Resources
Explore a wide range of valuable resources on GCED to deepen your understanding and enhance your research, advocacy, teaching, and learning.
906 Results found
Mind the Gap: The State of Girls’ Education in Crisis and Conflict Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) This report summarizes progress, gaps, challenges and opportunities in improving education and training for girls and women affected by conflict and crisis. The report aims to support the Charlevoix Declaration on Quality Education’s commitment to enhance the evidence base and monitor progress toward gender-equitable education in crises. The report draws from data on 44 crisis-affected countries, from recent research, and from a set of case studies of interventions in a range of crisis-affected contexts. 
UNESCO Science Report: The Race Against Time for Smarter Development Year of publication: 2021 Author: Susan Schneegans | Tiffany Straza | Jake Lewis Corporate author: UNESCO This seventh edition of the report monitors the development path that countries have been following over the past five years from the perspective of science governance. It documents the rapid societal transformation under way, which offers new opportunities for social and economic experimentation but also risks exacerbating social inequalities, unless safeguards are put in place.The report concludes that countries will need to invest more in research and innovation, if they are to succeed in their dual digital and green transition. More than 30 countries have already raised their research spending since 2014, in line with their commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite this progress, eight out of ten countries still devote less than 1% of GDP to research, perpetuating their dependence on foreign technologies. 
Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027: Resetting Education and Training for the Digital Age Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: European Union The Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) outlines the European Commission’s vision for high quality, inclusive and accessible digital education in Europe.It is a call to action for stronger cooperation at European level to learn from the COVID-19 crisis during which technology is being used at a scale never seen before in education and training make education and training systems fit for the digital age 
SANS TABOU, Debate Between Edgar Morin and Régis Debray on "Citizenship" Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: ESSEC Business School Debate "Without Taboo" between Edgar Morin and Régis Debray on the theme of "Citizenship", moderated by Jean-Michel Blanquer, Managing Director of Essec at the Maison de d'Amérique Latine on November 17, 2016 and organized by the chair Edgar Morin on the complexity of Essec directed by Professor Laurent Bibard. 
Integrated Approaches to Literacy and Skills Development: Examples of Best Practice in Adult Learning Programmes Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Since the first coronavirus case was reported to the World Health Organization in December 2019, millions of youth and adults around the globe – especially those with low literacy skills – have faced increased challenges to securing meaningful work and safeguarding their livelihoods. A more integrated approach to youth and adult learning and education, combining basic literacy, vocational and life skills, is needed now more than ever.This publication showcases selected examples of integrated youth and adult learning and education programmes featured in the UNESCO Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database, also known as LitBase. Implemented in various social, cultural and economic contexts around the world, the programmes featured herein reveal not only the transformative potential that enhancing the quality of youth and adult learning and education can have, but also lay bare the hurdles and potential pathways to consider when planning effective integrated programmes.Integrated approaches to literacy and skills development: Examples of Best Practice in Adult Learning Programmes is useful not only for policy-makers, providers and educators who plan to implement integrated adult education programmes but also for those trying to help the most vulnerable groups reach their highest potential. 
Pandemic May Expose Social Protest in Central Asia Year of publication: 2020 Author: Alexey Malashenko Corporate author: Russian International Affairs Council The coronavirus has become a serious test of the strength of the political systems of Central Asian countries. Despite the severe socio-economic impact of the pandemic, stability has been ensured. But in the long run, quarantines and tight restrictions will remind of themselves and expose old problems. Among the most acute are unemployment and the threat of violent extremism. Moreover, both problems are related. 
Radicalization in Central Asia: Have We Managed to Avoid It? Year of publication: 2020 Author: Milan Lazovic Corporate author: Russian International Affairs Council Central Asia is a very multifaceted, multi-ethnic, multi-confessional region, where many cultures, national traditions and ways of life intersect, united by a common factor - religious. The authors of the chapter on the role of religion in Central Asia in the book "Religion, Conflict, and Stability in the Former Soviet Union", prepared by the analytical center "RAND Corporation", touched upon a very important, significant and influential topic on the region. Experts note that, despite the success of Central Asia's attempts to avoid large-scale radicalization, there is a risk of its expansion today. 
Voices Against Violence Year of publication: 2006 Author: Benjamin Bond Corporate author: Save the Children Violence against children has become a crisis that affects every country in the world. In this document, Save the children makes an urgent call to governments to commit themselves to eradicating violence against children. 
Human Rights in Uzbekistan Need Their Own Navruz Year of publication: 2021 Author: Steve Swerdlow Corporate author: Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR) Tashkent's old authoritarian habits hinder positive progress. On the eve of Navruz, human rights lawyer Steve Swerdlov, in an article for CABAR.asia, discusses the need for changes in the legal sphere of Uzbekistan. 
Development of Environmental Education Against the Background of Climate Change in Tajikistan Year of publication: 2021 Author: Khurshed Abdukodiri Corporate author: Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR) As well as for the whole world, the consequences of climate change are to some extent already noticeable in Tajikistan. In order to build a full-fledged strategy for adaptation to climate change as soon as possible, it is necessary to develop environmental education.