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Global youth advocacy workshop on GCED: final report Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: APCEIU The United Nations Secretary-General's Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) recognizes Global Citizenship Education (GCED) as one of its three priorities. UNSG GEFI has generated momentum for GCED which has since been in the target of the education goal in the Muscat Agreement 2014 and in the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Open Working Group. The proposed SDGs will provide the basis for further intergovernmental negotiations on the post 2014 development agenda.In support of UNSG GEFI, UNESCO held its Second Global Forum on Global Citizenship Education on Building Peaceful and Sustainable Societies: Preparing for Post-2015 from 28 to 30 January 2015 in Paris, France. The forum aimed to identify GCED related inputs to the emerging Framework for Action on Education for the post 2015 development agenda, as well as key dimensions of GCED in relation to peace. Furthermore, it had a concurrent session dedicated to youth on Driving the GCED Agenda Forward: Acting with and for Young People to assemble the perspectives, ideas, and priorities of youth on GCED. Against this background, the Global Youth Advocacy Workshop on GCED, co-organized by GEFI, the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) and UNESCO's Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) aimed to build the capacity of dynamic youth leaders from countries around the world to advocate for GCED. The participants of the workshop were selected on the basis of their previous experiences, present engagement, and future commitment in educating youth at the local and national levels. The objectives of the workshop were: 1. To build a common understanding of GCED and its key priority areas by building on the dialogue initiated at the Paris GCED Forum.2. To allow the participating youth leaders to elaborate an advocacy strategy suitable for implementation at the local and national levels to advance the GCED agenda beyond 2015.3. To establish a wider network of youth advocates on GCED to advance the agenda globally. 
Global Citizenship Education and Youth Advocacy for a More Peaceful and Sustainable World: A Resource Manual Year of publication: 2020 Author: Dylan Wray | Lisa Van Wyk | Rigoberto D. Banta Jr. | Roy Hellenberg | Anna Susarenco | Diego Manrique | Guranda Bursulaia | Noora Elkenawi | Shawgi Ahmed | Tshering Zangmo | Valeriia Moroz Corporate author: APCEIU Since 2016 the Global Citizenship Education (GCED) Youth Network and UNESCO Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding(APCEIU) have been working together to support young people to take action to make their communities and the world a better place.This manual, which is the outcome of a joint initiative by the GCED Youth Network and APCEIU, is intended to provide a useful resource for those who teach GCED, for youth organisations that are engaged in advocacy on themes that relate to global citizenship, and those who are supporting youth advocacy.The manual is organized in three main sections: Section 1 focuses on GCED and the teaching of history as a strategy for building a peaceful world.Section 2 provides step by step practical guidelines and ideas for youth advocacy organisations to help them plan advocacy initiatives.Section 3 includes background information and practical ideas for youth advocacy on a series of themes that are relevant to GCED, including empowerment of vulnerable communities, media literacy and peace building. It also considers the role of GCED, and young people, in global crises, using the example of the COVID-19 pandemic, and provides suggestions to help youth advocacy and other organisations to prepare for and respond to such crises 
Youth Driving Community Education: Testimonies of Empowerment from Asia and the Pacific Year of publication: 2014 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) | Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE) This publication presents a collection of testimonies from young women and men from vulnerable backgrounds who have transformed their lives through community education and development activities. Their testimonies describe the challenges they faced in pursuing an education, how they benefited from community education programmes, and the active roles they now play in community education and development.The publication will meet its objectives if it inspires young people and their partners to take action to:> Improve educational and learning environments for young men and women;> Improve the participation of young women in community building and democratic processes; and> Engage young men and women as active citizens working towards peace, democracy and sustainable development. 
Because youth perspectives matter: UNESCO toolbox for youth policy and programming Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO <Short summary>Placing trust in youth voicesYoung people fear for their future. Pandemics, conflict, climate change, inequality – these are the issues defining their reality.Yet their potential to provide solutions to the multiple crises is not realized. From low representation and tokenistic approaches, to institutional obstacles to participation and limited civic spaces, young people are disconnected from influencing decisions and actions that affect their lives. They need real opportunities to participate in decision-making and contribute to practical solutions.Policy-makers, public officials and practitioners – as well as development sector and civil society actors – can and should create such opportunities for youth. This Toolbox is a comprehensive go-to resource to make that possible. It is intended to support these stakeholders in designing and implementing effective policies and programmes to address the multidimensional needs of youth at national and local levels.It consists of:• A guide for participatory youth policy design;• Intergenerational dialogue tools on holistic youth development and youth civic engagement; and• A training tool on meaningful youth engagement. Together, we can prove that youth perspectives matter. 
Including Education in the Pact for the Future: An SDG 4 Youth & Student Network Contribution Year of publication: 2024 Author: Laeek Siddiqui | Juliette Gudknecht | Daniela Moreno Farfán | Azkha Mikdhar Corporate author: SDG 4 Youth & Student Network | UNESCO Inclusion is the promise towards a fair and equitable education for all. It is critical to ensuring that every youth and student succeeds. Highlighted by UNESCO in the 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report, striving towards inclusive education is non-negotiable, as education is a human right. With the current challenges of our world highlighted in the 2030 Agenda, specifically in the areas of poverty, armed conflict and digital transformation, inclusion must be an essential imperative in all policies. The Summit of the Future (SOTF) convenes on the 22 to 23 of September at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, United States. One of its outcomes, if inter-governmentally agreed-upon, would be the Pact for the Future. The Pact is action-oriented, including a chapeau followed by 5 chapters: 1) sustainable development and financing for development; 2) international peace and security; 3) science, technology and innovation and digital cooperation; 4) youth and future generations; and 5) transforming global governance. Along with the Pact are two annexures: the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations. This document introduces the advocacy of the SDG 4 Youth & Student Network – a network hosted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as the Global Education Cooperation Mechanisms Inter-Agency Secretariat – for inclusive and equitable education at the SOTF, to uphold peace, sustainable development, youth and future generations. It is essential to #IncludeEducation in the Pact and the outcomes of the SOTF for our #InclusiveFuture, to ensure that no one is left behind. It brings attention to how education is essential to global cooperation and empowering future generations, calling upon you to join us in supporting inclusive education systems, with the Global Education Meeting convened by UNESCO side by side with the G20 meeting on 31 October and 1 November 2024 in Fortaleza, Brazil. 
Youth Report 2024: Technology in Education; A Tool on Our Terms! Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO | Global Education Monitoring Report Team | Restless Development The 2024 Youth Report on technology in education is the result of an extensive consultation process in partnership with Restless Development involving +1500 youth and students across 8 regions. The consultations invited participants to reflect on the key challenges and opportunities for the use of technology in education in their regions through the lenses of the recommendations in the global 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report on technology in education: Technology on our terms. The discussions centred on the need for the use of technology in education to be appropriate for national and local contexts and to be equitable and leave no one behind. The report calls for decisions about technology in education to keep learners at the centre when deciding whether the use of technology in education would be appropriate, equitable, evidence-based, and sustainable. Through this report, young people have described what technology on their terms would look like. It concludes with a call to action calling which highlights concrete recommendations that governments can follow to ensure that technology in education is on youth terms.