BKMC strengthens its partnership with UNESCO APCEIU

February 19, 2019

On February 18th, 2019, the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens and its partner UNESCO APCEIU had an official MOU signing ceremony at the APCEIU office in Seoul, South Korea.

The two organizations electronically signed the MOU on October 19th, 2018 and have collaborated on promoting Global Citizenship Education (GCED), organizing experts’ meeting on education, and developing online courses on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and women’s empowerment. BKMC CEO Monika Froehler has also moderated a plenary session of the 3rd International Conference on GCED hosted by the APCEIU in Seoul in September 2018.

The MOU was signed by BKMC CEO Monika Froehler and APCEIU Director Chung Utak in order to work together on further promoting the notion of global citizenship and fostering many collaborative activities, including organizing meaningful workshops and conferences on GCED.

Upon the visit to the APCEIU office, the Centre also had an opportunity to introduce its work and mission to the professors of Kyung-Hee University, who were having a meeting to discuss implementing global citizenship courses as mandatory courses for all students at the university to take starting from this spring semester.

Experts’ Meeting on Teaching and Learning Responsible Transformative Engagement

February 18, 2019

On the 16th and 17th of February the Experts’ Meeting on Teaching and Learning Responsible Transformative Engagement organized by the Centre, UNESCO, and UNESCO APCEIU took place in Seoul, South Korea. The meeting brought together more than 20 international experts from public, private, academic, and/or NGO sectors to discuss ways to engage youth in influencing the systems that impacts their quality of life.

The group actively discussed the fundamental issues of addressing the youth from varied perspectives as well as peaceful revolutions of youth activists that led to the change of government, the role of social media and digital citizenship, and more other important matters regarding the subject. The ideas and suggestions that were brought up during the meeting will be included in the policy brief which will be published by UNESCO.

Including BKMC CEO Monika Froehler and Board member Michael Sheldrick, Vice President of Global Citizen, the participants consisted of:

Soo-hyang Choi, Director of Division for Inclusion, Peace and Sustainable Development, UNESCO
Utak Chung, APCEIU Director
Heeyeon Cho, 21st Superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education
Dov Lynch, Chief of the Section for Global Citizenship and Peace Education, UNESCO
Won-Jung Byun, Senior Project Officer in the Section of ESD, UNESCO
Jae Hong Kim, Head of the Office of Research and Development, APCEIU
Bruno Derbaix, sociologist, philosopher, and a member of the “Ambassadors of Citizen Expression”
Pat Dolan, UNESCO Chair in Children, Youth, and Civic Engagement
Naj El-Rahi, feminist writer, activist, and certified Gender Auditor of International Labour Organization (ILO)
Noomane Fehri, former Minister of Communication Technologies and Digital Economy of Tunisia, CEO of Biatlabs
Eddy Habben Jansen, Executive Director of ProDemos – Huis voor democratie en rechtsstaat
Taneisha Ingleton, Leadership Development Programme Writer and Designer, Educational Leadership Researcher and Facilitator, Consultant of competency-based leadership development models
Rafiullah Kakar, International Development and Public Policy professional
Sung-gon Kim, 31st Secretary-General of the National Assembly of South Korea
Martin Kungania, Assistant Director of Education and the National Coordinator, G-United
Gaël Le Dréau, Réseau Canopé
Ellen Middaugh, Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Development, San Jose State University
Abraham Muñoz Barbosa, CEO of Education for Sharing
Liam O’Doherty, Director of Digital Youth Engagement Programmes with TakingITGlobal
Dinu Raheja, recipient of the International Teachers’ Award, Executive Director of tGELF
Mette Lykke Ravn, CEO of Too Good To Go
Berry Wessels, transdisciplinary researcher, Stellenbosch University

Lisbon hosts international conference and workshops on GCED

November 26, 2018

Last week, two events were held on the topic of Global Citizenship Education (GCED) in Lisbon, Portugal. The Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens’ partner UNESCO APCEIU hosted a two-day “2018 Europe and North America Regional Global Citizenship Education Network Meeting” in cooperation with UNESCO and GENE (Global Education Network in Europe) from November 21st to 22nd. On the following day, GENE organized an international conference on “Building a World of Justice and Solidarity: Global Education in the School System” in cooperation with the Portuguese government and UNESCO.

