Unesco Apceiu

18/09/2026

🌏 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 | 𝗦𝘂𝗯-𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗖𝗘𝗗

👥 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗴𝘆
The session, led by Ooi Win Wen, Programme Officer at Arts-ED, explored how place-based learning, local history, and active learning can connect learners with their communities and foster global citizenship.

🤖 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮
From the ethical use of AI and climate change & disaster response to war legacies and shared futures, participants reflected on how education can respond to the common challenges facing Southeast Asia

💡 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀
Learning from inspiring practices across Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, and seeing how GCED can grow through existing policies, classrooms, communities, and educational priorities.

🏛️ 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁: 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺
A moment to pause, reflect, and listen to difficult histories - and to consider what and how we can learn from the past and teach for a more peaceful future.

👣 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲
From reflection to action, participants developed their own action plans, shared ideas, and offered feedback to one another—turning inspiration into practical next steps.

✨ 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲
Three days of shared learning, meaningful connections, and locally grounded ideas reminded us that pathways to peace are built together, step by step.

📌 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗣𝗖𝗘𝗜𝗨
website → News → APCEIU News
https://www.unescoapceiu.org/post/5705

17/09/2026

📸Youth GCED Photo Essay Contest: Winning Entries & Award Ceremony Highlights!
The award ceremony for the "Youth GCED Photo Essay Contest," co-hosted by APCEIU and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of Korea, took place during the 11th International Conference on Global Citizenship Education on August 26–27. 🏆
Through creative photography and essays, participants shared inspiring perspectives on the core values and how to put those values into practice.
Discover how our young global citizens envision "what it means to be a global citizen"!


📸 「지금, 세계시민 ON 포토에세이 공모전」 수상작 & 시상식 현장 공개!
지난 8월 26일부터 27일까지 열린 제11회 세계시민교육 국제회의에서 유네스코 아태교육원과 외교부가 공동 주최한 「지금, 세계시민 ON 포토에세이 공모전」 시상식이 진행되었습니다. 🏆
사진과 에세이를 통해 세계시민의 가치와 실천에 대한 다채로운 생각을 전해주었는데요.
우리 청소년 세계시민들이 바라는 "세계시민의 모습"을 지금 바로 확인해 보세요!
#외교부 #세계시민교육국제회의 #포토에세이공모전 #청소년세계시민 #세계시민교육

지난 8월 26일부터 27일까지, 세계시민교육의 현재를 돌아보고 앞으로의 방향을 함께 그려보기 위한세계시민교육 국제회...

09/09/2026

🌏 Building Pathways to Peace through GCED
The Sub-regional Workshop on GCED in Southeast Asia began on 8 September 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.

23 educators from across Southeast Asia came together to explore how GCED can contribute to peace, inclusion, and resilience.

🎉 Opening Ceremony
The workshop opened with welcoming remarks from Ms. Le Thi Thy Duong, Director of SEAMEO RETRAC, and Ms. Jeongmin Eom, Head of Education and Training at UNESCO APCEIU.

They highlighted the role of education in building understanding, empathy, dialogue, and peaceful communities in the face of emerging challenges.

🎤 Keynote Lecture: Literacy for Peace & GCED
On the 80th anniversary of International Literacy Day, participants joined Dr. Ananto Kusuma Seta, Executive Chair of INCU 2025–2026, to explore the importance of moving beyond traditional literacy and embracing digital, media, environmental, cultural, and peace literacy.

He also emphasized that education should nurture not only knowledge, but the ability to live together peacefully - calling for GCED approaches that are locally rooted, regionally connected, and translated into practical collaboration. 🌱

🧊 Orientation & Icebreaking
We started by getting to know APCEIU and GCED resources, and the workshop journey ahead. Then, through icebreaking and introductions, participants began connecting, sharing, and learning from one another.

💡 Unpacking the Core Principles of GCED
What are the key priorities and challenges facing education across Southeast Asia?

Participants explored similarities and differences across countries and reflected on:

“What would be the added value of GCED to your own education priorities, issues, and contexts?”

📘 Understanding the UNESCO 2023 Recommendation
Led by Ms. Faryal Khan, participants explored the UNESCO Recommendation on Education for Peace and Human Rights, International Understanding, Cooperation, Fundamental Freedoms, Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development (2023) and its implementation guidance.

🌏 From global commitments to context-responsive educational practice - the journey continues!
 
✨ Stay tuned for more from the workshop.

01/09/2026

🌏 2026 하반기 세계시민교육 아카데미 OPEN ✨

상반기에 이어 하반기 아카데미로 돌아왔습니다! 👏

이번 하반기에는
AI 시대 함께 성찰하고 소통하며 실천하는 세계시민교육을 고민하며
새로운 관점과 다양한 실천의 이야기를 나누고자 합니다.

