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The 4th Youth Leadership Workshop on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) was held from 20 to 26 May 2018 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. In partnership with the GCED Youth Network and sponsored by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea, the Workshop was held in APCEIU and Seoul Women’s Plaza.

For this Workshop, 48 youth leaders from 46 developing countries in Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, Arab States and Latin America and Caribbean, who are in age between 18 and 24 and actively participating GCED activities in their regions, gathered together to participate in this event. This Workshop became an opportunity to further promote GCED, mobilize exchanges among youth and solidify the GCED Youth Network.

Representing the GCED Youth Network, five core members facilitated the Workshop sessions especially on youth advocacy and led discussions on the future plans of GCED Youth Network. The GCED Youth Network was composed of members from the former United Nations Secretary General’s Global Education First Initiatives (GEFI) Youth Advocacy Group (YAG), alumni of APCEIU’s previous Youth Leadership Workshops as well as participants from the regional workshops on GCED.

Started with a keynote speech by Mr. Oh Joon, Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, this Workshop composed with the lectures and workshop sessions including the roles of youth leader in the process of achieving SDGs 4.7, GCED from youth perspectives, introduction of Youth Advocacy Toolkit and APCEIU’s GCED initiatives, understanding local initiatives through study visits and GCED Youth Summit. Furthermore, by introducing regional initiatives of the core members from the GCED Youth Network, participants shared recommendations for youth activities for their future plans and increased their implementation capacities through identifying and discussing issues around GCED.

Following the motto of GCED - “Think, Share and Act” - all participants shared their leadership activities and discussed about the priorities as well as key values of GCED, and then divided into five different regional groups of Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, Arab States and Latin America and Caribbean to establish future action plans on GCED. To continue their advocacy on GCED, the core members of GCED Youth Network will participate in the development of course materials for GCED Online Campus themed on Youth Advocacy and promote their GCED activities through offline as well as online.

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