and bridging the development divide, among many other actions, leaving no one behind.It is hoped that the report will serve as a reference for governments, engineering organizations, academia and educational institutions, and industry to forge global partnerships and catalyse collaboration in engineering so as to deliver on the SDGs. 工程—支持可持续发展 Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO | International Centre for Engineering Education (ICEE) 报告强调了工程在实现17项可持续发展目标中的关键作用。它表明，人人机会均等是确保一个包容性和性别均衡的职业的关键，能够更好地应对实施可持续发展目标的工程师短缺的问题。它提供了塑造我们世界的工程创新的快照，特别是大数据和人工智能等新兴技术，这些技术对于解决人类和地球面临的紧迫挑战至关重要。它分析了第四次工业革命初期工程教育和能力建设的转变，这将使工程师能够应对未来的挑战。它强调了解决具体地区差异所需的全球努力，同时总结了世界不同地区的工程趋势。通过介绍案例研究和方法以及可能的解决办法，报告揭示了为什么工程对可持续发展至关重要，以及为什么工程师的作用对解决人类的基本需求至关重要，例如减轻贫困、提供清洁水和能源、应对自然灾害，在许多其他行动中，建设有弹性的基础设施和弥合发展鸿沟，不让任何人掉队。希望该报告能为各国政府、工程组织、学术界和教育机构以及工业界建立全球伙伴关系和促进工程领域的合作提供参考，以实现可持续发展目标。 
Global Learning in Subject Teaching: Framework and Toolkit Year of publication: 2020 Author: Katarzyna Dzięciołowska | Anna Wojtych Corporate author: Center for Citizenship Education (CCE) | Global Issues, Global Subjects (GIGS) The brochure 'Global Learning in Subject Teaching: Framework and Toolkit' has been developed as a proposal for teachers, educators and educational institutions on how to reach pupils with Global Learning.In its practical part, the brochure provides the reader with a toolkit of 20 ready-to-use lesson plans for subject lessons where the subject curriculum topics are linked with global issues such as migration, climate change and gender equality. 
Libraries and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Storytelling Manual Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) The Libraries and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a storytelling manual is a guide for librarians and library advocates to support you in your advocacy efforts. The Library Map of the World (LMW) team have compiled some tips and useful information to help you write compelling stories about your library activities, projects and programmes, and their impact on communities. Consequently, we would like to share your story about your library’s contribution to the SDGs through the LMW website.International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions’s (IFLA) Library Map of the World (LMW) provides you with a unique digital space to share the story of your library’s activities, projects, and programmes as well as their impact on your community, and how that contributes to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . By sharing your story, you are engaging and empowering libraries all over the world.