Global Citizenship Education Learning from the European debate and practices

The paper provides and overview of the current Global Citizenship Education framework and key European Union policies and studies. It also presents two case studies offering examples of how to integrate Global Citizenship Education in formal education and to enhance its cross-curricular and transformative learning aspects in higher education. It focuses on the European award process facilitated by the Global Education Network in Europe which provides promising documentation and research opportunities in order to facilitate peer reviews and learning to ground the debate and policy measures concerning the introduction and the integration of GCE in non-formal education as well as in formal education settings and curricula.