Activities of the Global Education Week

It’s our world, let’s take action together!
The Global Education Week is an annual World Wide awareness raising initiative unfolding during the third week of November. It is a call to rethink our world together, using Global Education as a tool for solidarity and change and contribute for a more and sustainable and equitable world. In preparation and during the Week solutions are shared to rethink our habits and ways of living, spending and consuming but also finding new ways of education and socialisation.
The Global Education Week relates to the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) which aim to eliminate extreme poverty, reduce inequalities and combat the threat of climate change by 2030.
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Find inspiration
Feeling excited to join the Global Education Week, but not sure where to start from? Have a look at some of the initiatives that were organised last years.
Join a local initiative
To know more about the initiatives that are being planned in your country and choose which one(s) to join, contact your national coordinator.
Plan a new initiative
If you are looking to organise your own initiative and bring more people aboard, here you can find some tips that may help you to plan the work.
Albania
Agency for Quality Assurance in Pre-university Education in cooperation with Albanian Media Institute
Organisation
Agency for Quality Assurance in Pre-university Education
Type of actors
Schools, Teachers, Curricula Specialists of The Agency for Quality Assurance In Pre-University Education, Students
Number of participants
100 - 500 people
Type of events
Photography Contest, Poster Contest, Teacher Trainings, Workshops
Activities
One workshop, several lesson plans for school (10 schools x 3-4 lesson plans) and essays, paintings, brochures, posters contest for each school
What were the events held focused on?
Climate Change, Decent Work, Environmental Sustainability, Gender Equality, Healthcare and Well-Being, Media Literacy, Poverty and Hunger Relief, Human Rights, Violence and Bulling, Human Trafficking, Nutrition, Mental Health, Pandemic, Corruption, Poverty, Unemployment, etc.
Primary targets
Primary education schools’ community (students and teachers)
Highlights of the Week
The importance of media and information literacy.
The importance of global education in an education system that aims to educate people for life.
The importance of participating in a democracy, sharing ideas, feeling, positions, suggestions, for a better world and the importance of feeling part of a world that it much bigger than the small world we live in, and feeling responsible for it.
Austria
Südwind
Organisation
Suedwind (Südwind)
Type of actors
60 Schools (Global Action Schools via Postcard campaign); 3 NGOs; 2 Government Representatives; 115 Teachers and Practitioners
Participants
More than 10 000 people
Type of events
Campaigns, Conferences, Seminars, Teacher Trainings, Toolkits
Main activities
1 main campaign via postcards; 1 online conference with teachers; 1 online seminar; 5 teacher trainings; 4 toolkits;
Themes
Climate Change, Decent Work, Gender Equality, Global Education as A Tool, Information Technologies and Global Citizenship, Intercultural Dialogue, Migrations, Activism
Primary targets
Educators and practitioners
Highlights
The Südwind Online Talk "At eye level" --> it was the first time that an organisation from Austria was involved in this training series from Germany - a great synergy. The teacher trainings are always a highlight for Südwind staff as it is great to work and collaborate with multipliers that are interested in our topics.
Belgium
ACODEV and ITECO
Organisation
ACODEV-CNCD-11.11.11.-NGO Federatie
Type of actors
10 NGOs and 1 national platform
Participants
More than 10 000 people
Type of events
Campaigns, Workshops
Main activities
- practice exchange workshop among GCE volunteers working in our NGOs, where 32 volunteers exchanged during a virtual 3-hour workshop.
- a campaign on GCE volunteering was organized by 10 NGOs and reached more than 10,000 people. The focus of the campaign was "GCE volunteering in all its forms" with testimonies of volunteers filmed, written, or told and published every day on our websites and social networks (FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube).
Themes
All the themes carried by the volunteers but especially the volunteer commitment in GCE
Primary targets
NGO volunteers in GCE and anyone else who may be interested in volunteering in GCE
Highlights
Quality of the working group, good mood, and efficiency.
Workshop for the exchange of practices and the valorisation of volunteering (and volunteers) which was a great success.
Creation of a framework document on the diversity of volunteering in the ECMS useful to raise awareness and attract more people.
Bulgaria
Open Education Centre Foundation
Organisation (1)
Bulgarian Platform for International Development
Type of actors
BPID, 16 Organizations, Librarians, Experts in the field of GE, “500 Markers” Company, 1 Translators of the Games, 2 Designers who designed the games, Teachers from GSEN and Students 1-12 Grade
Participants
100 - 500 people
Type of events
Using gamification as a tool for promoting Global education and UN SDGs among youths
Main activities
3-5 days educational gaming events in school libraries events dedicated GE and the UN SDGs.
