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Final report of the workshop on how to promote the life-link friendship-schools programme in relation to UNESCO decades for culture of peace and education for sustainable development, Amman, Jordan, May 23-24, 2007 Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: UNESCO Amman This chapter provides a brief summary of the speeches presented at the official opening and closing ceremonies as well as presentations delivered by the experts of Life-Link and UNESCO staff at the two day workshop The sub-regional workshop for ASPnet National Coordinators and Life-Link Friendship Schools Programme, organized in close collaboration with the Ministry of Education, was constructed according to the following format: (i). An organizing Committee was formed comprising of staff from the Ministry of Education and UNESCO Amman Office and Chairperson of Life-Link Programme. The committee oversaw the organization, preparation of documentation, venue, draft agenda, logistic and procedural aspects of the workshop. (ii). The selection of participants for the workshop was done by the National Commissions for UNESCO to Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, Oman and Jordan. The participating Arab Countries were selected by UNESCO Office-Amman and Life-Link. (iii).The selected participants comprised the National Coordinators and teachers for ASPnet in their countries. A member from Life-Link in Jordan was invited as an observer for the workshop. (iv).The resource persons (trainers) for the workshop were carefully selected on the basis of their expertise, experience and relevance to the main subjects of the workshop. The experts came from the Ministry of Education, Life-Link, UNESCO and UNRWA. (v). The format of the workshop was basically structured to firstly provide an overview and background of the Life-Link Friendship Schools Programme and ASPnet, followed by experts' presentations relevant to the main subjects of Life-Link Programme. The workshop also had three sessions of discussion on the different aspects of Life Link Programme. Participants were circulated to these sessions one after another. The workshop also had a session on how to plan for implementing peace actions as Extra Curricula Activities in schools. (vi). The ASPnet national workshop was organized under the patronage of his Excellency Dr. Khaled Toukan, the Minister of Education and the Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research and Chairman of the Jordan National Commission for UNESCO. 
Policy Brief: Prevention of Violent Extremism Through Education in Central Asia Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO Almaty Education has a powerful role to play in long-term prevention of violent extremism by equipping learners with the right skills and competencies, increasing employment opportunities and empowering youth. This policy brief aims to provide a better understanding of Preventing Violent Extremism through Education (PVE-E) and the relevant policy interventions that could be taken. 
Two concepts, one goal: education for international understanding and education for sustainable development Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok | APCEIU EIU and ESD are not dogmas but evolving concepts that can contribute to social learning and transformation. EIU and ESD share many common issues, supporting each other’s scope of work and focus. This series of information sheets has been prepared to highlight key complementary areas and synergies. 
UNESCO Sub-regional Strategy for Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan 2018-2021 Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO Almaty This document represents the strategic framework for UNESCO’s interaction with the governments and civil societies of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, with other UN agencies and development partners aimed at responding most effectively to the development needs, priorities and aspirations of countries. 
EIU Best Practices Series No. 23: Peace Education for School Leadership: A Case Study of PEACeXCELS in the Philippines Year of publication: 2011 Author: Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela | Elaissa Marina Mendoza | Cristina Villanueva-Moreno Corporate author: APCEIU This report is one of APCEIU's EIU Best Practices Series, which aims to encourage educators, scholars, and activists to implement and share local initiatives on EIU. The Series No.23 showcases Peace Education Excellence in School Leadership for Southeast Asia (PEACeXCELS) in the Philippines, a competency building program for educators on EIU. Through comprehensive training, principals and educators undertook reforms in respective schools, implementing various activities to include concept of peace and multiculturalism within school policies and lesson plans. 
EIU Best Practices Series No. 25: School-based In-service Programme Year of publication: 2011 Author: Yeshi Pemo Corporate author: APCEIU This monograph is one of APCEIU's EIU Best Practices Series, which aims to encourage educators, scholars, and activists to implement and share local initiatives on EIU. The Series No.25 introduces the case of the Damphu Lower Secondary School in Bhutan, which carried out a number of initiatives to promote culture of peace and EIU through workshops, literary activities, and contests for students, teachers, parents, and nation-wide UNESCO clubs. The case showcases that the educators’ aspirations toward education for peace can be achieved through the combination of excellent school leadership, strong commitment, high competency, and available resources. 
EIU Best Practices Series No. 26: Promotion of EIU through Multilingual Education Year of publication: 2011 Author: Narayan Prasad Subedi Corporate author: APCEIU This monograph is one of APCEIU's EIU Best Practices Series, which aims to encourage educators, scholars, and activists to implement and share local initiatives on EIU. The Series No.26 showcases a Multilingual Education Programme initiated by the Magar community in Nepal, that fosters EIU and multiculturalism. As there are over 200 local languages within Nepal, the MEP seeks to address the educational needs of non-Nepali speaking population. The program helps to enhance teacher capacity building, training manual development, and curriculum development, thereby allowing non-Nepali students to study in respective mother tongue. 
EIU Best Practices Series No. 27: Integrating EIU with the Curriculum for Gross National Happiness Education in Bhutan Year of publication: 2012 Author: Udhim Subba Corporate author: APCEIU This monograph is one of APCEIU's EIU Best Practices Series, which aims to encourage educators, scholars, and activists to implement and share local initiatives on EIU. The Series No.27 introduces Bhutan’s Yebilaptsa Middle Secondary School, in its effort to promote values of EIU as a complementary component of the Gross National Happiness Education efforts. Activities such as UNESCO club community activities, environmental learning, EIU cultural night, international exchange altogether exemplify effective ways to integrate EIU practices in the curriculum and extracurricular programs of schools. 
Humanistic Futures of Learning: Perspectives from UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO UNESCO’s Futures of Education initiative aims to rethink education and shape the future. The initiative is catalyzing a global debate on how knowledge, education and learning need to be reimagined in a world of increasing complexity, uncertainty and precarity. This publication presents the first curated input to the Futures of Education initiative from the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme, which now represents an extensive global network of more than 800 higher education institutions in over 115 countries. It features think pieces that highlight key dimensions to be considered in re-visioning and re-purposing education for the future of humanity and the planet. The collection of the pieces calls for greater focus on a number of critical areas such as: The role of culture in strengthening social and environmental sustainability; the values and attitudes that are needed to shape future generations; the importance of both robust public education, as well as of other learning spaces; the need to strengthen human creativity and capability in the digital era, as well as the role of higher education in generating the knowledge and driving the innovation required to transform our world. 
Address by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the UNESCO Week for Peace and Sustainable Development: The Role of Education; Ottawa, Canada, 8 March 2017 Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UNESCO. Director-General, 2009-2017 (Bokova, I.G.) This address was presented by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the UNESCO Week for Peace and Sustainable Development. She highlights on the role of education.