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increasingly vital. It has the power to equip all learners,
especially the youngest ones, with the skills and
competencies to effectively access, critically engage
with, create, use and share information and knowledge
on and through diverse digital technologies, in particular
social media platforms. Tools like UNESCO’s
new guidelines for teachers are essential to provide a
comprehensive framework for fostering global
citizenship through digital literacy. This ensures learners
can thrive in this interconnected digital environment.

Global Citizenship Education (GCED) is a strategic
component of UNESCO’s work in education that builds
upon the groundwork laid by peace and human rights
education, with the aim of nurturing in learners the skills,
competencies, values, mindsets and attitudes necessary
for responsible global citizenship, including the fostering
of criticality, creativity, innovation, common humanity
and an unwavering dedication to peace, human rights and
sustainable development.

Digital citizenship education, a central element of
GCED, emphasizes the knowledge, skills and attitudes