MOST UNESCO school at the Maria Grzegorzewska University

The MOST School is organized in cooperation with the Polish Education Research Association and Polish Janusz Korczak Association to mark 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair in Social Pedagogy and the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The MOST School is addressed to PhD candidates, early career researchers and young people, on the verge of adulthood, interested in gaining tools and pathways for democratic and participatory citizenship through research, evidence-based action and political engagement in their respective communities.

MOST UNESCO school at Maria Grzegorzewska University

Supporting social inclusion, youth agency, democracy and peace through research action (September 2024)

The Polish Delegation to UNESCO’s MOST programme (Management of Social Transformations*) organized a special MOST school in Warsaw to address the issue of rising polarization and threats to democratic values.

The MOST school is supported by the network of UNESCO Chairs involved with the DECLARATION on Education for Democracy and Peace that is being ratified during MOST School Events.

The MOST School is organized in cooperation with the Polish Education Research Association and Polish Janusz Korczak Association to mark 20^th anniversary of the UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair in Social Pedagogy and the 35^th anniversary of the establishment of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

The MOST School is addressed to PhD candidates, early career researchers and young people, on the verge of adulthood, interested in gaining tools and pathways for democratic and participatory citizenship through research, evidence-based action and political engagement in their respective communities.

Programme in brief:

Anne Frank Foundation from Amsterdam will deliver a special all-day workshop on 17^th of September, followed by a series of academic events, including:

National Mid-Term Conference of the Polish Education Research Association dedicated to ‘Towards Humanity and Education for Peace’ (18.09),
Mid-term ISA RC25 International Conference: “Researching discursive and linguistic barriers to social inclusion” (19-20.09) and
A general assembly of the International Korczak Association IKA (21.09).

Special events:

Ratification of the Warsaw UNESCO Chair’s Declaration on Education for Democracy and Peace (19.09)
Jubilee Medals for the 20^th Anniversary of the UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair in Social Pedagogy (19.09)
EDUCATORE workshops and one-on-one training for transmission of well-being and resilience in education https://educatore.aps.edu.pl/educatore/
International UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair Summer School (17-22.09)
Academy of Young Researchers PTP (Polish Education Research Association) (17-22.09)
Art exhibition by a young artist with impaired vision, nature rights activist through art expression, Gabriela Soltysiak (17.09-20.09)
Poetry lounge with prof. Magdalena Szpunar, a renowned Polish activist for human rights through powerful poetry (18.09)

Preliminary conference programme ISA RC 25 - LINK

Preliminary conference programme PERA/PTP - LINK

*“MOST Schools are capacity-building activities focused on strengthening the competencies for evidence-informed decision-making in Member States. Conceived on the basis of bottom-up demands arising from specific needs in concrete contexts, MOST Schools prioritize interventions to develop the capacity of researchers and decision-makers. Their primary goal is to support long-term sustainable development in contexts where capacity gaps may be a major constraint to transforming research into action. MOST schools leverage the power of context and address concrete problems faced by communities of stakeholders.”

For more information:

https://www.unesco.org/en/management-social-transformations-most-programme

MOST UNESCO school at the Maria Grzegorzewska University

The Polish Delegation to UNESCO’s MOST programme (Management of Social Transformations) organized a special MOST school in Warsaw to address the issue of rising polarization and threats to democratic values.

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