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Transforming our world: literacy for sustainable development Year of publication: 2015 Author: Ulrike Hanemann | Cassandra Scarpino Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) This compilation offers global examples of innovative and promising literacy and numeracy programmes that link the teaching and learning of literacy to sustainable development challenges such as health, social equality, economic empowerment and environmental sustainability. This publication is a timely contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which promotes the engagement of stakeholders to ‘ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.’ 
Communities in action: lifelong learning for sustainable Year of publication: 2015 Author: Fumiko Noguchi | Jose Roberto Guevara | Rika Yorozu Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) This handbook identifies principles and policy mechanisms to advance community-based learning for sustainable development based on the commitments endorsed by the participants of the Kominkan-CLC International Conference on Education for Sustainable Development, which was in Okayama City, Japan, in October 2014. To inform policymakers and practitioners new to this field, the handbook clarifies the international vision and goals for sustainable development and Education for Sustainable Development, and identifies the potential contributions of community-based learning centres and organizations. It documents both policy and practice from different regions and concludes with a summary of principles and policy support mechanisms. 
Education for international understanding: a river flowing from the mountains (SangSaeng vol5. autumn 2002) Year of publication: 2002 Author: Swee-Hin Toh Corporate author: APCEIU EIU (Education for International Understanding) is a concept that has diverse sources and tributaries, much like a river that begins in the mountains and flows to the sea or ocean, enriched by innumerable ideas, perspectives and practices along its journey. However, unlike a river in one community or nation, this is a river that flows across the world encompassing the breadth and depth of civilizations, peoples and mother Earth. Although by designation EIU appears to have a “modern genealogy,” it is vital to recognize and to search for its roots in the ancient wisdoms of all civilizations, especially through the values and principles of well-being, dignity and good or virtuous relationships between and among all peoples, communities and societies. EIU has been catalyzed and developed by multiple individuals, organizations, agencies and movements, including educators, researchers, national/multilateral organizations (e.g. UN agencies), NGOs, people’s organizations (POs) and other civil society movements and advocates. EIU is simultaneously practiced in all modes of education (formal, non-formal and informal), but a challenge is to attain synergy across all the modes for optimal outcomes and sustainability. 
Global Citizenship Education infographic Year of publication: 2014 Corporate author: UNESCO In an increasingly interconnected world, global challenges cross national borders and concern us all. With issues like these threatening human and environmental well-being, we need to re-think the role and relevance of education. We need Global Citizenship Education. Global Citizenship Education is transformative. What are the barriers to this kind of education? What needs to change in education? What is UNESCO doing? What can you do? 
Climate Change and Water Governance in Cambodia: Challenge and Perspectives for Water Security and Climate Change in Selected Catchments, Cambodia Year of publication: 2015 Author: Sam Sreymom, Pech Sokhem Corporate author: Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) This book is the major output of a three-year research project titled “Climate Change and Water Governance in Cambodia”, supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada. The book is the result of close collaboration between the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI), a lead institute, and project partners: the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM), Ministry of Environment (MOE), Tonle Sap Authority (TSA), Royal University of Agriculture (RUA), Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) and the Mekong Programme on Water, Environment and Resilience(M-POWER).The project focussed on three river catchments around the Tonle Sap Lake: Stung Chrey Bak in Kompong Chhnang province, Stung Chinit in Kompong Thom province and Stung Pursat in Pursat province. The main research outcomes encompass (1) better understanding among decision makers, researchers and students of the livelihood implications of hydrological and ecosystem changes caused by changes in climate and human systems in the Tonle Sap Basin, and (2) improved methods of integrating local knowledge and scientific empirical evidence into Cambodia’s policy and planning framework. 
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. 
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. 
Migration, displacement and education: building bridges, not walls; Global education monitoring report, youth report, 2019 Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Global Education Monitoring Report Team The Education 2030 Incheon Declaration and Framework for Action specifies that the mandate of the Global Education Monitoring Report is to be ‘the mechanism for monitoring and reporting on SDG 4 and on education in the other SDGs’ with the responsibility to ‘report on the implementation of national and international strategies to help hold all relevant partners to account for their commitments as part of the overall SDG follow-up and review’. It is prepared by an independent team hosted by UNESCO. This is among the most aspirational global commitments of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Migration and displacement are two global challenges the agenda needs to address in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG4: ‘Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all’. 
រ ល ស ត ុ ន ិ ងអភ ិ លក ិ ច ្ច ធន ន: ប ឈម និង រ ើ លព ី សន ្តិស ុ ខទ ឹ ក និង រ ល ស ត ុ ក ្នុង ងស ្ទ ឹ ង ម ួ យចំន ួ ន 'កម ្ពុ, អ ្ន ក+ស, ល សំ - ី ម ុំ និង បិុ ច ស ុ .ម Year of publication: 2015 Author: Sam Sreymom, Pech Sokhem Corporate author: Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) This book is the major output of a three-year research project titled “Climate Change and Water Governance in Cambodia”, supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada. The book is the result of close collaboration between the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI), a lead institute, and project partners: the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM), Ministry of Environment (MOE), Tonle Sap Authority (TSA), Royal University of Agriculture (RUA), Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) and the Mekong Programme on Water, Environment and Resilience(M-POWER).The project focussed on three river catchments around the Tonle Sap Lake: Stung Chrey Bak in Kompong Chhnang province, Stung Chinit in Kompong Thom province and Stung Pursat in Pursat province. The main research outcomes encompass (1) better understanding among decision makers, researchers and students of the livelihood implications of hydrological and ecosystem changes caused by changes in climate and human systems in the Tonle Sap Basin, and (2) improved methods of integrating local knowledge and scientific empirical evidence into Cambodia’s policy and planning framework. 
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.