60 Years UNesCO assOCiated sChOOls Learning with an Open Mind in a gLObaL netwOrk

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When Germany joined UNESCO 62 years ago, this was a truly significant step. For the Federal Republic it was a visible sign that the country was once again part of the international community. Just two years later the UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network was established, which today com-prises more than 9500 schools worldwide. Right from the start schools in Germany were members of this network.

Today Germany has more than 200 Associated Schools dedicated to delivering UNESCO’s goals. In practice this means promoting a culture of peace, environmental protection and sustainable development as well as the importance of a fair deal for all. In the classroom they emphasize human rights and democracy education, intercultural learning, environmental education, global learning as well as UNESCO world heritage education.

The Federal Foreign Office strongly supports this splendid work at grassroots level. National and international projects and activities that bring together both young people and teachers and encourage collaboration with peace activists around the world all play a valuable role in promoting international understanding. I would like to highlight here especially the initiatives launched in the context of the Euro-Arab Dialogue. But of course there are numerous other initiatives worldwide doing admirable work in this connection.

The examples spotlighted in the present brochure provide an impressive picture of these ongoing activities. I would like to express heartfelt thanks to our UNESCO Associated Schools as well as to the German Commission for UNESCO for 60 years of highly effective support for Germany’s efforts to promote international understanding and intercultural exchange. On this 60th anniversary I warmly congratulate everyone involved in this good work and wish you all success in the future.

Dr Guido Westerwelle Federal Foreign Minister

Foreword

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“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.” This principle of UNESCO, codified in the preamble of its constitution, is not only taught within UNESCO Associated Schools, it is alive in their day-to-day life worldwide. 60 years of UNESCO Associ-ated Schools – that means international understanding, learning together in cultural diversity and experiencing education for sustainable development.

The cornerstone for this truly unique project was laid in 1953. Eight years after the end of World War II and the foundation of UNESCO, 33 schools from 15 countries decided to establish a network of model schools. From this time on, schools and other educational institutions in UNESCO member states contributed to living peacefully together worldwide, not only by thinking about it, but also by actively implementing it in their education. This idea proved to be groundbreaking. Today, more than 9500 schools in 180 countries are actively involved in the network. They are committed to a culture of peace, they promote human rights and democracy education, intercultural and global learning, environmental education and education for sustainable development.

From the very beginning, schools in Germany as well were enthusiastic about the idea of actively shaping peace education. Back then, the Helene-Lange-Schule in Hamburg was the first German school to join the network of Associated Schools. Today, there are about 200 German UNESCO Associated Schools in all 16 federal states. They reflect the great variety of the German educational landscape: numerous types of schools are represent-ed within the network, including nurseries, primary schools and vocational schools. These schools and their collective goal of peaceful understanding among people give continuity to the German educational system which was modified by many changes in the last 60 years. UNESCO Associated Schools have

the reputation of generating innovative ideas and their expertise is in demand nationally and internationally.

The forms of their commitment are diverse and creative. There are theater plays that bring concepts such as climate change and sustainability to life and dance projects that allow people to experience the intangible cultural heritage of Tango – to give only two examples. The international nature of this network makes exchanges and cooperation possible. In the “Baltic Sea Project”, for instance, 200 schools in coastal states of the Baltic Sea work together in order to promote environmental education in the Baltic Sea region. In this long-term project, people work across borders to collectively achieve the goal of sustainable development.

The examples and experiences of the last six decades show that there are no limits to this multifaceted commitment. On a daily basis, children, students and teachers worldwide enrich the UNESCO Associated Schools Network with their creative activities. Today, we can say with certainty that the extraordinary idea to use the UNESCO Associated Schools Network to learn and to teach how to look at the world with an open mind has proved to be very successful.

Walter Hirche President of the German Commission for UNESCO

Preface

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The UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet) has over the last years become the largest global network of schools and one of UNESCO’s most successful and sustained initiatives. ASPnet was set up in 1953 with 33 schools in 15 Member States in an effort to translate UNESCO’s mission in favor of peace into concrete action at the level of schools and over the years it has reached millions of students and teachers worldwide. Today, it involves almost 9600 educational institutions in 180 countries, making ASPnet the most unique network of schools: it com-prises all levels of education (from pre-school, primary, secondary, to vocational schools and teacher training institu-tions), it includes public and private schools, and it is truly present in all regions of the world.

ASPnet is a powerful tool for improving the quality of educa-tion by fostering critical thinking, inter-active learning, commu-nication, cooperation, mutual respect and solidarity. It does so by identifying, experimenting and reporting on new educational practices and materials, scaling and multiplying their dissemina-tion and acting as a catalyst for international cooperation by encouraging joint activities, projects and campaigns amongst ASPnet members. Hence, ASPnet responds to the educational needs of children and young people throughout the world, serving as a pulse taker, sensitive to what is happening in the world and as a pace setter, concerned to introduce new issues

and topics in the classroom so that students and teachers are better-prepared to deal with the present and tomorrow’s challenges.

Your ASPnet National Network stands out as one of the best organized and most committed networks, actively participating in the Baltic Sea, the Blue Danube or the World Heritage Education Projects. Its schools have done pioneer work in bringing sustainable development, global consciousness and respect for human rights to the classroom in particularly innovative and lively ways. Many of them have inspired other schools and countries.

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary, I warmly congratulate the German National Network, in particular all the National Coordinators, teachers and students for their outstanding work over so many years. I salute your enthusiasm, dedication and commitment that make you indispensable partners for support-ing young people and beyond to become open-minded citizens, motivated to do their part in life towards a better world!

Livia Saldari International Coordination, ASPnet UNESCO Paris

salutations

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In 1953, UNESCO founded the “Associated Schools Project Network” (ASPnet). 60 years later, we look back on a long period of time filled with diverse educational work, accompa-nied by political changes. Therefore, this publication can only present a small part of the educational work within UNESCO ASPnet and the German school network.

Was a Second World War needed to esteem the idea of peace and to strive for respect for the rights of all individuals? Against the background of this question, the worldwide school project was brought into being. Since its inception, both learning from history and learning for the future have been intimately intertwined. UNESCO Associated Schools aspire to developing and realizing ideas for a humane and peaceful future.

On the basis of Education for Sustainable Development, they can and will

• spread the idea of peaceful participation,• help realize the right to education for every child,• strengthen the idea of participation regardless of ethnic

background,• admit the idea of a society of mutual diversity,• consolidate the idea of our One World that needs to be

preserved in all its diversity,• spread the idea of common values,• promote the World Cultural Heritage and World Natural

Heritage idea.

School projects for intercultural dialogue require cosmopolitan thinking and a long-term perspective. The International Project Day of the Associated Schools also requires a lasting effort within the UNESCO network; the call for participation is made

in many languages. Workshops are organized, meetings are arranged, ideas are developed together and made available to the public.

Especially the diversified and creative project work in the individual states shows the differences as well as the common ground characterizing the network. The challenges of further educational work within the ASPnet of UNESCO are enor-mous. Inclusion is one aspect: The UNESCO Associated Schools are on their way to an inclusive form of learning and teaching that is committed to the principle “Education for All in a School for All.”

How can the media become involved? How can they involve people so that peace will prevail in their minds? There will always be open questions in a constantly changing and increasingly mobile world; questions that necessitate new ways of thinking and ideas that challenge our perceptions. UNESCO Associated Schools aim to continue reviving these questions over and over again.

Brigitte C. Wilhelm National Coordinator UNESCO Associated Schools Project

introduction

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1945 –1952: Postwar

1953 –1962: A Beginning Has Been Made

“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.“(Preamble to the UNESCO Constitution)

1945: 37 states sign the Constitution of UNESCO in London on 16 November. Today there are 195 member states of UNESCO.

1946: ThefirstUNESCOGeneralConferencetakesplaceinParison19November.

1949: TheFederalRepublicofGermanyandtheGermanDemocraticRepublicare founded.

1950: TheGermanNationalCommissionforUNESCOisfoundedon12May.

1951: TheFederalRepublicofGermanybecomesthe64thmemberstateofUNESCO.Inthesameyear,theUNESCOInstituteforEducationbeginsitsworkinHamburgandthefirstUNESCOClubinGermanyisfounded(BerlinerKomiteefürUNESCOArbeite.V.).In2013thereare11UNESCOClubsinGermany.

1952: TheGeneralConferenceofUNESCOpassestheresolution“EducationforLivinginaWorldCommunity,”whichcallsforan“experimentalinterna-tionalschoolprogram.”

