3rd Annual AFS Asia-Pacific International Global Citizenship Education Forum
20-23 April 2017 in New Delhi
AFS and the AFS Asia-Pacific
Initiative (AAI) in collaboration with the Society for Intercultural
Education, Training and Research (SIETAR) India, invite those who share
our learning to live together philosophy to join us in exploring,
understanding and addressing the issues of our time that both hinder and
help the efforts to advance the Global Citizenship Education Movement.
This forum will connect educators,
intercultural learning practitioners and researchers with employers and
corporations plus governments, institutions, policy-makers and others in
Asia-Pacific who have a stake in the future of the region and its most
precious commodity: its people.
The organizing committee is putting
together a two day program which will be a diverse array of high-level
keynote speakers, panel discussions, workshops and poster presentations
addressing the below questions:
- What are key intercultural learning and global competencies required for the economies and jobs of tomorrow?
- How are these competencies defined, delivered and measured by employers? by educators?
- How do employers prioritize intercultural and global competencies when looking for candidates?
- How can educators include intercultural learning and global competency development in their curricula?
- How can learners better express and demonstrate their intercultural learning and global competencies to meet employers’ needs?
- How can employers and educators work together to align opportunities?
There are many reasons to join us in Delhi:
- Meet and network with regional leaders from the education, policy and corporate sectors to exchange ideas, opportunities and practices.
- Gain a better understanding of how intercultural skills and global citizenship are necessary in the 21st Century workplace and why developing these competencies must go hand-in-hand alongside science, math, technology and engineering within our education systems.
- Identify strategies appropriate to your role for incorporating and increasing intercultural learning and global citizenship education in your curricula.
- Become familiar and share with your colleagues the latest methodologies, research, programming opportunities and resources available to incorporate intercultural learning and global citizenship education into your work—whether in schools or in corporates.
- Identify strategies and plans for joint actions that will raise awareness of the value of intercultural and global citizenship skills in the 21st Century workplace for both learners and employers.
AFS Intercultural Programs is 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.