Themes
Using Global education as a tool for promoting UN SDGs before youths
Primary targets
High schools’ community (students and teachers), Primary education schools’ community (students and teachers), Young people
Highlights
Lot of calls and emails from the educators stating that the project is very useful and interesting for the students. They also decided to prolong the global week having a competition among different grades of their school and expanding to other schools. Some created their own board game on the SDGs
Organisation (2)
Open Education Centre
Type of actors
4 High Schools, 2 NGO's
Participants
Less than 100 people
Type of events
Training for Youth Leaders, Workshops
Main activities
3 workshops
Themes
Media literacy, fighting hate speech
Primary targets
High schools’ community (students and teachers)
Highlights
Youth engagement in activities related to hate speech and fake news is very important. These also are motivating topics for young people. It is also worth to refer that more than the half of the participants were from disadvantaged groups - Roma origin families with low social-economic status.
Croatia
Centre for Peace Studies
Organisation
Centre for Peace Studies
Type of actors
2 Schools, 6 NGOs
Participants
100 - 500 people
Type of events
Campaigns, Conferences, Film Screening/Discussions, Photo Exhibitions, Street Awareness-Raising Actions, Living Library
Main activities
1 international GE conference in Slovenia with a group of teachers from Croatia participating; 1 living library, 2 street interventions/awareness-raising actions, 1 online seminar, 1 round table, 1 video campaign launch, 1 film screening/discussion, 1 international online panel.
Themes
Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Gender Equality, Global Education as A Tool, Information Technologies and Global Citizenship, Intercultural Dialogue, Media Literacy, Quality Education
Primary targets
It really was a mix of different types: educators and practitioners, high school communities, young people, wider public.
Highlights
- diversity of the activities organised
- a lot of interaction with citizens
- the activities were not confined to the educational settings.
- the joint online panel connecting Human Rights and Climate Change was organised with two other GEW national coordinators.
Cyprus
Cardet
Organisation
CARDET
Type of actors
School network (UNESCO schools), 100+ Government Representatives and NGOs
Participants
500 - 1000 people
Type of events
Conferences, School Debates, Seminars, Teacher Trainings, Toolkits, Workshops
Main activities
5 Seminars, 3 Workshops, 1 Teacher Training, 1 School Discussion, 1 Conference
Themes
Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Gender Equality, Global Education as A Tool, Healthcare and Well-Being, Information Technologies and Global Citizenship, Media Literacy, Migrations
Primary targets
Educators and Practitioners, Elderly, Government Representatives, High School Community, Media, Primary Education
Highlights
The EU Resilience and Reconstruction Plan was launched through the biggest government funded sustainability conference around the same time as the GEW. Collaboration with existing platforms (UNESCO schools) to deliver practical skills on how to deliver activism in their schools and disseminated the breadth and depth of the GEW to our extended network.
Czech Republic
FoRS with its member organizations
Organisation
Czech Forum for Development Cooperation
Type of actors
60 Teachers directly, 22 000 Teachers indirectly (newsletter), 1200 Students, 20 Schools, 20 Government Representatives, 1120 People from the wider public, Public exhibitions with thousands of people.
Participants
2500 - 5000 people
Type of events
Conferences, School Debates, Seminars, Teacher Trainings, Toolkits, Workshops
Main activities
1 conference, 1 GCE festival, 2 photo exhibitions, 1 interactive exhibition on climate change, 1 seminar (round table), 3 workshop, 1 special GEW newsletter for teachers
Themes
Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Global Education as a Tool, Healthcare and Well-Being, Quality Education
Primary targets
Wider public
Highlights
Greatest success that GEW regularly receives - the patronage of the event by three key ministries (MFA, MoEducation, MoEnvironment), whose representatives actively participate in events. Greater impact thanks to online events.
Danemark
MUNDU - center for global education
Organisation
MUNDU - Center for global education
Participants
Less than 100 people
Type of events
Facebook campaigning
Themes
Global Citizenship Education in general
Primary targets
MUNDU's Facebook followers
Estonia
Eesti People to People
Organisation
Eesti People to People
Type of actors
About 20 schools, about 10 NGOs
Participants
500 - 1000 people
Type of events
Film Screening/Discussions, School Debates, Seminars, Storytelling Contest, Teacher Trainings, Training for Youth Leaders, Workshops
Main activities
About 20 (not all organises reported).
