After a brief introduction we moved on to an opening activity:

Then, in small groups participants came up with knowledge, skills, and values / attitudes that we need to offer / foster in our children in order that they can contribute positively in this world.

Before going on to the consultation, there was an input explaining where the Dfid initiative has come from, what it might aim to do, the concept of entitlement to development education, and how this forum fits into the consultation process.

Consultation:

The participants were consulted on three questions:

1. What should the "entitlement to development education" be an entitlement to?
2. What is happening now within our region that we know of? What resources are available to and used by schools?
3. What would we like to see happening in our area as part of the regional strategy?

1. What should "entitlement" be?

• Children are entitled to knowledge about development issues
• There should be a development education policy in every school - that really becomes part ofthe ethos
• Children should have teachers who are committed to the values of development education
• Inter-cultural education
• DE should be included in initial teacher education, and ongoing twilight courses and in-service training
• Good resources to promote global citizenship should be available to all schools
• Children should be aware of other cultures through people or resources
• Children should learn about their rights and responsibilities as outlined in the UN convention on the Rights of the Child
• Children should be able to learn about the consequences of their actions
• Travel!

• Y-care International offer training sessions at Skipton YMCA
• CAFOD: there are 4 or 5 volunteers who go into primary and secondary schools within the Catholic Diocese of Leeds
• Christian Aid - there are 3 volunteer teachers who cover West and North Yorkshire
• Both CAFOD and Christian Aid regularly although not frequently organise overseas visitors visits to schools
• UNICEF: there are Education Support Staff, trained to run primary and secondary sessions. The nearest is in Baildon. There is also one worker based in Malton whose job is to run training sessions on human rights and citizenship for LEAs
• Craven DEC works with the schools in the Craven area. It has had contact with 28 schools built up over 3 years
• Traidcraft reps. Do any of them work in schools?
• Church Mission Society invite overseas visitors to work in schools. They are shortly going to compile a list of overseas students with expertise of working with young people who could be invited in by schools
• Many priests and ministers of all denominations take assemblies in schools, frequently on development issues
• The Bradford Anglican Diocese has a link with Sudan
• The Anglican Diocese of Ripon and Leeds has a Global Education Project, which works with the Church schools in the Diocese
• The same Diocese has a link with Sri Lanka, which some schools participate in
• Amnesty International groups - do they go into school?
• WWF in Masham do schools visits
• Greenpeace, based in Preston are willing to do schools visits
• The biggest resource is individuals with enthusiasm
• Many artists of different cultures or who do work on sustainable development issues visit schools in our area, and the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds Development Education Worker has produced a booklet of artists which has been circulated to many schools
• Overseas students
• Many schools visits places of worship in Bradford organised by the Bradford Interfaith Education Centre
• Building Bridges in Nelson is willing to visit schools in the area
• The Diocese of Bradford, Craven DEC and the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds GEP all have newsletters, which regularly go into schools
• Schools often take part in national campaigns for Oxfam, Action Aid, SCF Red Cross, UNICEF and Comic Relief, and receive mailing from national organisations such as Christian Aid
  

• A person responsible for development education in every school
• A database including all the different DE resources available to schools in the locality
• Long-term core funding guarantees for all DECs
• High street premises for DECs
• DE incorporated in initial teacher training
• Development education policies in all schools, which become integrated into the school ethos
• The practitioners working together - knowing what each other are doing - co-ordination for local / regional activities
• Mini mobile DEC in a bus travelling round North Yorkshire (with sustainable fuel!)
• DE resources incorporated into existing mobile libraries
• More DE resources in school libraries
• Stronger, more committed partnership between Dfee and Dfid leading to LEAs recognising the value of DE work and being willing to pay for it!
• Children in all our schools being aware, having values skills and knowledge to enable them to be pro-active in working for a better world!