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The 2030 Agenda and the Regional Gender Agenda: Synergies for Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean (Asuntos de Género; no. 143) Year of publication: 2017 Author: Nicole Bidegain Ponte Corporate author: UN. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) This document analyzes the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in light of the challenges and priorities for gender equality and the rights and autonomy of women in Latin America and the Caribbean. Illustrative examples of the interrelationships between goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda are presented, and it warns about the importance of a comprehensive approach to ensure that progress in some of the SDGs is not made through means that may hinder the achievement of the goals and targets related to gender equality and women's rights. 
Why and How to Move Towards Participatory Democracy Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: Fondation pour la Nature et l'Homme Co-constructing tomorrow's solutions is the major challenge of participatory democracy. However, the participation of citizens in decisions is not always obvious and today many projects are contested in the territory. Solutions exist to involve citizens more directly in environmental decisions, discover these issues and solutions in 3 minutes! 
Leadership and Active Citizenship Program: A Creative Learning Journey for Undergraduate Students Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Berziet University Based on Birzeit University’s conviction and belief in its vision of its role as a pioneering institution with all its components that contribute to knowledge production in its national and global dimensions, and its commitment to its mission through “providing an enlightened and independent environment that allows freedom of thought and expression, is keen on democratic practices and dialogue, and stimulates excellence, creativity, innovation and leadership in education and learning.” To provide the community with competencies and knowledge that would lead change and contribute to its advancement, the Leadership and Active Citizenship Program “Masari” was launched at the beginning of the academic year 2017/2018, to enhance the university’s role in developing a renewed vision for education, and to be an incentive for students to start charting their life path and engaging with their surroundings. From the first day they cross the university's threshold, a co-curricular curriculum is implemented in parallel with the academic programs and curricular and extracurricular activities, and is a major and integral part of their educational career and university experience.The Massari program draws its general intellectual framework from the experience and expertise of Birzeit University in developing the conceptual and programmatic framework for life skills and citizenship education for the Middle East and North Africa, within the framework of a joint regional initiative launched by UNICEF in 2015 in cooperation with countries in the region and international institutions. 
Applying a Whole School Approach to Prevent School-Related Gender-Based Violence: Lessons From Zimbabwe Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) In 2018, the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) along with the Forum for African Women Educationalists Zimbabwe Chapter (FAWEZI), with support from UNICEF, launched a pilot initiative to test whether and how the eight domains and minimum standards can be operationalized in schools. Miske Witt & Associates (MWAI), a technical partner in the initiative, supported FAWEZI to design and monitor interventions aligned to the minimum standards. The pilot was implemented in ten schools (five primary and five secondary) across two districts in Zimbabwe.Implemented over the period October 2018 – December 2020, including during the COVID-19 lockdown, this policy note briefly describes the pilot, highlights what worked and lessons and recommendations for policy action. The target audience for this policy note are education practitioners, policymakers, researchers and donors. 
The Big Conversation: Climate Change; Final Report Year of publication: 2021 Author: Michael Bruter | Sarah Harrison | Sandra Obradović | Elisabet Vives Corporate author: British Council | London School of Economics and Political Science This research draws on experience from the field of international cultural relations as well as the latest academic research on values, behaviours and norms to understand more about how we can create the conditions for co-operation on shared global challenges.It delivers new insight on values and attitudes towards climate change among the populations of China, India, Japan and Mexico – selected to represent a diverse range of major world economies who are also important players in the global climate change debate.The research also draws on the experience of international cultural relations experts to provide new insight on how to strengthen international cooperation on climate change and the important role that cultural relations can play in supporting that. 
Teachers for All: Inclusive Teaching for Children With Disabilities Year of publication: 2013 Author: Ingrid Lewis | Sunit Bagree Corporate author: International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) Globally we need more well-trained and motivated teachers.Good teachers can help ensure that every child learns to their full potential from an early age and enters adult life well-equipped to be active citizens and support the development of their community and country. Many countries do not have enough teachers, let alone enough teachers who have received sufficiently high quality pre- and in-service training and access to continuing professional development. This paper first provides detail about the context and scale of the challenge. It then outlines five broad issues that need addressing if we are to prepare, recruit and support enough teachers, with appropriate skills, to educate every child – including those with disabilities. 