1953: AfoundingconferenceforUNESCOmodelschoolstakesplaceinParis.Representativesfrom15UNESCOmemberstatesbringtheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsProjectNetwork(ASPnet)intobeing:Belgium,FederalRepublicofGermany,CostaRica,Ecuador,France,GreatBritain,Japan,Yugoslavia,Netherlands,Norway,Pakistan,Philippines,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUruguay.Pilotprogramsforinternationaleducationareestablishedat33secondaryschools.

1954: TheHelene-Lange-GymnasiuminHamburgbecomesthefirstGermanAssociatedSchooltobeacceptedbyUNESCOinParis.

1955: TheGDRstartsthecountry’sNationalCommissionforUNESCOatHumboldtUniversityinBerlin.FirstcontactswithEastern-EuropeanandAfricanstatesaresetup.InDecembertheGDR’sfirstapplicationtojoinUNESCO is denied.

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Helene-Lange-Gymnasium in Hamburg

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1963 – 1972: Trying to Get Closer

1963: Aftertenyearsthenetworkhasgrownandnowcomprises91UNESCOAssociatedSchoolsin42countriesworldwide,includingmorethan 10schoolsinGermany.UNESCOdecidestoadmitprimaryschoolstothenetwork.

1966: AtajointconferenceofUNESCOandtheInternationalLaborOrganizationon5October,theInternationalRecommendationfortheStatusofTeachersisadopted.

1967: AninternationalconferenceofUNESCOAssociatedSchoolstakesplaceinthedividedcityofBerlin.

1968: UNESCOinitiateseducationalprogramsforpeoplewithdisabilities.

Aspartofthemovementof1968,acontroversialdiscussiononeduca-tionalidealstakesplace.FortheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsthisprocessresultsinanessentialreconsiderationofstrategywhichpavesthewayforinternationalizationandstructuralchanges.

GermanForeignMinisterWillyBrandtgivesaspeech,“PathwaystoPeace,”atthe15thGeneralConferenceofUNESCOinParison6Novem-ber.Inthisspeechhedevelopstheideaofapolicycommittedtotheartofpoliticaldialoguewithpeoplewhothinkdifferently.

1970: UNESCOisinchargeoftheInternationalYearofEducation.Inthesameyear,theSwissCommissionforUNESCOorganizesthefirstEuropeanmeetingofUNESCOAssociatedSchools.

Building of the Berlin Wall

Willy Brandt

1958: TheGermanNationalCommissionforUNESCOinvitesAssociatedSchoolstoaworkingconferenceinCologne.InthesameyeartheInstituteforEducationinHamburgorganizesaEuropeanseminarofsomesignificanceandpublishesseveralstudiesonpeaceeducation.

1960: Atthebeginningofthesixties,thefirstvocationalschoolbecomesaUNESCOAssociatedSchool.TheGeneralConferenceofUNESCOadoptstheConventionAgainstDiscriminationinEducation.

1961: InHofgeismarthefirstConferenceofUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsisheldwithAustriaandSwitzerlandparticipating.

BuildingoftheBerlinWall,symbolofGermandivision.

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1973 – 1982: Learning from Experience1973: UNESCO’sschoolnetworkcelebratesits20thanniversarywithan

internationalconferenceatwhichtheevaluationstudy“InternationalEducation–ProposalsfortheDevelopmentofaCurriculumatUNESCOAssociatedSchools”ispresented.Bythispoint,923AssociatedSchoolsin63countriesparticipateinthenetwork,includingmorethan15schoolsinGermany.

TheGDRfoundsitsownUNESCOCommission.ThefirstUNESCOAssociatedSchooltoberecognizedbyUNESCOintheGDRistheKarl-Liebknecht-GymnasiuminFrankfurt/Oder.Theschoolisstillactivelyinvolvedintheschoolnetworktoday.ThecooperationbetweenGermanandPolishschoolshasalwaysbeenamainfocus.

1974: UNESCOadoptsthe“RecommendationConcerningEducationforInternationalUnderstanding,Co-operationandPeaceandEducationRelatingtoHumanRightsandFundamentalFreedoms.”UNESCO’sASPNetworkreceivesanessentialrecognitionandperspectivefromthisrecommendation.

1976: Forthefirsttime,preschoolsareacceptedintoUNESCO’sASPNetwork.

1978: ThefirstInternationalCongressonTeachingHumanRightstakesplaceinVienna.

1972: ThefirstGerman-PolishtextbookconferencetakesplaceinWarsaw.

On24NovembertheGDRbecomesthe130thmemberstateof UNESCO.

TheInternationalCommissionfortheDevelopmentofEducationpresentsUNESCOwithitsfinalreporttitled“LearningtoBe.”

TheFaure-Reportpavesthewayforinnovativeapproachestointernationaleducation.

TheUNESCOWorldHeritageConventionispassed.ItremainsthefoundationforWorldHeritageeducationatUNESCOAssociatedSchoolstoday.

TheGermanNationalCommissionforUNESCOandtheStateInstituteforEducationinNorthRhine-Westphaliaorganizeateachertrainingseminartitled“UNESCOWorkatSchool–aContributiontoInternationalUnder-standing.”

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1983 – 1992: Political Change

1983: InSofia,aWorldCongressofAssociatedSchoolsisorganizedontheoccasionofthe30thanniversaryofUNESCO’sASPNetwork.Thenetworknowcomprises1,672schoolsin81countries,includingalmost25schoolsinGermany.

1987: TheGDRhoststhefirstWorldCongressforVocationalEducationinEastBerlin.

1989: TheBalticSeaProjectisstarted.Thisisthefirstcross-borderenvironmentaleducationprojectofUNESCOAssociatedSchools.AllcountriesborderingtheBalticSeaparticipate.

FalloftheBerlinWall1989,GDRjoinsFederalRepublicofGermanyon 3October1990,fromthenonknownas“GermanUnityDay”.

1990: InMarchthefirstWorldConferenceon“EducationforAll”takesplaceinJomtien,Thailand.Aworlddeclarationformulatesextendedideasaboutbasiceducationandlong-termgoalsforinternationaleducationpolicy.Theprogramofactiondemandstoreducetheilliteracyrateby50percentbytheyear2000,andtoofferbasicprimaryeducationforallchildren.Sincetheearly90s,theUNESCOpencilisasymbolicrepresentationofthesechallenges.

ThetwelveUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsfromtheformerGDRbecomeanintegratedpartoftheschoolnetworkinareunitedGermany.Anewname,“UNESCO-Projektschulen,”ischosenatthefirstjointannualconferenceofGermanUNESCOAssociatedSchools.

1991: TheBlueDanubeRiverProjectstartsinAustria;threeyearslater,Germanyjoinsin.Today,thisprojectconnectsUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsfrom 10countriesborderingtheDanubeRiver.

Thefirsteditionof“FORUM”,thepublicationoftheGermanCommissionforUNESCO,ispublished.Itprovidesinformationondevelopmentswithintheschoolnetwork.

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Framework for Action “Education for All”

1980: TheStandingConferenceoftheMinistersofEducationandCulturalAffairsoftheFederalRepublicofGermanyadoptsarecommendationforhumanrightseducationbasedontheUNESCOrecommendationof1974.

1982: AtthesecondWorldConferenceonCulturalPolicyinMexico,thedefinitionof“culture”isextendedbeyondartandliteraturetolifestyles,fundamental rights and value systems.

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1993 – 2002: Towards the Millennium Development Goals

1993: TheGermanUNESCOAssociatedSchoolscelebratetheir40thanniver-sarywithaceremonyinSoest,attendedbytheSecretary-GeneralofUNESCO,FedericoMayor,andNationalCoordinatorsfromaroundtheworld.Bynow2,967schoolsin116countriesbelongtotheUNESCOschoolnetwork,includingmorethan70schoolsinGermany.

InTrierthefirstUNESCOChairisestablishedtoimplementUNESCO’sgoalsinscienceandeducation.Todaythereare750UNESCOChairsin134countries,10oftheminGermany.Focusareasforresearchincludehumanrightseducation,culturaleducation,worldheritagestudiesandsustainabledevelopment.CooperationbetweentheUNESCOChairsandtheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsisinitiated.

1994: UNESCO’sDeclarationofSalamancaisthefirstmilestoneontheroadtoinclusiveeducation.

GermanUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinitiatethecampaign:“HelpingChildreninBosniaandCroatia–SchoolsTaketheInitiative.”

ThenetworkofUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsandtheUNESCOWorldHeritageCenterbringtheproject“WorldHeritageinYoungHands”tolife.ThetopicofWorldHeritageismorewidelyrepresentedinthecurriculum.

1996: TheDelorsReport,“Learning:TheTreasureWithin,”outlinesthechal-lengesforeducationpolicyinthe21stcentury.AccordingtoDelors,educationincludesfourfieldsoflearning:Learningtoknow,Learningtodo, Learning to be, Learning to live together.

UNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinGermanyorganizea“DayofSolidarity”on26April–10yearsafterthenucleardisasterinChernobyl.Themottoreads:“Foreachother,witheachother,livingtogether.”Morethan 800schools,withinthecountryandinforeigncountries,participateintheInternationalProjectDaywhichhastakenplaceeverytwoyearssince1996.

1998: TheGermanCommissionforUNESCO,incooperationwiththeGermanUNESCOAssociatedSchools,theIsraeliNationalCommissionforUNESCOandthePalestinianCommitteeforUNESCO,realizesateacher-studentseminarinNurembergon“HumanRightsandPeaceEducation.”

Thebook“HowtoFileComplaintsonHumanRightsViolations”byKlausHüfner,theformerpresidentoftheGermanCommissionforUNESCO(1998-2002),ispublishedandbecomesastandardworkofhumanrightseducationatUNESCOAssociatedSchools.TheGermaneditionisfollowed by translations into twelve other languages.

ThewebsiteoftheGermanUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsgoesonline (www.ups-schulen.de).

Teaching World Heritage

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1999: TheGermanCommissionforUNESCOlaunches“LearningfortheWorldofTomorrow,“apartnershipprojectforschoolsinwhichUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsfromGermany,Spain,Venezuela,Cuba,andtheDominicanRepublicparticipate.

ThefirstinternationalInternetprojectofUNESCOAssociatedSchools,“Agenda21NOW!”,getsunderway.

2000: TheGermanUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsadoptsharedguidelinesfortheirindividualschoolprograms.Theoverarchingeducationalgoalreads:“LearningtoLiveTogetherinaPluralisticWorldofCulturalDiversity.”

TheGermanCommissionforUNESCOorganizesthefirstUNESCOsummerschool,“EducationforSustainableDevelopment.”200youngpeopleandteachersfromUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsin44countriesparticipate.

TheWorldEducationForuminDakaradoptstheframeworkforaction,“EducationforAll,”emphasizingtheimportanceofeducationforgirls.164countriescommitthemselvestoimprovingthevarietyandqualityofeducationworldwideby2015.

2001: The30thInternationalStudentSeminarinBerlinbringsyoungpeoplefromseveralEuropeancountriestogethertoworkonthetopic,“DimensionsofHumanRights.”

2002: Inresponsetotheattacksof11September2001,thepreparationsforacontinuousEuro-ArabDialoguebeginwiththecompetitionproject“Euro-ArabNeighborhood–LearningtoLiveTogether”forschoolnewspapers.ThestudentsoftheChristophorusSchoolinBonnreceivethespecialprizeoftheGermanCommissionforUNESCOfortheirpartnershipprojectwithaTunisianinstitutionforhandicappedpeople.

Atthe4thInternationalProjectDay(theme:“CulturesMeetEachOther–withanOpenMind”)theUNESCOAssociatedSchoolspublishamanifestorepresentedbya“TogethernessTree.”Theexchangeofideasabouthumanrights,respect,tolerance,gettingalongwitheachotherpeacefully,solidarity,gettingtoknoweachotherandecologyformstheframeworkforaction.

Internet Conference Agenda 21 NOW!

Euro-Arab Dialogue

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2003 – 2013: At the Beginning of the New Millennium

2003: AttheWorldConferenceofUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinAuckland,thenetwork’s50thanniversaryiscelebratedandanevaluationprogramisadopted.Thenetworknowcomprises7,400schoolsin170countries,includingmorethan115schoolsinGermany.

TheGermanCommissionforUNESCOinitiatesthe“MondialogoSchoolContest”togetherwithUNESCOandDaimler.Thecompetitionpromotesinterculturaldialogueandawarenessofculturaldiversity.

2004:WithintheGermannetworkofUNESCOAssociatedSchools,criteriaforinternalevaluationaredevelopedandputtothetestinseveralfederalstates.

2005: TheUNDecade“EducationforSustainableDevelopment”begins.InGermanyaNationalCommitteeisfoundedwhichhonorsbestpracticeprojectseveryyear.

On5MaythefirstnationwideUNESCOWorldHeritageDaytakesplaceinLorsch.ThecloisterofLorschisoneofthefirstworldheritagesitesinGermanywithconnectionstoUNESCOAssociatedSchools,promotingstudentexchangeprojectswithpartnercloistersinSouthKorea,forexample.

2006: AspartoftheEuro-Arabculturaldialogue,aseminarforyoungpeopleandteachersfromArabcountriesandEuropetakesplaceinBerlin.Thetopicreads:“Howdoweshapeourfutureonthebasisofdifferentcultures?”The“BerlinDeclaration”callsforacommittedeffortforsustainabledevelopment,humanrights,culturaldiversityandinterculturalunderstand-ing.

2007: AUNESCOexpertconferenceonknowledgeacquisitionandknowledgetransferexamineshowinformationandcommunicationtechnologiesarechangingthefutureofeducation.Therearediscussionsonnewformsoflearning,theroleoftheteacher,theinstitutionalframeworkandtheassessmentofcompetencies.

AttheannualconferenceofUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinBerlinthefocusison“LearningtoLiveTogether–inCulturalDiversity.”Topicssuchasmigrants’livingconditions,humanrightsandinterculturallearningarediscussed.Theresultsoftheconferenceareincludedinthepublication“MigrationasChallenge,”whichpresentscasestudiesonthetopicandpracticalexamplesfromUNESCOAssociatedSchools.UNESCO Expert Conference

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2008: TheGermanCommissionforUNESCO,togetherwiththeForeignMinis-try,focustheirjointworkonpartnershipswithAfrica.TheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsparticipateontheschoollevelinEuro-Africanwork-shopstogetherwithSouthAfrica,MaliandNamibia.

2009: TheGermanCommissionforUNESCOorganizestheHalf-Time-Confer-enceoftheUNDecade,“EducationforSustainableDevelopment,”inBonn.The“BonnDeclaration”states:“Weneedasharedcommitmenttoeducationthatempowerspeopleforchange.Sucheducationshouldbeofaqualitythatprovidesthevalues,knowledge,skillsandcompetenciesforsustainablelivingandparticipationinsocietyanddecentwork.”

2010: ThefirstWorkshoponWorldHeritageEducationforstudentsofUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinGermanytakesplaceinHildesheimon“1000YearsoftheChurchofSt.Michael.”

AnexpertcircleforinclusiveeducationissetupbytheGermanCommis-sion for UNESCO.

2011:AEuro-ArabDialogueworkshopinOmandevelopsamulti-lingualpublication,“WeHaveALottoTellEachOther.”

2012:Themottoofthe9thInternationalProjectDayoftheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsis“BeyondMyPlate–World-ConsciousEatingandLiving.”Itfocusesonwhatitmeanstobeconcernedwithwhatweeatandhowwelive.

The40thanniversaryoftheGerman-PolishTextbookCommissioniscelebratedinBraunschweigattheGeorgEckertInstituteforInternationalTextbookResearch.

2013: Forthe60thanniversaryoftheUNESCOASPNetworkaninternationalforummeetsinSouthKorea.TheGermanUNESCOAssociatedSchoolscelebratethisanniversarytogetherwithinternationalguestsataconfer-enceon“Mobility”inKarlsruhe.Today,9,600schoolsin180countriesparticipateintheUNESCOnetwork.Withmorethan215participatingschools,Germanyisoneofthemostactivecountries.

World Heritage Workshop in Hildesheim

Conference on Mobility

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FlaGshiP PrOJeCts

Baltic Sea ProjectTheBalticSeaProjectisacross-borderschoolprojectofUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsfromFinland,Sweden,Denmark,Germany,Poland,Lithuania,Latvia,EstoniaandRussia.In1989theBalticSeaProjectwasfounded–backthen,Estonia,LatviaandLithuaniawerestillpartoftheUSSR,Poland,too,wasacountryoftheEasternbloc.

Notonlyhasthepoliticalsituationchangedsince1989,theBalticSeaProjecthasdevelopedfurther;whileenvironmentaleducationisstillthefocalpointoftheproject,theperspectivehasbroadenedtowardsaholisticeducationforsustainabledevelopment.Moreover,aspecialfocusisplacedoninterculturallearningbetweenthesenineverydifferent,excitingBalticSeacountries.

www.b-s-p.org

Blue Danube River Project The“BlueDanubeRiverProject”(BDRP)wasstartedbyUNESCOin1991.TheDanubeRiverconnectstenEuropeanborderingcountriesfromitssourceintheBlackForesttotheBlackSeaviatheDanubeDelta,offeringaspecialopportunityfortheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolstoengageininterculturalcooperation.

