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Youth Participation and Global Citizenship: Challenges and Recommendations for Future Youth School Forums Year of publication: 2016 Author: Anna Jarkiewicz | Joanna Leek Corporate author: Oxfam GB | University of S odz (Poland) The overall purpose of this report is to identify the needs of the Future School Youth Forums on youth participation and global citizenship education. The study synthesizes information from Cyprus, Italy, Lithuania, Poland and the United Kingdom in order to understand similarities and differences, and compare them with wider European trends to understand transversal needs across Europe. It discusses in greater detail the current application of global citizenship youth forums and global citizenship/youth participation in each of the 5 countries – and therefore across 7 national systems (as Wales and Scotland have their own systems), and also transversally across Europe. The report will help Partners to better understand the project’s needs, so that they can design project outputs more effectively. 
Time to Reach for the Moon: The EU Needs to Step up Action and Lead the Transformation to Sustainability; Civil Society SDG Monitoring Report Year of publication: 2020 Author: Sylvia Beales | George Gelber Corporate author: SDG Watch Europe | Make Europe Sustainable for All This report explains why the EU’s SDG reporting creates an illusion of sustainability and makes concrete proposals for meaningful monitoring to become a stronger foundation for transformative policies. The report flags up serious gaps, bringing them to life with 17 individual stories. It also offers 17 solutions, real-life examples of progressive policies, innovative initiatives and truly sustainable business models. 
Tapestries for Hope: High School Art 20 Lesson Plan Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC) | Keiskamma Canada Foundation In this art encounter, students will explore the impact of art on community well-being. By analysing and comparing Mattias Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece, and the Keiskamma Altarpiece, students will gain an understanding of how art can uplift and empower communities in need. The lesson is based on the story, ‘Tapestries for Hope: Promoting Healthy and Vibrant Communities in the Eastern Cape of South Africa’, written by Annette Wentworth for Keiskamma Canada Foundation, a charitable organization based in Edmonton, as part of the Together: Alberta’s Notebook on the Global Goals. 
Transforming Our Schools, Our Province, Our World Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC) | The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) This is a poster about the SDGs for classrooms, made by ACGC and the Alberta Teachers’ Association. Transformons Nos Ecoles, Notre Province, Notre Monde Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC) | The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) C'est une affiche scolaire sur les ODD réalisée par l’ACGC et l’Alberta Teachers ’Association. 
Towards an Equal Future: Reimagining Girls’ Education Through STEM Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | International Telecommunication Union (ITU) This document seeks to call attention to the potential of STEM education to transform gender norms in the education system, to improve quality learning opportunities for girls, and to highlight key actions that can accelerate girls’ transition between education and technical expert jobs in STEM industries. Critically, STEM education also has the potential to contribute to personal empowerment, transformation of communities and nations, and building economies for the future.The evidence presented here provides a foundation for a call to action for global, national and regional actors. All stakeholders are called to work together to dismantle the barriers that girls face to develop the skills they need to become users, shapers and creators of scientific knowledge and new technologies. This will allow girls to choose the skills they want to learn and how to apply them, empowering them to contribute to a gender-equal world. 
International Principles of Practice for Educators Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Childhood Education International This document is a unique tool for educators that outlines how universally accepted beliefs about education can guide them in their work to help young people reach their full potential. By emphasizing the responsibilities and challenges that educators around the world share, it also helps to inspire them as members of a professional community that has inestimable value for promoting positive transformation. 
Éducation à la citoyenneté mondial Year of publication: 2020 Author: Vincent Plourde-Lavoie Corporate author: Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI) Cette capsule vidéo a été produite pour présenter les grandes lignes de cette définition de l’ECM et les principaux éléments du Cadre de référence de l’AQOCI. Cette vidéo permettra à la fois aux organismes de coopération internationale membres de l’AQOCI de s’approprier notre vision commune de l’ECM et aux partenaires et autres personnes intéressées à mieux comprendre le travail important en ECM. 
Education at a Glance 2020: OECD Indicators Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Education at a Glance is the authoritative source for information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances and performance of education systems across OECD countries and a number of partner economies. More than 100 charts and tables in this publication – as well as links to much more available on the educational database – provide key information on the output of educational institutions; the impact of learning across countries; access, participation and progression in education; the financial resources invested in education; and teachers, the learning environment and the organisation of schools.The 2020 edition includes a focus on vocational education and training, investigating participation in vocational education and training at various levels of education, the labour market and social outcomes of vocational graduates as well as the human and financial resources invested in vocational institutions. Two new indicators on how vocational education and training systems differ around the world and on upper secondary completion rate complement this topic. A specific chapter is dedicated to the Sustainable Development Goal 4, and investigates the quality and participation in secondary education. 
The Impact of COVID-19 on Education: Insights From Education at a Glance 2020 Year of publication: 2020 Author: Andreas Schleicher Corporate author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) OECD Director for Education and Skills Andreas Schleicher gives his insights and interpretations from the OECD’s Education at a Glance 2020 report – the go-to source for information on the state of education around the world. This brochure focuses on a selection of indicators from Education at a Glance, selected for their particular relevance in the current context. Their analysis enables the understanding of countries’ response and potential impact from the COVID-19 containment measures.