Themes
Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Gender Equality, Global Education as a Tool, Intercultural Dialogue, Media Literacy, Migrations, Protection Of Minorities
Primary targets
Young people
Highlights
Many young people and teachers involved in activities who did not hear about SDGs and global education before.
North Macedonia
Association for Democratic Initiatives (ADI)
Organisation
Association for Democratic Initiatives ADI
Type of actors
3 schools and 5 NGOs
Participants
100 - 500 people
Type of events
Campaigns, School Debates, Street Awareness-Raising Actions, Training for Youth Leaders, Workshops
Main activities
One campaign, three school debates, one street awareness-raising action, one training for Youth leaders and six workshops
Themes
Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Gender Equality, Healthcare and Well-Being, Intercultural Dialogue, Media Literacy, Protection of Minorities, Quality Education
Primary targets
Young people
Highlights
Developed peer education on the topic of gender equality and motivated students to engage in a debate related to the topic.
Strengthened youth capacities through development of workshops on career counselling and media and digital literacy.
Supported a relaxed debates related to the quality of education, respect for others and the inclusion of marginalized groups.
Encouraged open discussion.
France
Festival des solidarités
Organisation (1)
CRID - Festival des Solidarités
Type of actors
2500 actors, mainly NGOs but also schools and local communities
Participants
More than 10000 people
Type of events
Campaigns, Concerts, Conferences, Festivals (Art, Food, Music), Film Screening/Discussions, Photo Exhibitions, Quizzes (Online/Apps/Live), School Debates, Seminars, Street Awareness-Raising Actions, Teacher Trainings, Theatre Thematic Performances, Toolkits, Workshops
Main activities
Every year, around 4200 activities in France
Themes
Climate Change, Decent Work, Environmental Sustainability, Gender Equality, Global Education as a Tool, Healthcare and Well-Being, Information Technologies and Global Citizenship, Intercultural Dialogue, Media Literacy, Migrations, Poverty and Hunger Relief, Protection of Minorities, Quality Education, all subjects aimed at building a more just, united and sustainable world
Primary targets
Wider public
Highlights
A great mobilisation of the network despite the impacts of the pandemic.
Organisation (2)
ImGlobalCitizen (Name of the project)
Type of actors
15 schools and 1NGO
Participants
Less than 100 people
Type of events
workshops
Main activities
2 workshops
Themes
Intercultural dialogue
Primary targets
High schools’ community (students and teachers)
Highlights
- positive responses and cooperation from the schools we have contacted.
- the participants were highly motivated and the positive feedback they gave suggests they really enjoyed and gained a lot from this workshop.
- the NSC kindly helped us whenever we needed, so the preparation process and the implementation went smoother.
Germany
Informationsstelle Bildungsauftrag Nord-Süd/World UNiversity Service (WUS)
Organisation
Informationsstelle Bildungsauftrag Nord-Süd/World UNiversity Service (WUS)
Type of actors
33 organisations: Among them NGO, schools and 1 state actor. 22 actors of the group of 33 have not yet participated in GEW in former years.
Type of events
Campaign website www.globaleducationweek.de to present the activities of the partners
Main activities
During the GEW the Informationsstelle Bildungsauftrag Nord-Süd mainly informs a broad public in the field of development politics and Global Education including states actors, schools and, civil society stakeholders about the action week, the Global Education Network and the NSC. Hereby, it uses its own network and a wide range of media (website, electronic mailings, social media, print). As every year in April the campaign website (www.globaleducationweek.de) was installed to inform visitors about the motto and to offer a platform to participating organizations. The motto in Germany was “Making digital learning fair worldwide“ In June and September, emails were sent to 5001 stakeholders, schools and ministries to make them participate. The printed September newsletter (edition of 6800 Ex.) included a short text on GEW 21 as well as and the action postcard. Among others this newsletter was sent to 800 One World stores Germany-wide.
Themes
Poverty, Hunger and Climate Change to Digitalization, Fair Trade, Education, Health, a Peace
Primary targets
States Actors, Schools and Universities, Civil Society
Highlights
- wide range of stakeholders in 2021
- a new intense cooperation with the German NGO-network - Eine Welt Internet Konferenz (EWIK) has been started.
