The Global Education Week 2026
This year, the Global Education Week focuses on how critical thinking and engaging with different perspectives can reshape the narratives we live by turning awareness into collective action and contributing to a stronger democracy.
To know more about the theme of this year and its motto, read the Concept Note.
From 16 to 22 November
Everyone is welcome to participate and contribute to making a difference.
To learn more about activities taking place in each country or organised by international organisations, please visit the platform or contact the relevant contact listed below.
If would like to organise an activity as part of the Global Education Week, please contact the Global Education Network member in your country.
If there is no member in your country, please contact the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe.
Albania
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ASDO will run a workshop in Tirana to strengthen young people’s digital skills, employability and responsible use of AI. |
Andorra
Austria
Südwind will coordinate workshops, small grants, teacher training and national showcases to help schools and youth groups explore positive, sustainable futures and global citizenship. The Federal Ministry of Education supports their promotion.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cyprus
CARDET and the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute will organise events on inclusive and ethical digital education, teaching sensitive historical topics, and making cities more accessible.
Croatia
Czechia
FoRSand four member organisations will coordinate eight Global Education Week activities to promote critical thinking, active citizenship and sustainable action. The programme includes discussions, workshops, exhibitions and webinars on the SDGs, global challenges, sustainable living, volunteering and community-based learning.
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Denmark
The 5th National UBU Conference, themed “Past and Future,” will share practical ideas for shaping sustainable futures, while Verdenstimen’s Week 47 activities will engage students with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, global development, biodiversity and hopes for the future. Bonolab will also rganise activities for the Week.
Estonia
France
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Part of the Festival of solidarities, local groups will organise events such as film screenings, debates, theatre, school activities and community fairs, focusing on the environment and peoples’ rights. |
Germany
Hungary
HAND coordinates Hungary’s Global Education Week, bringing together 37 organisations for around 50 activities on themes including climate action, human rights and active citizenship. Events include workshops, screenings, exhibitions and webinars, alongside two professional events on sustainable food choices and cooperation between civil society and local governments. Some activities welcome international participants.
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• Hungarian Association of NGOs for Development and Humanitarian Aid (HAND) -
International Organisations
European Federation for Intercultural Learning (EFIL): Educators from seven European countries will take part in an online meet-up about intercultural learning and student mobility. EFIL will also coordinate a youth PEACE Camp in Belgium, bringing together young people and volunteer educators to explore active citizenship and global education.
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PLATFORMA is organising the European Days of Local Solidarity (EDLS).
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Ireland
One World Week will bring young people, educators and community leaders together to explore human rights and what an equal and just world could look like.
Kosovo*
Edutask Institute will host the StartLab360 Youth Innovation Forum, where young people will present ideas and develop practical solutions to community challenges.
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Liberia
- National Civil Society of Liberia (NCSCL)
Malta
Republic of Moldova
Montenegro
During GEW, Forum MNE will use interactive activities developed through the Erasmus+ project “Inception of Learning” to help young people analyse information, question assumptions and form informed opinions. The ministry of education is also supporting the Global Education Week.
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• Ministry of Education - Bureau for Education Services -
Morocco
Netherlands
Nuffic will provide schools with global citizenship teaching resources and encourage pupils to share short videos about global citizenship and related projects.
North Macedonia
Poland
Grupa Zagranica will coordinate a nationwide programme involving schools, libraries, cultural institutions and NGOs, supported by educational resources, teacher training and a central activity platform.
Portugal
The 2026 Development Education Conference, organised by Plataforma Portuguesa das ONGD and entitled “Challenges of Educating for Development in a Changing World”, will take place online on 17 November 2026, from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm (Lisbon time). It will explore how Development Education can strengthen critical thinking, democratic participation and collective action towards more just, inclusive and sustainable societies.
Romania
The Ministry of Education and Research will coordinate activities across the country, including debates, exhibitions and campaigns on global citizenship, solidarity, sustainability, peace and youth engagement.
Serbia
Slovenia
SLOGA Platform will coordinate and promote activities organised by its member organisations, NGOs, educational institutions and other partners.
