The study “Global Citizenship Education in Technical and Vocational Education” was conducted in 2024 on behalf of BeGlobal by a research team from UCLL University College. It provides an overview of national and international literature, supplemented by interviews with NGOs and teachers regarding the current situation and the challenges of global citizenship education in technical and vocational education in Belgium.
The study confirms what the ‘Leave No One Behind’ principles also emphasize, namely the importance of experiential education, and that it is essential to view and treat students as full-fledged and competent voices in a co-creation process and not merely as a target group. The study confirms that when students are given the opportunity to decide, create, test, and use their voices, their engagement and motivation increase. This means that global citizenship education, provided the right approach is taken, can become a space for dialogue and a lever for empowerment.
Discover the study here
Please note: this version contains translation errors. You can view the original version of the study in Dutch here.
- To the study
- Annex 1: Quality criteria for global citizenship education (T)VET
- Annex 2: The system map illustrates how these quality criteria are interconnected
The webinar
Researchers Karel Moons and Jana Duchateau (UCLL University College) presented the study’s findings during a webinar in February 2025. Watch the recording.
This webinar was presented in Dutch. English subtitles are available under “captions”.
Two pilot projects
During the 2024–2025 school year, a GCE pilot project in (T)VET was launched on both sides of the language border. In Flanders, the KTA Center for Dual Learning in Bruges collaborated with the Djapo-Studio Globo consortium, and in Wallonia-Brussels, the Athénée Royal Rochefort-Jemelle was supported by Entraide & Fraternité. The goal was to test the study’s recommendations against the reality of the school environment. The pilot projects confirmed the importance to work in an action-oriented way, to make the connection with practical subjects, and to start from the students’ living environment.
Learn more here about the pilot project in Flanders: Kapt Ermee! (KTA Bruges Dual Learning Center, Djapo, and Studio Globo)
Learn more here about the pilot project in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation: Oh purée, on a la patate ! (Athénée Rochefort-Jemelle and Entraide & Fraternité)
GCE in (T)VET
This study formed the basis of the project “Global Citizenship Education in Technical and Vocational Education”, which BeGlobal launched in the 2024–2025 school year. A key finding from the study is that knowledge and practices regarding GCE in (T)VET are systematically lacking. GCE actors, teachers, and schools play an important role, but they need knowledge and tools specifically developed for the workplace. With this project, BeGlobal aims to bridge that gap.
Want to learn more about the overarching program ‘GCE in TVET’? Click here!
