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Recommendation on Education for Peace and Human Rights, International Understanding, Cooperation, Fundamental Freedoms, Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO Building more peaceful, just, and sustainable societies starts with education. It influences all aspects of our daily lives and our overall prospects while being impacted by our health and environment. In the global landscape of worsening climate change, democratic backsliding, persistent inequalities, rising discrimination, hate speech, violence and conflict, it can be a tool to address and prevent these problems in the future. And it can also be a long-term investment with increasing returns if shaped and deployed effectively. The new UNESCO Recommendation on Education for Peace and Human Rights, International Understanding, Cooperation, Fundamental Freedoms, Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development, which is commonly referred to as the Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development is a landmark guidance document that defines what needs to evolve in and through education to accomplish these goals. 평화, 인권, 국제이해, 협력, 기본적 자유, 세계시민성, 지속가능발전을 위한 교육 권고 Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: 유네스코 이 권고는 ‘국제이해, 협력, 평화를 위한 교육과 인권, 기본적 자유에 관한 교육 권고(1974)’를 개정하여 2023년 제42차 유네스코 총회가 채택한 것이다. 
Earth Network Project: Connecting UNESCO-Designated Sites With Experts to Boost Biodiversity Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO The Earth Network project was launched in 2021 with the support of the Government of Italy. It brings together over 380 experts from more than 60 countries, encompassing diverse biodiversity-related fields that include land restoration, environmental management and environmental law. The specialists volunteer to put their unique skillsets and knowledge at the disposal of sites designated by UNESCO which request their assistance. The Earth Network covers all scientific domains and proudly combines different forms of knowledge: scientific, practitioner, local and indigenous. On the ground, these experts provide technical advice, collect data, build partnerships, and provide training tailored to the specific needs and priorities of each UNESCO-designated site. 
Assessment for Advocacy to Transform Communities, Programmes and Policies in the Global South Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO | Global Education Monitoring Report Team | PAL Network This paper was commissioned by the Global Education Monitoring Report as background information to assist in drafting the 2024 Spotlight Report on basic education completion and foundational learning in Africa. It has not been edited by the team. The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and should not be attributed to the Global Education Monitoring Report or to UNESCO. The papers can be cited with the following reference: “Paper commissioned for the 2024 Spotlight Report on basic education completion and foundational learning in Africa”. 
Global Education Monitoring Report 2024: Gender Report; Technology on Her Terms Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO | Global Education Monitoring Report Team The 2024 Gender Report tells the increasingly positive story of girls’ education access, attainment and achievement, which is helping reverse decades of discrimination. But there is much more to say on gender equality in and through education. A companion to the 2023 GEM Report, this report looks at the interaction between education and technology with a gender lens. First, it looks at the impact of technology on girls’ education opportunities and outcomes. Although many instances are seen of radio, television and mobile phones providing a learning lifeline for girls, particularly in crisis contexts, gender divides exist globally in both access to technology and in digital skills, although the latter are smaller among youth compared to among adults. Biased social and cultural norms inhibit equitable access to and engagement with technology in and outside of school, with girls always left on the wrong side of the divide. While technology offers many girls opportunities to access important education content in safe environments, for instance on comprehensive sexuality education, technology in practice often exacerbates negative gender norms or stereotypes. Social media usage impacts learners’ and particularly girls’ well-being and self-esteem. The ease with which cyberbullying can be magnified through the use of online devices in the school environment is a cause of concern, as is the biased design of artificial intelligence algorithms. Second, the report looks into the role of education on the shape of future technological development. It shows that women struggle to pursue STEM careers, which manifests from an early age in the form of anxiety in mathematics and develops into a reluctance to study STEM subjects, ultimately resulting in a lack of women in the technology workforce. Women make up only 35% STEM graduates, and hold only a quarter of science, engineering and ICT jobs. Ensuring women participate on equal terms in shaping the world’s ongoing digital transformation will ensure that technology works for everyone and takes into consideration the needs of all humanity. 
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. 
Guidelines for the governance of digital platforms: safeguarding freedom of expression and access to information through a multi-stakeholder approach Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO Guidelines for an Internet for TrustSafeguarding freedom of expression and the right to information while dealing with dis- and misinformation, hate speech, and conspiracy theories requires a multistakeholder approach. This is the reason why UNESCO, the leading UN agency for the promotion and protection of freedom of expression and to information, is launching Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms. The Guidelines outline a set of duties, responsibilities and roles for States, digital platforms, intergovernmental organizations, civil society, media, academia, the technical community and other stakeholders to enable the environment where freedom of expression and information are in the core of digital platforms governance processes. The Guidelines were produced through a multi-stakeholder consultation that gathered more than 10,000 comments from 134 countries. These global-scale consultations fostered inclusive participation, ensuring a diversity of voices to be heard, including those from groups in situation of marginalization and vulnerability. Cultivating an Internet of Trust is a shared responsibility among all stakeholders. It calls upon us all to sustain an enabling environment for freedom of expression and the right to information. 
