Third UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education
‘The UNESCO Week for Peace and Sustainable Development: The Role of Education’ took place in Ottawa (Canada), and it presented a unique platform for discussion on two key programmes of the Education Sector, namely Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Global Citizenship Education (GCED), and their practical contribution in achieving Target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goal 4 on Education. The Week focus on the issue of teachers and teacher training, and highlight best practices in the fields of ESD and GCED.
UNESCO and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO are jointly organizing this Week for Peace and Sustainable Development which present the unique opportunity to bring together two important events organized back-to-back with sessions open to all participants:
• Review Forum for the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD: implementation and innovation
• Third UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education (GCED): the Role of Teachers
The Week provides space to share and discuss trends and innovation in pedagogical approaches and practices in ESD and GCED, as well as exchange good practices in advancing GCED and ESD in our global context. The Week has been designed to maximize opportunities for interaction, networking and free debates and discussions among participants.
The Third UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education will draw on the foundational work of the two GCED held in Bangkok, Thailand (December 2013) and the second forum on GCED held in Paris, France (January 2015), which, at each Forum, gathered over 200 international participants to discuss trends and exchange good practices in GCED.
At this international forum, Dr. Javier Collado thanked Ms. Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General, for inviting him to this space for dialogue on the education of the future. More than 250 international experts from around the world were present at this space, and contributed to the final declaration. He also gave her typical gifts from Ecuadorian culture.