The Role of Economic Citizenship Education in Advancing Global Citizenship

Abstract

This article focuses on how to provide children and youth with the appropriate skills and capabilities required to create a more equal and sustainable world for future generations. It presents the concept of Economic Citizenship Education and the importance of combining financial, social and livelihoods education for the empowerment of children and youth throughout the world. Throughout the article, this concept is linked to Global Citizenship, Education for Sustainable Development, Development Education and the Sustainable Development Goals to show its importance to contemporary discourse on education and youth development. The reader is provided with examples of Economic Citizenship Education put in practice through government authorities and civil society organisations.

Keywords

• Economic Citizenship Education
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Child and Youth Finance International
• Financial Literacy
• Social Education
• Global Citizenship