Arigatou International was invited by UNESCO to contribute to the UNESCO Week for Peace and Sustainable Development that took place in Ottawa, Canada, from 6 to 10 March. The event was a unique platform for discussion on two key programs of the Education Sector, namely Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Education, and their practical contribution in achieving Target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goal 4 on Education. The Week focused on the issue of teachers and teacher training, and highlighted best practices.
Arigatou International Geneva, in collaboration with the Centro Bartolomé de las Casas, organised a Training Workshop on how to use the Learning to Live Together (LTLT) programme in San Salvador from 6 to 10 February 2017. The workshop targeted 28 facilitators working at risk areas in the municipalities of Mejicanos and Apopa, particularly in the areas of Montreal and Popotlan, highly affected by gang violence, and that are committed to implementing the LTLT systematically in their institutions with children and families in formal and non-formal education.
Representing the Ethics Education initiative, Ms Eleonora Mura, Program Officer of Arigatou International, attended the World Forum for Democracy on the theme “Democracy & Equality, does Education matter?” that took place in Strasbourg, France from 7 to 9 November 2016.
Arigatou International Geneva, as part of its ongoing commitment to supporting the Curriculum Reform Processes in Kenya, was invited to participate in a five-day process led by the Kenyan Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) to develop a values-based curriculum framework and a support the implementation process as part of the national curriculum reforms in Kenya.
In October 2016 the UNESCO Regional Bureau for the Arab States, in collaboration with the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education, and Arigatou International, organized a three-day workshop in Broumana, Lebanon, aimed to introduce the Learning to Live Together Programme to teachers and school administrators from Lebanon, Syria and Egypt.
