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Discourses and Strategies for Solving Environmental Issues in Central Asia Year of publication: 2020 Author: Muslimbek Buriev Corporate author: Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR) | Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) The representative office of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) in Central Asia and CABAR.asia present an analytical note entitled “Discourses and Strategies for Solving Environmental Issues in Central Asia”. This work is an effort to outline the most significant environmental issues in the region and to analyze measures to solve them. In addition, it attempts to highlight cases of successful practice as well as to identify existing programs with significant shortcomings.The work is meant for young experts and consultants, researchers, decision-makers, as well as a wide range of readers interested in environmental issues and governance in Central Asia. 
Closing the Gap: Ensuring There Are Enough Qualified and Supported Teachers in Sub-Saharan Africa Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 | UNESCO The fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 4) aims to ensure better learning opportunities and outcomes and more equitable and inclusive education for all. SDG target 4.c calls for an increase in the supply of qualified teachers, particularly in low-income countries. To achieve this ambitious target, the international community needs to pay renewed attention to teacher support and preparation.This advocacy brief considers what it will take to increase the supply of qualified teachers in sub-Saharan Africa, the region where the teacher shortage is most acute. It analyses the causes for teacher shortages, looks at trends affecting the region and describes the scale of the shortages. It examines the fiscal pressures on low-income countries to cover salary costs and the costs of initial teacher education and continuing professional development, and it proposes some recommendations for governments and the international community to achieve the essential target of substantially increasing the supply of well qualified teachers. 
A Coherent European Approach to SDG Target 4.7 Year of publication: 2021 Author: Ana Teresa Santos Corporate author: Bridge 47 This document aims to showcase why a coherent approach to Target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDG) will strengthen the European Union’s role in achieving the targets and goals set out in Agenda 2030. The report suggests some pathways to follow in order to make this coherent approach a reality.It explores: Relevance of a coherent European approach to SDG Target 4.7 and connections with other EU processes Funding lines Possible pathways to make the coherent approach a reality 
Global Citizenship: Whitepaper About an Emerging Concept Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Melton Foundation The Melton Foundation is an active part of a larger community aiming to develop and promote the understanding of global citizenship as an overarching framework for thought and action. In this context, the Melton Foundation has developed this Whitepaper. This material aims to: Familiarize communities with the concept of Global Citizenship and provide an honest, clear picture of it. Analyze the current state of Global Citizenship, evaluate issues preventing its widespread adoption and put forward suggestive remedies. 
Reaching the Marginalized - Good Practices in Adult Learning and Teaching in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and South Asia Year of publication: 2020 Author: Johann Heilmann | Nazaret Nazaretyan Corporate author: DVV International This publication aims to enrich the theoretical and practical aspects of adult teaching and learning. Providing access to information, communication channels, and exchange, which will serve to deepen knowledge, experience, and increase cooperation in adult education at the international level. 
Words that Heal: The Role of Young People in Addressing Hate Speech (EPDF Policy Brief No. 2) Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) In the ‘post-truth era’, polarised opinions and knowledge fragmentation make it particularly challenging for young people to orient themselves and make sense of the world. Biased narratives and expressions of hate, exacerbated by echo chambers and artificial intelligence, significantly increase the risk that young social media users create or spread discriminatory content or become victims of hate speech. This can lead to long-lasting psychological and physical harm. Derogatory language often targets religious or ethnic communities, further inflamed by structural discrimination and boosted by the vicious spirals of algorithms. Based on experiences across Europe, this policy brief reflects on how to prevent young people from becoming involved in hate speech, both as victims and perpetrators, thanks to renewed alliances between secular and religious actors. Policymakers and faith leaders are encouraged to resort to interreligious and intercultural dialogue as a powerful tool that promotes mutual understanding and appreciation over mistrust and harmful stereotypes. 