관심 있는 분이라면 누구나 참여 가능! 🙌
주변에도 널리 공유하여 함께해 주세요 💌

📌 하반기 아카데미 특강 일정

1차 | 이광석 교수님과 함께하는 'AI 시대의 세계시민적 성찰'
📅 9/16(수) 17:30~19:00

2차 | 조영인 선생님과 함께하는
'표현과 소통으로 만드는 세계시민공동체' 활동 사례 나눔
📅 10/22(목) 17:30~19:00

3차 | 최동민 선생님과 함께하는
'유네스코 AI 역량 프레임워크 기반 세계시민교육' 사례 나눔
📅 11/5(목) 17:30~19:00

📝 참가 신청 방법
아래 구글 양식 작성 (필수)
👉https://forms.gle/YHTTCbXsf5p3XpL3A

💡 하반기 아카데미에서
함께 성찰하고 나누며 새로운 실천 가능성을 만나보세요!

#세계시민교육 #중앙연구회 #아카데미 #교사연수 #교육특강 #온라인강의

31/08/2026

🌏 The 11th International Conference on Global Citizenship Education (IConGCED) has come to a close!

On 26–27 August, APCEIU — together with Korea's Ministry of Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in partnership with UNESCO, UNESCO MGIEP, and Chungnam National University's BK21 Four Center for GCER — brought together nearly 400 on-site participants to the Lotte Hotel Seoul under the theme "Global Citizenship Education in a World Falling Apart: Re-centring Human Values in the Age of AI."

Two days, four plenaries, three rounds of concurrent sessions, and countless conversations:
🎤 Opening Keynote — Kai-ming Cheng (HKU) asked: "Could AI Play a Positive Role in this Time of Turbulence?"
🗣️ Plenary Sessions took us from diagnosis to action — "Wars, Walls, and Algorithms" (Day 1), "Where the World Holds Together: Voices from the Forest and the Streets" with the inaugural UNESCO Prize for GCED laureates ALII (Tanzania) and Bosque Escuela Tena (Ecuador), and "Beyond and Back to the Human" — a cross-sector dialogue on collective responsibility
💬 Concurrent Sessions dug into GCED and AI's knowledge crisis, what it means to teach at the edge today, hate speech and exclusion, growing GCED educators, partnerships that create change, and co-designing GCED's future through interactive workshops — including an Image Theatre session
📖 Human Library offered face-to-face conversations with UNESCO Prize laureate organizations
📸 Youth GCED Photo Essay Contest Award Ceremony closed the conference by placing youth voices and advocacy at the heart of the dialogue
🎪 Exhibitions & Interactive Booths ran throughout, alongside a Youth Talk Concert connecting young participants directly with the laureates

Thank you to everyone — speakers, moderators, partners, and participants — who made these two days a space for honest reckoning and real connection. 🙏

See you at the 12th IConGCED next year! ✨

31/08/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟴 | 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱

After eight days of learning, dialogue, reflection, and connection, the 11th Global Capacity-Building Workshop on GCED came to a meaningful close. 🌏

Participants shared the action plans they had developed throughout the workshop, exchanging feedback and reflecting on how the ideas and conversations of the past days could take root in their own educational contexts. As the journey in Korea came to an end, certificates were presented and warm farewells were shared among new friends and fellow educators.

While the workshop has come to a close, the connections, questions, and commitments built along the way will continue beyond these eight days—carried forward into classrooms, communities, and the many different contexts participants now return to.

26/08/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟱 | 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 & 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴

Change begins with the way we see the world—and with the willingness to imagine what could be different. 💭

From reflecting on peace and division to shaping ideas for action, participants continued to connect global challenges with their own educational contexts. Along the way, they considered the importance of holding onto human judgement, creativity, and purpose in the age of AI.

The day also invited participants to look beyond knowledge alone and reconsider what meaningful learning looks like. As education seeks to nurture skills, attitudes, values, and complex competencies alongside knowledge, how we recognize and assess learning must evolve as well.

25/08/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟰 | 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

What does peace look like when you can walk through the traces of conflict and witness nature reclaiming the space? 🌿

On Day 4, participants stepped into the DMZ Eco-Peace Park in Cheorwon. Walking through a landscape where the scars of division and the quiet resilience of nature exist side by side, they encountered a different perspective on peace—one that goes beyond the absence of conflict.

The experience invited participants to reflect on how places shaped by conflict can become spaces for connection, coexistence, and hope. It also offered a chance to consider peace not only as coexistence among people, but as creating space for ecosystems to thrive alongside us.

Sometimes, understanding peace begins simply by being present in a place that tells its own story.

25/08/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟯 | 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲

Critical thinking begins with curiosity and the courage to ask question 🔍

Day 3 began with an interactive exploration of critical thinking in the AI era, encouraging participants to question, reflect, and engage with different perspectives. In the afternoon, the conversation continued through examples of GCED in practice and dialogues with Korean educators.

Participants showed great curiosity about Korea’s educational experiences, actively exchanging questions and ideas with local teachers. Through these conversations, the day became a valuable space for learning across contexts and discovering new possibilities for GCED in practice.

23/08/2026

𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 | 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲

After a day of learning and reflection, participants came together to celebrate the diversity that makes our global community so vibrant. 🌏✨

Dressed in traditional attire, they shared foods and snacks from their home countries and took to the stage with songs and dances. Through these moments of joy, creativity, and exchange, Culture Night brought participants closer together—reminding us that connection can begin with something as simple as sharing our cultures and stories.