Events

The event entitled "Global Citizenship Education for a Just, Peaceful, Inclusive, and Sustainable world: A Conceptual Framework and its Application in the Field" is co-organized with the Permanent Missions of France, Nigeria, Qatar, Republic of Korea, and the United States in support of the Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative (GEFI). This important event on Global Citizenship Education aims to highlight some of the areas where GCED can be most effective; to provide both theoretical and practical guidance for implementing GCED; and to raise the profile and galvanize action among the UN community in New York. Given the compelling necessity to tackle critical global challenges such as the prevalent trends of intolerance and violent extremism, global citizenship is being more widely recognized as part of a new paradigm that upholds universal values and rethinks the role of education in the 21st century. There are various ways to define the scope of GCED, but they all emphasize the universal values and core responsibilities of the global community such as human rights, gender equality, cultural diversity, tolerance, and environmental sustainability.   Global citizenship refers to a sense of belonging to a broader community and common humanity. It emphasizes political, economic, social and cultural interdependency and interconnectedness between the local, the national and the global. This event has two segments. In the first, GCED will be discussed at the level of concept. How can it strengthen the three pillars of the United Nations and the three pillars of sustainable development in furtherance of a just, peaceful, inclusive and sustainable world. In the second, examples from the field – the local, national and international levels – will be presented and discussed as will certain opportunities going forward including the important role of media.