• new trained lecturers • capacity building and multiplying effect • increased awareness on GE topics among students, and • active effort of the organisations involved in GE projects in obtaining accreditation for courses dealing with GE and development co-operation.
Spain AECID keeps working closely with regional and local educational administrations, and the Ministry of Education, for the purpose of offering its programmes to school teachers, as well as NGOs and other organisations. The most consolidated one is the programme Teachers for Development, put in place in 2009. The programme comprises the DE National Award ‘Vicente Ferrer’, for state-funded schools with good practices on Global Education, the Annual National Meeting of DE Teachers Network, an e-learning programme with DE experts for teachers, publications on good practice and resources for teachers, and summer courses. The DE Teachers Network currently brings together 120 educational centres with over 225 committed teachers. The new Sustainable Development Goals and positive views of Africa were the topics covered at the VI National Meeting, Teachers for Development, held in April.
Sweden One of the main concerns of The Global School in recent years has been to follow and meet the need expressed by teachers to be able to implement GE in their everyday teaching. The Swedish curriculum clearly expresses the responsibility for schools to incorporate aspects of GE, from pre-school to upper secondary education levels. The influx of newly arrived students in Sweden’s schools is reflected in new seminars themes: The Global Classroom, Global Identity, Learn more about Syria/Afghanistan/Iraq etc. Teachers are generally undertaking the challenge with professionalism and enthusiasm all over the country. The Global School has also worked with the implementation of the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) since 2014. The Global School/Swedish Council for Higher Education, the Swedish National Commission for UNESCO, WWF Sweden and SWEDESD International Centre for Education for Sustainable Development at Uppsala University are co-operating to make suggestions for the politicians on where resources are needed to be able to fulfil GAP.
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