Global Citizenship

1 As the world has become more connected through globalisation, the concept of 'global citizenship' has developed and is becoming increasingly more important

5 This essay outlines what is meant by the term global citizen, who can be a global citizen, how people can be global citizens and why global citizenship is important.Anyone can be a global citizen, and it does not matter where you live or which countries you have travelled to. Global citizens are aware of the wider world, understand how the world works and they have a sense of their role in the world.However, it is different to national citizenship because becoming a global citizen is a choice rather than a result of where a person is born.How can we be global citizens?What is a global citizen?10 In many ways, being a global citizen is similar to being a responsible citizen in your own community.