- the EWIK-network hosts the Online-Portal „Globales Lernen“ (global learning, see www.globaleslernen.de).
- EWIK offered the online training series "The 17 Sustainable Development Goals - Learning Snacks for Teachers", which ran from 2 to 30 November 2021.
- on Tuesdays and Thursdays, two learning snacks of 60 minutes each were presented on the 17 SDGs.
- target group-specific topics were explained, teaching materials were presented, and practical methods discussed for classroom and distance learning.
Hungary
HAND
Organisation
HAND - Hungarian Association of NGOs for Development and Humanitarian Aid
Type of actors
4 NGOs, 1 University head of department
Participants
500 - 1000 people
Type of events
Campaigns, Toolkits, Workshops
Main activities
1 Communication Campaign, 1 Workshop, Updating and promoting globnev.hu website by uploading useful teaching materials (lesson plans and toolkits on global education topics)
Themes
Global education as a tool, Global education in pre-service teacher training
Primary targets
Educators, University students receiving pre-service teacher training, Decision-makers, NGO representatives
Highlights
During HAND’s GEW2021 campaign we managed to: rise attention to Global Education on a wider scale, extend and promote globnev.hu website which stores teaching materials on global education related topics for educators in various fields, initiate a debate on the role and place of global education in pre-service teacher training, present good practices for educators, share experiences and expertise.
Ireland
National Youth Council of Ireland
Organisation
National Youth Council of Ireland
Type of events
Workshops, Webinars, Panel Discussions, Online Games
Main activities
One World Week 2021: production of resources on the theme of Global Collective and Identity, training workshops with young people and youth workers across Ireland, online activities during OWW including webinars, panel discussions, online games.
Themes
Global Collective and Identity, The Global YOUth – Journey to Act!
Primary targets
Young people and youth workers
Highlights
One World Week 2021
Italy
Il nostro pianeta
Organisation
Il Nostro Pianeta
Type of actors
8 Schools, 6 NGOs, 1 University, 6 National Networks
Participants
5 000 – 10 000 people
Type of events
Campaigns, School Debates, Seminars, Street Awareness-Raising Actions, Workshops, School Orientation Paths; Work-Related Learning Paths; Meetings;
Main activities
1 Information campaign on Global Education Week on website and social networks (Facebook and Instagram);
2 awareness raising campaigns in schools (1 against Cyberbullism and the other to promote distance adoptions among classes - in collaboration with AVSI)
17 workshop - school inclusion activities for students (4 of them are still ongoing) on supporting students finding their own study method; 9 Families workshops; 9 school orientation paths in middle schools (+7 to be developed in march); 15 school debates “Thinking about my future”; 5 Work-related learning path (3 of them are still ongoing) on Bullism and Cyberbullism and on Distance Adoptions; 5 Literacy promotion activities “Language as a tool for inclusion”; 3 Peer tutoring training activities “Thinking and acting together” (2 of them are still ongoing); 1 seminar; 1 meeting
Themes
Gender equality, Global education as a tool, Information technologies and global citizenship, Intercultural dialogue, Migrations, Quality education, School inclusion; School Success; Cyberbullism; Distance Adoption
Primary targets
High schools’ community (students and teachers)
Highlights
The impact of GEW 2021 in Italy is so far positive. More and more schools are happy to be involved and ask for activities. Work with schools supporting them in the fight against educational poverty - which has increased due to the Covid emergency - offering education paths on study methods, school orientation, cyberbullism and awareness raising theme such as distance adoptions.
Latvia
LAPAS
Organisation
LAPAS
Type of actors
41 schools; 3 government representatives; 6 universities; 16 NGOs
Participants
500 - 1000 people
Type of events
Campaigns, Conferences, Workshops
Main activities
Within one 1 campaign -> 26 workshops; 1 online campaign; 1 on-line conference; 1 international online co-host event (within NSC; Inga Belousa - responsible)
Themes
Climate Change, Gender Equality, Global Education as a Tool, Migrations, SDG's And Global Education
Primary targets
Both: Educators and practitioners and High schools’ community (students and teachers)
Highlights
The highlight was a conference HERE OUTSIDE: Acting Based on Global Competence to drew attention to the Latvian public on importance of the global education.
It was on-line, very well attended and raised some important discussions.
