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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. 
التعليم كوسيلة للتعافي: معالجة صدمة النزوح من خلال التعلم الاجتماعي والعاطفي Year of publication: 2019 وتتناول هذه الوثيقة أنشطة التعليم النظامي وغير النظامي، ولا سيما الأنشطة التي تركز على التعلم الاجتماعي والعاطفي، كنهج واعد لتوفير الدعم النفسي والاجتماعي للمهاجرين واللاجئين في مواجهة الآثار السلبية للصدمات التي تعرضوا لها. وتغطي الوثيقة سياقات الطوارئ والأوضاع المجتمعية التي تقود فينهاية المطاف إلى استقرار أطفال المهاجرين واللاجئين. كما تغطي الدراسة مسألة توفير التعليم وبيئة التعلم؛ ومحتوى التعليم والتعلم لكل من الأطفال وأولياء أمورهم؛ والدور الذي يمكن أن يقوم به المعلمون وغيرهم من المهنيين . Education as healing: addressing the trauma of displacement through social and emotional learning Year of publication: 2019 The conditions under which migrants and refugees have to leave their homes and homelands can be traumatic in the extreme. Whether they have crossed the Mediterranean in an overcrowded and unsafe boat, been barricaded in a Syrian basement for protection from shelling, or been chased away from a burning village in Myanmar, the events of their departures and their journeys can leave scars on those affected – and none more than on children who have witnessed and experienced death, loss, violence, separation from family and prolonged insecurity. Even those fortunate enough to find a sanctuary often face further hardship or discrimination in their host communities that can exacerbate their vulnerability. 
Concept note for the 2020 Global education monitoring report on inclusion Year of publication: 2018 In line with its mandate, the 2020 GEM Report will assess progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) on education and its ten targets, as well as other related education targets in the SDG agenda.Echoing the overall orientation in the SDGs to “leave no one behind”, this year's Report will also take an in-depth look at inclusion and education. Inclusion is central in the formulation of SDG 4 but is also taken up in other targets in the goal, notably targets 4.5 on gender equality and 4.a on learning environments. Responding to this emphasis, the 2020 GEM Report will analyse policies the world over and present evidence on the different elements of education systems that can support inclusion, such as laws and policies, governance and finance, curricular and learning materials, teachers, school infrastructure, school selection and parental and community views.The Report will focus on the barriers faced by all learners, especially those with overlapping characteristics that make them particularly vulnerable to exclusion. It will also take an in-depth look at people with disabilities, a group whose particular challenges gave rise to the inclusion debate. The Report will look at a range of indicators measuring inclusion in education using both quantitative and qualitative data. The analysis will be based on geographically balanced evidence, and will pay special attention to contexts where disadvantaged children might be particularly at risk of exclusion from education, such as in situations of conflict. 
EIU Best Practices Series No. 49: GCED for Social Justice and Development; A Case from Uganda Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: APCEIU Creating a peaceful, trusting and supportive learning environment is a strong driver for a nation’s sustainable development. Any society whose citizens have no cognitive, socio-emotional and behavioral values like respect for self and humanity, is doomed for chaos. The concepts of Education for International Understanding(EIU) and Global Citizenship Education(GCED) in this programme emerge from the need for harmonious living in the society. Sustainable human and economic development is built upon the successful dissemination and implementation of EIU/GCED practices. To understand this better, let’s use the analogy of a bird that gains its momentum to fly from its feet, lungs and wings.The contributor uses this analogy to illustrate that EIU/GCED is the foundation that exerts momentum for social development.The contributor saw it necessary that for any sustainable development to flourish in Ugandan society, pragmatic values have to be perfectly blended with public awareness for they serve as the foundation of all economic, social, cultural and political efforts. The national value system should be based on a strong foundation on which all national efforts are rooted. The social aspirations of the citizens should be the ones that propel development needs and national priorities.To effect sustainable development, we need to see schools as strategic intervention points. Recent times have, however, witnessed that the level of discipline and value inculcation gradually declined to near extinction. The distortion of the social setting that inculcated the ethical values in the young generation has called for a need to remedy the gap. The EIU/GCED is strategically tailored to inculcate Table of Contents moral principles and values in the children through the direct contact and support of the teachers of Early Childhood Development (ECD), both primary and postprimary levels.The Nakaseke Core Primary Teachers’ College (PTC) is mandated to mainstream and promote the social uprightness of the community being a primary stakeholder in the integration of EIU/GCED in the Ugandan Primary Schools (PS) and Primary Teachers Education (PTE) Curriculum. Consequently, the training programmes were designed to enhance the capacity of PTC’s administrators, tutors and support staff, pre-service student teachers, district education officers and primary school teachers to inculcate the EIU/GCED moral values and principles among the learners. Students are then expected to apply EIU/GCED principles to their families and communities, and uphold the values of integrity, honesty, justice, responsibility, respect for humanity, hard work, unity and creativity. 
2018 grant completion report. Afghanistan Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNICEF Afghanistan This is the completion report of GPE’s program in Afghanistan, which ran from 2012 to 2018. Overall, it appears education access and equity has been improved in target districts, and some of these effects promise to persist beyond the program period.Community engagement in schooling has also improved, as well as school performance. Target schools have safer and more conducive learning environments for children, and monitoring of education pathways has also improved.Schools have been reopened, and numbers of female teachers in target areas have grown. Finally, the Ministry of Education and national education sectors have seen advances in institutional capacity, and national aid coordination mechanisms also seem to have improved. 
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. 
Global Partnership for Education Results Report 2018 Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Global Partnership for Education (GPE) The GPE Results Report 2018 shows progress against agreed-upon targets and identifies critical gaps that need to be addressed. 
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. 
Annual Report 2018 : UNESCO INSTITUTE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) UIL’s 2018 Annual Report shows how, last year, our work contributed to fulfilling our mission to support better policy-making and strengthen the capacities of UNESCO Member States in the field of lifelong learning. UIL’s vision is for all children, youth and adults to benefit from quality lifelong learning, within the framework of sustainable development and peace, and we pursue it in the context of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 on quality education and lifelong learning. Its publications are a valuable resource for education researchers, planners, policy-makers and practitioners.