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Address by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the reception hosted by Ambassador Ronald Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO. Director-General, 2009-2017 (Bokova, I.G.) This address was delivered by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the reception hosted by Ambassador Ronald Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress; New York, 17 September 2017. 
Supporting Change in Practice: Case Studies on the Use of the ACER-APCEIU Global Citizenship Education Monitoring Toolkit: Country Case-Republic of Korea Year of publication: 2025 Author: Suyeon Park | Sunmi Ji | Yoonyoung Lee Corporate author: APCEIU APCEIU is pleased to announce the release of its new publications, Supporting Change in Practice: Case Studies on the Use of the ACER-APCEIU Global Citizenship Education Monitoring Toolkit, which shares key findings from the research conducted in Australia and the Republic of Korea. The two reports, based on case studies from two countries, build upon the three-phase Asia-Pacific GCED Monitoring Project (2022–2024) jointly undertaken by ACER and APCEIU to strengthen monitoring and evaluation of GCED and support progress toward SDG 4.7 across the region. The three phases of the initiative identified enabling conditions for GCED, validated the regional GCED Monitoring Framework, and developed the ACER-APCEIU GCED Monitoring Toolkit. The reports for each phase can be found here: Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III. The newly released reports move the project forward by examining how the Toolkit can be practically applied in real educational settings. The study aimed to examine how the Toolkit could be used to support collaboration among key education stakeholders—teachers, school leaders, and education supervisors—in 1) goal setting, 2) planning, 3) implementing, and 4) reflecting on GCED practices. Through this process, the research sought to understand how the Toolkit could help strengthen the connection between policy commitments and everyday educational practice, supporting teachers, school leaders, and system leaders to embed GCED more systematically and sustainably within their existing framework. Both studies conducted in Australia and the Republic of Korea have been guided by the following research questions: 1. How does the GCED Monitoring Toolkit support key stakeholder groups to collaboratively embed GCED in policy and practice? a. What aspects of the Toolkit enable or challenge stakeholders to achieve their GCED goals and objectives? b. How do key stakeholders perceive its usefulness? 2. Are there any aspects of the Toolkit that stakeholders would change to improve its usefulness in supporting the implementation and contextualisation of GCED in policy and practice?The reports demonstrate how a GCED Monitoring Toolkit can be translated into actionable processes within real educational settings. It offers valuable insights for policymakers, school leaders, teachers, and researchers aiming to monitor and strengthen GCED implementation and systematically embed GCED within their educational ecosystems. 
Youth Can Move the World Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented educational disruption with 1.2 billion children and youth impacted by school closures. Yet, despite these challenges, there is hope. This documentary focuses on the power and agency of youth. It is developed under the framework of the long-term partnership between UNESCO's Global Citizenship and Peace Education and UNODC that bridges the justice and education sectors to guide young people towards building strong, just and democratic societies. Youth’s voices are in the forefront with sentiments echoed by world leaders, policy makers, justice actors and educators to deliver a compelling message on the power of youth to move the world. 
