1. Meeting Global Challenges: Global Citizenship

Global citizenship has been discussed as offering a possible path to a world where people are concerned not only with problems and challenges in their immediate environment, but also with those who transcend geographical and political boundaries. (See Un Chronicle on global citizenship)

This theme was approved by ICNGO in December 2018 for the organization of an NGO-UNESCO Forum to be held in 2020. The preliminary note of this forum is attached.

The purpose of this questionnaire is to gather the proposals and experiences of NGOs, and in particular to involve in the preparation of this forum and its programme NGOs which cannot participate in the work taking place at UNESCO headquarters.

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* 1. What is the name of your NGO?

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* 2. What acronym do you use? (ABC etc.)

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* 3. Please provide your contact details:

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* 4. Your position / job in your NGO

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* 5. Does your NGO hold Official Partnership with UNESCO

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* 6. What is your definition of global citizenship? (250 words)

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* 7. What are the top 3 values that you believe underlie the notion of global citizenship?

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* 8. Please rate the importance your NGO places on global citizenship in the following themes, according to the scale:

0 = very little or not important / 1 =moderate importance / 2 = important / 3 = crucial

  Very little / not important Moderate importance Important Crucial
To raise awareness about the common goods of humanity: biodiversity, oceans, natural resources (water, air, soil etc.)
Developing eco-citizenship for a collective response: networking cities, villages, schools, associations, businesses
Support youth engagement for Sustainable Development
Preventing Violent Extremism
Develop a culture of peace through art and all cultural forms
Foster dialogue between cultures, beliefs, religions and spiritualities for the development of a shared sense of humanity
Strengthen solidarity in the service of vulnerable people : people in a precarious situation, people with disabilities, people in migration
Develop citizen participation, responsible dialogue between citizens and states
Promoting human rights

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* 9. Do you think there should be other themes related to global citizenship beyond those above? If so, please provide short definitions as above.

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* 10. Please describe in 400 words one or more experiences your NGO has has in the field, related to global citizenship.

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* 11. Will you be able to provide, on the proposed subject, a slide show (PowerPoint) or 3-minute video of good technical quality? This should be in English or French, or subtitled in one of these languages.

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* 12. Does your NGO plan to attend the forum?

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