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Envision 4.7 Event and Roadmap Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Bridge 47 Envision 4.7 took place in Helsinki in 2019, bringing together 200 education practitioners, civil society representatives and decision makes to create the Envision 4.7 Roadmap, a policy guideline to the future implementation of SDG Target 4.7 in Europe. 
Education Under Attack 2020 Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) This study is published by the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA), which was formed in 2010 by organisations working in the fields of education in emergencies and conflict-affected contexts, higher education, protection, and international human rights and humanitarian law that were concerned about ongoing attacks on educational institutions, their students, and staff in countries affected by conflict and insecurity.GCPEA is a coalition of organizations that includes: co-chairs Human Rights Watch and Save the Children, the Council for At-Risk Academics (Cara), the Institute of International Education (IIE), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Education Above All Foundation (EAA), Plan International, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). GCPEA is a project of the Tides Center, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Education under Attack 2020 is the result of independent research conducted by GCPEA. It is independent of the individual member organizations of the Steering Committee of GCPEA and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Steering Committee member organizations. 
Citizenship and Lifelong Learning Monitor 2019: Continuous Digital and Intercultural Education for EU Citizens’ Societal Inclusion and Active Participation Year of publication: 2020 Author: Andrei Frank Corporate author: SOLIDAR Foundation | Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) The Citizenship and Lifelong Learning Monitor 2019 is a research report jointly released by SOLIDAR Foundation and FEPS, on the topic of policy developments in the field of attainment of skills, through lifelong learning, for active participation in society.The skills on which it focuses are:digital skillscivic competences andintercultural education competences.The document is composed of an analysis of the policies on the topic, and a presentation of best practices, coming from SOLIDAR Foundation member organisations.It culminates with recommendations, stemming from a comparative analysis of the 8 country reports conducted (featuring Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Serbia, Spain, and the UK as investigated countries).The online Conference “Civic responsibilities online and offline: Lifelong learning for digital and traditional citizenship education“, held together with FEPS, presented and discussed the outcomes of the Citizenship & Lifelong Learning Monitor. 
Citizenship and Lifelong Learning Monitor 2018 Year of publication: 2019 Author: Sara Gharsalli Corporate author: SOLIDAR Foundation Over the last couple of years, the world has witnessed the harsh impact of populist politics. In the European Union, this rise in nationalism and populism has translated into an old member state leaving the Union for good, and “illiberal” countries rising up against civil society which could bring a major overhaul in the European Parliament for the May 2019 elections. Struggling with how to deal with extremist parties and their leaders, the EU has nonetheless attempted to cautiously restrain possible conflicts by peaceful means and promotion of participation of its citizens to bring people together despite far-right challenges ahead of the next European Parliament elections in May 2019.To counter and prepare citizens to reinforce and strengthen core European democratic values, the Union has pledged to promote citizenship through education after ministers convened in Paris on March 2015 to set up common objectives. Having derived the 2017 report based on three thematic issues directly taken from the declaration’s objectives, this year the monitor aims to go further into understanding the processes and methods for the promotion and delivery of citizenship education in Europe by non-formal education providers.This Monitor is a contribution to further examine the relationship between citizenship and lifelong learning experiences and policy outcomes in and outside of the classroom in various European countries. Mapping the different approaches that SOLIDAR Foundation members have taken in promoting EU values in relation to citizenship education and lifelong learning for greater democratic participation of citizens, the outcomes will be disseminated towards European and national policy-makers and offers an array of best practices to collect, use and transfer among networks. The SOLIDAR Education and Lifelong Learning Forum will further work on the topic and develop a long term sustainable advocacy strategy for CSOs towards national and EU-wide authorities to influence the debate and revision of national curricula and education systems. 
Right to Pre-Primary Education: A Global Study Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Early childhood care and education is increasingly recognized as an essential element in realizing a wide range of educational, social and economic rights. Children from vulnerable households and communities stand to gain most from access to quality early learning opportunities. With about 50 per cent of children globally not yet enrolled in pre-primary education, enabling their inclusion remains a central question for education policymakers, stakeholders and parents.This Study provides a global overview and an analysis of the adoption of legal provisions for free and compulsory pre-primary education at national level. By offering a rights-based perspective to the implementation of pre-primary education, it aims to complement existing literature on SDG Target 4.2, which focuses mainly on policy outcomes.The results show that pre-primary education is a well determined and defined right in too few countries. Yet, the benefit of free and compulsory education observed is that children appear to have higher rates of early childhood well-being.In light of the research conducted and its main conclusions, a set of levers to promote the inclusion of early childhood and pre-primary education as a human right within long-term education and development objectives are presented in terms of governance and financing, legal framework, societal expectations, monitoring and evaluation and early childhood development overall. Prioritizing the needs of young children and the fulfilment of their right to free and compulsory pre-primary education is a critical opportunity for governments to make positive differences in children’s lives and to achieve broader national, social and economic goals. 
