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“Youth empowerment and engagement” is the theme of the Global Education Week 2020!
Credit photo: Slim Emcee on unsplash

Credit photo: Slim Emcee on unsplash

Today we celebrate the International Youth Day! An opportunity to think together about the role of young people in our societies, their participation in decision-making processes in public and political spheres, and the different structures that support them in our societies. The crisis of COVID-19 has a clear impact on the younger generations all over the world. Today, more than ever, we must work to broaden perspectives, make room for creativity and renewal in order to create a social and economic context that is inclusive, brings hope and new opportunities.

"Youth empowerment and engagement" is the theme of the Global Education Week 2020, which will take place from 16 to 20 November!

The North-South Centre actively encourages all initiatives that promote and support strategies for youth action, as well as youth capacity building both at an institutional level and in formal, non-formal and informal education sectors. Any youth-related actors are welcomed to visit the dedicated webpage and contact their respective national coordinators to join the next edition of the Global Education Week!

Chosen last year during the annual meeting of the Global Education Network, this theme aligns with the United Nations’ for the International Youth Day 2020: “Youth Engagement for Global Action”.

Lisbon 12/08/2020
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Global education is education that opens people’s eyes and minds to the realities of the globalised world and awakens them to bring about a world of greater justice, equity and Human Rights for all.

The Maastricht Declaration, 2002.

 

Global education is a pedagogical approach that fosters multiple perspectives and the deconstruction of stereotypes and builds on a learner centred approach to foster critical awareness of global challenges and engagement for sustainable lifestyles.

Global Education competences build on development education, human rights education, education for sustainability, education for peace and conflict prevention and intercultural education, all being the global dimension of education for citizenship.

The North-South Centre’s work for the development of global education started in 1991 with pioneer regional multistakeholder seminars on the issue. They led to the drafting of the Global Education Charter in 1997, which became its reference background document, later consolidated by the recommendations from European global education multistakeholder congresses and regional seminars, as well as a capacity building scheme for formal and non-formal educators.

Ever since, the North-South Centre has been contributing to global education advocacy and pedagogical support through a number of initiatives, at institutional and education levels.

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Global education echoes the priorities defined in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Global education topics and priorities cover mainly Sustainable Development Goals:

4 quality education

5 gender equality

16 peace and justice

17 (partnerships for the goals