GE2050
European Declaration on
Global Education to 2050

The Dublin Declaration was adopted at the Dublin Congress on 4 November 2022.

The Dublin Declaration in different languages:

🇨🇿 Czech
🇪🇪 Estonian
🇫🇷 French
🇱🇻 Latvian
🇲🇪 Montenegrin
🇵🇱 Polish
🇵🇹 Portuguese
🇸🇰 Slovak
🇪🇸 Spanish and Basque
🇸🇪 Swedish

*Translations into other languages are underway.

FAQs

  • GENE, in cooperation with member states, has facilitated a new declaration which takes a long-term view on Global Education to 2050. Over the last 18 months, we have forged a common vision and commitments that enable policymakers to move Global Education from the margins towards the centre of policy and strategy and seek to ensure that all people in Europe - in solidarity with peoples globally - have access to quality Global Education.

  • Since June 2021, GENE has been carrying out consultations with stakeholders to create a new declaration on Global Education to 2050. The consultation process began in 2021 with policymakers, international organisations, youth, civil society organisations, academics, local and regional governments, and global critical friends.

    The preparatory process took place through a number of virtual and face-to-face meetings in March, June and September 2022; involving the Drafting Committee, policymakers, international partners and stakeholders. The final Declaration was adopted on 4 November at the #GE2050 Congress. Read more.

  • We have been consulting with Ministries and Agencies, of Foreign Affairs and Education, from across Europe, with youth organisations, civil society organisations, local governments and international organisations, along with researchers in the field, as well as global critical friends from Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas, to ensure a strong and visionary declaration.

  • The process of creating the new declaration has brought together a diversity of actors using different concepts and strands of learning for global solidarity, social justice, peace, human rights and sustainability that reflects:

    • the importance of partnerships and cooperation between key actors at national, European and global levels;

    • curriculum reform and whole school approaches;

    • the role of educators;

    • the need for adequate funding levels and suitable funding mechanisms;

    • an appreciation for the leadership role played by civil society and young people in driving change;

    • and the continued desire to cooperate for policy coherence and integration of global learning in all education.

  • The Dublin Declaration came 20 years after the Maastricht Congress and Declaration brought together actors from different strands and traditions of education for social change, breaking down silos and enabling synergies between development education, human rights education, education for sustainable development, global citizenship education, peace education, etc.

    Since then, Global Education policy and practice have evolved, as have political, social and educational contexts in Europe and globally. New international frameworks have emerged, not least the SDGs.

    Agenda 2030 comes to an end in seven years, prompting questions around what is needed now and beyond 2030 to ensure Global Education for all people in Europe, in solidarity with peoples globally. The process towards a new Declaration identified the vision and the necessary commitments to achieve this.

The Congress brought together over 300 participants, representing ministries and agencies, youth organisations, civil society, local and regional governments, academia, and international organisations, for the adoption of the new Declaration on Global Education to 2050.

Agenda
Speakers

The Congress was hosted by Ireland, co-chaired by Luxembourg and convened by GENE.

GE2050 Day 1 Highlights

The first day of the congress offered opportunities for engagement and dialogue through various panels and parallel sessions.

GE2050 Day 2 Highlights

The second day of the congress included a high-level ministerial segment to adopt the new Declaration on Global Education to 2050.

See more photos from Day 1 and Day 2.

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