Active Citizens Global Toolkit - Active Citizens - British Council

esponsible locally, including youth workers, women’s groups, educators
and faith leaders. Working together, these local influencers build trust and
understanding, develop skills, and deliver projects on urgent themes such
as poverty, literacy, democracy and climate change. Local and
international agendas are connected through the programme.
Active Citizens currently operates in the UK, Europe, Africa, the Middle
East and South Asia. It has reached an estimated audience of 300,000
people to date from diverse communities in over 30 countries across the
world. Linked as part of a global network Active Citizens undertake a
common learning journey that enhances their intercultural dialogue skills
and promotes an understanding of global interdependency as a key
competency for leaders in the 21 st century.
How it works
� A national strategy - research identifies key national issues. For
example, in some countries a key issue might be literacy, in others
environmental protection might be considered more urgent. The British
Council then forms partnerships with civil society organisations
(delivery partners) working in these areas, to enable the delivery of
Active Citizens locally.
� Facilitator development workshops – delivery partners identify local
facilitators. These facilitators take part in facilitator development
workshops to find out more about the programme and explore
approaches to delivering the programme locally.
� Local community delivery – local facilitators adapt and deliver the
learning journey through local workshops to groups of Active Citizens
in their communities.
� Active Citizens work with facilitators to design and deliver social
action projects in their communities.
� Globally connected - locally engaged Active Citizens connect to a
global network through study visits and exchanges with other
countries, as well as via online portals and joint activities with
communities around the world.
What does success look like for the British
Council?
� A vibrant network of Active Citizens enables more effective
engagement between individuals and institutions at community and
national level in achieving a specific development agenda
� Continued use of methodologies by facilitators and organizations
globally
� Effective and principled social action locally
� Participants and facilitators develop learning and skills as Active
Citizens
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