• Developing further the concept of Global Learning. • Strengthening Global Learning in the non-formal education sector, especially in adult education and extra-curricular youth-work. • Establishing a commitment to Global Learning with various actors and stakeholders in society. Since 2009, strategies for the youth sector and for adult education have also been developed. In 2015, KommEnt and EOP evaluated the work of the Strategy Group Global Learning. The evaluation involved an assessment of the strategy for the formal education sector. The consensus was that a new edition of the strategy was required. There was acknowledgement that the strategy had been shared and recognised widely, that it was of very good quality and that it contained a great diversity of approaches. It was also noted that the strategy was not obligatory in terms of implementation and that its aims were not specific enough. It was also concluded that there would need to be stronger provisions for pre-school education in any future strategy. One special recommendation in the evaluation report refers to the need for strengthened communication and lobbying work vis-à-vis ministries, as well as a widening of the content base by, for example, a better recognition of international discourses.
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After the first Czech Strategy on Global Development Education11 had been implemented between 2011 and 2015, there was a need to look back at its achievements and benefits, but also at its limitations. The strategy, for the first time, defined the main goals of Global Development Education (GDE), its topics, principles, target groups and stakeholder involvement. It aimed to integrate GDE into formal education at all levels, to support awareness-raising, develop co-operation and partnership, to ensure financing and to increase the quality and effectiveness of GDE programmes. The strategy´s vision was to reduce the gap in the field of GDE between the Czech Republic and Western European countries by the year 2015. During the period of the National Strategy, two monitoring reports were conducted. The first one was done in 201312 and the second one in 2015.13 At the end of the implementation period, a self-evaluation report was produced to take stock of progress. The goal of the 10 Source: Based on a paper by Aneta Slavickova, Institute of International Development, University Vienna. 11 Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The National Strategy for GDE 2011-2015 updated to period 2016-2017 and an Action plan https://goo.gl/p23Gdv 12 Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Monitoring Report for 2013, p.1-15. 13 Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Report on the Fulfilment of the National Strategy Goals 2011-2015. p.3-18.
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