AFS leverages regional events to build coalitions to promote global competence education
Over the past five years, AFS has joined forces with local schools, universities, NGOs and government ministries to highlight the…
AFS Global Conference
Spotlight on Active Global Citizen and AFS Global Conference Speaker: Veronica Boix Mansilla
Active Global Citizen Veronica Boix Mansilla, Harvard University Tackling SDG #4 Quality Education Role Principal Investigator of Project Zero and…
A New $10,000 Global Citizen Prize for Young Leaders Launched
The AFS Global Citizen Prize for Young Leaders is a new international award that will recognize one young person age…
Who is changing the world? Educators are!
by Hazar Yildirim, AFS Director of Strategic Alliances I’ve just returned from the Global Education & Skills Forum (GESF) organized…
AFS Global Conference Will Explore New Ways to Educate Global Citizens
What will it take to empower more active global citizens determined to make their impact on the world? This year,…
Leading Tech Innovation and Girl Empowerment in Ghana
How does a shy, reserved girl become a respected community leader, world-renowned tech innovator and relentless champion of women’s empowerment?…
I am a Global Citizen
by Daniel Obst, AFS President & CEO Who would have thought two simple words—global citizen—would cause such an emotional debate…
Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matter
By Daniel Obst, President & CEO of AFS Intercultural Programs (originally delivered as a speech at AFS Austria, October 2018)…
Integrating Intercultural Learning in Schools Requires Coordinated Actions from Educators, Policy Makers and Researchers, an AFS Forum Concludes
by Ana Carolina Cassiano, AFS Intercultural Programs The annual Forum on Intercultural Learning and Exchange (FILE) convenes 60+ experts, researchers,…
AFS launches four new initiatives to strengthen global competence education efforts worldwide
AFS Intercultural Programs announced four major initiatives at the AFS Global Conference which gathered more than 450 people from across…