The power of mobility programs in fighting xenophobia and promoting diversity
by Melissa Liles, Chief Global Engagement Officer, AFS Intercultural Programs These remarks were delivered at AFS Czech Republic’s Education for…
Global Citizenship
The new power skills: intercultural understanding, global competence and active global citizenship
Keynote Address by Daniel Obst, President and CEO, AFS Intercultural Programs at the AFS Regional Forum on Global Citizenship Education…
New strategy advances historic AFS peace and justice mission through three bold impact goals
AFS is pleased to announce the release of our new strategy. The AFS Intercultural Programs Strategy 2018-2022 outlines the organization’s…
Why students worldwide need global competence
At the 9th Educational Quality Forum (IX Foro de Calidad Educativa), held by Educar 2050, an Argentinean organization focused on…
AFS welcomes the new Global Competence Framework
by Daniel Obst, President and CEO of AFS Intercultural Programs Today the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) launched…
Experts agree: Teachers and schools need more intercultural learning
Experts, researchers, and educators from Harvard and other universities from around the world, the Council of Europe, the Organisation for…
AFS fosters intercultural competence through 5 free webinars
Digital and online learning are among the key ways to make intercultural education more inclusive and available to diverse groups…
We educate to change the world
At the second regional AFS forum in the Caribbean, “Education and Global Citizenship: Developing Essential Competences for the 21st Century,”…
Sentio Global Education Network and Purdue University enter three-year partnership to advance global competence education
A new collaboration between Sentio Global Education Network, a not-for-profit subsidiary of AFS Intercultural Programs, and Purdue University will advance…