CEWC Northern Ireland

Council for Education in World Citizenship Northern Ireland (or CEWC NI) was an educational charity based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Originating as a "regional council" of the CEWC in England, it obtained separate charitable status in 2001.[1] The original CEWC organisation in England, which was founded in 1939,[2] "went into suspension" in April 2001.[3]

Through its programme of Active Global Citizenship Projects, CEWC NI enabled "young people from post-primary schools and youth groups to understand and confront global issues and challenges".[citation needed] It also supported international understanding and citizenship as a means of promoting diversity.[4] According to its website, "[t]he Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child underpin all the activities" of CEWC NI's programmes.[5]

  1. ^ "History Of The Council For Education In World Citizenship In N.Ireland". cewcni.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2006.
  2. ^ Gordon, Professor Peter; Gordon, Peter; Lawton, Professor Denis. Dictionary of British Education. Routledge; 2003-04-01 [cited 9 March 2013]. ISBN 9780203485453. p. 52.
  3. ^ "Council for Education in World Citizenship". cewc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 March 2002. On the 1st April 2001 CEWC in England went into suspension [..] Both CEWC Cymru in Cardiff, and CEWC Northern Ireland in Belfast are independent organisations with their own charitable status and are unaffected by the current situation in England
  4. ^ Richardson, Norman; Gallagher, Tony. Education for Diversity and Mutual Understanding: The Experience of Northern Ireland. Peter Lang; 2011 [cited 9 March 2013]. ISBN 9783039119851. p. 31, 107.
  5. ^ "Council for Education in World Citizenship Northern Ireland". cewcni.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2006. The Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child underpin all the activities and topics of the CEWC NI Global Citizenship Programme