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The Global Learning Programme: Celebrating Achievement; A Selection of Case Studies and Quotes from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales Corporate author: Global Learning Programme (GLP) The Global Learning Programme has achieved unprecedented success in its reach to schools across the United Kingdom, with over 10,000 schools registered, and more than 40,000 teachers and 500,000 pupils involved. A high proportion of schools that engaged with the programme had not been involved with global learning previously, and there is a high percentage of positive impact recorded in schools all across the UK. Each of the programmes, in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, has a range of case studies and other evidence from schools on their websites. Here is gathered together a small selection of these and a range of quotes that show glimpses of what has been achieved, the diversity of the schools, and the benefits and impact of global learning. 
عدسة التعليم من أجل التنمية المستدامة أداة استعراض السياسات والممارسات Year of publication: 2010 Corporate author: UNESCO The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) calls on the Governments to consider the inclusion of measures to implement the Decade in their respective education systems and strategies and, where appropriate, into national development plans’.2 This ESD Lens provides tools to start this process. It can be adapted to different educational contexts, and country specific policy and practice needs. It is not prescriptive, but provides guidelines and starting points for reviewing education policy and practice using an ESD perspective. ESD Lens Review Tools are provided for planning, for building knowledge of ESD, for reviewing national policy and the aims of education, for reviewing quality learning outcomes, and for reviewing more specific and detailed aspects of the education system such as curriculum, learning materials, assessment and teacher education. The tool is flexible and can be used at different levels of the system.Some of the tools are more suited to policy-makers, while others can be used by teachers and principals in schools. Ideally they should all be used to ensure a more systemic re-orientation of the education system in a country, province, region or district.The pilot testing of the ESD Lens showed that it helps to build synergy for understanding and implementing ESD at national level and at sub-regional levels. The key question being addressed by the ESD Lens is:How can education policies, curriculum and other support processes sufficiently integrate the principles of ESD to inform and strengthen the quality of learning experiences for sustainable development? Shaping the education of tomorrow: 2012 full length report on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Year of publication: 2012 Author: Arjen E.J. Wals Corporate author: UNESCO This report represents the second review of the DESD and is conducted in the context of its Global Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (GMEF). It appears twenty years after the Rio Earth Summit, at a time where the challenge of SD is greater than ever. It is all the more timely because there is increased recognition that this challenge cannot be solved solely through technological advances, legislative measures and new policy frameworks. While such responses are necessary, they need to be accompanied by changes in mindsets, values and lifestyles and a strengthening of people’s capacities to bring about change.The report shows that many governments, NGOs, UN agencies and indeed, companies are increasingly emphasizing the importance of learning and capacity-building as they search for solutions to sustainability challenges including climate change, disaster risk management, biodiversity loss and sustainable production and consumption. 
SDG 4 - Policies for flexible learning pathways in higher education: Taking stock of good practices internationally (IIEP-UNESCO Working Papers) Year of publication: 2020 Author: Michaela Martin | Ana Godonoga Corporate author: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) This paper draws on country examples across different UNESCO regions to illustrate policy-relevant as well as practical approaches to developing flexible learning pathways in higher education. It shows that policies can facilitate flexible learning pathways include legislative and regulatory frameworks, articulation and transfer policies, and lifelong learning policies. It also presents a number of supportive policy instruments that can serve to bridge policy and practice, such as national qualifications frameworks, quality assurance and accreditation, credit accumulation and transfer systems, and information and guidance services. Finally, apart from discussing system-wide approaches, this paper also gives examples of more decentralized, institution-led practices that contribute to flexible learning pathways. This paper concludes that well-designed policy frameworks and instruments and targeted measures can create an enabling environment for flexible learning pathways, but their effectiveness requires strong administrative capacity and coordination, as well as the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including those who design, implement, and benefit from policies. It is also essential that policies, instruments, and practices are in alignment with one another and work towards a common objective. Therefore, a holistic approach, comprising an adequate and well-coordinated mix of policies, instruments, and targeted measures, is required, in order to translate flexible learning pathways from a national priority into an institutionalized practice that reaches its intended beneficiaries. 
Acteurs et partenariats dans le secteur de la formation professionnelle Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO IIEP Regional Office for Africa | Institut de la Francophonie pour l'éducation et la formation (IFEF) Une des voies reconnues pour améliorer l'efficacité des systèmes de formation professionnelle est le développement de partenariats entre acteurs publics, acteurs privés et société civile. Mais qu'entend-t-on précisément par partenariats ? Et sous quelles formes sont-ils les plus efficaces ? La diversité des contextes nationaux et locaux montre combien le domaine de la formation professionnelle est complexe et multidimensionnel. Dès lors, il est important de clarifier les types de partenariats à mettre en place, les domaines d'interventions des acteurs, ainsi que leurs rôles respectifs. Pour cette étude, l'IIPE-Pôle de Dakar et l'IFEF ont associé leur expertise dans le but d'appréhender les processus-clés de la formation professionnelle et d'offrir un portrait global des différents types de partenariats envisageables. 
