| dc.description.abstract | Global Citizenship Education (GCED) is one of the three pillars of the 2012 UN Global Education
First Initiative (GEFI), promoted internationally by the support and work of UNESCO. Global
Citizenship Education is target 4.7 of Sustainable Development Goal, No. 4 which is about quality
education. It aims at equipping learners of all ages with values, knowledge and skills that are
based on and instill respect for human rights, social justice, diversity, gender equality and
environmental sustainability and that empower learners to be responsible global citizens. The
target is to ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote
sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable
development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of
peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s
contribution to sustainable development.
GCED gives learners the competencies and opportunity to realize their rights and obligations to
promote a better world and future for all. It builds on many related fields such as human rights
education, peace education, education for international understanding and is aligned with the
objectives of education for sustainable development (ESD). UNESCO has encouraged national
government agencies, transnational and non-governmental organizations, teachers and
researchers to pursue various policies, programmes, and pedagogies to foster and further
develop global citizenship education. The idea is not only to create a new global norm in
education but also a new analytical perspective.
It is against this background that APCEIU was established as a UNESCO Category II center in 2000
by the Agreement between UNESCO and the Government of the Republic of Korea and was
mandated to promote Education for International Understanding (EIU) of which GCED falls
currently APCEIU is clearing house for GCED.
In 2015, at the UNESCO World Education Forum, member states adapted the Incheon Declaration
in Korea which advocates for GCED. It commits to quality education and to improving learning
outcomes, requiring strengthening inputs, processes and evaluation of outcomes and
mechanisms to measure progress. It also develops the skills, values and attitudes that enable
citizens to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, make informed decisions, and respond to local and
global challenges through education for sustainable development (ESD) and Global citizenship
education (GCED). Several other International conferences, forums and workshops have been
held to pursue a better understanding of GCED and to see how it can be implemented into various
countries’ curricula to achieve stated goals. APCEIU has a 3 year target plan of promoting and
strengthening GCED in the pursuit for quality education.
Uganda has been selected among three other countries; Cambodia, Mongolia and Colombia to
pilot this very important project. The first year focuses on the establishment of the mechanism
for GCED curriculum development, the focus for the second year is on the development of GCED
curriculum and pilot-testing and the final third year will focus on the dissemination, field
application, monitoring mechanism and networks.
This workshop was therefore organized to meet the second target of the APCEIU goal in
promoting GCED by holding a capacity building workshop for integrating GCED into the
curriculum in its second year of project implementation. There was a need for the different
stakeholders to be made aware of GCED, increase their knowledge on the subject and be
equipped with necessary skills so as to integrate it successfully into the curriculum and ensure
effective measures are put in place to guarantee the success of the project. | en_US |
