Knowledge shares
Member knowledge shares are an opportunity for IDEA members to hear about each other’s Global Citizenship Education practice in a peer-led session. They started in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic to serve as a way for members to connect informally, feel part of our network and keep up to date with each other's work. Since then, the knowledge shares have developed into a weekly learning opportunity run during the summer months when members have more time to attend the sessions while also gaining inspiration for their own planning.
IDEA Member Knowledge Shares 2026
The IDEA Knowledge Share Series 2026 took place online each Wednesday in July and August. Each session ran for 40 to 45 minutes via Zoom and was led by an IDEA member who shared a specific aspect of their Global Citizenship Education (GCE) practice.
The series provided members with an opportunity to learn from one another through short presentations showcasing innovative projects, approaches, and experiences from across the IDEA network. Each presentation was followed by a Questions and Answers session, allowing participants to engage directly with presenters and explore key themes in greater depth.
The 2026 Summer Knowledge Share series consisted of nine online sessions from 9 IDEA member organisations held throughout July and August. Find out more below:
Development Perspectives: explored how Global Citizenship Education (GCE) can be meaningfully connected to local contexts. The session highlighted practical examples of engagement with community issues, including environmental protection, renewable energy, inclusion, housing, active travel, peace and justice, and local cultural initiatives.
An Taisce: explored how An Taisce established a cross-organisational Code of Good Practice Working Group. The session reflected on the organisation's journey from viewing the Code as a reporting requirement to embedding its principles across programmes and teams.
Nano Nagle Place: examined how more than 250 years of educational and social justice heritage continue to inform community engagement today. The session explored how Nano Nagle Place has preserved and adapted its legacy to meet contemporary social and educational needs.
Oxfam: explored how the Code of Good Practice can strengthen community-based Global Citizenship Education. Through practical examples, the session examined approaches that support critical thinking, participatory learning, collective action, and continuous improvement in educational practice.
Schools of Sanctuary: explored the links between forced migration and wider global issues. The session highlighted the organisation's work in supporting schools to create inclusive environments where children, particularly those from International Protection backgrounds, feel welcome, safe, and valued.
Irish Global Health Network: highlighted a range of free and flexible global health learning opportunities available through the organisation's online learning platform. The session showcased training in global health, humanitarian practice, and specialist areas relevant to health and development.
AkiDwA: explored the Together for a Better World project and how Global Citizenship Education can support migrant and indigenous women to engage with issues of global inequality and human rights. The session also examined approaches to leadership, participation, and collective action in advancing the 2030 Agenda.
STAND: shared key learnings from the pilot of Ireland's first National Global Citizenship Education Digital Badge for higher education staff. The session explored the development of the programme and reflected on its role in supporting the integration of GCE within higher education.
WorldWise Global Schools: explored how garden spaces can be used as settings for Global Citizenship Education. Through practical activities and examples, the session demonstrated how gardens can support learning about human rights, global justice, sustainability, and active citizenship.
You can learn more about the 2026 Knowledge Shares in the video resource below:
DEA Knowledge Share on Global Gardens: The Garden as a Human Rights Classroom
Watch the recording of IDEA's final Summer Knowledge Share session, Global Gardens: The Garden as a Human Rights Classroom, led by Sadhbh and Debbie from WorldWise Global Schools (WWGS). The session explores how garden spaces can be used as settings for Global Citizenship Education and contributes to the forthcoming Global Gardens booklet, due to be launched next year. Participants explored a range of practical activities and approaches that demonstrate how gardens can foster learning about human rights, global justice, and active citizenship.
IDEA Knowledge Share session:Migrant Women Leading Change Towards the 2030 Agenda
Leaving No One Behind: Migrant Women Leading Change Towards the 2030 Agenda'. Led by Euphomia Edward from AkiDwA. The session explored AkiDwA's 'Together for a Better World' project and its use of Global Citizenship Education to engage migrant and indigenous women in exploring global inequality, human rights, and their role as agents of change. The session also explored how GCE organisations can move beyond participation to support meaningful leadership and collective action towards the 2030 Agenda.