Lithuania
LMNŠC (Lithuanian centre of non-formal youth education)
Organisation
Lietuvos mokinių neformaliojo švietimo centras (Lithuanian centre of non-formal youth education)
Type of actors
70 Schools, 2 Government Agencies
Participants
500 - 1000 people
Type of events
Photography Contest, Poster Contest, Quizzes (Online/Apps/Live), Seminars, Challenge Week
Main activities
3 Online Quizzes, 2 Seminars, A 7-Day Long Challenge Week, One Ongoing Artwork Contest
Themes
Climate change, Environmental sustainability, Healthcare and well-being, Information technologies and global citizenship, Media literacy
Primary targets
High schools’ community (students and teachers)
Highlights
- more people participated in the evens than anticipated
- lot of engagement on social media.
- Online quizzes were very successful – many thanks from the teachers for making the children work in groups, engage in important topics and making it a fun and exciting activity.
Malta
Ministry for Education
Organisation
Ministry for Education
Type of actors
Apart from the 8 schools which took on a whole-school approach in this initiative, several other schools were involved through the Social Studies, European Studies and Media Literacy teachers.
Participants
2500 - 5000 people
Type of events
Poster Contest, School Debates, PowerPoint Presentations, Class Presentations
Main activities
15 PowerPoint presentations discussing the following concepts: Global Education, Global Education Week, Sustainable Development, Migration and Diversity. These were presented to multiple classes according to the level of the students. 1 presentation was prepared by a member of the Vice Squad to be used in European Studies/Social Studies lessons in various schools, followed by a class discussion. Several other activities were organised at the secondary level, including the creation of posters by Media Literacy students. Activities held in primary schools include a musical puppet show, essay writing, role plays, drawing, and presentations by students on the various traditions and cultures which make us unique.
Themes
Diversity and Migration
Primary targets
Students and teachers at all levels (Kindergarten, Primary, Middle School, Secondary and Post-Secondary levels).
Highlights
Even though these are challenging times for all educators, this initiative was met by great enthusiasm by all teachers who were involved. They immersed themselves totally in in it and regarded it as a great learning opportunity for their students rather than additional work.
Very positive feedbacks regarding the students' participation in all the activities.
Montenegro
Forum MNE
Organisation
Forum MNE
Type of actors
Ten schools were involved in GEW: 6 vocational/high schools and 4 primary schools. Also, one Resource Centre for children and youth with disabilities (with support of one NGO) and one kindergarten.
Participants
500 - 1000 people
Type of events
Campaigns, Film Screening/Discussions, Quizzes (Online/Apps/Live), School Debates, Workshops, Presentations, Debates, Discussions, Lectures, Planting Actions, Visits
Main activities
33 workshops, 6 presentations, 2 Film screenings, 2 quizzes, 2 visits, debates, 1 planting action, 1 cleaning action, 1 humanitarian action, 1 choir class, 1 art section class, 1 class survey
Themes
Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Gender Equality, Global Education as a Tool, Healthcare and Well-Being, Information Technologies and Global Citizenship, Intercultural Dialogue, Media Literacy, Protection Of Minorities, Quality Education
Primary targets
Wider public
Highlights
The need for mutual respect, appreciation and understanding, learning from each other (peer education), to help each other (solidarity), teamwork, constructive participation of young people, awareness of conflict resolution and a clear understanding of the idea of activism. Seeing the world from a broader perspective, developing critical thinking, and dealing with complex problems.
Morocco
Moroccan Center for Civic Education
Organisation
Moroccan Center for Civic Education (MCCE)
Type of actors
21 NGOs, 6 schools, 4 from the Arab education for all campaign
Participants
Less than 100 people
Type of events
Webinar: "Promoting Active Citizenship & Global Education for a more Sustainable & Equitable World"
Themes
Global education as a tool, Active Citizenship
Primary targets
NGO leaders, students, Arab education for all campaign
Highlights
Outreach to MENA region
Participation of high profile and active NGOs from North Africa and Middle East
Involvement of regional consortium and networks of civic education across the region.
Debating global citizenship education issues and challenges of implementation.
Getting together different actors and key players of citizenship education from the region.
Poland
Grupa Zagranica
Organisation
Grupa Zagranica
Type of actors
1 Higher Education Institution; 1 library; 35 schools + 188 school groups (sometimes there were more than 1 group from one school, we do not have specific statistics); 20 NGOs.
