Inspirational Activities
The Education by All for the Well-Being of Children Movement is based on three linked core components. They are designed to inspire people from all sectors of society to take more initiatives to make children and young people’s learning environments more conducive to their well-being.
The Voice of Children Initiative
The Voice of Children inspires and encourages decision-makers to monitor and nurture the well-being of children and young people as they perceive it. It is a set of survey, focus group and artistic qualitative and quantitative instruments designed to capture their views and for them to share their own sense of self -the feelings, attitudes, ways of thinking and behaviors that come into play during their daily encounters with peers and adults in their learning environments (education, health, ICT and media) and the impact of these environments on them. Using the data, UEF is developing indicators and indices of children’s well-being.
The Elham Inspirational Program
The Elham Inspirational Program is designed to raise the awareness and active engagement of all of society in consciously nurturing the well-being of children and young people. It will recognize and support individuals, groups and organizations that have contributed significantly towards making learning environments more conducive to their well-being, and will feature their work as inspiration to motivate others. It will focus particularly on people and initiatives from education, community-based organizations, media, health and ICT. Nominees, recognized for their contribution as agents of change, can opt to become Elham Ambassadors. Children and young people will play an equivalent role to adults in the selection process, as in Palestine.
The Learning for Well-Being Forum
The Universal Education Forums: Learning for Well-Being will be high profile conferences to inspire the global movement of Education by All for the Well-being of Children. Each forum will bring together local and global actors from education, health, ICT and media, working in government, business, NGOs and foundations. They will provide opportunities to listen to children's voices; showcase Elham Ambassadors’ initiatives; and present the Voice of Children survey results and the Well-Being Indices for each learning environment. They aim to inspire new cross-sector initiatives through an open space approach. At the global level UEF will organize the Learning for Well-Being Forums in cooperation with its partners. Country-level Forums will be organized jointly by UEF and the local Education by All for the Well-Being of Children partners.
