Global citizenship education
Global Citizenship Education (GCED) seeks to provide students with the ability to face and solve global problems, and to contribute proactively to a more peaceful, tolerant, inclusive, and safe world.
UNESCO’s Education Sector promotes GCED within educational systems. This entails ensuring that these principles and approaches are reflected in national educational policies as well as within curricular content, teaching methods, learning environments, and monitoring and assessment frameworks. UNESCO’s approach puts emphasis on education for peace and human rights, as well as multicultural and multilingual education where relevant and appropriate.
In a world with growing manifestations of intolerance, it is crucial that educational systems equip students with values, knowledge, and skills that instill a respect for human rights. Inclusion of them themes such as gender equality, social justice, and diversity is also essential, as students strengthen their capacity to exercise their rights and fulfill their obligations that promote a better world and future for all.
Latest news
- 18.07.16 - UNESCO 1974 Recommendation used to measure progress towards education target 4.7 (ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development and global citizenship)
- 29.06.16 - The Caribbean to debate youth and adult education at UNESCO conference in Jamaica
- 23.06.16 - UNESCO launches new training for educators to prevent violent extremism
Events
Regional worlshop: Orientation and Capacity Building on Global Citizenship Education for Latin America and the Caribbean
Santiago de Chile, 1-3 September, 2015
2nd UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education (GCED)
UNESCO Paris, 28-30 January, 2015
First UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education (GCED)
Bangkok, Tailandia, 2-4 December, 2013
Reporte informativo
Taller Regional de Orientación y Desarrollo de Capacidades sobre Educación para la Ciudadanía Mundial en América Latina y el Caribe.
Informe analítico
Primer Cuestionario sobre el Estado de Situación de la Educación para la Ciudadanía Mundial en América Latina y el Caribe
Resumen ejecutivo
- Citizenship education in Latin America: priorities of school curricula (2014). IBE working papers on curriculum issues; 14
- Reflections on progress, sustainable development and global citizenship (2013)
- Outcome document of the Technical Consultation on Global Citizenship Education. Global Citizenship Education: an emerging perspective (2013)
- A Teacher's Guide on the Prevention of violent extremism
- Education for ‘global citizenship’: a framework for discussion
Working papers - Education research and foresight - Education for 'global citizenship': a framework for discussion
Working papers - Education research and foresight - ASPnet strategy for 2014-2021, Global network of schools addressing global challenges: building global citizenship and promoting sustainable development
- IV Jornadas de Cooperación Iberoamericana sobre Educación para la Paz, la Convivencia Democrática y los Derechos Humanos (2011)
- Democracy, citizenship education and inclusion:a multi-dimensional approach Article in Prospects (2008), page 34.
- Young people andcitizenship in Latin America: Challenges for the curriculum
Revista PRELAC 3 (2006) page 65. - On the quality of education and itsdemocratic meaning
Revista PRELAC 2 (2006) page 90 - Ciudadanía y cultura de paz en la reforma educativa (2005, Guatemala)
- La Educación en formación ciudadana y cultura de paz en Guatemala (2005)
- Compartiendo nuestras experiencias (cultura de paz y formación ciudadana, Guatemala - 2005)
Related publications | UNESCO Santiago publications | UNESDOC
Related resources
Normative instruments
- UNESCO’S role and responsibilities in implementing Global Citizenship Education and promoting peace and human rights education and sustainable development (2015)
- Bonn Declaration (2004)
UNESCO International Experts Meeting on Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Learning for Work, Citizenship and Sustainability; Bonn, Germany. - Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1974)
- Protocol Instituting a Conciliation and Good offices Commission to be Responsible for Seeking the settlement of any Disputes which may Arise between States Parties to the Convention against Discrimination in Education (1962)
- Convention against Discrimination in Education (1960)
- Recommendation against Discrimination in Education (1960)
Websites
- Global Citizenship Education (GCM) UNESCO París
- UNESCO’s support to Global Education First Initiative
- Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding under the auspices of UNESCO (APCEIU)
- UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP)
- UNESCO GCED Newsletter
- Issue 3, March 2016. Expanding partnerships around Global Citizenship Education
- Issue 2, September 2015. Second UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education
- Issue 1, April 2015. Taking Global Citizenship Education a step further
Prizes & Commemorations
- January 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- March 21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- May 21 - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- August 9 - Día Internacional de las Poblaciones Indígenas del Mundo; Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas
- August 23 - International Day of the World's Indigenous People
- September 15 - International Day of Denocracy
- September 21 - International Day of Peace
- November 10 - World Science Day for Peace and Development
- November 16 - International Day for Tolerance
- November 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- December 3 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- December 18 - International Migrants Day
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