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Whose citizenship report

In spring 2002 the West Midlands Commission for Global Citizenship, chaired by Professor Lynn Davies, published a report: Whose Citizenship ~ exploring identity, democracy and participation in a global context.

The Commission had many debates, it also provided a focus for a wide range of work engaging teachers and other educationalists in thinking about citizenship and about future strategy. The report was compiled to share some of that work.


The process of the commission's work provided a focus for taking stock and for proposing new initiative:

Article by Elaine Miskell [Tide~ Centre] as a focus for new projects
Building new citizenship.
Article by Professor Lynn Davies [Chair of the Commission] and Professor Clive Harber from CIER, School of Education, University of Birmingham; on the need for research about Global Citizenship and the needs of teachers and learners. This research project now exists. Contact Hiromi Yamashita.
Article by Scott Sinclair [Tide~ Centre] about the background to Building a West Midlands Coalition. It is useful to see this in the context of DfID Enabling Effective Support

The following downloads introduce questions about: