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Greening Education Partnership: Getting Every Learner Climate-Ready Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific The UN Secretary-General calls the climate crisis ‘a battle for our lives’, as we still struggle to transform our societies to reach the 1.5°C-degree path recommended by the Paris Agreement. Rapid and radical transformation at all levels and in many aspects of our life is required, with education as a central and powerful means to support the adaptation and strengthening of the resilience of learners and societies. It is also important to ensure that education systems become more resilient to climate change to create safe and climate-proof schools. Building off of the knowledge and practice accumulated in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), a new Greening Education Partnership aims to deliver strong, coordinated and comprehensive action which will prepare every learner to acquire the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes to tackle climate change and to promote sustainable development. 
2023 Asia-Pacific Training Workshop on EIU: Mentorship Programme Final Report Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: APCEIU Asia-Pacific Training Workshop on EIU/GCED (APTW) is APCEIU's flagship Training of Trainers (TOT) programme for educators and teacher trainers in the Asia-Pacific region. Over the last 23 years, APCEIU benefitted more than 650 educators through the workshop. Especially, since 2021, the workshop has been carried out online training workshops, mentorship, and local project implementation to further support the participants to bring positive and sustainable changes in their local communities. In 2023, the 22nd APTW was virtually held from 30 May to 8 June with the theme of 'GCED as a Common Vision for Change.' 56 enthusiastic educators from 16 UNESCO member states in the Asia-Pacific region joined the programme. The workshop provided a venue to learn and discuss how GCED could contribute to transforming current education. This report summarizes 14 GCED projects implemented in the Asia-Pacific region by the 22nd APTW alumni who participated in the mentorship programme. 
Global Capacity-Building Workshop on GCED 2023: Follow-Up Activity Report Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: APCEIU This report summarizes 15 GCED projects implemented by the selected mentees/grantees of APCElU's 8th Global Capacity-Building Workshop on GCED on 13-21 July 2023. The projects include teacher training workshops, curriculum development, school-based activities, and community development projects, undertaken by educators, teachers, and practitioners in Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The mentees/grantees first participated in the 8th Global Capacity-Building Workshop on GCED in August 2023. After completing the Workshop, graduates submitted GCED proposals to be selected as grantees/mentees. The selected 15 mentees/grantees were matched with expert mentors who guided them in their project development and implementation. This report describes the summary of 15 projects held in different corners of the world along with their outputs. 
Empathy, Perspective and Complicity: How Digital Games can Support Peace Education and Conflict Resolution Year of publication: 2016 Author: Paul Darvasi Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) This paper will address how digital games may be uniquely suited to further the work of peace education and conflict resolution. There is a scarcity of research that specifically studies how digital games, as dynamic and interreactive learning tools, can be leveraged to support and enhance the closely related fields of peace education or conflict resolution; however, research in a number relevant sectors will be recruited to better understand the topic and expose gaps for further work. After defining basic terms, the first section will briefly discuss the aims of peace education and interactive conflict resolution and how digital games can assist in facilitating intergroup contact and collaboration. The heart of the paper will examine several serious games for their potential to cultivate perspective-taking and empathy, explore ethical dilemmas, promote intercultural understanding and encourage a sense of complicity, all crucial components in the work of peace education and conflict resolution. The final section will discuss the importance of context and reflection when implementing digital games and consider whether they can produce long-term, sustainable changes to behaviors and attitudes. 
[Summary] Global Education Monitoring Report Summary 2023: Technology in Education; A Tool on whose Terms? Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO | Global Education Monitoring Report Team Technology’s role in education has been sparking intense debate for a long time. Does it democratize knowledge or threaten democracy by allowing a select few to control information? Does it offer boundless opportunities or lead towards a technology-dependent future with no return? Does it level the playing field or exacerbate inequality? Should it be used in teaching young children or is there a risk to their development? The debate has been fuelled by the COVID-19 school closures and the emergence of generative artificial intelligence. But as developers are often a step ahead of decision makers, research on education technology is complex. Robust, impartial evidence is scarce. Are societies even asking the right questions about education before turning to technology as a solution? Are they recognizing its risks as they seek out its benefits? Information and communication technology has potential to support equity and inclusion in terms of reaching disadvantaged learners and diffusing more knowledge in engaging and affordable formats. In certain contexts, and for some types of learning, it can improve the quality of teaching and learning basic skills. In any case, digital skills have become part of a basic skills package. Digital technology can also support management and increase efficiency, helping handle bigger volumes of education data. But technology can also exclude and be irrelevant and burdensome, if not outright harmful. Governments need to ensure the right conditions to enable equitable access to education for all, to regulate technology use so as to protect learners from its negative influences, and to prepare teachers. This report recommends that technology should be introduced into education on the basis of evidence showing that it would be appropriate, equitable, scalable and sustainable. In other words, its use should be in learners’ best interests and should complement face-to-face interaction with teachers. It should be seen as a tool to be used on these terms. Midway to the deadline, the 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report assesses the distance still to go to reach the 2030 education targets. Education is the key to unlocking the achievement of other development objectives, not least the goal of technological progress. 
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). 
Formation of a Resilient Generation in Central Asia and Europe Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: ЮНИСЕФ | Европейский фонд образования In this joint report of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the European Education Foundation (ETF) reflect the views, views and sentiments of young people in Central Asia and Europe, which will be taken into account in regional and international discussions on options for creating more effective lifelong learning systems, more inclusive communities and a more "green" society. 
Human Rights Education in the School System Europe, Central Asia, and North America: A Compendium of Good Practices Year of publication: 2010 Corporate author: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) The Compendium of Good Practices: Human Rights Education in the School System in Europe, Central Asia, and North America includes 101 good practices in human rights education in primary, secondary, and teacher training institutions in the OSCE region, also covered by the UNESCO, OHCHR mandate. 
Report on the Rights of the Child and Family Reunification Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: UN Human Rights This document is a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights on the issue of separation of children from their families, describing the different forms the issue takes, as well as addressing the relevant international legal framework, and making relevant recommendations for each situation. 
Intercultural Dialogue, the Sustainable Development Goals, the G20 Summit, and Global Citizenship Year of publication: 2020 Author: Haya Al Harqan Corporate author: Women for Intercultural Dialogue Group This video is a symposium for the LICD Women's Group Hosting Program. The guest of the symposium is Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abu Al-Nimr/ Senior Advisor to the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious Dialogue between Cultures/ KAISEID. It dealt with 3 main attempts: dialogue and achieving the sustainable development goals of the United Nations SDGs, the Religious Values Forum of the Twenty Summit in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and global citizenship. The professor also praised the group’s work and its pioneering role, not only in the Kingdom, but in the entire Arab region, as it is a group based on the decision and full women’s sovereignty.