Background

Conference

Wednesday, 9 October, 2019 - 09:00

AFS Global Conference 2019: Active Global Citizenship—and How to Educate for It.

Members of the ANGEL team will be attending this important event, run by AFS Intercultural Programs - "an international, voluntary, non-governmental, non-profit organization that provides intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world."

The conference, held in Montreal, Canada, aims to:

  • Explore winning strategies to bring global competence into classrooms and youth programs
  • Define how global competence helps all stakeholders better connect resources and communities to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Showcase how cutting-edge study abroad programs provide real-world learning opportunities and global skills that employers need
  • Dive into how global education builds resilience to extreme ideologies that divide people

ANGEL Network,
Development Education Research Centre (DERC)
UCL Institute of Education
20 Bedford Way
London WC1H 0AL

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