Welcome to GENE

GENE (Global Education Network Europe) is the European network of Ministries, Agencies and other national bodies responsible for support, funding and policy-making in the field of Global Education. Started in 2001 with 6 national structures from 6 countries, GENE now has grown to facilitate the sharing of policy learning between 30 Ministries, Agencies and other national bodies, from 21 countries leading the provision of Global Education in Europe.

The most recent GENE networking meeting, GENE Roundtable 26, took place in Brussels, Belgium, from 26-28th October 2011, kindly hosted by the European Commission on this occasion. Ministries and Agencies who have not participated in GENE previously, but would be interested in finding out more and possibly attending the next roundtable, should contact the GENE Secretariat – Click here.

News

An International Symposium on Competencies of Global Citizens – Becoming a Global Citizen, took place in Hanasaari, near Helsinki, Finland, from 5-7th October 2011. It was organised by the Finnish National Board of Education, in cooperation with GENE, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland, and Hanasaari – the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre. Further details on the programme, participants and presentations are available through this link. Click Here

A GENE Peer Review Follow-Up Report was launched in March 2011, at the Ministry of Education offices in Helsinki, concerning the Peer Review of Global Education in Finland. Speaking at the launch, Professor Rauni Rasanen welcomed the report and its findings. Eddie O’Loughlin, Coordinator GENE, also strongly welcomed the recommendations in the Evaluation prepared by Professor Rasanen of the Finnish National Strategy on Global Education which was launched at the same event. Both of these reports will be available on-line at this site shortly.

For the first time, GENE had a stand at the European Development Days, held in Brussels 6-7th December 2010. There was also a special side event on DE at which two GENE members gave key inputs – the Chair of GENE, Dr. Helmuth Hartmeyer (ADA, AUSTRIA) and Mr. Sam Bisemans (MFA, Belgium).

Publications

For an overview of Global Education in Norway, see the GENE Peer Review National Report. 
Click here.

For an overview of Global Education in Poland, see the GENE Peer Review National Report.  Click here.

Published in November 2008 this gives an overview of evaluation policy and practice
Click here.