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Postal address of organization/institution
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UNESCO House #1006, 50-16 Myeong-dong 2-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-810, Korea, 100-810
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E-mail address of organization/institution
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info@unescoapceiu.org
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Website address of organization/institution
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www.unescoapceiu.org
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Telephone of organization/institution
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82-2-774-3956
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PRIORITIES: All of the organization's domains of culture of peace activity |
EDUCATION FOR PEACE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
WOMEN'S EQUALITY
DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION
UNDERSTANDING, TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY
FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION
INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
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TOP PRIORITY: The organization's most important culture of peace activity |
EDUCATION FOR PEACE
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PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS: What
partnerships and networks does your organization participate in, thus
strengthening the global movement for a culture of peace? |
1. UNESCO Networks including APEID, APNIEVE, APPEAL, ASP Net
- Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID)
- Asia Pacific Network for International Education and Values Education (APNIEVE)
- Asia and Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL)
- Associated Schools Project Network (ASP Net)
2. 47 UNESCO Member States of the Asia-Pacific
3. UNESCO
4. UNESCO Field Offices
5. National Commissions for UNESCO
6. Cooperation with various Category II Centres under the auspices of UNESCO
7. Korean Society of Education for International Understanding
8. Japan Association for International Education
9. Asia/Pacific Culture Centre for UNESCO (ACCU),
10. Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) and its regional centers
11. Cooperation with various Regional Organizations
12. British Council
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ACTIONS: What activities have
been undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the ten years of the Decade? If you already made a
report in 2005, your information from 2005 will be included in the 2010
report.
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Asia-Pacific
Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) under the
auspices of UNESCO was created in 2000, International Year of a Culture
of Peace, mandated towards promoting a Culture of Peace through
Education for International Understanding(EIU). As the only regional
centre of its kind, APCEIU has devoted itself both to the development
and production of materials as well as the capacity building of
teachers in implementing holistic visions of Culture of Peace.
Awareness
on EIU has been enhanced through ongoing dissemination of resources for
teachers that includes SangSaeng magazine and multimedia games.
Recognizing the need to build capacities among educators to use and
integrate ICTs into educational missions in the face of increasingly
complex, digitized world, the capacity, APCEIU partnered with regional
centres of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization and
developed “SEA Journey” a CD game and teachers’ manual with sample
classroom activities.
Furthermore, from 2008 APCEIU
organized annual photo exhibition to promote the understanding of
diverse cultures in Asia with a photographic medium that delivers
information in a more effective and communicative way. “Dreaming
Kitchen- Flavor of Asia(2008)” and “Dreaming Classroom-The Treasure
Within” provided insights and depths of various aspects of Asian
countries including education, culture, socialization, agriculture,
economy, ecology, and geology centered on the theme ‘kitchen’, and
‘classroom.’ A database of photos on Asian Cultures
(http://photo.unescoapceiu.org) has further made a virtual learning
environment accessible to all teachers for classroom activities.
ACTIVITIES
UNDP Korea-APCEIU-MEST Partnership
APCEIU,
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) and United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) signed UNDP Country Project on 21 January
2009 at UNESCO House, Republic of Korea. Joint projects with UNDP and
MEST include “Capacity Building of Teacher Trainers in Asia-Pacific for
the Achievement of MDGs” and “Capacity Building of Pacific Islands
Educators for Civic Education towards a Culture of Peace: Development
of a Guidebook.” The projects aim to contribute to the enhancement of
quality of education and the achievement of the MDGs in the
Asia-Pacific region.
As a result of the project, a guidebook on
civics education for the Pacific “Caring in the Pacific” was developed
in consultation with local educators and education administrators of
Pacific Island Countries.
Situational Analysis of EIU/ESD in the Asia-Pacific Region
Since
2006, APCEIU in collaboration with National Commissions of UNESCO in
the Asia-Pacific has conducted situational analysis of EIU/ESD for
educational planning towards the promotion of a Culture of Peace. The 5
sub-regional consultation meetings with total participation of 118
education experts finalized 36 national reports on the current
situation of EIU in countries of the Asia-Pacific that emphasized the
development of strategies for the revision of textbook and curricula
and advocated wider partnerships within the region for the capacity
building of teachers.
International Symposium on a Culture of Peace
Realizing the need to address the present day culture of violence and exclusion in the
country, APCEIU has organized annual International Symposium on a Culture of Peace from 2001-2007.
In
2006, the Symposium was held under the theme of Intercultural
Understanding and Human Rights Education in the Era of Globalization
from 25 to 27 October 2006 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. It provided a
venue for the exchange of inter-regional experiences on intercultural
understanding and human rights education and in turn identified the
lessons learned from these experiences. Recommendations on promoting
human rights sensitive intercultural education, culture sensitive human
rights education, and education in response to migration issues for
three different sectors namely: formal education, government and civil
society were formulated.
In 2007, APCEIU continued the Symposium
under the theme of Keeping the Promise of MDGs through EIU from 5-7
September 2007 in conjunction with “Youth MDGs Forum.” It aimed to find
the path towards achieving the MDGs through EIU by focusing on three
themes namely: 1) poverty eradication; 2) universal primary
education(UPE); and 3) environmental sustainability.
Journal of Education for International Understanding (JEIU)
The
Journal of Education for International Understanding (JEIU) is an
international refereed journal published by APCEIU which is mandated to
work on EIU towards a Culture of Peace. The JEIU will be a forum for
scholarly contributions on the inter-disciplinary and
trans-disciplinary field of EIU. This also seeks to essentially
disseminate knowledge, ideas, visions and practices which will be
helpful to state and private educational agencies and institutions as
well as individual educators in building a world based on the
constitutive values and principles of EIU.
Publication of Vol 1-3 was made from 2005-2007 in conjunction with APCEIU’s International Symposium on a Culture of Peace.
Asia-Pacific Training Workshop on EIU
As
a key dimension of its mission, APCEIU organizes and conducts
professional training workshops for teachers and teacher trainers in
partnership with UNESCO Field Offices and education institutes in the
region. Addressing the holistic vision of a Culture of Peace, trainings
focus on building the capacities of educators to prepare the skills and
attitudes necessary for critical conceptual understanding and
pedagogical skills of EIU. The 10 days workshops facilitated practical
designing of locally relevant lesson plans and developing education
strategies as well as commendable teaching and learning materials. The
regional workshop succeeded in bringing into various forms of national
and sub-regional workshops including experts’ workshop for civic
education, study-visit to promote peace and social cohesion in Sri
Lanka and teachers exchange programme to promote peace education in
Mindanao.
EIU Best Practice
Outstanding examples of
activities to promote EIU have also been rewarded among educators for
their innovative approaches in transforming institutional practices, as
well as individual values and behaviors towards a Culture of Peace.
APCEIU has solicited practical cases of EIU throughout the region, and
awarded five selected cases of good practices every year to encourage
educators, scholars and activists to sustain and share local
initiatives on EIU. The collection of 16 best case studies has been
published and disseminated in monographs series.
Photo Exhibition and Photo Archive of Asian Culture
From
2008, APCEIU launched a photo exhibition aiming to provide educational
opportunities for wider audience to promote mutual understanding as a
fundamental practice that one needs to pursue. Following up the annul
exhibitions, APCEIU has accumulated a comprehensive collection of more
than 100,000 photographs of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Palau, Philippines, Sri Lanka,
Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam to a dedicated database that
stimulates perceptions on globalization, human dignity and rights,
ecological sustainability, social justice, and intercultural
understanding through various images of Asia.
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PROGRESS: Has your organization
seen progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain
of action and in your constituency during the second half of the
Decade? |
See actions for evidence of progress.
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OBSTACLES: Has your organization faced any obstacles to implementing the culture of peace and nonviolence? If so, what were they?
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Not reported
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization in the short, medium and long term to
promote a culture of peace and nonviolence? |
APCEIU
will continue to fulfill its mandate to strengthen the capacities of
the Asia-Pacific educators for EIU towards a Culture of Peace. Over the
years, APCEIU has diversified the thematic focus and beneficiaries of
EIU training programmes as well we developed and refined its annual
programme with the view of delivering content more effectively.
In
order to create long term coherent programme, APCEIU will actively
utilize alumni networks in the Asia-Pacific to encourage school-based
initiatives and promote change towards a Culture of Peace in schools
and communities.
APCEIU will further streamline its programme delivery to achieve consistency and accountability.
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GLOBAL MOVEMENT: How do you think the culture of peace and nonviolence could be strengthened and supported at the world level??
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