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Expected result 6: Social change conducive to peace and non-violence promoted
through youth empowerment and engagement of young women and men in
their communities
Performance indicators
▪ Number and scale of initiatives where youth
engage in promoting social cohesion,
development, peace and non-violence
Benchmarks
– at least 5 community initiatives developed by
2013
– at least 5 youth-led initiatives implemented
in follow-up to the 2011 UNESCO Youth
Forum
▪ Take-up of policies and initiatives aimed at
equipping youth with skills and capacities to
promote peace and non-violence
– policy review or policy development processes
initiated in 5 countries by 2013
▪ Level and nature of follow-up of the Youth
Forum recommendations by youth and other
stakeholders
03033 MP III will also work, through critical reflection mobilizing the resources of philosophy, to favour
appropriation of democratic culture and participation in democratic processes, reconciliation,
governance, peace and non-violence. This approach will complement the specific activities relating to
youth mentioned under Expected Result 3, Consistently with the cross-cutting emphasis on foresight
adopted for MP III as a whole, philosophical reflection as the basis for critical thinking will serve
to identify and analyze the current and emerging challenges, across the domains of the social and
human sciences, that need to be addressed in order for a robust culture of peace to be established. In
order to foster the development of philosophical knowledge and capacities for critical thinking within
contemporary societies, and building on the recommendations produced by past regional meetings on
philosophy teaching, MP III will particularly emphasize the inclusion of philosophy in formal and nonformal
education. Special efforts will be made to support the development of innovative practices, such
as philosophy with children. Spaces of exchange, including events to celebrate World Philosophy Day,
will be enhanced so as to benefit from a pluralistic, multicultural and multidisciplinary environment
for the reflection on current and emerging challenges, and to reach out to the widest possible audience,
in order to mainstream critical and independent thought as envisaged by the Intersectoral Strategy
on Philosophy. Cooperation with UNESCO Chairs and other partners in the teaching and academic
community, such as CIPSH, will be also enhanced with a view to ensuring the use of the philosophical
knowledge produced and to encouraging further research on philosophical issues related to UNESCO’s
fields of competence. Partners and networks, in particular the International Network of Women
Philosophers, will be actively involved both in producing and in disseminating knowledge.
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