Countering Holocaust Denial and Distortion through Education: A Guide for Teachers Year of publication: 2025 Corporate author: UNESCO Antisemitic hate speech, disinformation, and conspiracy theories thrive during crises, making it vital for teachers to address these issues in school curricula. Social media has significantly amplified the spread of such harmful content, including Holocaust denial and distortion. These falsehoods, rooted in antisemitic prejudice and conspiratorial thinking, threaten our shared historical memory and promote hatred. To effectively combat these issues, it is essential to have a comprehensive understanding of the Holocaust —how and why the genocide of the Jewish people occurred. This knowledge helps us recognize the causes and risk factors, contributing to the prevention of future atrocity crimes and the fight against antisemitism. In the digital age, it is also imperative to be able to decipher the manipulation of history, and the misrepresentation of the past.The guide provides teachers with the necessary tools and guidance to prevent the spread of Holocaust denial and distortion. It equips teachers with knowledge, teaching principles, and strategies to foster digital literacy, historical understanding, and critical thinking in learners. Aimed primarily at history and social sciences teachers, it outlines key concepts, teaching methods, and approaches to counter Holocaust denial and distortion. 
User Empowerment through Media and Information Literacy Responses to the Evolution of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) Year of publication: 2024 Author: Divina Frau-Meigs Corporate author: UNESCO Key messages Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI are having a significant impact on people’s engagement with information, digital technology, and media. This raises concerns about control human agency and autonomy over information, decision making, gender equality, and freedoms in general. User empowerment through Media and Information Literacy (MIL) as a response to GAI, which is still in its infancy, needs to be fully deployed and public policy makers should be concerned in developing it well from the outset. MIL is necessary to build people’s ethical use of synthetic media, i.e. video, text, image or voice content fully or partially generated by AI-systems. The societal opportunities being deepened by GAI include: access to information, participation, employability, creativity, lifelong learning and creative industries. The societal potential risks being deepened by GAI include: disinformation, loss of data privacy, threats to integrity of elections, surveillance, lack of source reliability, discrimination, including gender-based and racial stereotypes, and copyrights violations. Building on familiarity in the face of urgency, AI literacy can be embedded in MIL to teach and train all sorts of communities (educators, librarians, youth workers, women networks, etc.). Ensuring explainable AI is key to both the design of MIL curricula and to the design of policy and governance around GAI. To build trust in information and education, source reliability needs to be revised to encompass the different types of “evidence” provided by GAI. MIL can train informed people from outside the technology industry to participate in the design, implementation and regulation of AI, in a manner that remains human-centered, gender-responsive and mindful of the public interest. Training for MIL is within the remit of governments and institutions of higher education, which have a duty to ensure MIL policy actions are sustained and strengthened over time, to be future-proof, in the face of an ever-evolving AI/GAI. L’autonomisation des utilisateurs grâce aux réponses apportées par l’éducation aux médias et à l’information à l’évolution de l’intelligence artificielle générative (IAG) Year of publication: 2024 Author: Divina Frau-Meigs Corporate author: UNESCO Messages clés L’intelligence artificielle et l’IA générative influent grandement sur les rapports des indivi- dus à l’information, aux technologies numériques et aux médias. Mais cela ne va pas sans inquiétudes quant à leur contrôle, au pouvoir d’action et à l’autonomie dont disposent les utilisateurs vis-à-vis de l’information, à la prise de décisions, à l’égalité des genres et aux libertés en général. . Pour constituer une réponse à l’IAG, technologie qui en est à ses balbutiements, l’autonomisation des utilisateurs grâce à l’éducation aux médias et à l’information (EMI) doit être pleinement déployée, et les autorités publiques doivent s’efforcer de la promouvoir dès le début. L’EMI est indispensable pour garantir une utilisation éthique des médias synthétiques, c’est-à-dire des vidéos, textes, images et sons totalement ou partiellement créés à l’aide de systèmes d’IA. L’IAG offre de nombreuses opportunités sociales dans différents domaines, dont l’accès à l’information, la participation, l’employabilité, la créativité, l’apprentissage tout au long de la vie et les industries créatives, entre autres. Il existe cependant des risques sociaux potentiels aggravés par l’IA générative, dont : la désinformation, la perte de contrôle sur la confidentialité des données, les menaces pour l’intégrité des élections, la surveillance, le manque de fiabilité des sources, la discrimination notamment fondée sur le genre et les stéréotypes raciaux et les violations des droits d’auteur. Pour mettre à profit la familiarité face à l’urgence, la maîtrise de l’IA pourrait être intégrée dans les programmes d’EMI afin d’éduquer et de former des communautés très diverses (éducateurs, bibliothécaires, animateurs pour la jeunesse, réseaux de femmes, etc.). Pour bien concevoir non seulement les programmes d’EMI mais aussi la gouvernance de l’IAG et les politiques connexes, l’IA explicable joue un rôle essentiel. Pour renforcer la confiance dans l’information et l’éducation, la fiabilité des sources doit être réexaminée pour englober tous les différents types de « preuves » fournies par l’IAG. L’EMI peut former des acteurs éclairés n’appartenant pas au secteur de la technologie afin qu’ils contribuent à la conception, à la mise en œuvre et à la réglementation de l’IA d’une manière qui reste centrée sur l’humain, sensible au genre et soucieuse de l’intérêt public. La formation dans le cadre de l’EMI relève des gouvernements et des établissements d’enseignement supérieur, qui doivent veiller à ce que les actions politiques en la matière soient soutenues et renforcées dans la durée, pour s’adapter aux évolutions constantes de l’IA/IAG.