Table 2. Core pillars of the framework... | Emerald Publishing

Table 2.

Core pillars of the framework

Pillar	Description	Example initiatives
Policy integration	Alignment of GCE with national economic and sustainability plans	India’s NEP 2020; Finland’s National Curriculum
Teacher development	GCE embedded in pre-service and in-service teacher education	South Korea’s KEDI framework
Curriculum transformation	Interdisciplinary integration of global issues, ethics and systems thinking	Yrityskylä (Finland); SDG Labs (Germany)
Funding and incentives	Dedicated national budget lines, performance-based incentives and partnerships for GCE	EU Erasmus+; UNESCO SDG 4.7 fund
Monitoring and accountability	Indicators for SDG 4.7 implementation, aligned to national targets and international benchmarks	OECD Education 2030 indicators

Pillar	Description	Example initiatives
Policy integration	Alignment of GCE with national economic and sustainability plans	India’s NEP 2020; Finland’s National Curriculum
Teacher development	GCE embedded in pre-service and in-service teacher education	South Korea’s KEDI framework
Curriculum transformation	Interdisciplinary integration of global issues, ethics and systems thinking	Yrityskylä (Finland); SDG Labs (Germany)
Funding and incentives	Dedicated national budget lines, performance-based incentives and partnerships for GCE	EU Erasmus+; UNESCO SDG 4.7 fund
Monitoring and accountability	Indicators for SDG 4.7 implementation, aligned to national targets and international benchmarks	OECD Education 2030 indicators

Source(s): Authors’ own work