Maintopicsoftheprojectarethehistoricalandpoliticalunderstandingamongnationsandthewaypeopledealwiththeirdifferentculturalheritage,alwaysbearinginmindtheaspectofsustainabilityfortheenvironmentandnature.TheBDRPfocusesespeciallyontopicssuchastheeffectsofclimatechangeonthenaturalhabitatofhumans,animalsandplantsalongtheDanubeRiver.

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Agenda 21 NOW!In1992,theWorldConferenceoftheUnitedNationsinRiodeJaneiropassedtheAgenda21.179statesagreedonthesebasicprinciplesofsustainabilityforthe21stcentury.Againstthisbackground,theidea ofthe“Agenda21NOW!”projectwasdevelopedinthelatenineties.

“Agenda21NOW!”isaneducationalprojectthatoffersstudentstheopportunitytoparticipateonceayearinaninternationalInternetconfer-ence.Thousandsofyoungpeoplefromallovertheworldmeetfor 24hoursonlinetodiscussurgentquestionsofourtimes.Asaresult, theyworkoutaresolutionandpresentittothepublic.

www.agenda21now.org

Tri-National Workshop on Human Rights EducationBetween2010and2012,theUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsorganizedtri-nationalworkshopsonhumanrightseducationinIsrael,CanadaandGermany.Theworkshopin2010wasaboutthehistoricdimensionoftheideaofhumanrights.In2011thefocuswasonthereappraisalofhumanrightsviolations.

Atthe2012workshopinWinnipeg/Canada,wheretheopeningofahumanrightsmuseumisplannedfor2014,hundredsofstudentspartici-pated.Theytookupanindividualcase:ThepersonidentifiedwasthebloggerMalalaYousafzai,whowasseverelyinjuredbyanattackoftheTalibaninOctober2011.On12July2013,her16thbirthday,shegaveaspeechattheUNYouthGeneralAssembly.Inherspeech,beingastudentherself,shedemandededucationforallgirlsandboysworldwide:“Onechild,oneteacher,onebookandonepencanchangetheworld.”

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Euro-African DialogueTheEuro-AfricanDialoguewasinitiatedbytheGermanCoordi-nationoftheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsProjectin2009,asacontributiontotheimplementationoftheUNDecade“Educa-tionforSustainableDevelopment”(2005–2014).

AEuro-AfricandialogueamongASPnetschoolsfindsexpressioninmanydifferentways:

•aspartofaculturalprojectworkshopinNamibia,creatingacookbooktogether,

•inajointagriculturalprojectinKenya,planting,cultivating,harvestingandtradingMacadamianutplants,

•inasocialcooperationprojectwithSouthAfricacalled “EachOneTeachOne”,

•inahealthproject,providinginformationonAIDS,

Euro-Arab DialogueEveryregionintheworldhas–inanincreasinglyglobalizedworld–theopportunitytogetintouchwithotherregions.TheInternetcreatesshortdistanceswhichsometimesbecometooshortformeaningfuldialogue.Thiscommunicativeproximitynotonlyresultsinquestionsbutalsodemandsopennessfordifferencesandcommonalities.Thatiswhypersonalencoun-tersbetweenyoungpeoplewhoareconfrontedwiththesechallengesaresoimportant.

TheEuro-ArabDialogueoftheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolswasestablishedin2002.InternationalworkshopsandseminarspromotecontactsandcooperationbetweenstudentsandteachersfromEuropeandtheArabworld.Thesemeetingsreduceprejudices,encouragechangesofperspective,helptodevelopdifferentiatedinsightsintootherculturesandstrength-entheworldwideschoolnetwork.Workshopsonfairytales

•inanetworkbeingfosteredwithschoolsinRuanda,reappraisingthegenocideinRuanda,

•inaprojectoncultivatingandtradingcoffeefromEthiopia,•inaseminarontheimportanceofwatersupplyinTanzania.

Alltheseschoolprojectshavecommonexperiencesandaspirationsthatincludeencountersonalevelplayingfield:learningfromeachotherandwitheachother.

reinventidentities,mediaworkshopsintensifytheexchange,andculturaleventsfacilitateunderstanding.Long-termcooperationthusfosterspartnershipsandfriendshipsamongdifferentculturesandreligions.

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International Project DayTheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsconfrontthechallengesofthefuture.Theyactwithanopenmindandinsolidarity.ItwasalsoanactofsolidaritywhichinitiatedtheInternationalProjectDayoftheUNESCOAssociatedSchools.

On26April1996–10yearsafterthereactordisasterofChernobyl–thefirstInternationalProjectDaywasorganized.Afterthiscatastrophe,thetimehadcomeforacross-borderperspective,inordertofindsustainablesolutionsforthosedangersandproblemsthatweareconfrontedwithworldwidetoday.

Againstthisbackground,theGermanUNESCOAssociatedSchools,togetherwiththeirinternationalpartnerschools,organizeanInternationalProjectDayeverytwoyears.ThecurrentfocusoftheProjectDaysisdecidedbytheschoolnetwork;thetopicsareorientedbythecentralthemesoftheUNESCOandtheresultsarepresentedpublicly.

themes OF the iNterNatiONal PrOJeCt daYs

1996 “10yearsafterChernobyl”–DayofSolidarity1998 “50YearsUniversalDeclarationofHumanRights”2000 “SustainableDevelopment–PathstoaCultureofPeace”2002 “CulturesMeetEachOther–withanOpenMind”2004 “Water,ElixirofLife–Problems,Conflicts,Chances”2006 “SportsforLife:Fit–Peaceful–Fair–forOneWorld”2008 “NexttoEachOther–withEachOther–FindingaHome:

HowMuchIntegrationDoWeNeed?”2010 “OurActions–OurFuture”2012 “BeyondMyPlate–World-ConsciousEatingandLiving”2014 “TheEarthasWorldHeritage–SpeakUpforDiversity”

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ValUes tO liVe BY DuringaworkshopatGeschwister-Scholl-Schuletheideafora“CalendarofValues”wasborn.Thecalendarcanbefoundineveryclassroom,eachmonthanothervalueisaddressed:honesty,tolerance,patience,consideration,friendship,self-command,appreciation,awareness,peacefultogetherness,helpfulness,reliability,senseofresponsi-bility.Thecalendarofvaluesinspiresdiscussionsandactivities.Bynow,thereisevena“value-team”atschoolwhichdealswiththequestionastohowthesesharedvaluescanlastinglybeincorpo-ratedintotheschool’sday-to-daylife.

GlOBal learNiNG iN FOCUs

TheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsnetworkinBaden-Wuerttembergsetsprioritiesintheareasofhumanrightseducation,democracyeducationandvalueseducation.TheUNdecadeof“EducationforSustainableDevelop-ment” strongly brought the goal of global learningandofanecologically,economi-callyandsociallysustainabledevelop-mentbackintotheschools’focus.

iNterCUltUral exChaNGe ProjectsonculturalexchangewithpartnerschoolsinBolivia,GhanaandIndiahavebeenintensified.AnewpartnershipwiththeLakotaWaldorfSchoolinSouthDakota(USA)isgrowing.ThecentralquestionhereishowtheWaldorfpedagogycancontributetotherevitaliza-tionoftheindigenousculture.

edUCatiON FOr sUstaiNaBle deVelOPmeNt ThegoalsoftheUNdecade“EducationforSustainableDevelopment”areimplementedinmanycreativeprojectsattheschools.Topicsinclude:“FairTrade”,“JuniorCompany:DoingBusiness for Ourselves and Others” or “FairIT:InformationTechnologyforAll”.Aclimateprotectionprojectiscalled“SavingEnergyforPolarBears”:Together we all save energy, so that the polarbears,servingasthesymbolicfigures,don’tfallthroughthemeltingiceundertheirpaws.Studentsmotivateeachothertocollectasmanyvaluable“bluepaws”aspossible.

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iNterCUltUral COmPeteNCe TheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsarecommittedtointerculturallearning.Theyfosterthepositiveapproachtoculturalandlanguagediversity.Consequently,theBavarianUNESCOschoolnetworkparticipatedintheInternetportal“Intercul-turalCompetence”bytheStateInstituteforEducation(ISB)inBavaria.Theportaloffersteachersplentyofinformation,ideasandgood-practiceexamplesoninterculturallearningaswellasonthelearningfield“GlobalDevelopment”.

