UNESCO MGIEP's Annual Report 2019
2019 was a critical year for the Institute - with various products rolling out to pilot and implementation stage. Read the Institute's Mission-based Annual Report on the impact the Institute made during the year, as it works towards achieving the UN SDG 4, Target 7.
2019 was a critical year for the Institute - with various products rolling out to pilot and implementation stage. Read the Institute's Mission-based Annual Report on the impact the Institute made during the year, as it works towards achieving the UN SDG 4, Target 7.
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ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2019</strong><br />
The <strong>UNESCO</strong> Mahatma Gandhi Institute<br />
of Education for Peace and Sustainable<br />
Development (MGIEP) is <strong>UNESCO</strong>’s first and<br />
only Category I Institute in the Asia-Pacific that<br />
contributes to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable<br />
Development Goals (SDGs), specifically Goal<br />
4, Target 7, focusing on peace and sustainable<br />
development through education. The Institute<br />
operates on a global mandate (with specific<br />
focus on the Asia-Pacific region) and develops<br />
programmes that promote social and emotional<br />
learning (SEL), innovate digital pedagogies and<br />
empower the youth.<br />
SDG 4.7 by 2030 ensure all learners acquire knowledge and skills<br />
needed to promote sustainable developement, including among<br />
others through education for sustainable development and<br />
sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion<br />
of a culture of peace and non violence, global citizenship, and<br />
appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution<br />
to sustainable development<br />
AN EVIDENCE<br />
BASED APPROACH<br />
<strong>UNESCO</strong> MGIEP embraces the power<br />
of technology to provide analytics and<br />
responsive Artificial<br />
Intelligence (AI) based digital pedagogies<br />
Based on research from the neuroscience of<br />
learning, the Institute envisions new education<br />
systems that employ a ‘whole brain approach to<br />
education’ by focusing on building intellectual and<br />
emotional intelligence in learners, to equip them<br />
to build more peaceful and sustainable societies.<br />
<strong>UNESCO</strong> MGIEP’s SEL interventions draw<br />
on the science of learning and aim to build<br />
intellectual and emotional intelligence among<br />
learners through innovative pedagogies.<br />
Recent advances in neuroscience research<br />
have demonstrated that human well-being<br />
requires a ‘whole brain’ approach, that is, the<br />
two parts of the human brain (the rational<br />
and the emotional) need to be trained and<br />
nurtured to ensure all round development of<br />
human beings. Based on this understanding,<br />
<strong>UNESCO</strong> MGIEP has developed a framework<br />
that builds four competencies in learners,<br />
including ‘Empathy’, ‘Mindfulness’, ‘Critical<br />
Inquiry’, and ‘Compassion’ (EMC 2 ). The<br />
Framework forms the basis of the various<br />
projects undertaken at the Institute. Further,<br />
<strong>UNESCO</strong> MGIEP embraces the power<br />
of technology to provide analytics and<br />
responsive Artificial Intelligence (AI) based<br />
digital pedagogies that are personalised,<br />
relevant, learner-driven, and transformative.
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