Spain
Movimiento 4.7
Türkiye
United Kingdom
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Our Shared World and Cymru Global will deliver a story-writing workshop to promote the Global Stories competition to schools and organisations. |
FairYoungStyria Award 2026/27: Call for School Projects on Global Learning
Regional Government of Styria in cooperation with Südwind Austria
Submission period: 1 October – 22 November 2026 | Project implementation: Summer 2027
Austria (Styria)
Regional Call for School Projects / Competition & Financial Support
The FairYoungStyria Award empowers student groups across Styria (primary to vocational) to implement local projects for the UN SDGs and Global South awareness. Up to 10 winning projects receive €500 micro-grants, with an additional €120 available through cooperation with GEW Austria.
German (submission platform)
Global Stories: a story-writing workshop
Cymru Global and Our Shared World
10 November I 14:00 - 15:00 CET
UK (but open to all countries)
Free online workshop
A story-writing workshop introducing the Global Stories competition and offering prompts and activities to bring the theme of critical thinking to life in your story-writing, aimed at all ages from 7 years old+. If you can't attend the workshop, you can register to receive the recording after the event finishes.
English (and possibly Welsh)
Global Education Week 2026 – My Voice, Our Action, Our Shared Future
Centre for Citizenship Education (Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej, CEO)
10 to 19 November 2026.
Poland
Online educational festival for young people and a series of educational webinars for teachers.
The initiative promotes critical thinking, collaboration and civic engagement, inspiring action towards a more just and sustainable future.
Participation is available upon registration. The festival is intended for students in grades 4–8 of primary school and secondary schools, while the webinars are intended for teachers.
Polish
Virtual Round Table – DCYDE! (Digital Global Citizenship Education)
DCYDE! Project Consortium (lead: Eine Welt Netzwerk Thüringen e. V.)
10 November 2026 | 15:00–17:00 CET
International
Online Round Table & Panel Discussion / Network Exchange
Bringing together educators, civil society, researchers, and policymakers from Europe and the Global South, this virtual round table explores how Digital Global Citizenship Education strengthens international collaboration, inspires educational innovation, and supports integrating GCE into curricula and public policies.
English
Festival of Solidarities
CRID
13 November to 13 December
Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Senegal, Chad and Togo
All types of activities relating to education for citizenship and international solidarity/global citizenship education
Last year, there were more than 3,700 Festisol activities, including film screenings and debates, events in schools, performances and art exhibitions, solidarity villages, the development of teaching resources, cookery workshops and other craft activities, etc.
French, Spanish, Portuguese
Teaching Democratic Citizenship: Anti-racist Pedagogical Approaches and the Defence of Human Rights in the Classroom
Cyprus Pedagogical Institute and CARDET
17 November I 07:30 - 12:00 CET
Cyprus, at the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute premises
Conference
This one-day conference explores how engaging with difficult aspects of history can reshape contemporary narratives and safeguard democracy. It promotes transformative pedagogical approaches to sensitive local and international pasts, using critical thinking, a multi-perspective approach and historical empathy. Integrating human rights education and civic engagement, it empowers educators to tackle racism, intolerance and xenophobia.
Greek
From Awareness to Action: Intersectionality in Global Citizenship Education
Südwind (within the DEAR-project "Global Districts - Your Voices Matter")
19 November 2026 & 26 November 2026 | 14:00–17:00 CET (2 connected sessions)
International
Online Interactive Training Course
This two-part online training explores intersectionality and gender-transformative approaches in Global Citizenship Education. Participants examine overlapping systems of discrimination while acquiring practical tools for inclusive facilitation, power awareness, and empowering young people facing structural barriers to actively shape their futures.
English
The North-South Centre of the Council of Europe invites individuals, groups, schools and organisations to take part in “Global Stories”, a fiction-writing initiative implemented as part of the Global Education Week 2026.
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The Global Education Week is an awareness-raising initiative implemented by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe and the Global Education Network in the framework of the iLEGEND III, a joint programme of the European Union and the Council of Europe: co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe.
The activities organised in the framework of the Global Education Week are the sole responsibility of the implementing partners and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union or the Council of Europe.