Old aNd YOUNG TheexchangebetweenthegenerationsisalsoencouragedinUNESCOAssociatedSchools:“OldandYoung”isthenameofaprojectinthenon-coresubjectSocialLearning at the Ludmilla-Real-schule.Itshowsinanexem-plaryfashion,howaveryspeciallearningsituationcanoriginatefromthecontactbetweenoldandyoungpeople.Fromthisrelationshipwiththeoldpeople,theyouthslearnempathy,theabilitytocompromiseandrespectfortheoldergeneration.

“eUrO-aFriCaN YOUth aCademY” TheBavarianUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsactivelyimplementtheguidelinesofthe“OrientationFrameworkforGlobalDevelop-ment”andparticipateintheEuro-AfricanYouthAcademy2013inTanzania.TheYouthAcademyispartofthethree-yearGerman-AfricaneducationprogramCOMENGA,whichisrealizedbythefoundationPartnershipwithAfricaaspartoftheinitiativeforAfricabytheFederalMinistryforEconomicDevelopmentandCooperation.Theinitiativefollowstheapproach:listening,learning,understandingandactinginfaircooperation.

diVersitY as ChaNCe

The day-to-day life at many Bavarian schoolsisshapedbyculturaldiversity.Outofthe1.4millionBavarianstudents,about12percenthaveanimmigrationbackground.Thegrowingheterogeneityofthestudentbodyentailschancesandchallengesforallthoseinvolved.

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ChaNGiNG CitY

TheworkoftheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinBerlinhasalwaysbeenshapedbythechangingsocial,politicalandeducationaldevelopmentsofthecity.Inthe60s,thecitygotdivided,inthe70s,therewasanintegratedschoolmove-ment,andinthe80s,theinfluxoffamiliesofverydifferentculturalbackgroundsbroughtnewdiversitytothecity.Thecityaswellastheschoolsbecamevitalized.AfterthefalloftheBerlinwallin1989andthereunificationofthedividedcity,therewereimportantdevelopmentsintheeducationalsector,sothatbothEuropeanlanguagesaswellastheinternationalmakeupofthestudentbodyinUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsincreasinglygainedsignificance.

iNterCUltUral dialOGUe Fromthestart,theBerlinschoolnetworkdevelopedmulticulturally.Jointreadingcompetitions,participatingininternationalliteraturefestivalsandworkingonthetopic“Water:ElixirofLife”fosterinterculturaldialogue.

sChOOl as PUBliC sPaCe Since1990,thecontactbetweenallUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinthiscity–whichwasgrowingtogether–wasbroadenedandintensified.Inthisway,theUNESCOideaisaccountedfor–truetothemotto:“LivingTogetherinDiversity–CrossingBorders”.TheUNESCOASPnetfacilitatesdiversecontactsandjointactivities,realizedpubliclybystudents.Whetheritisaboutaneducationcampaign,thecommitmentforhumanrightsortheaterperformances–theschoolnetworkopensupthepublicspacefortheseactivities.

deCades OF hUmaN riGhts edUCatiON Formorethan40years,internationalUNESCOstudentseminarsonthesubjectofhumanrightstakeplaceinBerlinonaregularbasis.Theidea:learningaboutdemocracyoutsideofschoolwithmoretimeandspace.28youngpeoplefromninecountriestookpartintheBerlinseminaronhumanrightseducationin2012.Thestudentsbringtheirexperiences,views,opinionsandinformationfromtheircountryandtheirenvironmenttotheseminarsanddiscussthemwiththeirpeers.

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“ONe WOrld BaNqUet taBle” InordertopubliclycallattentiontothegoalsoftheUNESCO,Brandenburg’sAssociatedSchoolsregularlyparticipateintheUNESCOProjectDay.WithregardtothetopicoftheProjectDayin2012,“World-ConsciousEatingandLiving”,thestudentscameupwithaspecialevent:InfrontoftheFrankfurt/Odercityhall,theybuiltalarge“OneWorldBanquetTable”andoffereddishesmadewithorganicallyproducedandfairlytraded ingredients. At information stands andwithartisticperformancesthepublic’sattentionwasdrawntotheecological,culturalanddevelopmentalaspectsofthetopicsoffoodandeatinginordertomotivatepeopletotakeaction.

“CitY, COUNtrY, riVer: sUstaiNaBle deVelOPmeNt” In2011,theBrandenburgschoolnetworkhostedtheGermany-wideannualconferenceoftheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsonthetopic“City,Country,River:SustainableDevelopment–localandglobal”.Hereaswell,thelocationoftheconferenceinFrankfurt/OderwasusedforanintensiveexchangewiththeneighboringcountryPoland.Irena-AgataSzysko,fromthePolishMinistryofEducation,deliveredtheopeningaddressoftheconference.Intheseworkshops,jointschoolprojectsontheUNdecadeof“EducationforSustainableDevelop-ment”anditsannualtheme“City”weredeveloped.Oneworkshop,underthemotto“WeExploreHeinrichvonKleist’sHomeTown”,engagedwiththeculturalheritageofthecityofFrankfurt/Oder.PartofthisworkshopwasavisittotheKleistMuseum.

COOPeratiON With the NeiGhBOriNG COUNtrY POlaNd

ThegeographicallocationofBranden-burg, on the border with Poland, results inaclosecooperationbetweentheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinbothcountries.EvenprimaryschoolscultivatecontactswithPolishpartnerschools.Students learn the language of their neighbor,togethertheyorganizeschoolexchangeprograms.In2012,theKarl-Liebknecht-GymnasiuminFrankfurt/Odercelebratedthe20thanniversaryofits“German-PolishSchoolProject”.Thisschoolprovidesanopportunityfortheirstudents to study Polish as a foreign languageandforPolishstudentstotaketheexamsfortheGermanAbitur.

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OVerCOmiNG POVertY

Educationisthebestwaytoovercomepoverty.Therefore,UNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinBremensupportschoolsindevelopingcountries.ThepartnershipwithaschoolinCarnavi,Bolivia,existsformorethantenyearsnow.Withtheirproject,

studentsfromtheOberschuleanderLerchenstraßehelprealizetherighttoeducationforall.TheycollectdonationsforBolivianschoolsandinadditiontothattheyalsosupportthelocalorphanage“CasadeEsperanza”.

“CUltUral COCktail” Intheprojectpartnership“CulturalCocktail”,UNESCOAssociatedSchoolsfromBremencooperatewithschoolsinBulgaria, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, RomaniaandTurkey.AttheheartofthisprojectthereistheunderstandingoftheculturalandlanguagevarietyinEurope. Agoodimpressionofthis“CulturalCocktail”isconveyedbythedancetheaterwhichconnectsthecolorfulanddiverseculturaltraditions–dances,songs,instruments,humorouscharactersandgamesforchildren.Theyoungestparticipantsoftheprojectareprimary-schoolstudentsfromPortugal,theoldeststudentscomefromaschoolformentallyhandicappedstudentsinPoland.Theydeliveredwonderfulcontributionsandstagedhumoroussketches.

PartNer sChOOl iN NamiBia TheWilhelm-Kaisen-SchulehasapartnerschoolinUsakos,Namibia,andhelpswithmoneyandbookdonations.Besidesstudying,leisuretimeactivities,suchasartsandcrafts,sportsanddancing,alsoplayacrucialrole.Everyonetakespart.Boysknit,girlsplayfootballandall,withoutexception,liketosingloudly and in tune.

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TheHelene-Lange-GymnasiuminHamburgistheoldestUNESCOAssociatedSchoolinGermany.Theschoolispartoftheinternationalnetworksince1953.AfterWorldWarII,therewasfirstafocusoninterculturallearningwithmanyencountersandexchangesontheEuropeanlevel.Today,thecooperationofthenetworkencom-passesschoolsonallcontinents.

Themulticulturalsocietyofanopen-mindedworldcitylikeHamburgwithitsinternationalharborisreflectedinthestudentsofthefiveUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinHamburg.Allschoolsareespeciallycommittedtohumanrights,integrationandinterculturalunderstandingaswellastheprotectionoftheenvironment.

GlOBal learNiNG TheintensivepartnershipwithKiluvyaSecondarySchoolinTanzaniaisexemplary.Theapproachofgloballearningisespeciallyimportantforthispartnership.Tobeginwith,thismeansgettingtoknoweachotherthroughmutualvisits.Moreover,jointcooperationprojectsintensifythepartnership,beitconductinganinterculturalphotoworkshoporstagingatheaterperformance.Inschoolpartnershipsyoungpeoplelearnthatsolidarityknowsnoborders.Itisinlinewiththis,thatUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsparticipatedinthe“RedHandDay”andthusshowedtheirsolidaritywithchildreninAfrica,speakingupagainsttheabuseofchildrenaschildsoldiers.

stUdeNts take resPONsiBilitY Inprojectssuchas“TheEcologicalFootprint”,youngpeoplecommitthemselvestoclimateprotection.Inprojectsonfairtradetheydealwithsustainableconsumerbehavior.Thissocialcommitmentalsobecomesapparentincooperativeprojectswiththe“HamburgerTafel”,providingfoodtopeopleinneed,orindonationprojectsinsupportof“SchoolsforAfrica”orthe“MillenniumVillagesinPeru”.

