GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

It starts at school!Unesco Atheneum

Koekelberg

“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the

defences of peace must be constructed.”

4 THEMES

• ASPnet and UN priorities

• Education for Sustainable Development

• Peace and human rights

• Intercultural learning

Yearly projects for all our students

• GWP: Project week• Global education• Amnesty International• South Say: Solidarity Action day Movement in Europe• (Inter)cultural activities• Sustainable Development – MOS ( care for

environment at school)• MEP ( Model European Parliament) (4de jaar)• Europarliament

Amnesty International

Global Education

• One theme, this year: sustainable development

• How? Workshops, theater, visits, etc.

• For all students: at school and outside: trips to organizations

Unesco Teachers Day

• Annual meeting of the Flemish UNESCO schools on International Teachers Day• Meeting teachers on joint projects• Meeting students on joint projects

UNESCO workshop with students Unesco-High School

Make pupils think!Is it your problem?

Is it your problem?

It is OUR problem!

European and worldwide projects

• Europe in the classroom• Europe in the MEP (Model European

Parliament) • Visit of the embassy of the USA in

Brussels• Visit of the Belgian embassy in

Madrid

Commemoration education: we shall never forget!

• World War II: Breendonk, Dossinkazerne, Auschwitz

• Interviews last witnesses• Mondial day on the violation of human rights

in wars and conflicts• World War I: Visit of Flanders Fields• Participation in the big concert “1000 voices

for peace” commemorating WWI

Particating in concert ‘1000 voices for Peace’

Our Choir: COLOM

Voces Musicales (Estonia) in our school

Sustainable Development• Sing for the climate• Mobility Plan: come to school

walking, by bicycle or by public transport• Thick sweatherday: turn down the

heating at school• Many actions during schoolyear

• UNESCO-workshops: how to make the difference?

• Encouraging the students to work for social projects

• Encouraging the students to participate in projects and competitions

• Exchanging programs• Unesco, MEP, BBC, etc.

HOW to make world citizens from our students?