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On July 23, the GCED Cooperation Centre (Director: Prof. Athapol Anunthavorasakul, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University), established at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand through an MOU with APCEIU in 2021, held a workshop for GCED Schools in Bangkok in cooperation with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (hereafter, BMA) to develop an action plan for integrating GCED into existing curriculum, and participated by about 60 teachers from these schools.

This workshop is a special occasion as it is the first time a local government has supported the activities of a GCED Cooperation Centre (hereafter, GCC), and The BMA will continue to cooperate with the GCC-Thailand on capacity building activities for teachers in Bangkok.

In his congratulatory remarks delivered during the opening session of the workshop, Dr Lim Hyun-mook, Director of APCEIU, explained the special partnership between Thailand and South Korea and expressed his gratitude and congratulations to Chulalongkorn University for its participation in the GCC project, which APCEIU has implemented with the support of the Korean government since 2021. In addition, Dr Min Joung Park from the Institute for Global Citizenship Education at APCEIU introduced the GCED Lead Teacher Program in Korea and the GCED Policy of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education.

The following day, the delegation visited Bangkok City Hall and held a one-hour policy meeting with Chadchart Sittipunt, Governor of Bangkok, and Sanon Wangsrangboon, Deputy Governor of Bangkok in charge of social development and education, to share the GCED Lead Teacher Program in Korea and other GCED policies of the Metropolitan & Provincial Offices of Education in Korea. In particular, they expressed their appreciation for the BMA’s support for the GCC at Chulalongkorn University, asked for their continuous assistance for the GCC to develop into a hub for GCED in Thailand, and suggested that the BMA take a leading role in expanding GCED to other local governments in Thailand.

The delegation also visited Chulalongkorn University, where they met with Dr Parichart Sthapitanonda, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Social Outreach, to express their appreciation for the university's support of the GCC-Thailand and requested that it continue in the future.

The delegation also met with Dr Wang Libing, Chief of the Section for Educational Innovation and Skills Development, and also the Interim Acting Director of UNESCO Bangkok, and Faryal Khan, Programme Specialist for Education of UNESCO Bangkok, to discuss mutual cooperation, particularly in relation to the 1974 Recommendation concerning on Education for International Understanding, Cooperation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which is currently under revision, and agreed to jointly explore the possibility of organizing an Asia-Pacific meeting in Korea in the first half of next year to discuss how to implement the revised Recommendation once the UNESCO General Conference finalizes the revision in November this year.

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https://www.unescoapceiu.org/post/4863