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Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Global Citizenship Education Network Meeting

Meeting objectives

October 23 and 24, 2017

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Objectives

The meeting is an effort to promote Global Citizenship Education (GCED) in the region of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC). The objectives are:

• to advance the dialogue and development of the concept taking

into account the particularities and context specific differences within the region

• to consolidate a regional network for Global Citizenship Education

for Latin America and the Caribbean

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Identify obstacles and best practices in the implementation of GCED in reference to marginalized populations in LAC. Identify the role of the education system and different pedagogies in relation to GCED. Identify indicators that go beyond the measurement of basic learning

• utcomes or the incorporation of citizenship terms into curricula. Identify

better ways to measure the transformative power of GCED. Identify the successes and strategies of emerging citizens and social movements to exercise their rights as citizens and claim, demand and protect their human rights. Agree on network

• peration, roles and

responsibilities of

• members. Define

strategies, activities and initiatives

Conceptual Level Constructive Level

Panel 1 & 2 Panel 3 Panel 4 & 5 Panel 6

Meeting Logic

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Expectations

• The development of the Global Citizenship Education concept positioned

within the regional context.

• The formation and consolidation of a LAC GCED network as part of the

regional cooperation agenda.

• Defining GCED Network activities and joint actions for 2017 – 2018:

articulation of the network’s role, functions and responsibilities, including a 2017-2018 roadmap with clear activities for each network member.

• The promotion of partnerships, cooperation, collaboration, dialogue and

exchange of expertise, knowledge and practices among actors from civil society organizations, academic/research institutions and authorities from the region

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Methodology

• The first day will function at the conceptual level, grounding GCED

in the varied contexts of LAC:

• 10 minutes presentation
• 40 minutes debate
• The second day will function at the implementation level where

participants will discuss strategies, formulate recommendations and map out the activities and goals of the regional network for GCED:

• Presentations and plenary discussions
• Working tables each composed of roughly 9-10 individuals, 1 that will act as

group facilitator and another as note taker. Each table provided with a list of questions that will help guide their discussions.

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Thank you

Mathilde Stoleroff, Associate Programme Specialist UNESCO mm.Stoleroff@unesco.org en.unesco.org/themes/education-21st-century

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