The project consists of three key activities:

Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review

The project produces a bi-annual Journal to facilitate reflection and discourse on global education practice in Ireland. The journal features in-depth contributions on aspects of global education practice such as methodologies, monitoring and evaluation, the production of resources, enhancing organizational capacity, strategic interventions in education, and sectoral practice. The journal aims to celebrate and promote existing good practice in global education, inform the work of practitioners in new or under-developed organizations by offering exemplars of good practice and to promote global education within the statutory education sector in Ireland.

Please click here to find out more information about the current issue, upcoming themes, article abstracts, contributor guidelines and subscription rates.

Global Education Conference

The project also involves organising an annual global education conference with the aim of bringing together practitioners from Ireland, Britain, the European Union and overseas. The principle objectives of the conference are to share practice in development education and to facilitate in-depth discussion on aspects of development education delivery. The conference also works to learn from the experiences of overseas (EU and developing world) practitioners and to strengthen links between development NGOs in the north and south of Ireland.

2008 Conference: Re-imagining Development Education

The 2008 conference was a great success, taking place Wednesday, 9 April 2008 at St. Mary's University College.  Will Haire, Permanent Secretary for the Department of Education in NI, and Dr. Balwant Singh, Regional Director for Save the Children, South and Central Asia made moving and inspirational keynote speeches, and the workshops offered an in-depth look at a variety of methods and perspectives to shift and better development education practices in Ireland. 

The conference report is available by clicking here. For more details on this event, or about the Capacity Building project, please contact Jenna Coriddi: jenna@centreforglobaleducation.com.

2007 conference: The Changing Landscape of Development Education
The 2007 conference took place on Thursday 8th March 2007 10.30am – 3.30pm at
St Mary’s University College, Belfast. The theme of this year's event was  "The changing landscape of development education" . The conference key issues of development education and climate change, conflict, solidarity, the media, campaigning and critical thinking.

To download the full conference report please click here.

2006 Conference: Dynamic Relations with the Global South

The 'Development Education Conference' took place on Wednesday 22nd of February 2006 and was organised by the Centre for Global Education. It was aimed at development practioners from all sectors and included keynote speakers and detailed breakout sessions covering a range of topics.

To download the full conference report please click here.

To see pictures of the conference please click here.

Please contact Jenna on 02890 241879 or capacity@centreforglobaleducation.com for more details.