From the network

• AFS Global Citizen Prize for Young Leader

  The AFS Global Citizen Prize will recognise one extraordinary young person for working across differences to address pressing global issues. The winner will get US$10,000 cash prize, trip to Montreal to attend the AFS Global Conference, international recognition and membership in the AFS community of young and active global citizens.

  Young people are eligible for the prize if they are under 30 years old and are running a project that:

  addresses a pressing global issue outlined in the United Nations Sustainable […]

• UNESCO UIL – Announcement of IRE issue 65:2

  The five articles featured in this special issue support the role of lifelong learning in the Sustainable Development Goals and take the process one step further to examine the ways in which lifelong learning is conceptualised, enacted and monitored in the 21st century. The contributions look closely at the intersection of education and development, and the implicit acknowledgement that education is integral to the achievement of several of the SDGs in addressing poverty, inequality, social development […]

• ETUCE – Free online course on citizenship and human rights education

  ETUCE is pleased to announce that the registration for the online course on Citizenship and Human Rights Education for Change, is open now. This research and training initiative is free of charge. The 6 weeks course takes place from 29 April until 9 June 2019, and offers teachers, school leaders, other education personnel, and education employers, an opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills in teaching and learning about democratic citizenship, human rights and inclusive education.

  The online course is held in English […]

• Call for submissions: 2019 ENCATC Education and Research Session

  Deadline: 25 May 2019

  On 4 October 2019 in Dijon, France, academics,
  researchers and practitioners from Europe and beyond will present their latest
  work during the annual Education and Research Session organised during the 2019
  ENCATC Congress on Cultural Management and Policy “Diversity and
  sustainability at work. Policies and practices from culture and education” (2-5
  October).

  This gathering of the international education
  and research community will provide a unique interdisciplinary environment to
  get the latest world-class education practices and research being conducted on
  cultural management and policy.

  The open call […]

• EAEA opens the call for the Grundtvig Awards

  Each year EAEA celebrates innovation and excellence in adult education. The EAEA Grundtvig Award highlights project results that produce new ideas, partnerships, methodologies and understanding how we can work in adult learning.

  This year, Grundtvig Awards will be given to best projects or initiatives promoting learning of Life Skills. Life Skills are combinations of different capabilities that enable adults to become lifelong learners and to solve problems in order to live an independent life and participate in society. EAEA will […]

• ESN Survey 2019

  The ESNsurvey 2019 has been officially launched and the topic is transversal to all education actors, as this edition is focused on mobility students and their sense of citizenship in political, civil and social actions.

  How affected are the lives of these students after their exchanges? What is the impact of a mobility experience in students who through the programme have the opportunity to meet new cultures, new friends, live in an international environment? With the questionnaire we aim at understanding […]