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…
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Paraiba Secretary of Education sponsors “Gira Mundo” (“Spin the World”) program to bring Brazilian students to Portugal
25 Brazilian students have received full scholarships to spend one semester studying abroad in Portugal, improving their global competence and…
Walk Together, Talk Together
AFS Returnee Joan Salajan created this painting for AFS Director General Stephen Galatti for Christmas in 1955. Joan had recently…
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…
Wartime Service in the Middle East
In honor of International Volunteer Day (December 5), we’re sharing the story of a World War II AFS ambulance driver…