IDEA's Summer Knowledge Share: Embedding Global Citizenship Education (GCE) into Higher Education
Watch the recording of our eighth Summer Knowledge Share session, led by Caitríona Rogerson (STAND). The session focused on Embedding Global Citizenship Education (GCE) into Higher Education: Learnings from the First National GCE Digital Badge for Higher Education Staff. Participants learned about key insights from the pilot of the first National Global Citizenship Education (GCE) Digital Badge for higher education staff. Delivered between April and June 2026, the Open Course was developed in partnership with colleagues from Maynooth University, University College Cork, and Mary Immaculate College, with funding from the HEA National Forum.
IDEA Knowledge Share session: Forced Migration and Making the Global Links
Watch a recording of the fifth Summer Knowledge Share session, ‘Forced Migration and Making the Global Links’, led by Sara Hakim and her team at Schools of Sanctuary. This session explores the links between forced migration and broader global issues and highlights the organisation’s work in supporting schools to create inclusive environments where every child feels welcome, safe, and valued. Particular attention is given to children from International Protection backgrounds and the supports that help them thrive in school communities.
IDEA Knowledge Share session: Global Health Online Training
Led by Joan Bolger from the Irish Global Health Network, this session focuses on free, flexible global health training opportunities for health workers, students, and those interested in health and development. The session highlighted a range of learning opportunities available through IGHN's e-learning platform, including courses on global health, humanitarian practice, and specialist training
IDEA Knowledge Share: Nano Nagle Place, 250 Years of Social Justice in Action
Watch the recording of IDEA's final Summer Knowledge Share session, Global Gardens: The Garden as a Human Rights Classroom, led by Sadhbh and Debbie from WorldWise Global Schools (WWGS). The session explores how garden spaces can be used as settings for Global Citizenship Education and contributes to the forthcoming Global Gardens booklet, due to be launched next year. Participants explored a range of practical activities and approaches that demonstrate how gardens can foster learning about human rights, global justice, and active citizenship.
IDEA Knowledge Share: From Good Intentions to Good Practice
Watch the recording of IDEA's fourth Summer Knowledge Share Session. Led by Itofa Ivarah, Oxfam, this session focused on 'From Good Intentions to Good Practice: Using the Code to Strengthen Community-Based GCE'. It explored how educators could use the Code of Good Practice principles in a practical way by designing learning that was explicit about DE ethos, encouraged critical thinking, used participatory and creative methodologies, and supported collective action.
Through examples from community settings, Oxfam reflected on what “good practice” looked like in real-world delivery and how peer learning could help us continuously improve.
IDEA Knowledge Share: Connecting to the Local
Led by Bobby McCormack, Development Perspectives, this session explored how Global Citizenship Education (GCE) can be meaningfully connected to local contexts. It highlighted practical examples of engaging with community issues, including environmental protection, renewable energy, inclusion, housing, active travel, peace and justice, and local cultural initiatives. The session also reflected on partnerships and emerging work with Louth County Council to establish a local social enterprise/circular economy hub.
Leigh Brady from IDEA facilitated the session.
IDEA Summer Knowledge Share: From Submission to Shared Practice
Watch the recorded video of the second session of the IDEA Summer Knowledge Share led by Birgit O'Driscoll from An Taisce. This session focused on "From Submission to Shared Practice: How An Taisce Built a Cross-Organisational Code of Good Practice Working Group."
An Taisce's Environmental Education Unit had been a member of the Code of Good Practice for Development Education since 2020. In this knowledge-sharing session, they reflected on what it took to move the Code from a reporting requirement into something genuinely embedded across a large and diverse organisation. They shared what prompted them to set up a cross-organisational working group, how they structured their first meetings, what they learned about gathering evidence across multiple programmes, and where they were still figuring things out.