Reimagining Education: The International Science and Evidence Based Education Assessment; Summary for Decision Makers (SDM) Year of publication: 2022 Author: Anantha Kumar Duraiappah | Nienke M. van Atteveldt | Joanne Marieke Buil | Kriti Singh | Rongxiu Wu Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) The International Science and Evidence Based Education (ISEE) Assessment is an initiative of the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP), and is its contribution to the Futures of Education process launched by UNESCO Paris in September 2019. In order to contribute to re-envisioning the future of education with a science and evidence based report, UNESCO MGIEP embarked on the first-ever large scale assessment of knowledge of education. 
Catalysing Change for Sustainable Peace: KAICIID's Transformative Dialogue Approach Corporate author: International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) What is transformative about KAICIID's interreligious and intercultural dialogue approach? Since its establishment, the Centre has worked with the understanding that for dialogue to be truly transformative, it must be continuous, responsive, synergetic, and inclusive of all voices, secular and religious. KAICIID achieves this through sustained engagement with, individual, community, national, regional and international stakeholders. The Centre utilises a synergy of convening, capacity development and mainstreaming of dialogue into the policies and practices of relevant institutions. KAICIID brings diverse stakeholders and partners to the dialogue; empowers and catalyses them through information and expertise exchange, resources and support; supporting changemakers in promoting and incorporating dialogue into the policy and practices of institutions and bodies. The Centre's transformative dialogue approach creates a multiplying effect that leads to an enabling environment for dialogue to take place, fostering social cohesion and sustainable peace. 
Draft Text of the Revised 1974 Recommendation Concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-Operation and Peace and Education Relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO In accordance with the UNESCO Constitution and the Rules of Procedure concerning Recommendations to Member States and international conventions covered by the terms of Article IV, paragraph 4, of the Constitution, the draft text of the revised Recommendation concerning education for international understanding, co-operation and peace and education relating to human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the related preliminary report, were sent to UNESCO Member States through the circular letter CL/4401 (September 2022) for their written commentsand observations. On the basis of their comments, a second draft of the text was prepared. In circular letter CL/4433 (April 2023), the second draft together with the Definitive Report were submitted to Member States. The Special Committee meeting of experts designated by Member States took place from 30 May to 2 June 2023, as per the circular letter CL/4417 (November 2022), and from 10 to 12 July 2023, as per circular letter CL/4442 (June 2023). 
إتاحة وتعزيز حضور اللغة العربية في المشافي Year of publication: 2023 Author: لوريا دلة، خلود إدريس، عيدان رينغميخال شوستر، لوريا دلة Public space in Israel constitutes a meeting point between Arab and Jewish citizens. This space includes health institutions, higher education institutions, cultural and artistic institutions, and others. The presence of the Arabic language in the public sphere is necessary in order to enable Arab citizens to achieve their basic right to obtain clear and reliable information in their mother tongue. The absence of the Arabic language from this sphere and its partial or incomplete presence carries an implicit message of exclusion and neglect of Arab citizens. Hospitals are an extremely important part of the public space, because they are entrusted with the protection of basic rights – the right to life and the right to health. In addition to their vital services, hospitals are among the main employment centers in Arab society, employing doctors, therapists and many other professional staff. Therefore, enhancing the presence of the Arabic language in health institutions may contribute significantly to disseminating and consolidating the values of common life and building a common society in Israel. The Ministry of Health gave this issue utmost importance in the Director-General’s Circular of 2011, specifying that “signage in health institutions must be compatible with the linguistic composition of the main population segments that receive services in these institutions.”Wherever possible, signs are available in three languages: Hebrew, Arabic and English.The “Sikkuy-Ofoq” association believes that within the framework of health care, the Ministry of Health and hospitals must also bear responsibility for creating an equal and shared space that includes Arab citizens and their language.This research aims to survey and evaluate the level of Arabic language presence in hospitals. The survey was conducted at the beginning of 2022 in 12 hospitals in various parts of the country, where a survey was conducted to determine the extent of the presence of the Arabic language in the different types of signage on the paths frequented by the largest number of visitors within the hospital space. Emergency signs, warning signs, directions and prohibitions signs, and signs to direct and facilitate movement. .The results and obstacles that we reached in the survey process are documented in the full paper, along with a series of recommendations that contribute to improving the situation, and they are directed to the Ministry of Health and hospitals.