Global Education Goes Local

The content of this page is displayed in standardized format to serve as quick reference; and facilitate its use during preparation of new applications. Do not change the content of this page without consulting with the project coordinator. For encyclopedic details about the project, please refer to its main page. Global Education Goes Local: Description The Global Education Goes Local Project, contract number CSO-LA/2017/388- 120 is a three years international project supported by the Europe Aid/151103/DH/ACT/Multi of the European Commission.

Formal Project Description Contract Title Global Education Goes Local Project Acronym GEGL Donor European Commission Lead Partner C.E.G.A. Foundation (Bulgaria) Agreement n° CSO-LA/2017/388- 120 Partners Future Worlds Center (Cyprus) Global Citizens’ Academy/GCA (Lithunia) Institute for African Studies/IAS (Slovenia) Cazalla Intercultural (Spain) Suedwind Steiermark (Austria) Cost of Action €1,479,126.00 Grant €1,331,213.00 Dates 1/11/2017 - 31/10/2020 Main Page Global Education Goes Local (GEGL)

Overall objective(s) The overall objective of the project is to foster commitment of European citizens to take an active role towards meeting the challenges of the interdependent world we live in, based on awareness and critical understanding of their two-way relations with the issues of global development.

Specific objective(s) To foster the understanding of the interconnectedness between the developing countries and the European Union on the successful implementation of the SDGs with focus on goals 5, 11 and 12 among European citizens living in small localities; To increase the awareness of citizens in small localities, and especially young people, on the local and global dimensions of the SDGs with focus on goals 5, 11 and 12; To generate and promote new approaches and methodologies of engaging young people in global issues, particularly by utilising pop culture; To build capacity of actors in small localities to run quality global learning process with local communities and especially young people.