What is DEAR?

Also called “Global Citizenship Education”, Development Education and Awareness-Raising (DEAR) enables people of all ages to reflect critically and assume active roles, both locally and globally.

"It empowers people to understand, imagine, hope, and act to bring about a world of social and climate justice, peace, solidarity, equity and equality, planetary sustainability, and international understanding".

European Declaration on Global Education to 2050, Global Education Network Europe, 2022

DEAR and Global Citizenship Education encompass formal, nonformal and informal education.

Watch EU DEAR project videos
What is DEAR?
DEAR on Climate
DEAR on Migration
DEAR Campaigning and Advocacy
DEAR Engaging Young People in Global Action

Watch other videos to learn about EU DEAR projects and their stories

Women speaking about Swedish Presidency DEAR Project
EU Swedish Presidency DEAR Project
EU DEAR Exchange Hub: Music activists against Climate Change
Bridge 47
EU DEAR Exchange Hub: How do we engage on global issues?
See more videos on the EU DEAR YouTube channel

The EU DEAR Programme in numbers

35 000

teachers

trained in global development issuet

14 million

european citizens

engaged in campaigning, advocacy and education actions

33

governements

implemented changes in their education practices

Building a more inclusive society where people feel co-responsible for global inequalities and the ecological crises.

Any questions?

Contact the DEAR Support Team, which works with DEAR projects and for the European Commission to run the EU DEAR Programme.
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