The 7th International Conference on GCED: GCED in the Face of Digital Transformation that Connects and Divides

The 7th International Conference on GCED (IConGCED), co-organized by APCEIU, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea and in partnership with UNESCO, was held virtually for two days on 3-4 November 2022.

Implementation of the Fourth Annual GCED Actors' Platform Meeting

Together with UNESCO, APCEIU co-hosted the fourth iteration of the GCED Actors' Platform Meeting on 16 November 2022. The meeting gathered regional coordinators, members and related stakeholders from 4 Regional GCED Networks, including the Arab States, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa, to share their achievements in advancing GCED in their respective regions over the past year and discuss potential ways to strengthen GCED implementation on both regional and global levels.

UNESCO GCED Roundtable on the Role of Sports in Fostering Global Citizenship Education

APCEIU co-organized the UNESCO GCED Roundtable on the Role of Sports in Fostering Global Citizenship Education with the Group of Friends for Solidarity and Inclusion with GCED, the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Korea (ROK), UNESCO, and UNESCO on 14 October. The event, which was conducted as an in-person event at UNESCO HQ in Paris, France, aimed to highlight the role of sports in fostering values and virtues embraced by global citizenship, share practices of GCED through sports and discuss practical challenges, and make GCED friendlier and easily accessible for the wider public. Approximately 90 participants from 40 countries participated in the event.

Capacity-Building Workshop on GCED for Pakistani Educators (12-21 October)

From 12 to 21 October, Capacity-Building Workshop on GCED for Pakistani Educators was held upon the request of the UNESCO Islamabad Office. APCEIU provided a 10-day training programme for 15 district education officers from Pakistan on GCED, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and educational development in Seoul, Republic of Korea.