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“memOrY OF the FUtUre”

TheProject“Mémoiredel’avenir”bringsyoungpeoplefromGermany,France,Israel,Palestine,SenegalandTurkeytogetherthroughcommunica-tionaboutandwithimages.Theprojectwas initiated by the Israeli artist MargalitBerriet.FourAssociatedSchoolsfromHesseparticipateinthisdialogueproject.Inworkshopstheyoungpeoplecreateobjectsofart,performances,collagesandvideosontopicssuchas“identity”,“origin”,“tolerance”,“genderroles”and“future”.Here,thestudentslettheirdifferentculturalbackgroundsbecomepartoftheartobjects,sothataninterculturaldialoguedevelops.Everyyear,theprojectculminatesinajointexhibitioninParisbyallparticipatingschools.

CritiCal thiNkiNG thrOUGh ValUe edUCatiON

Educationhastoconveydemocraticcorevalues,asenseofresponsibilityandtheimportanceofcriticalthinkingskills.ItispartofthecredooftheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinHessethatstudentslearntocriticallydeveloptheirownpointofview,insteadofjustmovingwiththe“mainstream”orfollowingcertaintrends.Thisrequiresknowledgeandopen-mindednessaswellastheengagementwithhistory.

“searChiNG FOr traCes WOrkiNG GrOUP” InordertopreservethestoryofthevictimsofNationalSocialism,studentsfromtheWöhler-schuleinFrankfurtestablishedthe“SearchingforTracesWorkingGroup”.Amemorialgardenis there to remember the former Jewish studentswhohadtoleavetheschooljustbecausetheywereJews,whowerediscrimi-natedagainst,persecutedandmurdered.InthememorialgardenoftheWöhlerschuletheirnames are engraved in stone.

the “PeaCe dOVe” PrOJeCt The“PeaceDove”ProjectwasinitiatedbytheartistRichardHillingerwhocreated30goldendovesontheoccasionofthe60thanniversaryoftheUniversalDeclarationofHumanRights.Everysingledoverepre-sentsoneofthe30articlesoftheHumanRightsDeclaration.TheEdith-Stein-SchuleinDarmstadtacquiredoneofthepeacedoves;itispassedonfromoneclasstothenext.Foraweek,theclasswiththepeacedovefocusesonhumanrightsanddocu-mentstheirworkinalogbook.

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iNterNatiONal sChOOl PartNershiPs TheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinMecklenburg-HitherPomeraniafosterinternational understanding through regularstudentexchanges.Forinstance,thereareintensivepartnershipsbetweenthe“Anne-Frank”schoolinTessinandtheGymnasiumSiguldinLatviaaswellasaFinnishschoolinEspoo.Moreover,theGymnasiumWittenbergregularlyorganizesyouthencountersincoopera-tionwiththeirPolishpartnerschool.

mOdel UNited NatiONs TheInnerstädtischeGymnasiumRostockregularlytakespartinthe“ModelUnitedNations”:FollowingtheexamplesetbytheUnitedNations,internationalconfer-encesaresimulatedatwhichtheyoungpeoplecandiscusscurrenttopicsofworldpolitics.Since2008,theschoolinRostockorganizesthe“InternationalBalticModelUnitedNationsConference”(www.balmun.de).

FrieNdshiP With iNdia

TheJawaharlal-NehruSchuleinNeustrelitzwasrecognizedasthefirstUNESCOAssociatedSchoolinMecklenburg-HitherPomeraniain1983.Theschool’snamealreadypointstotheinternationalprofileoftheschool.Whentheschoolwasgivenitsnameon6February1973,itreceivedamessageofgreetingfromIndiraGhandi,theprimeministerofIndiaandthedaughterofNehru.Eversince,theIndiangovernmenteveryyearinvitesonestudentfromtheNehru-schooltoatwo-weektriptoIndia.

the „OstseekiNder“ Thenameoftheelementaryschool“Ostseekinder”(“KidsoftheBalticSea”)inRostockisclearlyprogrammatic.ManyprojectsdealwiththeprotectionoftheBalticSeacoast,withitswatercycleandthepreservationofthenaturalresources.Inacreativeway,thesetopicsaretakenupintheenvironment-musical“PablotheLittleRaindrop”.In2012,themusicalcelebrateditspremieratthenationalconferenceoftheUNESCOAssociatedSchools,whichfocusedonthe“BalticSeaasanEducationalResource”.

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YOUths reiNterPret sChUBert

Ontheoccasionofthe60thanniversaryoftheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsnetwork,theAssociatedSchoolsinLowerSaxonyputaspecialmusicalemphasis:AperformanceprojectisstagedforthefirsttimethatreinterpretsFranzSchubert’ssongcycle“Winter-reise”(“WinterJourney”)fromthepresenttimes’perspectiveofyoungpeople.In2013,thisprojectwillberealizedincooperationwiththeschoolofmusicinLüneburgandthecity’stheater.ThepremierisplannedforMarch2014.

PreserViNG memOrial sites FOr the FUtUre

Thereisanewproject,supportedbytheEU,whichpavesthewayforthefutureworkonmemorialsites:“DeprivationofRightsasLifeExperience”readsthetitle.The memorial sites Bergen-Belsen in the Netherlands,AuschwitzinPolandandPerm36inRussiaparticipate.In2014,thefirstteachertrainingseminarsareexpectedtotakeplace.Theywillfocusonthequestionoffutureworkonmemorialsitesfromtheschools’perspective.

WOrld heritaGe WOrkshOP

WorldheritageeducationremainsamainfocusoftheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsnetworkinLowerSaxony.InApril2010,studentsfromseveralstatesmetinHildesheimforthefirsttimeinordertoparticipateintheproject“WorldHeritageinYoungHands”.TheyoungpeoplenotonlylearnedaboutthesignificanceoftheSt.Michael’sChurchas a world heritage site. They also developednewideasandperspectivesastohowtheyounggenerationcancontributetothelastingprotectionoftheworld heritage.

eUrO-aFriCaN YOUth aCademY

AsecondimportantimpulsecomesfromtheEuro-AfricanYouthAcademyatthe“OneWorldSecondarySchoolKiliman-jaro”inTanzania.TheYouthAcademyisanintegralpartoftheschool.Theacad-emyisorganizedincooperationwiththeUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsnetworksinBavariaandSchleswig-HolsteinanditissupportedbythestatechancelleryofLowerSaxonyandthefoundation“Part-nershipswithAfrica”.About50youngpeoplefromGermany,TanzaniaandKenyawilldevelopprojectideasattheacademythatrelatetotheMillenniumDevelopmentGoals.Subsequently,in“VisionsfortheFuture”Workshopstheseprojectideaswillbeputinabroadercontextandatthesametimetheywillbebrought“fromheadtoheart”byartisticmeans.Amongotherthings,thereisalsoa“Kisangara-Songbook”planned,whichsparksdialoguebetweenEuropeanandAfricanmusicaltraditions.

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WOrld-CONsCiOUs eatiNG aNd liViNG “LookingBeyondMyPlate–World-ConsciousEatingandLiving”–that’sthemottoofthe9thInternationalProjectDayoftheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsin2012.TheAssociatedSchoolsineachstateareresponsiblethemselvesfortheorganizationoftheProjectDay.NorthRhine-WestphaliadecidedtohaveacentraleventatPascal-GymnasiuminGrevenbroich,atwhichallUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsfromNorthRhine-Westphaliahadthechancetopresenttheresultsoftheirworkinthepresenceofthestate’sministerofeducation.Alargevarietyofideasonthetopicsofeatingandfoodwerepresentedaswellasdanceandtheaterprojects,whichresultedfromthecooperationbetweenschoolsandgaveanimpressionofthecreativeworkatUNESCOAssociatedSchools.

