The power of mobility programs in fighting xenophobia and promoting diversity
by Melissa Liles, Chief Global Engagement Officer, AFS Intercultural Programs These remarks were delivered at AFS Czech Republic’s Education for…
Intercultural Learning
Join AFS courses at the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication!
From 11-27 July 2018 in Portland, Oregon, hundreds of professionals and educators in the intercultural communication space will gather to…
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…
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…
We educate to change the world
At the second regional AFS forum in the Caribbean, “Education and Global Citizenship: Developing Essential Competences for the 21st Century,”…
AFS and Africa: Engaging with Youth on the Fastest-Growing Continent
As AFS prepares for the 50th anniversary of its activities in Ghana, we find ourselves reflecting on our longstanding ties…
