Exploring the links: Development cooperation & global citizenship education

This ANGEL Webinar Series session will see ANGEL Advisory Board member Prof Annette Scheunpflug (Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg) explore the history of, and question the contemporary relevance of the connections between the development cooperation sector and global citizenship education (GCE). Mara Coppens d’Eeckenbrugge (Development Cooperation Ministry) will then offer a response. The Chair will be ANGEL Advisory Board member and Global Education Digest contributor La Salete Coelho (University of Porto & Polytechnic of Viana do Castelo).
BACKGROUND
Nowadays, GCE programmes and projects are mainly hosted, implemented, and financed by western development cooperation agencies and NGOs. This situation reflects the fact that GCE is historically rooted in 'development education'.
But while development education had the clear mandate to raise awareness, primarily among Western audiences, of the development challenges faced by the 'Global South', GCE places greater emphasis on the educational and pedagogical dimension of global citizenship and the need to implement GCE in schools and universities.
GCE also aims to address complex global issues - not simply as development issues, but as a gateway wider discussion on global justice and international solidarity theories and practices.
This leads us to these two questions:
1) Is the historical relationship between the development cooperation sector and GCE still relevant today?
2) Are development cooperation’s mission and practices and GCE’s mission and content compatible, and how can GCE’s vision on international solidarity and global challenges influence theories and practices of development cooperation?
This session has been developed in collaboration with the Global citizenship education programme of Enabel, the Belgian Development Agency.
SUBTITLES
English subtitles are available for the French language presentations. Use your video settings to turn them on.
ANGEL SEMINAR SERIES
This event is part of a series of online events run by the Academic Network for Global Education & Learning. The series is aimed at Global Education professionals, as well as anyone with an interest in research in the fields of Development Education, Global Citizenship Education, Human Rights Education, Education for Sustainable Development, Education for Peace, and Intercultural Education.
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