ChaNGe thrOUGh CUltUre ThesocialchangesintheRuhrdistrictarethesubjectofaUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsconferenceinEssen.TheRuhrdistrictisameltingpotofculturesandanexemplaryregionforthedevelopmentfromanindustrial area to an innovative culturalmetropolis.TheworldheritagesiteZecheZollvereininEssenisasymbolforthis“ChangethroughCulture”.Aspartoftheconference,astudentcampisplannedatwhichstudentsfromNorthRhine-Westphaliacanengagewiththesesocialchangesandtheregion’ssustainabledevelopmentonsite,usingtheexampleoftherenaturationoftheriverEmscher.

“teaCh GlOBal!” Theexchangeprogram“easyGo-easyCome”bytheassociationforfaireducationputsstudentsofeducationintouchwithpartnerschoolsinAfrica,AsiaandLatinAmericaforinternships.Togetherwithforfaireducation,theassociationTheGlobalExperi-ence,foundedbyagroupofstudentsatSchillergymnasiuminMünster,initiatedtheproject“TEACHGLOBAL!”Thisprojectintroducesthestudents’experienceabroad

intotheactiveschoolworkinGermany.Moreover,“TEACHGLOBAL!”developsnewonline-basedprojectsbetweenclassesinGermanyandschoolsinAfrica,AsiaandLatinAmerica.

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shaPiNG the FUtUre

InRhineland-Palatinate17schoolsandonedaycarecentreparticipateactivelyintheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsnetwork.Alltheseschoolsidentifywiththe goals of the UNESCO. The shared mottoreads:“ShapingtheFuture”.TheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsstrivetomakeyoungpeoplefitandcompetentsothattheycansucceedinlife.Theadolescentslearntothinkoutofthe boxandtobeopentonewideas.Open-mindedness,toleranceandsolidarity are attitudes that have great “sustenance”.Theseschoolsconscious-lytakeinimpulsesfromothercultures.That’swhytheworldheritageideaisstronglyanchoredintheclassrooms.

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AttheWorldHeritageDayinNorkenon20June2013,theadolescentssetaclearsignastohowimportantthepreserva-tionofboththeWorldCulturalHeritageandtheWorldNaturalHeritagearetothem.TheWorldHeritageDayshowedthattheschoolnetworkinRhineland-Palatinestandsonasolidbasis.Morethan400studentsfromUNESCOAssociatedSchoolstookpartinthisnetworkmeeting.

Thisnetworkissymbolizedbyanoaktree,whichwasplantedonWorldHeritageDayontheoccasionofthe60thanniversaryoftheUNESCOAssociated

WOrld heritaGe daY iN NOrkeN

SchoolsProjectNetwork.AllAssociatedSchoolswithinthestateofRhineland-Palatinateparticipatedinthistree-plantingevent,inordertocollectivelycreatea“UNESCO-park”.AspartoftheWorldHeritageDay,14projectswererealizedonthetopicof“ExperiencingNatureandCulture in Westerwald”.

TheWorldHeritageDay,however,didnotmarktheendofaproject.Rather,itwasabeginning,animpulseandastimulus in order to give the UNESCO WorldHeritageanevengreaterpromi-nenceandtopreservethecommonheritageofallpeopleforthefuture.

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InSaarlandnineschoolsparticipateintheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsnetworkandmaintainclosepartnershipswithschoolsinothercountries.Especiallywithregardtotheschoolpartnerships,itbecomesapparentwhatsolidaritymeans,suchashelpingtobuildschoolsindevelopingcountries.Duringthe“RunforSolidarity”onUNESCOProjectDay750youngpeopleputtheirrunningshoeson.Thiseventgeneratedmorethan2500EurosindonationsforthepartnerschoolRioTintoinZimbabwe.

“CONCert des lYCées”

Atthe“ConcertoftheSecondarySchools”,onecanexperiencethepowerofmusictobringpeoplestogether,whenmorethan200younginstrumentalistsandchoirsingersfromFranceandGermanygetonstage.In2005,theWarndt-GymnasiumestablishedthismusicprojecttogetherwithfiveFrenchschools.Everyyearachallengingpiecefromthechoirandorchestraliteratureispracticedandstagedinthreeconcerts.VenuesaretheConcertHallArsenalinMetz,theCarreau Wendel in Petite-Rosselle and the world heritage site VölklingerHütte.

mOdel sChOOl FOr GlOBal learNiNG TheIntegrierteGesamtschuleinDillingencooperateswiththeNetworkforDevelop-mentPolicySaarasa“modelschoolforgloballearning.”Thismeansthatexperts,whoworkforthenetwork’spartners,organizeworkshopsongloballearningatthisschool.InlinewithEducationforSustainableDevelopmentthestudentsaremadeawareoftheglobalquestionsofthefuture.Thus,topicssuchaspoverty,migrationandclimateprotectionfindtheirwayintotheclassroom.

PrOJeCt Week ON sUstaiNaBilitY EducationforSustainableDevelopmentisalsoamainfocusattheTechnisch-WissenschaftlichesGymnasium(TWG)inDillingen.DuringtheTWG’sprojectweek,theentireschoolcommunityengagedwiththetopic“sustainability”,whileeveryschoolsubjectcontributedinitsownway.Hence,therewereprojectsonsustainablecosmetics,onbiodiversityorontheissueof“biofuels”. In a simulation game the studentsdealtwiththedecisionmakingprocessesontheEUlevelinregardtoenergyandclimatepolicy.Finally,theyhadthechancetoaddressamemberoftheEuropeanParliamentwithcriticalquestionsontheEU’sclimatepolicy.

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YesterdaY aNd tOdaY

InGDRtimes,itwasratherunusualforaschooltobepartoftheUNESCOnetwork.In1976,theKäthe-Kollwitz-GymnasiuminZwickaubecamethefirstSaxonUNESCOAssociatedSchool.TheSorbischeMittelschuleRalbitzfollowedin1984andthePaul-Robeson-SchuleinLeipzigin1987.Today,elevenschoolsinSaxonyareofficiallyrecognizedasUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsandtwoadditionalschoolsparticipateintheSaxonnetwork.Attheannualregionalconfer-ence,theSaxonAssociatedSchoolsdecideonthefocusareasoftheUNESCOworkwithintheirnetwork.

teNth “raiN FOrest rUN”

In2013,alreadyforthetenthtime,the“RainForestRun”wasorganized.Originally,theMarie-Curie-GymnasiuminDresdencameupwiththisidea.Itisthegoalofthisprojecttoprotecttherainforest,asitisendangeredbymassivedeforestation.Theplanissimple:Collectingmoneyandbuyingrainforest!ThroughthissponsorshiprunandotherdonationactivitiesthestudentsinDresdenhavealreadycollectedmorethan100,000Euros.

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Since1994,everyyearSaxonyhoststhelongestablishedstudents’camp.Atthecamp,whichlastsseveraldays,thenetworkideaoftheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolscomestolife.Here,theyoungpeoplecansocializeandexchangeexperiences.Inworkshopstheyworktogetherontopicssuchas“EnvironmentintheCity”or“LivingDiversity”anddevelopideasastohowthesetopicscanbeincorporatedinclass.Theparticipantsthusactasmediators.Thatway,theresultsofthenetworkmeetingsbecomepartoftheschools’day-to-daypracticesandenrichtheeducationalwork.

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InclusionisaveryimportantissueatUNESCOAssociatedSchools.TheCarl-von-Linné-SchuleinLeipzigstartedapilotprojectoninclusionincooperationwiththeLindenhofschule,aspecial-needsschoolformentallyhandicappedstudents, and thus demonstrated that inclusiveschoolscanwork.Theschoolpresentedtheexperiencesfromthisprojectatthisyear’sregionalconferenceoftheSaxonUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsnetwork.

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“liFe WOrld” PrOJeCt

TheAgricolagymnasiuminHohenmölsenfostersinclusiveeducationthroughtheintegrationofstudentswithspeciallearningneeds.Animportantpartofthisistheextracurricularproject“LifeWorld,”whichtheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolparticipatesinsince2006.Thestudentssupportchildrenwithlearningdisabilitieswiththeirhomeworkorinspecialtuitionclasses,lookafterpeoplewithdisabilities,helpinhospitalsandnursinghomesorrunsportsgroupsforchildren.Throughtheirsocialcommit-mentthestudentsdevelopbothrespectandtoleranceinlivingtogetherwithpeoplewhoappeartobe“different.”

iNterCONNeCted taNzaNia PrOJeCts InthreeinterconnectedTanzaniapro-jects,UNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinSaxony-Anhaltcooperateintheareaofinternationaleducation.Eachofthethreeparticipatingschoolsindependentlycoordinatesaschoolsponsorship,astudentexchangeprojectoraprojectonpeaceeducation.Themainideahereisthattheexperiencesfromtheinterna-tionalprojectworkbecomepartoftheday-to-daylifeintheclassroom.Thatway,theprinciplesoftheUNESCO–tolerance,globallearningandpeaceeducation–arelastinglyrootedinschools.Atthesametime,itisimportanttodojusticetothespecificneedsofthedifferenttypesofschoolbyputtinganemphasisonjointexperiences,parentparticipationandactivity-orientedwork.