Recommendations of the Conference on "Education for Social Cohesion in Lebanon" Year of publication: 2009 Corporate author: American University of Beirut The file is a summary of the recommendations that came out of the "Education and Social Cohesion in Lebanon" conference, which was held at the American University in Beirut. The recommendations deal with the challenges of social cohesion in Lebanon with its different sects and ethnic components. This conference lasted for three days and was attended by a group of participants from Lebanon and abroad. 
Nature-based Solutions: Opportunities and Challenges for Scaling Up Year of publication: 2022 Author: Charlotte Hicks | Carolina Chambi | Hemant Tripathi | Katie Dawkins | Tania Salvaterra | Kollie Tokpah | Valerie Kapos | Hashim Zaman Corporate author: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are important for the global sustainable development agenda because they offer the potential to address, in an effective way, diverse challenges such as climate change, food and water insecurity, disaster impacts, and threats to human health and wellbeing, while reducing environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. Some of the challenges addressed by NbS, including biodiversity loss and climate action, cannot be fully tackled without this contribution. This does not mean that other actions, such as rapid decarbonization of our economies, are not also essential. This report: Outlines recent developments on NbS, with a focus on global, regional and national commitments, and key issues and concerns Builds on the new multilaterally agreed definition of NbS – agreed by the UN Environment Assembly in March 2022 – to set out key elements in the concept, provides examples of NbS, and discusses related approaches Provides recommendations for actions by governments, civil society and the private sector to substantially scale up the use of NbSThe report aims to inform NbS-related initiatives and discussions on NbS at global, regional, and national levels, with a focus on how NbS can be scaled up to more effectively address social, economic, and environmental challenges. 
Diagnosing and Enhancing Environmental Literacy of Citizens to Raise Green Awareness Year of publication: 2021 Author: Jeongyoon Yeom | Namsoo Kim | Haengwoon Jeong | Woohyeon Jeong Corporate author: Korea Environment Institute (KEI) 1. Research purposeA nationwide consensus on the understanding on and necessity of the environmental policy is needed in order to successfully achieve the policy objectives.The necessity of environmental education is being highlighted but in reality, there is a lack of objectives and specific indicators to verify its effect.The goal of environmental education should be the expansion of environmental literacy and indicators to measure this should be developed. 2. Research scopeSummarize the concept of environmental literacy and develop the scales for adultsMeasure the level of environmental literacy of citizensConfirm the predictors and consequences of environmental literacyUnderstand citizen types via cluster analysis 
Climate Change Adaptation Policy, 10 years: Tracking Adaptation and Suggesting the Way Forward (Ⅲ) Year of publication: 2021 Author: YoungiI Song | Jiyoung Shin | Jinhan Park | Songmi Park | Mirae Kim Corporate author: Korea Environment Institute (KEI) This study suggested the direction of preparing and wrote the climate change adaptation gap report by sector. This study defined the adaptation gap as the degree of implementation compared to the adaptation goal and evaluated the effect of reducing climate change risk.This study prepared a climate change adaptation gap report through the process of selecting representative indicators, setting adaptation goals, and analyzing national climate change adaptation policies for five sectors: forest/ecosystem, agriculture and fisheries, water, health, and territory/coast.Through the writing of the climate change adaptation gap report, We identified the insufficient climate change adaptation measures and suggested the policy directions to effectively reduce climate change risk and ensure the effectiveness of future climate change adaptation policies.As a result, we emphasized the climate change adaptation efforts are needed, such as establishing climate change adaptation policies directly related to climate change risk, building the data to understand the effectiveness of climate change adaptation measures, and setting goals for climate change adaptation.