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Outcome document on education and biodiversity conservation, adopted at the parallel event: international conference on biodiversity conservation and education for sustainable development: learning to conserve biodiversity in a rapidly changing world Year of publication: 2012 Corporate author: Centre for Environment Education The Outcome Document from the two day International Conference on Biodiversity Conservation and ESD, attended by over 250 participants including educators and held as a parallel event inside COP 11, outlines a way forward by providing recommendations towards a strategic plan of action for ESD in the context of biodiversity conservation. 
Social and emotional learning (The Blue Dot Issue 10, 2019) Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) The tenth edition of The Blue DOT focuses on different aspects of social and emotional learning, including the neurosciences, teacher training, frameworks such as CASEL and SEE Learning and systemic SEL, amongst others. The issue includes a Foreword by Dr. Richard Davidson, William James and Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Founder and Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, and our Cover Story that focuses on how SEL can help to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Additionally, it features interviews and opinions from some of the world’s most prominent SEL experts on the importance of integrating SEL in our education systems. Amongst various experts, we hear from Kimberly Schonert-Reichl on her journey in SEL, Robert W. Roeser on “Educating the Head, the Heart and the Hand in the 21st Century” as well as Roger P. Weissberg and Joseph L. Mahoney on “What is Systemic Social and Emotional Learning and Why Does it Matter”? Further, a featured article with responses to a survey by teachers from 4 countries (Bhutan, India, South Africa and Sri Lanka), following the launch of the Institute’s SEL modules on Global Citizenship in a workshop conducted in New Delhi, India in April 2019 is presented. The modules have been rendered on MGIEP’s in house Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven digital platform now called FramerSpace (formerly CHI) and allow the student to have an interactive, instantaneous feedback and immersive experience while addressing contemporary issues such as migration, nationalism and violence. 
Policy brief: rethinking schooling for the 21st century Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) Analysing how far the ideals of SDG 4.7 are embodied in policies and curricula across 22 Asian countries, this study establishes benchmarks against which future progress can be assessed. It also argues forcefully that we must redefine the purposes of schooling, addressing the fundamental challenges to efforts to promote peace, sustainability and global citizenship through education. 
Rethinking schooling: annual report 2018 Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) Calls to gear up schools for the 21st century are ubiquitous today. Some Asian education systems are held up as models for an innovation-led utopian future. Across much of Asia, however, neither the reality of schooling nor the patterns of development with which it is associated give cause for blithe optimism. This study is informed by UNESCO’s commitment to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through educational reform worldwide. Since its inception, UNESCO has championed a humanistic vision of education (UNESCO, 2015)—a vision today encapsulated in SDG 4.7. These ideals need to be strongly restated and defended in an era when educational debate has come to be framed by a narrowly economistic and instrumentalist agenda. Deriving urgent significance from this broader context, the Rethinking Schooling report analyses how far the ideals of SDG 4.7 are embodied in policies and curricula across 22 Asian countries (UNESCO MGIEP, 2017a). The report seeks to develop benchmarks against which future progress can be assessed. It also argues forcefully that the fundamental purposes of schooling need to be reconfigured, if the ideals to which the global community has subscribed are actually to be realized. 
Be a buddy, not a bully: experiences of sexual and gender minority youth in Tamil Nadu schools Year of publication: 2019 Author: Menon C. Sunil, Chakrapani. Venkatesan, Jadav. Sarita Corporate author: UNESCO New Delhi We at UNESCO recognize that no country can achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 - to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all - if students are discriminated against or experience violence because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity. This study conducted under the overall guidance of the School Education Department, Government of Tamil Nadu highlights our shared commitment to prevent and address bullying in educational institutions. We are confident that this report will be an effective tool for evidence based advocacy with school education departments and go a long way in promoting a comprehensive education sector response to SOGIE-based bullying, which includes enabling policy environments; inclusive curriculum and learning materials; professional development programmes for teachers and other school staff; support for learners including awarenessraising activities; and an overall school environment that is safe, nonviolent and that understands and appreciates diversity. Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development: a joint initiative by UNESCO and the government of India Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Government of India are embarking on a major new partnership to create the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development. Through research and capacity-building, the Institute aims to develop and promote new approaches to education, empowering learners to transform their lives and build a more peaceful and sustainable world. Based in New Delhi, this will be the first UNESCO specialized education Institute in India, and the first in the Asia-Pacific region. It is particularly fitting that the Institute is hosted by India, the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi and a country that has made a significant commitment to education over the past decades. Institut Mahatma Gandhi d'éducation pour la paix et le développement durable: une initiative conjointe de l'UNESCO et le gouvernement de l'Inde Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) L'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture (UNESCO) et le Gouvernement de l'Inde se lancent dans un nouveau partenariat majeur pour créer l'Institut Mahatma Gandhi d'éducation pour la paix et le développement durable. Grâce à la recherche et le renforcement des capacités, l'Institut vise à développer et promouvoir de nouvelles approches de l'éducation, l'autonomisation des apprenants pour transformer leur vie et construire un monde plus pacifique et durable. Basé à New Delhi, ce sera le premier Institut de l'UNESCO spécialisé de l'éducation en Inde, et la première dans la région Asie-Pacifique. Il est particulièrement approprié que l'Institut est hébergé par l'Inde, le lieu de naissance du Mahatma Gandhi et un pays qui a pris un engagement important à l'éducation au cours des dernières décennies. 
[Video] Transforming Education for Humanity Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) UNESCO MGIEP focuses on achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal 4.7 towards education for building peaceful and sustainable societies across the world by developing programmes that promote socio-emotional learning, innovate digital pedagogies and empower the youth. Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development: UNESCO's first category 1 institute in the Asia-Pacific brochure Year of publication: 2014 Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) is UNESCO’s first Category 1 Institute in the Asia-Pacific. The Institute will be a key strategic player in UNESCO’s work towards quality Education for All and the transformative shift envisioned for the Post 2015 agenda. Established in cooperation with the Government of India, MGIEP has been created to play a leading role in research, knowledge sharing, capacity building and policy formulation in the area of peace and sustainability education. The Institute aims to promote, assimilate and generate high quality research to lead the intellectual and policy discourse for education and global citizenship in the region. It was named after Mahatma Gandhi, as a tribute to his ideas of non-violence and sustainable living. The President of India and the Director-General of UNESCO jointly announced the establishment of the Institute in November, 2012. It is located in New Delhi. Institut Mahatma Gandhi d'Éducation pour la Paix et le Développement Durable: UNESCO premier institut de catégorie 1 dans la brochure Asie-Pacifique Year of publication: 2014 Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) L'Institut Mahatma Gandhi d'éducation pour la paix et le développement durable (MGIEP) est la première catégorie de l'UNESCO 1 Institut dans la région Asie-Pacifique. L'Institut sera un acteur stratégique clé dans le travail de l'UNESCO à l'éducation de qualité pour tous et le changement de transformation envisagé pour le programme post 2015. Fondée en coopération avec le Gouvernement de l'Inde, MGIEP a été créé pour jouer un rôle de premier plan dans la recherche, le partage des connaissances, le renforcement des capacités et la formulation des politiques dans le domaine de l'éducation de la paix et de la durabilité. L'Institut vise à promouvoir, d'assimiler et de générer des recherches de haute qualité pour diriger le discours intellectuel et politique de l'éducation et la citoyenneté mondiale dans la région. Il a été nommé d'après le Mahatma Gandhi, comme un hommage à ses idées de non-violence et de vie durable. Le Président de l'Inde et le Directeur général de l'UNESCO ont annoncé conjointement la mise en place de l'Institut en Novembre 2012. Il est situé à New Delhi.