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AttheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolinAscherslebenthereisapermanentgroupoftenstudentswhoworkas“profilemanagers”ontheschoolprofile,accordingtothepeer-educationap-proach.Inworkshops,whichtheycarryoutthemselves,olderstudentsintroducestudentsfromclasses5and6tothe“UNESCOschoolprofile.”Fromyeartoyear,youngermemberstakeonmorechallengingtasksandthusgrowintotheschoolprofilework.TheprofilemanagersalsoplayacrucialroleattheannualschoolprofileweekbyplanningandrealizingdifferentworkshopsandothereventsonUNESCOtopics.

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eNVirONmeNtal edUCatiON at the BaltiC sea

Becauseoftheirspeciallocation,theUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinSchleswig-HolsteinarecloselyconnectedwiththeothercoastalstatesoftheBalticSea.AlmostallschoolsinSchleswig-Holsteinareactivelyinvolvedinthe“BalticSeaProject.”Allinall,about200UNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinninecountriescooperatewithinthenetworkofthisUNESCOflagshipprojectoneducationforsustainabledevelopment.

GermaN sChOOl Prize 2013

Foryearsnow,theAnne-Frank-SchuleinBargteheidedoesexemplaryworkasaninclusiveschoolandputstheUNESCOguidelinesintopractice.Childrenwithlearningdisabilitiesandhighlygiftedchildrenlearntogether.Morethanhalfofthegirlsandboysmanagetoachieveahigherschool-leavingqualificationthantheonethatwasstatedintheirelementaryschoolrecommendation.Fornineyearsnow,nostudenthasleftschoolwithoutaschool-leavingqualification.AttheAnne-Frank-Schule,studentsdon’thavetorepeatayear,theymaynotbereassignedtoadifferentgradelevelduringtheschoolyearandtherearenootherformsofsortingout.Foritsexemplarywork,thisUNESCOAssociatedSchoolwasawardedtheGermanSchoolPrize2013.ChancellorAngelaMerkelpresentedtheschoolwiththeaward.

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LiketheGrund-andHauptschuleFlensburg-Weiche,locateddirectlyontheborderwithDenmark,alltheotherUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinSchleswig-HolsteinarelargelyguidedbytheScandinavianschoolmodelasfaraseducationpolicyiscon-cerned.Hereinthenorth,schoolsareontheirwaytoaninclusive,two-trackschoolsystem,whichleadsfromtheelementaryschooltotwodifferentformsofsecondaryschool.Ininclusiveclasses,childrenaretaughtinalmostallsubjectsbytwoteachersatthesametime,thatincludesadifferentiationthatmayonlybeaninternaldifferen-tiation.Thusproject-orientedworkispromotedandthediverseactivitiesoftheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinSchleswig-Holstein“automatically”becomeinclusive.

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FrOm demOCraCY edUCatiON tO driNkiNG Water PrOteCtiON Studentsengageintensivelyinprojectsregardinghumanrights,democracyandtolerance.OnexcursionstotheBuchen-waldconcentrationcamp,theyouthsdealwithideasregardingFascism.Atsomeschoolsactiveenvironmentalgroupssupporttheconservationofnatureandthepreservationofbiodiver-sityattheUNESCOBiosphereReserveVessertal.Extendingtheseideas,lastautumn,therewasajointprojectdayonthesubjectofdrinkingwaterthattookplaceatthelargestdrinkingwaterbarrage in Western Thuringia.

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ThenetworkoftheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsinThuringiacompriseselevenschools–includingaprimaryschool,threeregularschools,sixsecondaryschoolsandonevocationalschool.TheirUNESCOworkisasdiverseasthesetypesofschools.Allschoolshavepartnerschoolsinmanycountriesworldwide.

sChOOl PrOFiles TheSalzmannschuleinSchnepfenthalisaspecialsecondaryschoolforlanguages,whichprovidesstudentsfromalloverGermanywithaspeciallanguageeducation,forexample,inArabicandChinese.

TheStaatlicheBerufsbildendeSchulzentrumJena-Göschwitzisthelargestinstitu-tionofitskindinEasternThuringia.IthasactivecontactswithvocationalschoolswithinandoutsideofEuropeandprovidesteachersaswellasstudentswithpractice-orientedexchangesofexperience.

MusikgymnasiumSchlossBelvedereinWeimaroffersaneducationtomusicallyhighlygiftedstudents.Thestudentstakepartinnumerousperformancesandinternationalmusiccompetitionsandthuslearnaboutothercultures.Withcharityconcertstheysupportaidprojectsonalargescale.

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Howcanwerepresentallthosecrea-tive,communicative,innovativeideasthatareinitiated,realizedandpresentedduringaschoolyear,sothatthegoalsoftheUNESCOaremadeclear,sothattheprojects’powerfulimpulsescaptivatepeople,sothattheappreciationofthedocumentedworkisexpressed?

Atfirst,UNESCOAssociatedSchoolssentdetailedwrittenannualreports.Nowadays,however,onlinecommu-nicationfacilitatesthedistributionandtransmissionofthereportsandthusob-tainsthecharacteristicsofaninteractivevirtualarchive.TheUNESCOfocusareasintheschools’annualreportsarethe-maticallydocumentedpointbypointandmadeavailabletotheschoolnetworkinthe different states in the form of mind maps.Thisevaluationcanbeseenasafirststeponthewaytoacomprehensiveonlinearchivewhichwillbedevelopedinthetimetocome.

Anexemplarymindmaponthediverseapproachestoworldheritageeducationmayprovideanimpressionofthisform

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ofevaluation.Learningatschoolandoutsideofschool,traditionalsubject-relatedandinterdisciplinarylearning,cur-ricularaswellasextra-curricularlearning,creativeandexperimentalnewformsofteaching:allthatisillustratedbythemindmap.

Schoolsreceiveimpulses,givecriticalremarksandthuscontributetoalivelyeducationalreportthatreflectstheexpe-riencesandrealitiesinday-to-dayschoollife.Thesereportsillustratethemotto

“thinkglobally–actlocally”andunder-linethebenefitsoftheASPnetwork.

Inexchangewithpartnersoftheworld-widenetwork,theGermanUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsdevelopteachingconceptsinordertopassthepeacepolicyidealsoftheUnitedNationsontootherschools.Valuesandnormsofinternationaleducationpolicythusfindtheirway,throughtheeducationallevel,intotheGermanschoolsystem.

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Educationessentiallylaysthefounda-tionsforchancesinlife.Noteverystudentleavesschoolwithauniversityentrancequalificationbutasoftenaspossiblewithaqualifyingschool-leavingcertificate.In2013oneUNESCOAssociatedSchoolobtainedtheGermanSchoolAward;atthatschoolduringthelastnineyearsnostudentleftschoolwithoutaschool-leavingcertificate.Foraslongasthisprizehasbeenawarded,UNESCOAssociatedSchoolshaveoftenbeen nominated. National and interna-tionalopennessforcontactsandthemesofapeacefuldialogueguidealllevelsofcommunicationandactionforeveryoneinvolvedineducationatUNESCOAssociatedSchools.Thebasicprincipal“thinkglobally–actlocally”ismoreeffectivethanever,asthedigitalagebringsusclosertogether.

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SincetheDeclarationofSalamanca(1994)thetermofinclusionhasbeeninterpreteddifferently.FollowingtheinterpretationofUNESCOinclusionwithinthefieldofeducationmeansthatallpeopleshouldhavethesameopportu-nitiestobenefitfromhighqualityeducationandtodeveloptheirpotential–regardlessofspeciallearningneeds,genderidentityandsexualorientation,socialandeconomicalpreconditions.Inclusionmeans:“EducationforAllatOneSchoolforAll”.TheUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsareontheirwaytorealizethisrequirementregardingcontentaswellasintheirorganizationalstructure.

EducationalworkatUNESCOAssociatedSchoolsisguidedbytheprioritiessetwithin the individual federal states, withinGermanybutalsowithinthediverseinternationaleducationalnet-work.UNESCOworkischaracterizedbytheideaofsustainability,respectingandpreservingbothnatureandculture;itmirrorsopenness,commitment,asenseofresponsibility,creativity,thechalleng-es among generations, and the diversity ofculturalencounters,alwaysunitedbytheUNESCOprinciple–todayaswellas60yearsago:

“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.”

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