Participants
500 - 1000 people
Type of events
Campaigns, Conferences, Film Screening/Discussions, Seminars, Toolkits, Training for Youth Leaders, Workshops, On-Line Youth Festival; City Game; Global Escape Room;
Main activities
1. Campaign - FB GEW 2021 website and 4 newsletters about GEW 2021 and ideas what schools and other institutions might do (we define it as toolkit as well)
2. Workshops - 1 (2 day) workshop for youth leaders; about 20 workshops at schools.
3. One conference/seminar for teachers and educators
4. One training for youth leaders
5. 5 film screenings (at schools)
6. One city game
7. One on-line youth festival (188 school groups)
8. One global escape room.
Themes
Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Gender Equality, Intercultural Dialogue, Migrations, Poverty and Hunger Relief
Primary targets
Well, we had more than one target: young people, primary education, high school community, educators, and practitioners.
Highlights
1. Due to the funding - opportunity to collect more information about activities organised by schools and institutions.
2. On-line youth festival.
3. Open space - the meeting to sum up the GEW 2021, but also talk about plans for next year; quite big engagement on our FB event page; 4 editions of the GEW newsletter.
Portugal
Portuguese NGDO Platform
Organisation
Plataforma Portuguesa das ONGD
Type of actors
All type of stakeholders. The data is not disaggregated in such a way.
Participants
100 - 500 people
Type of events
seminars, training for Youth leaders, workshops
Main activities
1 Online Seminar, 1 Training for Youth Leaders, 1 Workshop for organizations
Themes
Global Education; Digitalization
Primary targets
Young people
Highlights
The in-depth reflections and discussions about the impact of digitalization in educating the next generations; assuming and realizing that this is a Global education topic; multiplying future GE facilitators on the north region of Portugal.
Romania
Ministry of Education
Organisation
Ministry of Education
Type of actors
The success of the activities organised during the Global Education Week was due to the joint efforts of schools (1590), NGOs (more than 70) and the local authorities (more than 50)
Participants
More than 10000 people
Type of events
Campaigns, Concerts, Conferences, Festivals (Art, Food, Music), Film Screening/Discussions, Photo Exhibitions, Poster Contest, Quizzes (Online/Apps/Live), School Debates, Seminars, Street Awareness-Raising Actions, Theatre Thematic Performances, Toolkits, Workshops, Interviews, Marches, Project Competition, Street Campaigns
Main activities
Considering the large number of activities, there aren't such detailed statistics. There were organised more than 5000 activities.
Themes
Climate change, Environmental sustainability, Global education as a tool, Healthcare and well-being, Information technologies and global citizenship, Intercultural dialogue, Media literacy, Poverty and hunger relief, Quality education
Primary targets
Local Communities and Authorities
Highlights
The involvement of students in information campaigns held at community level and in collecting community members' opinion on issues of local interest with the view to setting the next steps of their actions.
The interest of students with special educational needs of getting involved in community campaigns.
The holistic approach to the GEW theme
Serbia
Ministry of Youth and Sports, Centre for Youth Work
Organisation
Centre for Youth Work
Type of actors
7 NGOs, 8 schools, 1 government representative
Participants
500 - 1000 people
Type of events
campaigns, film screening/discussions, poster contest, quizzes (online/apps/live), school debates, workshops, blog writing and literary work
Main activities
3 campaigns, 1 film screening and discussion, 1 poster contest, 1 quiz, 1 school debate, 11 workshops, 1 blog, 1 collection of literary work
Themes
Gender equality
Primary targets
Young people
Highlights
Some of the activities conducted in Serbia within the GEW21 included: collection of literary works "Those who are forgotten, series of workshops with children with disabilities about gender (and other forms of) equality, movie competition with the theme of gender equality, quiz night about global education and gender equality, etc.
Spain
European Institute of Education for Democratic Culture - Universidad Catolica de Valencia
Organisation
Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Type of actors
6 training institutes, 3 schools, 5 universities
Participants
Less than 100 people
Type of events
Seminars, Teacher Trainings, Workshops
Main activities
3 Seminars, 6 Workshops
Themes
Gender Equality, Global Education as a Tool, Intercultural Dialogue, Migrations, Protection of Minorities, Human Right Education
Primary targets
Young people
Highlights
Bonding as a group
Sustainability
Creation of young interculturalist youth network
Skills for prevention of racism and discrimination
Slovak Republic
Ambrela
Organisation
Ambrela
Type of actors
4 speakers and 1 moderator from NGO sector, 3 media, 2 support organizations
Participants
2500 - 5000 people
Type of events
online discussion
Themes
Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Gender Equality, Global Education As A Tool, Climate Change From A Perspective Of A Mother
Primary targets
Wider public
Highlights
The online discussion ran very smoothly and had a stable audience who actively engaged with the speakers via questions.
