Education is a normative human right, but it also serves a practical function of improving domestic and international governance performance. Those who govern have an obligation to provide conditions of peace and security, to reconcile conflicts of interest, and to generate collective good. The presentations in this panel reflect upon the myriad of ways in which supporting education and capacity-building training programs can not only bring benefit to the recipients, but widens the communities to which they belong. These include building resilience through empowering civil society, promoting democratic governance through civic education, building peace within and between societies, using education and training as tools of development, the public diplomacy role of educational scholarships, and the internationalisation of learning environments.
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