다문화시대 평생교육 관점에서의 세계·민주시민교육 과제 및 실천 방향 Year of publication: 2018 Author: 옥일남 Corporate author: 국가교육회의 | 서원대학교 산학협력단 본 연구는 이제까지의 국내외 민주시민교육의 정책 동향을 검토하고, 다문화사회의 특수성과 평생교육의 관점에서 새롭게 요청되는 민주시민교육의 정책 방향과 주요 과제를 제시하는데 목적이 있다. 이러한 연구 목적을 달성하기 위해 현재 우리 사회가 처해있는 세계화·다문화 맥락을 이해하고, 해외의 주요 정책 사례들을 살펴보고자 한다. 그리고 거버넌스 개념을 활용하여 민주시민교육을 세계시민교육과 연계해 세계화·다문화 시대의 시민교육을 위한 정책 방향과 실천 방안을 제시할 것이다. Education for citizenship and coexistence: reference document Year of publication: 2014 Author: Iván Fernández Lefort Corporate author: Bogotá. District Secretariat of Education | Proyecto Educación para la Ciudadanía y la Convivencia (PECC) The Secretariat of Education of Bogotá has established education for citizenship and coexistence as one of the main topics of the Educative Sector Plan. The purpose is to strengthen the participatory, democratic and convivial processes that are developed at public schools. Therefore, the Secretariat of Education of Bogotá has created the Education for Citizenship and Civic Coexistence project. This document gathers the theoretical framework of citizenship and civic coexistence, orientated to the creation of curricula, learning communities and participatory spaces related to the development of civic capabilities that lead to a balance between academic knowledge and citizenship knowledge. It is mainly aimed for school managers, teachers and people interested in knowing the bases and orientations the project has, in order to be implemented at schools. Documento marco: educación para la ciudadanía y la convivencia Year of publication: 2014 Author: Iván Fernández Lefort Corporate author: Bogotá. District Secretariat of Education | Proyecto Educación para la Ciudadanía y la Convivencia (PECC) The Secretariat of Education of Bogotá has established education for citizenship and coexistence as one of the main topics of the Educative Sector Plan. The purpose is to strengthen the participatory, democratic and convivial processes that are developed at public schools. Therefore, the Secretariat of Education of Bogotá has created the Education for Citizenship and Civic Coexistence project. This document gathers the theoretical framework of citizenship and civic coexistence, orientated to the creation of curricula, learning communities and participatory spaces related to the development of civic capabilities that lead to a balance between academic knowledge and citizenship knowledge. It is mainly aimed for school managers, teachers and people interested in knowing the bases and orientations the project has, in order to be implemented at schools. Document Cadre: éducation à la citoyenneté et de la coexistence Year of publication: 2014 Author: Iván Fernández Lefort Corporate author: Bogotá. District Secretariat of Education | Proyecto Educación para la Ciudadanía y la Convivencia (PECC) Le Secrétariat d'éducation de Bogotá a établi l'éducation pour la citoyenneté et la coexistence civique comme l'un des principaux thèmes du Plan sectoriel éducatif. Le but est de renforcer les processus participatifs, démocratiques et conviviaux qui sont développés dans les écoles publiques. Par conséquent, le Secrétariat à l'éducation de Bogotá a créé le projet Éducation pour la citoyenneté et la coexistence civique. Ce document rassemble le cadre théorique de la citoyenneté et de la coexistence civique, orienté vers la création de curricula, de communautés d'apprentissage et d'espaces participatifs liés au développement des capacités civiques qui mènent à un équilibre entre connaissances académiques et connaissances citoyennes. Il s'adresse principalement aux directeurs d'école, aux enseignants et aux personnes intéressées à connaître les bases et les orientations du projet, pour être mises en œuvre dans les écoles. 
Delivering Education at Home in African Member States Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic: Country Status Report Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Since its emergence in late 2019, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has evolved into a pandemic, heavily affecting the lives of billions of people across the world with an anticipated huge impact on the global economy and Africa in particular. Education is one of the sectors heavily affected, with the closure of learning institutions in many African countries likely to negatively affect the education quality.In order to obtain a clearer view of the status of learning during this period, and to better support countries in the immediate, short and long term, ADEA engaged some of the most affected African countries in March 2020 to map the national situation in the education sector. The foregoing is a synopsis of the feedback from Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, and Zambia in terms of national strategies, platforms and tools or applications, gaps and challenges, partner engagement, good practices and lessons learnt with some recommendations.