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Second UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education video Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: UNESCO Highlights of the Second UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) Building peaceful and sustainable societies: preparing for post-2015 (28-30 January 2015, UNESCO HQs, Paris). The Forum was organized by the Division for Teaching, Learning and Content, Education Sector, UNESCO, with the support of Austria, the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Korea, and the UN Secretary-General's Global Education First Initiative (GEFI).
Second UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education video Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture (UNESCO) Faits saillants du deuxième Forum de l'UNESCO sur l’éducation à la citoyenneté mondiale (ECM) Construire des sociétés pacifiques et durables: la préparation pour l'après-2015 (28-30 Janvier 2015, Siège de l'UNESCO, Paris). Le Forum a été organisé par la Division de l'enseignement, l'apprentissage et du contenu, Secteur de l'éducation, l'UNESCO, avec le soutien de l'Autriche, le Sultanat d'Oman et la République de Corée, et Première Éducation Mondiale Initiative du Secrétaire Général de l'ONU (PISG).
Lifelong learning from a social justice perspective Year of publication: 2017 Author: Carlos Vargas Corporate author: UNESCO Over the past two decades, a set of globally converging discourses on lifelong learning (LLL) has emerged around the world. Driven mostly by inter-governmental organizations, these discourses have been largely embraced by national and local education systems seeking to reflect local traditions and priorities. This paper argues that these discourses tend to look remarkably alike, converging into a homogeneous rationale in which the economic dimension of education predominates over other dimensions of learning, and in which adaptation takes pre-eminence over social transformation as a goal of LLL. It also shows how these converging discourses are embedded in the logic of the knowledge economy, driven by concern for human capital formation as dictated by the changing demands of the global labour market, and can neglect the learning needs and interests of local communities. The paper concludes that the globally converging discourse of LLL tends to serve the interests of the market ahead of those of the community, and argues that an alternative characterization of LLL, anchored in social justice, is necessary in the light of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and especially Sustainable Development Goal 4, which aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and to promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. 