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“The fact that every human being and the nature is interconnected, we need to learn that in order to live for the better world together.”

The 16th Asia-Pacific Training Workshop was held from 16 to 24 August in Seoul and Inje, Korea with the topic of ‘Global Citizenship Education: Nurturing Global Citizens’. This year, the workshop was participated by  26 passionate educators from 21 different countries in Asia-Pacific region such as Cambodia, Myanmar and Tonga. 

In his opening remarks, Dr. Utak Chung, director of APCEIU said that he sincerely welcomes all the participants to flagship workshop program of APCEIU which has been contributing to disemission of EIU/GCED. In addition, he emphasized that GCED should be disseminated even broader as a solution to counter the violence and complex challenges of the world.

During the workshop, participants experienced and learned the value of living together through interactive activities covering topics such as peace, human rights and sustainable development. Also, participants had a chance to discuss together the ways to make better world where people live in harmony. Especially, field trip to DMZ observatory and school visits helped participants to feel by heart the value of peace and co-existence beyond understanding of the facts. Moreover, listening to the lecture by Rajesh Ram, the 2016 EIU best practice winner (New Zealand) and presentations on Action Plans, provided participants with a ground for methodological research on practice of GCED at local school settings. 

One participant commented “This workshop was very helpful to me as it goes beyond providing new knowledge and taught me how to reorganize all the knowledge and experiences to utilize in classrooms.” 

APCEIU will continue supporting participants in order that these GCED training modules developed during the programme are constantly practiced in their respective countries and in order that GCED may be more widespread throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

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