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Ethics Education for Children is an initiative to promote value based and quality education for children and young people within the framework of the child’s right to education as stated in the Convention of the Rights of the Child.

The Interfaith Council on Ethics Education for Children
It has been established at the initiative of the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC), with the support of the Arigatou Foundation. It consists of a Council, a Committee, various taskforces, and a Secretariat.

Role and Organization of the Interfaith Council
The Interfaith Council on Ethics Education for Children serves as an international resource center and nexus for dialog, partnership and action on the theory and practice of ethics education for children.

Guided by the Vision and the Mission, the Interfaith Council will,
• determine the overall direction for the promotion of ethics education
• develop and revise overall strategy for promoting ethics education, monitor and evaluate cases of implementation
• examine and make recommendations on various issues pertaining to the promotion of ethics education.
• advocate the implementation of ethics education for children around the world
• issue an annual report on the activities of the Interfaith Council and ethics education around the world.

Structure

Council
Members of the Council meet once annually to review and recommend the overall direction of the ethics education initiative, issue a communiqué, statement or message and release the annual report on the progress of ethics education.

Committee
Members of the Committee meet normally twice a year to address practical matters related to content and to strategies required for the promotion of ethics education. The Committee will form or divide into taskforces when necessary.

Secretariat
The secretariat of the Interfaith Council on Ethics Education for Children has been established in Geneva to support the activities of the Council, the Committee, and its taskforces.

The Council Secretariat works closely with the GNRC Coordinators in facilitating the work of this ethics education initiative, cooperating with individuals and institutions engaged in activities and campaigns that contribute to enhancing interfaith learning and ethics education.

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