Czech Republic has National Report on Global Education

In December 2008, the National Report on Global Education (GE) in the Czech Republic was launched as the part of the European Global Education Peer Review Process. The process was initiated by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took a year and was facilitated by GENE (Global Education Network Europe) Secretariat. This process was developed in partnership with the Czech Reference Group consisting of the Czech Development Agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education, and FoRS – the Czech national platform of NGOs in development cooperation - and involved an international interdisciplinary peer review team which comprised experts from Finland, Ireland, Norway, and Slovakia.

The Peer Review recognises and welcomes the fact that while recent, there is a relatively strong, significant, energetic and growing tradition of Global Education in the Czech Republic. This is reflected in the range of committed organisations involved in Global Education, and in the many commendable initiatives and well-developed projects in the formal and non-formal education sectors.

The report also points out many opportunities and challenges ahead – the integration of Global Education into the formal school sector in a time of radical restructuring; greater coordination, capacity building of institutions and organizations; increased and more long-term funding; and more strategic work with non-formal sectors.

In this respect, FoRS and its member organisations working in the field of Global Education and awareness raising take the great opportunity of the current Czech Presidency of the EU to organise an international conference on the topic of the “Effectiveness in Development Education and Awareness Raising” (to be held in Prague, 28 – 29 May, 2009). The Peer Review recommendations will thus provide a good ground for further discussions and follow-up.

Download the full National Report on Global Education in the Czech Republic by GENE from: http://www.trialog.or.at/images/doku/gene_czech_report.pdf

Check the FoRS website http://www.fors.cz/ to see the actual news on the planned events during the Czech EU Presidency. See also the events section of this TIS: http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2008/11/jan-june-2009-events-of-fors-eu.html

Information provided by Jana Krczmarova, FoRS