In the framework of iLEGEND III, joint programme of the European Union and the Council of Europe, the Global Education Week 2025 of the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe will take place from 17 to 24 November.

Every year, the Global Education Week inspire widespread mobilisation in favour of quality education, bringing together thousands of activities across Europe and beyond. Under the theme “Shaping a just, peaceful & sustainable future”, the 2025 edition is a call from the Global Education Network to turn hope into action. 

Educators, students, civil society organisations, government agencies, educational institutions, and communities worldwide are invited to engage in activities and initiatives related to:
Peace Education
Through critical reflection and collaboration, peace education addresses issues such as discrimination, social injustice, and inequality, while promoting tolerance, inclusion, and a culture of peace in schools and communities.
Sustainability Education
Teaching for sustainable development addressing the environment, but also youth participation, gender equality, racism, freedom of expression, integrating perspectives from other cultures, collective responsibility, and solidarity.
Democratic culture
Using the The Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC) to equip young people with all of the competences that are needed to take action to defend and promote human rights, democracy and the rule of law, to participate effectively in a culture of democracy, and to live peacefully together with others in culturally diverse societies.
Global Citizenship
Promoting a sense of interconnectedness with people from different cultures and backgrounds.

Many more themes can be explored!

Whether you choose to join an existing event or organise your own, your participation will contribute to raising awareness about Global Education and its role in making the change you would like to see in the world.

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Global Education helps learners to develop individual and collective responses to social, ecological, political, economic, and ethical issues of common concern. It mobilises commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in particular SDG 4.7: Education for sustainable development and global citizenship.

The Global Education Week is a world-wide campaign 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. It aims to raise awareness on Global Education as a tool for solidarity and change and contribute for a more sustainable, peaceful and equitable world.

The activities organised in the framework of Global Education Week are the sole responsibility of the implementing partners and entities and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union or the Council of Europe.