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Manual for Reporting Violent Extremism and Terrorism Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Albanian Media Institute Contemporary journalists and media are responsible for informing the public, but this is made challenging in the age of disinformation and when citizens are victims of “false” information, sometimes as a result of propaganda produced by extremist or terrorist groups.This new circumstance requires a new ethical and professional awareness. In this context, Albanian Media Institute convened a group of experts that created a set of guidelines that media can follow when covering violent extremism and terrorism. These are based in part on international texts, the UNESCO handbook for journalists Terrorism and the media and other professional guidelines, as well as on the experience of the Albanian media coverage of violent extremism. The guidelines review current legal regulation that affects media coverage; the basic principles of editorial work and reporting; particular nuances and features to consider when covering terrorism; the role of social media; and the challenge of hate speech that might incite violent extremism and terrorism. Ethical journalists are rightly wary of being told how to do their job so we recognize that the reality of reporting terrorism cannot be limited by a strict instruction manual. These suggestions are therefore offered as potential guidance, providing reporters and editors who cover these issues with thoughts and ideas that may help them deal with professional challenges they face in their everyday work. 
3rd Meeting of the SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee, 29-30 June 2017, United Nations, New York: meeting report Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO An inclusive high-level multi-stakeholder partnership, the SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee (SC) provides a global forum for consultation and a mechanism to coordinate and harmonize global education efforts. It is mandated to provide strategic guidance to Member States and the education community, make recommendations for catalytic action, advocate for adequate financing, and monitor progress toward SDG4 targets through the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the Global Educational Monitoring (GEM) Report. The 3 rd meeting of the SC was organized in New York on 29-30 June 2017 back to back with the HighLevel Action SDG Action Event on Education convened by the President of the UN General Assembly, Peter Thompson, in partnership with key SDG 4 stakeholders, to drive a new push for inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities. At this meeting the SC examined successes and challenges in the implementation of SDG4 since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda. After highlighting the critical role of regional organizations as policy peer learning mechanisms in enhancing effective implementation of SDG4-Education 2030, the SC endorsed a set of recommendations for improved implementation in 2018 and 2019. 
UNESCO’s GLOBAL/REGIONAL COORDINATION OF AND SUPPORT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SDG 4 – EDUCATION 2030 Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO 
Creating an Enabling Non-formal Education Environment for Adolescents and Youth: Issues and Considerations for Crisis and Conflict Setting Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) This policy brief offers recommendations to strengthen the policy environment within which non-formal education is delivered and highlights key considerations for those planning, designing and implementing non-formal programmes that seek to meet the core education and skill development challenges faced by out-of-school adolescents and youth, particularly those affected by conflict, crisis, or forced displacement. 
Secondary Education and Skills Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Generation Unlimited | Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth All young people need access to quality education and learning that would help them develop the skills, knowledge, attitudes and values they need to find and retain productive work, to make informed decisions, and to positively engage in their communities. However, millions of young people remain out of school or do not have access to quality learning opportunities. The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic downturn have made the challenges facing young people even more pressing, as shrinking labour markets leave low-skilled young people with fewer choices, and render them more vulnerable to exploitation.There is a need for a radical re-think of what works, seeking a radical improvement in traditional curricula, the number of trained professional teachers, student–teacher ratios, and the teaching methods and strict school timetables that have become less relevant to the current needs of young people.The aim of this guide is to support the Generation Unlimited strategic priorities, and to inform policy makers and social partners, so as to guide action on investment, policy change and delivery, increasing the likelihood of successful outcomes and decent jobs for young people. 
Key Challenges of Youth in OIC Countries Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) | Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) The report contains four main sections, with the exception of the introductory and concluding sections. The first section briefly reviews some of the main educational outcomes in OIC countries. Literacy and participation rates in tertiary schools and international student mobility are the main indicators reviewed in this section. The second section highlights some important labor market indicators related to the young population in order to identify the main challenges and obstacles in the OIC countries. The third section deals with some social problems of young people. The fourth section deals with mental health issues. The last section is devoted to recommendations. 
