Building Peaceful and Sustainable Societies -
Preparing for Post-2015
The Second UNESCO Global Forum on GCED took place in Paris on 28-30 January 2015 at UNESCO Headquarters.
The two main objectives of the 2nd Forum were to consider GCED in the context of the post-2015 education agenda including consideration of the emerging Framework of Action Post-2015, and the role of GCED for peace.
The Second Forum took place at a very strategic time, during the UNESCO regional consultations on EFA and post-2015 and before the Global Education Forum (WEF) in May 2015 in Incheon, Republic of Korea. Thus, the Forum offered a unique opportunity to take stock of the outcomes of the regional consultations and make recommendations for the WEF.
In particular, the Forum considered current trends and future needs in the area of GCED and will sought to identify policy priorities and strategies for the operationalization of GCED and provide inputs to the Framework for Action on Education post-2015.

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- Final Forum Report
- Photos
- Presentation & Summaries of the Rapporteurs
- Concluding Reports
- Policy Report for GECD by Stephanie Knox Cubbon, Rapporteur
- Partnerships Report by Laura John, Rapporteur
- Implementation Report of GCED by Wing On Lee, Rapporteur
- Opening
- Closing
- The Road to Incheon - World Education Forum 2015, 19-22 May 2015
- Closing Remarks by Soo-hyang Choi, Director of the Division for Teaching, Learning and Content, UNESCO
- Youth Statement
- Plenary Session 1
- Peter de Souza, Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, India
- Tarald Osnes Brautaset, Ambassador and Special Envoy for Education, Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
- Gloria Mercedes Carrasco, Under-Secretary of Education, District of Bogota, Colombia
- Albert Motivans, Representative of the Technical Advisory Group of the EFA Steering Committee
- Plenary Session 2
- Plenary Session 3
- Jorge Sequiera, Director of the UNESCO Santiago Office
- Choong-hee Hahn, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations
- Susan Hopgood, President of Education International representative
- Rostom Haouchine, Jeunesse+
- Aaron Benavot, Director of the UNESCO EFA Global Monitoring Report
- Summaries of concurrent sessions
- Concluding Reports
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Concurrent Sessions 1-2
Measuring learning outcomes of Global Citizenship Education and Education for Sustainable Development- Moderator: Abbie Raikes, Section of Learning and Teachers, UNESCO Headquarters
- Theophania Chavatzia, Programme Specialist, Section for Health and Global Citizenship Education, UNESCO Headquarters
- Albert Motivans, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
- Chernor Bah, Global Education First Initiative (GEFI), Youth Advocacy Group (YAG)
- Dirk Hastedt, International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
- Koji Miyamoto, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Alexis Menten, Education and Leadership, Asia Society
- Vincenza Nazzari, Equitas
- Amy Skinner, Developing Europeans’ Engagement for the Eradication of Global Poverty (DEEEP)
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Concurrent Sessions 3-4
Global Citizenship Education in the post 2015 Framework: Taking the agenda forward- Moderator: Aaron Benavot, Director, Education for All Global Monitoring Report Team, UNESCO Headquarters
- Chris Castle, Chief, Section for Health and Citizenship Education, UNESCO Headquarters
- Rilli Lappalainen, Kehys Secretary and Multi-stakeholder group on Development Education CONCORD/DEEEP
- Jorge Sequeira, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago
- Fady Yarak, Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Lebanon
- Rolando Villamero, Youth Advocacy Group (YAG), Philippines
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Concurrent Session 5
Driving the Global Citizenship Education agenda forward: Mobilizing the voices of the youth- Moderator: Anisa Khan, Delta Environmental Education
- Dr. James H. Williams, UNESCO Chair in International Education for Development, the George Washington University (GWU)
- Luis Carlos Guedes, Youth Advocacy Group (YAG), Brazil
- Piyali Sarkar Debnath, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, India
- Katarina Roncevic, Behinderung und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit e.V. (Bezev), Disability and Development Cooperation
- Sami Al Asimy, General Authority for Investment Promotion and Export Development, Oman
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Concurrent Sessions 6-7
Operationalizing Global Citizenship Education: Mainstreaming and delivery- Moderators: Dina Kiwan, Lebanon Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut and Felisa Tibbitts, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
- Theophania Chavatzia, Section of Health and Global Citizenship Education, UNESCO
- Asmaa Muhammad Fikree, Educate a Child, Qatar and Youth Advocacy group (YAG)
- Friedrich W. Affolter, Peacebuilding Programme, UNICEF; and Prof. Alan Smith, UNESCO Chair School of Education, University of Ulster
- Richard Baker, Education and Youth, Oxfam
- Yulia Pererva, Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education Unit, Council of Europe
- Aija Tuna, “Schools as Community Development Resources” Project, Latvia
- Liam Wegimont, Global Education Network in Europe (GENE)
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Concurrent Session 8
