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Creatively Engaging Young People in Social Justice Issues

joint webinar with the NYCI.

he inspiring Barefeet Theatre Company who are based in Zambia work with at-risk children and young people. They empower them to become story tellers and performers. In this webinar members of the theatre company tell the story of its work, describe its impact and share their methods.

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Policy and Advocacy Learning Programme

This Trócaire-funded blended learning programme for IDEA members that aimed to increase members' capacity to influence policy that affects the development education sector. Below you will find two webinars that formed part of the learning programme.

8th May 2013

Gerasimos from Action Aid in Greece talks through the Development Education Advocacy Toolkit produced by DEEEP.

 

22 May 2013

INTRAC input on advocacy

 

“Post 2015” Webinar Series

IDEA ran an online webinar series in Autumn 2013, particularly focusing on  issues relating to the post-2015 development framework process.

The High Level Panel Report on the post-2015 Development Agenda: What it’s all about, and is it anything new?

Speaker: Lysa John, Outreach Officer of the UN HLP secretariat 

Lysa gave us an overview of the new HLP report, A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development.  She focused on the ‘five big transformative shifts’ outlined in the report and explored the role of Civil Society in translating these changes into action.

To kick-start your thinking on this topic, please watch this two-minute video: http://www.post2015hlp.org/inourhands/

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Listen to the webinar discussion here (Recording starts at 1.06)

 

Knowledge from Experience: Building the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda with People Living in Extreme Poverty

Speaker: Brendan Coyne, ATD Fourth World

ATD Fourth World, is an international NGO which seeks to find solutions to extreme poverty. Brendan recently completed a two year project working with people living in extreme poverty in 12 different countries to evaluate the effectiveness of the current MDGs and to create recommendations for the post-2015 development agenda. Brendan described the consultation process of the project and took us through the key points emerging out of the work. 

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Decent Work as a Development Goal, 1st October, 2013

Speaker, David Joyce, Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
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Education for Sustainable Development, 23rd September, 2013

Speakers:

Professor Daniella Tilbury , Chair of the UNESCO's Global Monitoring and Evaluation Expert's Group, which advises on the assessment of global progress during the UN Decade in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
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Mags Liddy , Ubuntu Network and University of Limerick
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Integrating the Poverty and Sustainability Agendas in the Post 2015 Process

The final webinar in IDEA's “Post 2015” Webinar series was held on Tuesday 3rd Dec. Cliona Sharkey, Policy and Advocacy Officer with Trócaire delivered a very interesting and accessible presentation on Integrating the Poverty and Sustainability Agendas in the Post 2015 Process. A lively question and answer session followed.

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May 28, 2025
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Dates: Thursday 10 July,10.00am-6.00pm and Friday 11 July, 10.00am-3.00pm Location: An Tairseach, Wicklow IDEA is thrilled to open applications for our second iteration of the IDEA's Lab. In this first of its kind residential Lab, we will create space where members can bring their ideas for projects and try out new planning and design methods. Participants will have the opportunity to work on an idea from scratch to (almost) finish with the support of expert trainers and learn through group exchange in a welcoming and inspiring setting. Participants will come out of the training with: An early project design proofed, tested and built through group feedback, iteration, trialling and support. New approaches in designing innovative projects they can apply to their workplace Headspace and time to work on the design of an innovative project A chance to actively learn through group exchange and strengthen the sense of an innovative community of practice in Ireland How? Please email anya@ideaonline.ie to request an application form. Requesting an application form does not commit you to applying. The deadline for returning application form (including organisational sign off letter) is Friday 23 May, midnight . You will find further details in the application form. Participants must register as a team of 2min.- 4 max. Participants without a team member will be asked to pair up with other individual participants or find a partner outside their organisation. Cost : This training is funded by Irish Aid at the Department of Foreign Affairs and offered at a reduced rate. This training is only available to IDEA members. Non-IDEA members can participant as part of an IDEA member team. Fees for members of IDEA is €50  Irish Aid is the Government’s overseas development programme which supports partners working in some of the world’s poorest countries. Irish Aid also supports global citizenship education in Ireland to encourage learning and public engagement with global issues the ideas, opinions and comments expressed in this training are entirely the responsibility of its author(s) and do not necessarily represent or reflect DFA policy. Timeline: Applications open: 07 May Applications close: 23 May, midnight Preparatory session with trainer (30min, online): Mid June Lab arrival: Where possible we advise arrival on Wednesday 09 July in the evening. Accommodation and food will be provided from 09 July, 5.00pm - 11 July, 3.00pm Lab: 10 July,10.00am-6.00pm. 11 July, 10.00am-3.00pm Please don’t hesitate to get in touch at anya@ideaonline.ie if any of the above pose a barrier to your participation, or if you have any other questions.