Positive engagement and feedback from the audience: attractive topic, inspiring speakers.
On visibility: 2 media coverages, before the event, and 6 social media posts about the event itself.
Interesting questions from the audience on Facebook and via sli.do.
Slovenia
SLOGA, Slovene NGO Platform for development, global education and humanitarian aid
Organisation
SLOGA
Type of actors
10 NGO, 3 schools
Participants
500 - 1000 people
Type of events
Campaigns, Conferences, Quizzes (Online/Apps/Live), Training for Youth Leaders, Workshops, Blog, Media Interviews
Main activities
1 campaign, 2 conference, 1 quiz, 1 YL training, 10 workshops, 1 blog, 3 interviews (radio, newspaper)
Themes
Climate change, Environmental sustainability, Global education as a tool, Migrations, Poverty, and Hunger relief
Primary targets
Young people
Highlights
GCE workshops that NGOs managed to implement despite covid-19 restrictions,
Joint event on Human rights in climate crisis,
Several media interviews in GEW
Turkey
Youth Services Center
Organisation
Youth Services Centre
Type of actors
3 NGO representatives, 3 Startups representatives, 2 Academicians
Participants
Less than 100 people
Type of events
Seminars, Workshops
Main activities
6 seminars, 2 workshops
Themes
Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Gender Equality, Global Education as a Tool, Information Technologies and Global Citizenship, Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Development and Volunteering.
Primary targets
Young people
Highlights
The most important aspect was to connect young people to global education topics as: gender, climate change, volunteerism and sustainability through real life stories and trends in Turkey. Global citizenship approach was something participants were interested in. GE week provided space for discussion on current issues that are relevant to Turkey’s agenda and GE as well.
United Kingdom
One World Week
Organisation
One World Week
Main activities
One World Week has chosen the theme Act Now for our Children’s World. Most of the activities lead up to COP26 and stressed action on climate.
Themes
Climate Change
Highlights
One World Week’s website
Intercultural dialogue in the infodemic era: critical thinking against disinformation.
North-South Centre in partnership with the Global Education Network
17 November - 16.00-17.30 CET
Online
Living together in a globalised world requires an open intercultural dialogue. However, as recent events have shown, information can be manipulated so that it can deepen prejudice and hinder mutual understanding. Knowing how arguments are built and how they can be refuted is essential for increasing resistance to disinformation and misinformation.
This workshop will provide a first encounter with argumentation and logic reasoning that promote critical thinking. The event will gather members of the Global Education Network that will have hands-on experience on how to identify and unmount fake information, online and offline.
International conference on Global Citizenship Education and Education for Citizenship and International Solidarity (GCE / ECIS)
Festival des Solidarités and AQOCI
The event aims to share practices and thinking on Education for Global and Solidarity Citizenship, and is organised in the continuity of the Quebec-France-Maghreb-Africa exchange time organised on August 26, 2021 as part of the Summer University of Social Movements (in France).
This conference, initiated by the international committee of the Festival of Solidarities (Festisol) and moderated by the AQOCI (Quebec Association of International Cooperation Organizations), will last two hours, will allow 5 to 7 people to present, in French, the approaches of GCE / ECIS implemented in their country, and will be followed by a discussion time.
Registration form : https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkfumqrj8sE9wOP8GyISFjhYnd61uwcaQD
Please note that the exchanges will take place in French and that registration is mandatory.
It's our Planet, let's take action together! Protecting Human Rights in Climate Crisis
Centre for Peace Studies (CROSOL), SLOGA, LAPAS, North-South Centre
24 November 15h00 - 16h30 CET
Some new paths toward beating disinformation.
North-South Centre in partnership with the Global Education Network
19 November 16.00-17.30 CET
Online
Learning to navigate the internet and using the tools it offers to discern between reliable and unreliable information is essential for countering disinformation, misinformation and hate speech and minimizing its impact on intercultural dialogue.
This workshop aims at providing an introduction into lateral reading - a strategy for investigating who's behind an unfamiliar online source - as a tool to efficiently recognize disinformation.