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Digital Pedagogies for Building Peaceful & Sustainable Societies (The Blue Dot Issue 8, 2018) Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) In this issue of The Blue Dot (Digital Pedagogies for Building Peaceful and Sustainable Societies), some of the most prominent experts in the field of digital pedagogies share with us their views and perspectives in the growing field for education. Foreword by the visionary Chief Minister, Honourable Nara Shri Chandrababu Naidu of the State of Andhra Pradesh, India, pretty much lays the ground for the future of EdTech and the way he sees its role in his state as well as for the global community. The second foreword by the Global Head of Education, Unity Technologies, one of the world’s largest provider of game engines, demonstrates the willingness of the private sector to engage with educators to provide the platform to develop learners as creative explorers. 
SDG 4 Data Book: Global Education Indicators 2018 Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) This publication presents the global monitoring indicators used by countries and the international development community to monitor progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) on education. The indicators were produced by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), based on the latest available data.The UIS is the official source of internationally-comparable education data and the custodian agency for SDG 4 data.This mandate reflects the trust of the international community in UIS data and its proven track record in methodological work and standard-setting with national statistical offices, line ministries and technical partners in every region.This publication presents a snapshot of the data used to monitor progress towards the global education goal and targets. It complements the UIS Quick Guide to Education Indicators for SDG 4, which provides more detailed information on the development, interpretation and use of the indicators. 
Global Education Meeting 2018: Brussels Declaration Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: UNESCO Ministers, and other heads of delegations, as well as representatives of multilateral organizations, civil society, the teaching profession, youth and the private sector, met in Brussels, from 3 to 5 December 2018. This document describes key messsages and commitments for the 2019 High-Level Political Forum and the United Nations General Assembly. 
[Summary] The United Nations World Water Development Report 2019: Leaving No One Behind; Executive Summary Year of publication: 2019 Author: Richard Connor | Stefan Uhlenbrook | Engin Koncagül Corporate author: UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) People from different groups are ‘left behind’ for different reasons. Discrimination, exclusion, marginalization, entrenched power asymmetries and material inequalities are among the main obstacles to achieving the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation for all and realizing the water-related goals of the 2030 Agenda. Poorly designed and inadequately implemented policies, inefficient and improper use of financial resources, as well as policy gaps fuel the persistence of inequalities in access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Unless exclusion and inequality are explicitly and responsively addressed in both policy and practice, water interventions will continue to fail to reach those most in need and who are likely to benefit most.Improving water resources management and providing access to safe and affordable drinking water and sanitation for all is essential for eradicating poverty, building peaceful and prosperous societies, and ensuring that ‘no one is left behind’ on the road towards sustainable development. These goals are entirely achievable, provided there is a collective will to do so. 
[Video] The future we need – and how we get there Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Friends of the Earth Europe Friends of the Earth groups across Europe are working for a socially-just, safe and peaceful future for all – and this is how they do it. 
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2019: Leaving No One Behind Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) The UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme brings together the work of numerous UN-Water Members and Partners to produce the United Nations World Water Development Report series.The annual editions focus on strategic water issues. UN-Water Members and Partners as well as other experts contribute the latest knowledge on a specific theme.The 2019 Report seeks to inform policy and decision-makers, inside and outside the water community, how improvements in water resources management and access to water supply and sanitation services are essential to overcoming poverty and addressing various other social and economic inequities.In an increasingly globalized world, the impacts of water-related decisions cross borders and affect everyone. Extreme events, environmental degradation, population growth, rapid urbanization, unsustainable and inequitable consumption patterns, conflicts and social unrest, and unprecedented migratory flows are among the interconnected pressures faced by humanity, often hitting those in vulnerable situations the hardest through their impacts on water.Addressing the inequalities faced by disadvantaged groups requires tailored solutions that take account of the day-to-day realities of people and communities in vulnerable situations. Properly designed and adequately implemented policies, efficient and appropriate use of financial resources, as well as evidence-based knowledge on water resources and water-related issues are also vital to eliminating inequalities in access to safe drinking water and sanitation.Titled ‘Leaving No One Behind ’, the report reinforces the commitments made by the UN member states in adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in recognizing the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, both of which are essential for eradicating poverty and for building prosperous, peaceful societies. 
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. 
Policy Handbook: Advancing Education for Sustainable Development Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: World Future Council Foundation Given the huge challenges the world faces, it is clear that we need to teach, learn and live in a fundamentally different manner. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is increasingly recognised as playing a central role in empowering learners of all ages to positively respond to local and global challenges and act in a more peaceful, just, inclusive and sustainable manner. This approach is already helping people develop the skills, values and attitudes necessary to create more resilient societies and transition towards the skilled, green, low-carbon economies of the future. This handbook explores some of the central success factors in policy, process and practice in some of the pioneering countries and contexts where ESD is being effectively embraced. It examines some of the major trends, case studies and challenges in introducing this more holistic, progressive, hands-on education. 
The SDGs and Cities INTERNATIONAL HUMAN MOBILITY Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights | (ICPHR) The Handbook is to address new situations – and responses to these situations – generated by the global phenomenon of human mobility in urban spaces. Democracies are being threatened by the sustained growth of social gaps and the exclusion of vast sectors of the population from political systems and benefits of development, placing structural limits on the exercise of human rights. In this context, where new tensions and problems have arisen such as massive displacements of the population, the appearance of diverse types of extremism, of wars and conflicts and climate change in turn place these social sectors under conditions of structural inequality, exclusion and discrimination, as the main victims of human rights violations. This Handbook was prepared and published with the support and assistance of the UNESCO Sector for Social and Human Sciences through its Regional Science Bureau in Montevideo and the Latin American and Caribbean Coalition of Cities against Racism, Discrimination and Xenophobia. 
Realization of the Sustainable Development Goals by, for and with Persons with Disabilities (UN Flagship Report on Disability and Development 2018) Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) Realization of the Sustainable Development Goals by, for and with persons with disabilities 'Disability and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development' this report represents the first UN systemwide effort to examine disability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level. The report reviews data, policies and programmes and identifies good practices; and uses the evidence it reviewed to outline recommended actions to promote the realization of the SDGs for persons with disabilities. The report shows that despite the progress made in recent years, persons with disabilities continue to face numerous barriers to their full inclusion and participation in the life of their communities. It sheds light on their disproportionate levels of poverty, their lack of access to education, health services, employment, their under-representation in decision-making and political participation. This is particularly the case for women and girls with disabilities. Main barriers to inclusion entail discrimination and stigma on the ground of disability, lack of accessibility to physical and virtual environments, lack of access to assistive technology, essential services, rehabilitation and support for independent living that are critical for the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities as agents of change and beneficiaries of development. Data and statistics compiled and analysed in the present report indicate that persons with disabilities are not yet sufficiently included in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the SDGs.