Members’ Consultation on IDEA’s Programme of Work

This year IDEA will come to the end of its current Strategic Partnership with Irish Aid for the capacity development of the sector. In order to build on the M&E work carried out to date by our external evaluator, we would like to invite all members to take part in a consultation to review the current programme and plan for the next. This consultation coincides with our upcoming IDEA AGM & Annual Conference on Thursday, 08 June, Wood Quay Venue, with the following options to have your say:

  • During the AGM on Thursday 08 June (9.30am – 11.15am)
  • Conference Workshop on Thursday 08 June (3:00pm – 4:20pm)
  • Interviews with members on Friday 09 June at the IDEA office (or via phone) – let us know if you would be willing to be interviewed by the external evaluator by Friday 02 June.
  • Contact our external evaluator directly with any issue you would like to raise with him, on or before 09 June.
April 29, 2025
Wednesday 18 June, 10.00am - 4.00pm Wynn’s Hotel, Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1
April 7, 2025
Last week, IDEA hosted the second webinar from our 2025 series, ‘Exploring Contemporary Crises and Issues through Global Citizenship Education, ' focusing on Palestine. If you missed out, you can watch the full video below!
April 4, 2025
At the end of March, IDEA staff and representatives from three IDEA members travelled to Riga, Latvia, for a two-day event marking the launch of IDEA’s Erasmus+ project with our partner LAPAS (Latvian Platform for Development Cooperation) focused on the IDEA Code of Good Practice The project’s core objective is to enhance the quality of global citizenship education (GCE) at local , national and European levels. Central to this work is the creation of a Code of Good Practice for Latvia based on learning from the IDEA Code that will support Latvian GCE practitioners, including teachers, NGOs, youth workers and others, by fostering a common understanding and approach to GCE. This represents the first piloting of the IDEA Code in an international context. The new IDEA task group for the project, made up of Code members, alongside IDEA staff, are supporting LAPAS members to adapt the Code for the Latvian national context by sharing our own experiences and learnings from the Code and GCE in Ireland. The event in Riga was the first in-person gathering of the project, bringing together LAPAS and IDEA members. This face-to-face interaction allowed us to begin the process of knowledge exchange, and mutual learning which will spread the Code’s reach and strengthen our GCE practice. IDEA was represented in Riga by Dean Oke (CDYS (Cloyne Diocesan Youth Service), Georgina Eastaugh (Concern Worldwide) and Claire Glavey (Global Village), alongside IDEA staff Elaine and Aine.