Girl Goals: What has Changed for Girls? Adolescent Girls’ Rights over 30 Years Year of publication: 2025 Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) | Plan International This report makes three key recommendations on action we can take now to advance adolescent girls’ rights at scale, in ways that account for fiscally constrained contexts and multiple competing priorities: 1. Ensure tangible and actionable support for adolescent girls’ voices, advocacy and action. The current generation of girls are raising their voices to be heard and are already at the forefront of making change around the world. With the right support, resources and seats at the table, adolescent girls can help transform the world for the better, shaping better policy outcomes for themselves and everyone. This is not about girls’ voices above all others, or endless consultation, but about specific, meaningful actions that ensure girls get the support they need and are heard on policy issues that matter to them. 2. Establish and track explicit targets for change for adolescent girls, who are too often invisible and sidelined Setting explicit targets to monitor outcomes for adolescent girls is key to making progress. Context-specific prioritization will be necessary, but there are some issues that stand out globally. Gaps in progress (such as child marriage gains accruing disproportionately to wealthier households) demonstrate the need forprogrammes that address poverty and economic realities alongside harmful social norms. The disproportionate number of adolescent girls not in education, employment or training, not entering the labour market as young women, and left behind when it comes to digital skills, is a threat to the gains made for girls and to economic growth that will benefit everyone. Stagnation on issues like underweight also stand out. Country- specific priorities supported by data- driven accountability mechanisms and investments are needed to translate policy commitments into change on the ground. 3. Resource and deliver smartly to unlock the social and economic dividend Governments and partners should invest in solutions proven to change outcomes across multiple SDGs at scale – for example, investing in education and skills, cash transfers and economic empowerment programmes designed to support girls. Existing systems, from maternal health care to school curricula, should be adapted to meet girls’ needs rather than creating small- scale, separate projects. Streamlined, evidence-based ‘add-ons’ – such as adding parenting support to existing maternal health-care programmes – can be cost effective and accelerate outcomes if well designed. Change is possible, and this report shows that great gains have been made. Smart investments now can transform the world for girls, families, communities and national economies. It is time to act. 
World Social Report 2023 : Leaving No One Behind in an Ageing World Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UN. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN. DESA) Population ageing is a defining global trend of our time. People are living longer, and more are older than ever before. Spectacular improvements in health and survival and reductions in fertility have driven this momentous shift, which has begun or is expected to begin soon in all countries and areas. This change brings both challenges and opportunities as countries strive to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2022, the world marked the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing. To commemorate this landmark, the World Social Report 2023 explores the economic and social implications of the ageing of the human population. It builds on the Plan of Action’s framework for national policies to create equitable, inclusive societies for people of all ages, providing recommendations to put the rights and well-being of older persons at the centre, across the life course. Population ageing is an inevitable result of the demographic transition towards longer lives and smaller families. While the shift towards older populations is largely irreversible, collective actions and policy decisions shape its path and consequences. Postponing critical measures that allow societies to benefit from and adapt to population ageing would impose high social, economic, fiscal and health-related costs, for both current and future generations. By contrast, with appropriate foresight and planning, Governments can manage the challenges from population ageing while enhancing opportunities for all people to thrive and ensuring that no one is left behind. As elaborated in this report, population ageing needs to be widely understood as more than just a set of discrete concerns mainly for one group of people who have advanced beyond a given age. Ageing touches all parts of economies and societies, from health care and education to employment and taxation. Each stage of life can contribute to or detract from well-being at older ages. 
The Impact of Climate Change on Education and What to Do about It Year of publication: 2024 Author: Sergio Venegas Marin | Lara Schwarz | Shwetlena Sabarwal Corporate author: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | World Bank Education can be the key to ending poverty in a livable planet, but governments must act now to protect it. Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as cyclones, floods, droughts, heatwaves and wildfires. These extreme weather events are in turn disrupting schooling; precipitating learning losses, dropouts, and long-term impacts. Even if the most drastic climate mitigation strategies were implemented, extreme weather events will continue to have detrimental impacts on education outcomes. 
Les politiques des grandes plateformes sur le discours de haine pendant la COVID-19 Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Montevideo Ce document fait état d’une augmentation des messages considérés comme des discours de haine sur Facebook, Twitter et YouTube, depuis l’avènement de la pandémie de COVID-19. Bien qu’inégale, cette augmentation peut être établie à partir des rapports de transparence des différentes plateformes et de la croissance enregistrée dans la modération de ces contenus à partir de mars 2020. Étant donné qu’au cours de la même période, et en conséquence des mesures d’isolement prises dans la plupart des pays du monde, les plateformes ont décidé d’accroître l’utilisation d’outils d’intelligence artificielle dans leurs processus de modération, il n’est pas possible d’être certain que cette croissance est due à une augmentation de la création et de la publication de messages ou à un changement dans les systèmes de détection qui a affecté les résultats d’une année à l’autre. 
UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet) Strategic Framework for Action 2025-2029: Building Peaceful and Sustainable Futures through Transformative Education Year of publication: 2025 Corporate author: UNESCO The ASPnet Strategic Framework explains how UNESCO's pioneering Associated Schools Network (ASPnet) contributes to the achievement of UNESCO’s strategic objectives for Education. This Framework outlines the key thematic areas, innovative educational approaches, and the anticipated outcomes of this dynamic community of educational innovators. It also delineates the roles and responsibilities of its primary stakeholders. The three thematic areas are : "Peace through Global Citizenship Education," "Education for Sustainable Development," and "Intercultural Learning and Appreciation of Cultural Diversity and Heritage." Through initiatives in these areas, ASPnet members inspire and empower teachers, principals, students, families, education professionals, and policymakers to champion transformative education. This prepares learners to become responsible global citizens in an ever-evolving and complex world. Ultimately, the goal is for all participants in this ecosystem to learn from one another and promote international understanding. Red de Escuelas Asociadas de la UNESCO (RedPEA) Marco Estratégico de Acción 2025-2029 : construyendo futuros pacíficos y sustentables a través de la educación transformadora Year of publication: 2025 Corporate author: UNESCO El Marco Estratégico de la RedPEA explica cómo la pionera Red de Escuelas Asociadas de la UNESCO contribuye a la consecución de los objetivos estratégicos de la UNESCO en materia de educación. Este Marco esboza las áreas temáticas clave, los enfoques educativos innovadores y los resultados previstos por parte de esta dinámica comunidad de innovadores educativos. También delimita las funciones y responsabilidades de sus principales actores. Las tres áreas temáticas son : «La paz mediante la educación para la ciudadanía mundial», “La educación para el desarrollo sostenible” y “El aprendizaje intercultural y la apreciación de la diversidad y el patrimonio culturales”. A través de iniciativas en estas áreas, los miembros de la RedPEA inspiran y capacitan a docentes, directores, estudiantes, familias, profesionales de la educación y funcionarios públicos para defender una educación transformadora. Esto prepara a los alumnos para convertirse en ciudadanos globales responsables en un mundo complejo y en constante evolución. En última instancia, el objetivo es que todos los participantes en este ecosistema aprendan unos de otros y promuevan el entendimiento internacional. Red de Escuelas Asociadas de la UNESCO (RedPEA) Marco Estratégico de Acción 2025-2029 : construyendo futuros pacíficos y sustentables a través de la educación transformadora Year of publication: 2025 Corporate author: UNESCO Le Cadre stratégique du réSEAU explique comment le Réseau des écoles associées de l’UNESCO (réSEAU), pionnier en la matière, contribue à la réalisation des objectifs stratégiques de l’UNESCO pour l’éducation. Ce Cadre définit les principaux axes thématiques, les approches éducatives innovantes ainsi que les résultats attendus de cette communauté dynamique d’innovateurs en matière d’éducation. Il précise également les rôles et responsabilités de ses principaux acteurs. Les trois axes thématiques sont : « La construction de la paix par l’éducation à la citoyenneté mondiale », « L’éducation au développement durable » et « L’apprentissage interculturel et l’appréciation de la diversitéculturelle et du patrimoine ». À travers des initiatives dans ces domaines, les membres du réSEAU inspirent et renforcent les capacités autonomisent des enseignants, des chefs d’établissement, des élèves, des familles, des professionnels de l’éducation et des décideurs afin qu’ils portent une éducation transformatrice. Cela prépare les apprenants à devenir des citoyens du monde responsables dans un monde contexte mondial en constante évolution et de plus en plus complexe. En définitive, l’objectif est que tous les acteurs de cet écosystème puissent apprendre les uns des autres et promouvoir la compréhension internationale..