Harmony Among Differences
Cultural heritage is the soul of a people. We commit to preserving and revitalising traditions, languages, arts, and histories, ensuring they are passed on to future generations as a foundation for identity and resilience. Indigenous cultural heritage preservation should be a collaborative effort, led by communities whose knowledge and agency must be highlighted and respected.
Sustainability of Cultural Heritage
We value education universally as a means of fostering respect and understanding between people and acknowledging the diversity of civilizations around the world. By embracing our diversity, we hope to create human connections.
Manifesto for the EdHeroes Committee on Cultural Heritage in Education: Embracing Cultural Heritage and Education for Global Unity
In a world where education and cultural heritage are part of what forms human identity, collaboration, and transformation, we, as representatives of the international EdHeroes Committee on Cultural Heritage in Education, recognize the pressing need for global action to create impactful, practical solutions that connect people across the globe, fostering a more inclusive, knowledgeable, and culturally enriched future.
To bring our vision to life, we propose the following key initiatives:
Global Education Exchange Program (GEEP)
Develop a global community where students, educators, and cultural practitioners share knowledge, ideas, and methodologies, fostering mutual learning and collaboration.
Initiate international efforts, research endeavours, and campaigns to safeguard endangered languages, cultural arts, and heritage sites, incorporating contemporary technology like digital archiving and AI-enhanced restoration.
Heritage Conservation & Renewal Initiatives
Establish lifelong learning opportunities that combine education and cultural heritage, providing access to tools, mentorship, and/or global networking, particularly for marginalised groups.
Partner with local educators to create culturally sensitive and locally relevant educational resources, aligning with global best practices while honouring regional identities.
Community-Driven Curriculum Development
Peace and Inclusion Programs
Equip educators, families, and communities with tools to foster peace and inclusion by integrating cultural heritage into education. Facilitate creating and disseminating training programs for educators to teach empathy, conflict resolution, and respect for diversity through storytelling, arts, and local traditions. Develop partnerships with families and community leaders to create safe spaces for dialogue and collaboration, ensuring education becomes a pathway to mutual understanding and equitable opportunities for all.
Fostering meaningful bottom-up initiatives, social connections and shared experiences emphasise the importance of inclusivity and representation. Fostering an open dialogue with communities to contribute to social engagement.
Promoting participatory approaches in local communities
Harmonise the latest high-end digital technology with the highest social interest of analogue communities. Focus on human-centred design and deliver technology solutions that support the development of content.
Sustainable digitalisation
Committee on Cultural Heritage in Education Action Week
An annual global event to raise awareness and drive engagement in education and heritage, uniting citizens, governments, and organisations under a common cause.
Support early childhood education, paying special attention to foundational learning. Empower educators, families, and communities to collaborate in preserving cultural heritage and emphasising peacebuilding and sustainable development. Encourage professional development for educators to integrate local traditions, arts, and languages into curricula while fostering inclusion and equity. Promote engagement of families and communities as active participants in shaping culturally relevant learning environments, promoting shared responsibility for children’s holistic development, all the while respecting the importance of public education and state accountability.
Early Childhood Education and Development
Call to Action: Initiatives for Global Impact
A world where education and cultural heritage are celebrated as the foundation of a just, united, and prosperous global society. Our vision also includes fostering peaceful societies through education that promotes inclusion, equity, and understanding.
To ensure alignment with global priorities, we draw inspiration from key frameworks such as the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001), the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003), Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4), the Tashkent Declaration (2022), and UNESCO's Futures of Education Report (2021).
To serve communities worldwide by fostering impactful global projects that address shared educational and cultural challenges, enabling sustainable development, preservation of heritage, and collective progress.
We are confident that learning can occur at any point in life. It has the ability to realize potential, it can go beyond borders and contribute to the advantage of communities. Education must be available to everyone, irrespective of age.
It is our conviction that education ought to be universal without any discrimination. There shall not be discrimination against economic, geographical or even social status. Quality of education will also be tailored to local culture and aspects.
Education Equity for Everyone
Harnessing technology and modern approaches, we seek innovative solutions to global challenges in education and heritage preservation, ensuring their relevance in the 21st century and beyond.
No challenge is too great when tackled together. We advocate for partnerships that unite governments, non-profits, businesses, educators, communities, and all relevant parties in our shared goals.
As global citizens, we encounter many obstacles, but we can overcome them with cooperation, respect for one another, and a common goal. The aim of the EdHeroes Cultural Heritage in Education Committee is to make cultural heritage and education the cornerstone of this life-changing process. By working together, we can create a future in which people embrace variety, innovate to overcome obstacles, and use education as a means of achieving a better future for all.
In order to guarantee that every child and adult, as current citizens, has the chance to develop, study, and flourish in inclusive and tranquil surroundings, let us rise as one global family bound by purpose and passion.