Knowledge sharing, networking and cooperation for global citizenship- Moderator: Lynne Sergeant, International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
- Jeongmin Eom, Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) under the auspices of UNESCO
- Lynne Sergeant, IIEP
- Livia Saldari and Fouzia Belhami, Section of Education for Sustainable Development, UNESCO Headquarters
- Hazar Yildirim, Education Content and Communications, AFS Intercultural Programs
- Siham Al Riyami, Deputy Director of programs and curricula, private schools department at the Directorate General of Special Schools, Oman
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Concurrent Session 9
Outcomes of the World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (Aichi-Nagoya): Implications for future action- Moderator: Alexander Leicht, Section of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), UNESCO Headquarters
- Alexander Leicht, UNESCO
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Concurrent Sessions 11-12
Teachers and Global Citizenship Education- Moderators: Sobhi Tawil, EFA and Global Agenda Coordination Team, UNESCO Headquarters and Lay-Cheng Tan, UNESCO, Bangkok
- Maki Hayashikawa, Section of Learning and Teachers, UNESCO
- Liana Ghent, International Step by Step Association (ISSA), The Netherlands
- Soo Boon Ng, Curriculum Division, Ministry of Education, Malaysia
- Dr. Ana María Velásquez, Centro de Investigación y Formación en Educación (CIFE), Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
- Calin Rus, Intercultural Institute of Timisoara, Romania
- Maki Hayashikwa, Section of Leaning and Teachers, UNESCO
- Jacob Hui, Sun Kei Secondary School, University of Hong Kong
- Dr. Dianne Chambers, Special Education and Double Degrees, University of Notre Dame, Australia
- Issaou Gado, National Institute of Training and Research in Education and Ecole Normale Supérieure of the University of Parakou, Benin
- Sabrina Ongkiko, Culiat Elementary School, Division of City Schools Department of Education, The Philippines
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Concurrent Session 13
How does language education contribute to global citizenship?- Moderator: Min Bahadur Bista, UNESCO Office in Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education and Noro Andriamiseza, Section of Health and Global Citizenship Education, UNESCO
- Prof. Jagdish Gundara, UNESCO Chair in Intercultural Studies and Teacher Education, University of London
- Prof. Gina Thésée, Education department, Université du Québec, Montreal
- Dr. Robinson Clinton, International Consultant
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Concurrent Session 14
Respect for diversity, commitment to dialogue: Interreligious education and Global Citizenship Education- Moderators: Ann-Belinda Preis, Division for programme and budget, UNESCO and Dr. Hillary Wiesner, KAICIID
- Dr. Mark Chater, Culham St Gabriels
- Téné Haïdara Coulibaly, Ministry of Education, Côte d’Ivoire
- Prof. Lynn Davies, School of Education, University of Birmingham
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Concurrent Session 15
History teaching and Global Citizenship Education- Moderator: Prof. Werner Wintersteiner, Centre for Peace Research and Peace education, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt
- Eckhardt Fuchs, Georg Eckert Institute, Germany
- Doyle Stevick, University of South Carolina, United States of America
- Sami Adwan, Hebron University, Palestine
- Kahmboly Dy, Sleuk Rith Institute
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Concurrent Session 16
Global health and Global Citizenship: Lessons learned from epidemic responses- Moderator: Audrey Kettaneh, Section of Health and Global Citizenship Education, UNESCO Headquarters
- Stevenson Seidi, Programme Specialist, UNESCO, Monroviaeidi Stevenson
- Scott Pulizzi, Section of Health and Global Citizenship Education, UNESCO
- Charmaine Picardo, Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), Zimbabwe
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Concurrent Session 17
Tackling discrimination and violence in the educational setting through Global Citizenship Education- Moderator: Joanna Herat, Sexuality Education, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Gender Equality, UNESCO
- Helen Bond, Elementary Education Program, Howard University, United States
- Aarti Saihjee, United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) Secretariat
- Anjana Suvarnananda, Anjaree Foundation, Thailand
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Concurrent Sessions 18-19
Contributions of peace and human rights education to GCED: Current trends, challenges and promising approaches- Moderators: Louise Haxthausen, Office of the Director-general, UNESCO and Georges Tsaï, Chirac Foundation
- Ozlem Eskiocak Oguzertem, Human Rights Education Programme, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
- Tony Jenkins, Peace Education Initiative, Judith Herb College of Education, The University of Toledoony Jenkins
- Mary Kangethe, Ministry of Education, Kenya
- Georges Tsai, Chirac Foundation
- AnitaYudkin, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Cátedra UNESCO de Educación para la Paz
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Concurrent Session 20
Educating for engagement through social media and information communication technology- Moderator: Davide Storti, Section for ICT in Education, Science and Culture, UNESCO
- Prof. Lynn Davies, School of Education, University of Birmigham
- Luiz Carlos Guedes, Youth Advocacy Group (YAG), Brazil
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