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What Makes a Great Education? Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Global Partnership for Education (GPE) GPE works to strengthen national education systems to dramatically increase the number of children who are in school and learning.Since 2002, GPE has worked with more than 65 developing countries to improve education planning and implementation, with great results. 
Citizenship education at school in Europe Year of publication: 2005 Corporate author: Eurydice. European Unit This comparative analysis is based on country descriptions supplied by the Eurydice National Units.To collect information for them, a Guide to Content, including common guidelines and definitions, was prepared by the Eurydice European Unit (EEU) in consultation with the National Units at the beginning of 2004.The aim of the Guide to Content was to ensure that the country descriptions were drafted in accordance with a common structure to facilitate subsequent cross-country comparison of the information provided. 
We Make Europe: Active Citizenship and Lifelong Learner Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning (EUCIS-LLL) This material captures some of the sparks of civic engagement and aimed to contribute to the debates that took place in the context of the European Year of Citizens 2013. Its purpose was to bring together various perspectives and experiences in order to show the wealth and dynamism as well as the limitations and pitfalls of what is active European citizenship nowadays. 
A metro map illustrated in the 17 sustainable development goals Year of publication: 2018 Author: Rembert Jonckheere Corporate author: ASPnet Flanders (Belgium) “Tackling one SDG… is tackling all of them!”This metro map is a complex illustration of the 17 sustainable development goals. With different kinds of topics as service stations and the SDG’s connecting them, it shows how the goals can relate to each other, and thus it emphasises their holistic nature. I do not pretend to be completely exhaustive or correct. Probably one can add more links and topics, but this map could be helpful in education or in other institutions as a source of inspiration to start up projects within the framework of the sustainable development goals. 
Are We There Yet?: Education Unions Assess the Bumpy Road to Inclusive Education Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Education International (EI) | Tania Principe This report is based on a global membership survey that Education International conducted in 2017-18. The report shows that while many countries have integrated the UN Conventions into their national laws, implementation is running far behind. School materials and facilities are often not accessible, teachers are not adequality supported or consulted, and there are too few education support personnel. In addition, public services are not consistently made available for families with children and youth with disabilities, which can be a major barrier to school attendance. The survey results are a wake-up call for governments to take action and show that a thorough rethinking of past policy-making and current implementation is urgently needed. 
The Role of Media Literacy in the Promotion Of Common Values and Social Inclusion: Position Paper Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: All Digital While we live in an increasingly digital society, a significant number of European citizens continue to lack basic digital skills. Media practices have changed, and now we are not only receiving information passively. Anyone can be active in content creation and (re-)produce (dis)information. For example, mobile technology and ubiquitous Internet access allow citizens to produce real time information, including content for mass media (newspapers, TV channels).The production of information and news thus no longer remains in the capacity of journalists, but something within everyone’s capacity. Without the necessary skills, however, the creation of information and news is not always done in a responsible or professional manner. This is only one example of many, highlighting why media literacy is more important than ever.This position paper talks about:the role for media literacy in promoting common values and social inclusion in several ways: resilience, content creation, dissemination, social inclusionthe role of non-formal education in teaching media literacy andgives examples of media literacy programmes and projects across Europeprovides policy recommendations in terms of funding, recognition and promotion. 
Human Rights Storytelling: Manual For the Educators Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Huristo Project Consortium Huristo project developed a methodology about awareness and advocacy about the European Human Rights Charter as a part of global citizenship education with low skilled adult learners (refugees and migrants living in the city and natives living in rural places). This methodology is based on digital storytelling: participants work on personal narratives illustrating different topics of the charter.The main result for the adult learners are increased digital skills, reading and writing skills, awareness about the Human Rights Charter and European citizenship. The work on the Charter and the personal narratives also improve participants’ analytic media literacy, interpersonal and intercultural skills, but also core skills for employability, such as teamwork, problem solving, learning to learn and communication. Additionally, the adult trainers who are involved increase their teaching skills using digital media and the methodology of digital storytelling in particular. 
Information Flows and Radicalization Leading to Violent Extremism in Central Asia Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Search for Common Ground This study was carried out as part of the regional project “Promoting Stability and Peace in Central Asia through Media Literacy, Effective Lighting and Regional Cooperation”, implemented by the Internews office and funded by the European Union. The project aims to support national and regional initiatives that help prevent radicalization in Central Asia by increasing the capacity of journalists, civic activists and media professionals in the production of high-quality media content and the level of critical media consumption of representatives of civil society, decision-makers and active citizens. 
Countering Violent Extremism: An Introductory Guide to Concepts, Programming, and Best Practices Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Search for Common Ground This curriculum aims to update the best practices and experience gained in the process of countering violent extremism. The anti-violent extremism program, adapted for Central Asia, is designed to train civil servants and civil society organizations. This curriculum delivers a contextually literate countering violent extremism and awareness-raising training program that is relevant to your context in an accessible way. It highlights the benefits of collaborative approaches beyond the use of military or securitized responses to violent extremism, drawing on good practices, and offers tools and guidance for easy adaptation to your local context and cultures. Finally, it encourages the early identification and mitigation of risks with programming, as well as ensuring a Do No Harm approach.While this curriculum will offer guidance around how to design, implement, and monitor constructive responses to violent extremism, an understanding of project management is assumed. Therefore, it is not a training program on general project management skills, monitoring and evaluation, or on fundraising.Since the problem of violent extremism is complex and highly context-specific, it is also not a guide to the drivers of violent radicalization in your local context, nor does it proscribe the programs and policies that would be most effective. Instead, it introduces you to the guiding questions and tools necessary to make informed and effective choices in your own efforts to counter violent extremism. 
Adult Learning and Gender: EAEA Background Paper Year of publication: 2020 Author: Agatha Devlin Corporate author: European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA) Gender sensitivity in adult learning and education (ALE) is about more than trying to improve targeted outreach programmes for men and women who seem to be slipping through the gaps. By providing gender sensitive education opportunities, people are not only more likely to engage but also more likely to get the most out of their experiences. This background paper explores the problems that gender sensitive adult education could attempt to solve, good practices and examples to help make current structures more gender sensitive, and the wider benefits of gender sensitivity in ALE.This background paper takes various subtopics or examples of gender sensitivity in adult education and analyses them as individual areas, making its content easier to navigate according to the reader’s interests or concerns.