APCEIU IN ACTION
Peace Education Dialogue with Dr. Betty Reardon A P C E I U , i n partnership with the Korean Society of Education for International Understanding (KOSEIU), hosted a virtual Dialogue with Dr. Betty Reardon on Peace Education. The forum on 26 February commemorated the publication of the Korean version of Dr. Reardon’s book, “Comprehensive Peace Education,” which was translated by Hanshin University professor Soon-Won Kang. About 100 participants attended the Forum through online platforms. Moderated by Director of APCEIU Dr. Hyun Mook Lim, several peace education experts, including Dr. Samuel Lee, the first Director of APCEIU, professor Soon-Won Kang, professor Loreta Castro of Miriam College, took part in the dialogue with Dr. Reardon on key issues of peace education in the context of increasing demand for peace education due to the COVID-19 pandemic and intensified discrimination, hatred, and extremism. To watch a video of this forum, visit APCEIU’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/ watch?v=hqsRjmvdl6Q).
Launch of New Phase of GCED Curriculum Development and Integration Project APCEIU officially kicked-off over Zoom the third year of the GCED Curriculum Development and Integration Project for the second-round countries, Kenya, Lebanon, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, on 23 and 24
March. Two of the newly participating third-round countries, Laos and Georgia, also attended the meeting in order to gain a better understanding of the project. Although the project faced challenges due to the global pandemic last year, participants showed invaluable progress based on their passion and commitment. During the meeting, participants described their progress and experiences, and compared each unique sociocultural and educational context as they examined different aspects of GCED integration in each country. Participants also shared their plans for this year and received feedback from external experts and fellow participants. This project is set to conclude this year, when participating countries pilot-test and finalize the initiatives they developed last year. rnd@unescoapceiu.org
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From Refugees to Global Citizens’ Webinar Series Meeting of UNESCO Category 2 Centres in Education Under the leadership of APCEIU, the Meeting of UNESCO Category 2 Centres in Education on UNESCO’s MediumTerm Strategy for 2022-2029 (known as “41 C/4”) was held virtually on 17 March with Ms. Astrid Gillet (Chief, Executive Office, Education Sector, UNESCO). UNESCO Category 2 Centres in Education provided recommendations to improve the draft 41 C/4, which sets UNESCO’s future activity goals and identifies key areas of work and will be adopted at the 41st Session of UNESCO General Conference in November this year. Participating Centres discussed the collected recommendations and examined the draft strategy on education, including global citizenship education, environmental education, adult education, and higher education. The Centres unanimously agreed to adopt a set of final recommendations, which were formally submitted to UNESCO by APCEIU as the representative of Category 2 Centres in Education. eri@unescoapceiu.org
UNESCO APCEIU held a youth webinar series under the theme of ‘From Refugees to Global Citizens’ over three weeks from 22 April to 5 June 2021. Three alumni of APCEIU’s ‘Global Youth Leadership Workshop on GCED’ were invited to share their life journey as refugees from the perspective of a global citizen. Through the webinars, the speakers shared their own stories as global citizens, particularly their efforts to influence changes into their communities while fighting against prejudices and obstacles, and how they conquered the challenges and realized their aspirations in their own ways. Participants shared that they were inspired and empowered by the stories of young global leaders who were not defeated by their circumstances, but instead kept trying and succeeded to transform themselves into inspiring global citizens. ent@unescoapceiu.org
Global Young Leaders Seeking Ways for Global Citizenship in Digital Era APCEIU hosted the 7th Youth Leadership Workshop on GCED for
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