Advocacy kit for promoting multilingual education: including the excluded Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific Who Can Use This Kit? This kit was prepared for all of those who want to ensure that “Education for All” does, indeed, include everyone! The kit will be especially valuable for policy makers, education practitioners and specialists who want to improve access to and quality of education for those excluded by language. It will also be helpful for speakers of ethnic minority languages who want to improve the education situation in their own communities.This kit is designed to raise awareness on the importance of mother tongue-based multilingual education (MLE). It presents key arguments and facts about MLE and provides important insights about the value and benefits of providing education in learners’ mother tongue. The kit also presents ideas, research findings and concrete examples that you can use to think about your own situation and suggests steps for taking actions to make your school system more responsive to linguistic diversity.The kit is not a definitive textbook, and it will not have an answer for every problem that you might face. To help you as much as possible, at the end of each booklet we have included lists of references. In addition, each booklet contains a glossary of terms and, at the front of each booklet is a one-page summary of its contents.How Can You Use This Kit? This kit contains three main booklets. Each booklet has a designated audience: 1) policy makers, 2) education programme planners and practitioners and 3) community members. Please remember that developing MLE requires contributions from everyone at all levels. For that reason, we encourage you to use all three booklets along with other available resources as you work together to plan, implement and sustain your MLE programmes.This kit can be used in many different ways. For those who are already involved in MLE programmes, you might use these ideas to help you to promote mother tongue instruction and strengthen your programme. Those who are not familiar with multilingual education but want to improve educational access for minority language students might use these booklets to identify specific points that they can investigate and discuss in their own contexts. 
MTB MLE resource kit: Including the excluded: promoting multilingual education Year of publication: 2016 Author: Susan Malone Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok Who Can Use this Resource Kit?This MTB MLE Resource Kit is for people who are committed to the idea that all children have the right to quality education in a language they speak and understand. MTB MLE programmes that are sustained within the formal education system require contributions from all stakeholders, working together and supporting one another. The next three booklets were developed for three specific stakeholder groups: policy makers, programme implementers and community members. These three booklets, with the case studies, provide a “big picture” of successful MTB MLE programmes and suggestions for the roles each group can take as they plan, implement and maintain their programmes. How Can You Use this Resource Kit?Each booklet is organized around key questions about MTB MLE that are frequently asked by policy makers, implementers and community members. Responses to each question include examples of specific activities that are part of successful MTB MLE programmes in a variety of contexts. Working together, stakeholders can identify the specific activities that are best suited for their own situation and make the best use of all available resources. 
Build Forward Better: How the Global Community Must Act Now to Secure Children’s Learning in Crises Year of publication: 2021 Author: Emma Wagner Corporate author: Save the Children ‘Build back better’ has long been a rallying cry of crisis responses – and is being used frequently today. However, given the scale of the global learning crisis even before the Covid-19 pandemic – with one child in six denied their right to education – it’s vital we don’t limit our ambition to building ‘back’ to how things were. Now it’s imperative we build forward better – and differently.There’s no denying the scale of the challenge. But there’s also cause for hope. The global reach of the Covid-19 crisis has generated a shared understanding of the impact of crisis on children’s right to education. This understanding can be used to build forward better – and radically transform children’s chances.Build Forward Better presents new analysis on which countries’ school systems are most vulnerable to existing risks and future crises. And it sets out what the global community needs to do to support ministries of education in those countries to prepare now. So that, even during emergencies, education systems can provide all children with good-quality, safe and inclusive opportunities to learn. 
AI in Education: Change at the Speed of Learning Year of publication: 2020 Author: Steven Duggan Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) The policy brief “AI in Education: Change at the Speed of Learning” published by the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE) opens a new series of publications “Digital Transformation of Education”. The new publication describes the advancements in technology, including data, analytics and personalized learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud computing and machine learning, and explores the promises of AI for students, teachers, school leaders, parents and education administrators. The publication also highlights the ethical aspects of AI implementation and challenges that it might bring.