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On 17 July 2020, the Webinar entitled “Reflecting on Global Citizenship Education in the time of the pandemic” was co-organized by the Philippine Normal University(PNU) and APCEIU along with the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization(SEAMEO) Secretariat, and the Philippine National Commission for UNESCO.

This webinar provided an opportunity to rethink the roles and challenges of GCED under the turbulent conditions of the COVID-19 crisis and delve into its increasing demand from the world. Further discussions went on to transform these challenges into opportunities for reconstructing a more effective up-to-date education system while highlighting the contextualization of GCED.

Commenced by the welcome remarks from the co-organizers, the webinar invited Prof. Soon-Yong Pak from Yonsei University as the keynote speaker. In the plenary session, four GCED experts from India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and the United States gave presentations on how to integrate GCED in the curriculum and school practices in the post-COVID-19 scenario. The open forum session followed, inviting the online audience to participate through the Q&As via Zoom and Facebook live streaming page.

The whole event made a significant appeal to the global audience by reaching more than five thousand participants with the total views of 22,000 on the airing day of the webinar. This event unraveled the continuing importance and the increasing demand for GCED as one of the key education initiatives to tackle the issues around various conflicts emerging in the pandemic era.

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