Flexible Learning Pathways in Malaysian Higher Education: Balancing Human Resources Development and Equity Policies Year of publication: 2020 Author: Morshidi Sirat | Abdul Karim Alias | Hazri Jamil | Wan Zuhainis Saad | Muhamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff | Munir Shuib | Mahiswaran Selvanathan | Muhammad Muftahu | Majid Ghasemy | Mazlinawati Mohamed Corporate author: Commonwealth Tertiary Education Facility (CTEF) | UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) Malaysia’s higher education system is highly centralized, with a set of legislations to govern and monitor public universities and regulate the private higher education sector. The latest discourse, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG4, pitted against existing policies on lifelong learning, presented an opportunity to assess practices at the institutional level. In the national context, there is a need to confirm the extent to which the linkages between national policies on lifelong learning, strategies, instruments, and institutional practices in terms of flexible learning pathways (FLPs) have benefited nontraditional learners, disadvantaged and marginalized groups. Hence, this research aims to investigate how FLPs have benefited particularly the bottom 40 percent of households (B40 households), disadvantaged and marginalized groups, persons with disabilities, and also women in Malaysia. 
Media and Information Literacy: A Practical Guidebook for Trainers Year of publication: 2021 Author: Sylvia Braesel | Thorsten Karg Corporate author: DW Akademie Literacy is the ability to read and write. Media and information literacy (MIL) is the ability to understand how the media work and can be used to participate in public debate. MIL includes social media like Facebook, as well as traditional media like books, newspapers, radio and television.Media and information literacy - A practical guidebook for trainers provides MIL trainers with background information, training ideas, methods and worksheets. The book also provides sample training schedules to help you determine the length of time needed to teach individual aspects of media and information literacy.Download the Media and information literacy guidebook for trainers as well as the worksheets and guidelines.DW Akademie defines MIL as a composite of five core competencies:Access: The ability to find and access relevant media and information sources.Analyze: The ability to evaluate the credibility, accuracy and objectivity of media content, for example a news story.Create: The ability to create and produce media and information content, such as photos, texts, or videos.Reflect: The ability to think critically about media habits, experiences, trends, and technologies, and how they impact individuals and society.Act: The ability to use media to achieve specific goals, for example launching a social media campaign about health.Read more about DW Akademie's approach to Media and Information Literacy here. 
In Solidarity With Girls: Gender and Education in Crisis (Policy Brief Series) Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) The In Solidarity With Girls: Gender and education in crisis policy brief series was developed through a series of intergenerational dialogues on gender, education and COVID-19. The contents of this paper and its recommendations belong to the young women activists featured in each brief. Drawing on the ‘build back equal’ principle, this brief contributes to policy dialogues and discussions on (1) how we can plan for and work towards more equal, gender-responsive school systems once restrictions are lifted, and (2) achieve this through meaningful partnership with youth and youth-led networks. 
Life After Youth Media: Insights About Program Influence Into Adulthood Year of publication: 2014 Author: Suniya Farooqui | Amy Terpstra Corporate author: Social IMPACT Research Center * Do the skills, attitudes, and behaviors imparted in youth programs "stick" into adulthood? * If they do, how do they manifest in career, education, and life decisions? * How do the skills, attitudes, and behaviors that youth programs try to impart differ based on program intensity or levels of engagement? * Do these elements look different for people who went through youth media programs versus people who went through other types of youth programs? These are common questions that youth program providers, funders, public officials, and other leading thinkers regularly wrestle with. This report tells the story of a group in Chicago committed to providing quality youth media programming in the city and how, through a collective evaluation, they were able to begin to answer these critical questions. 
Internet Literacy Handbook: Supporting Users in the Online World Year of publication: 2017 Author: Janice Richardson | Elizabeth Milovidov | Martin Schmalzried Corporate author: Council of Europe Since the first edition of the Internet Literacy Handbook was issued in 2003 the world of the Internet has changed tremendously. The number of Internet users has risen; users are increasingly younger, trends in how people use the Internet and what they are looking for evolve, and new pitfalls in, for example, personal security arise seemingly overnight.This new edition takes into account the myriad changes, although the object of the Handbook still remains, namely to offer families, educators and policy-makers sufficient technical know-how to allow them to navigate, with young people, through communication technology. The new edition also expands the scope of the Fact sheets anchoring previously “new” concepts of digital citizenship and digital parenting. This edition includes 26 Fact sheets arranged under 6 thematic headings including a heading specifically dedicated to “Looking Forward” towards the future of the Internet. The Handbook is designed to be easy to use and helpful, as illustrated by the Fact sheet entitled “Finding quality information on the Web”. It is also available online, where it can be downloaded either in its full format or per individual factsheet.