The two events gathered educators and researchers from universities and academic institutions, representatives from the ministries of education, stakeholders from inter-governmental organizations and NGOs, and others from different sectors. An interactive platform was provided for the participants to actively share their ideas and expertise on GCED for the successive days.

On behalf of the Centre, Associate Minji Kwag presented its work and advocacy for the subject, including its launch of the Global Citizenship Initiatives Portal, an online course on the SDGs and the notion of global citizenship as well as other upcoming courses, the annual Global Engagement and Empowerment Forum that the Centre hosts, and its number of engagements in other meetings and workshops on GCED.

These regional meetings and networking opportunities let the stakeholders seek for the betterment of the education system not only within the region of Europe and North America but across the world, pointing out the need of overall development of the global education system and cooperation between academic, governmental and international actors.

The outcomes of the discussions held during the two-day workshop hosted by UNESCO APCEIU will be publicized as a report. The report will show suggestions on how to advance GCED specifically in Europe and North America and how to implement and develop the education into working solutions for global challenges that the world faces.

Learn more about UNESCO APCEIU & GENE:
– www.unescoapceiu.org/en
– www.gene.eu

Photo by: Gustavo Lopes Pereira

The Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens partners with UNESCO APCEIU to collaborate on GCED

October 23, 2018

Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens and UNESCO APCEIU (Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding under the auspices of UNESCO) signed an MOU on October 19^th, 2018.

Both Centres aim to promote global citizenship through education to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The APCEIU organizes annual international conference on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and provides online courses, workshops, and various other platforms to share their expertise and knowledge on GCED.

Last month, the Ban Ki-moon Centre participated in the APCEIU’s 3^rd International Conference on GCED; Co-chair Ban Ki-moon delivered congratulatory remarks and CEO Monika Froehler moderated a session on “GCED Talks.” The conference provided “an active platform to promote dialogue and share up-to-date issues and good practices of global citizenship education,” said APCEIU Director Utak Chung.

As Co-chair Ban emphasized that “nothing can be done without good education,” both institutions will cooperate to provide quality education on global citizenship. Scholarships, fellowships, workshops, and other academic programs will be jointly initiated to spread the notion of global citizenship with a focus on empowering women and youth across the world.

Photo: UNESCO APCEIU

CEO Monika Froehler moderated a plenary session at the GCED conference

September 9, 2018

During the two-day International Conference on GCED held in Seoul, Korea on September 5-6th, 2018, the BKM Centre’s CEO Monika Froehler moderated a plenary session to facilitate and present experts’ talks on global citizenship education.

The session invited socially influential people to the stage one by one, who shared their ideas and views on achieving global citizenship. The speakers shared genuine stories about the power of the education on global citizenship that transforms lives.

The speakers featured on the plenary session were:

Leonor Briones: Secretary of Department of Education, Philippines
Hahn Choonghee: Special Advisor to the Speaker for Foreign Affairs, Speaker’s Office, National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
Emmanuel Elolo Agbenonwossi: Founder, Chocotogo Cooperative & Managing Editor, GhanaWeb & Executive Director, Afrotribune
Wei Soo, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Legal & New Market, Global Citizen

Photo: UNESCO APCEIU

Co-chair Ban Ki-moon delivered congratulatory address at the 3rd International Conference on GCED

September 9, 2018

The Centre’s Co-chair Ban Ki-moon delivered congratulatory address at the opening session of the 3rd International Conference on GCED co-organized by UNESCO APCEIU, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea. The conference was on the topic of “Platform on Pedagogy and Practice” with focus on local-contextualization of Global Citizenship Education (GCED).

“As Former Secretary-General (of the UN), I will continue to forge a bright future for next generation. I greatly look forward to future collaboration between my Centre and APCEIU,” said Ban.

Ban emphasized on education on global citizenship in the efforts of achieving the SDGs, concerning 60 million children who are left out of school throughout the world.

APCEIU Director Chung Utak also welcomed the conference participants, and Vice Minister Park Chun-ran of the Korean Ministry of Education delivered opening address. The two-day conference consists of panel discussions, various sessions, and workshops with global citizens from all over the world.

Photo: UNESCO APCEIU

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