Closing Event: Rethinking Education for Justice
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Friday, 4 December 2020 |
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Time (CET)
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15:00 - 16:00 |
Language |
English |
Graphic recording of this event: Camilo Melgar
The High-level Closing Panel of the E4J Global Dialogue series, a joint effort of UNODC, UNESCO and the State of Qatar, provided a forward-looking perspective on the opportunity brought by the COVID-19 crisis to rethink education for justice worldwide for peaceful, just and inclusive societies. The discussions addressed specific challenges to the rule of law brought by the pandemic and framed the deliberations around the links of those to the education of the next generation. Furthermore, the panel considered the role of education stakeholders worldwide in rethinking future education models while addressing the existent fragilities to spearhead the progress towards the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development.
Agenda
Opening remarks
- Ms. Brigitte Strobel-Shaw, Chief of the Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Moderators
- Ms. Damaris Akhigbe, E4J Youth Champion, Nigeria
- Mr. Mauricio Peixoto, Youth Champion and Founder of School 2030, Brazil
Speakers
- Mr. Noah Webster Sobe, Senior Project officer for Education Research and Foresight, UNESCO
- Ms. Hilligje van’t Land, Secretary General, International Association of Universities (IAU)
- Mr. Ashok Pandey, Director, Ahlcon Group of Schools and Chairperson, Council for Global Citizenship Education, India
- Mr. Nelson Kwaje, Director, Program #DefyHateNow, South Sudan
- Ms. Rawan Khalfallah, E4J Youth Champion, Lybia
Closing remarks
- Ms. Cecilia Barbieri, Chief of Section on Global Citizenship and Peace Education, UNESCO
- Mr. Abdulla Nasser Al-Hajri, Charge d’Affaires, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations in Vienna
- Mr. Marco Teixeira, Coordinator of the Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration, UNODC
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