Right to Quality Education Panel within EDD, will take place on the 4th of June (9:30-11.00)

The European Commission will organize a special panel on Right to Quality Education which will take place on the 4th of June from 9:30 to 11.00, at Tour and Taxi, being part of the European Development Days (https://eudevdays.eu/topics/right-quality-education).

European Development Days is an incubator of new ideas and forum to develop and share visions, which attracts, each year, about 5000 participants from over 140 countries, representing 1 200 organisations from the fields of development cooperation, human rights and humanitarian aid. The focus for EDD15 echoes the motto of the European Year for Development - ‘Our world, our dignity, our future’. This year’s programme will be structured around 4 themes and 12 topics and we kindly encourage you to register in advance both to the event (https://eudevdays.eu/register-anonymous). 

The panel Right to Quality Education aims at engaging in dialogue with a range of stakeholders from different areas of activities and sharing current experiences and initiatives on the importance to move beyond a focus on access to give all children the opportunity of experiencing a transformative education, one that helps them to become informed, creative, active citizens.

In case you will not be able to be physically present to this event, we would like to let you know that this event will be web-streamed (https://eudevdays.eu/ )and you will have the opportunity to participate live to the discussions of the panel that will take place.

In the same time, if you have ideas and stories to share or if you have already questions to ask to our speakers for this panel, please do not hesitate to send us in advance your questions and opinions to andrea.valentini@educationadvisorygroup.eu or monica.dimitriu@inovamais.pt by the 29th of May, so that they can be touched upon by the high qualified panellists:

HM Queen Mathilde, Queen of the Belgians Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development Cooperation, Digital Agenda, Telecom and Postal Services of Belgium

Nesmy Manigat, Minister for Education and Vocational Training of Haiti

Yoka Brandt, Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF

Anna Murru, Programme Manager for VVOB in Zambia

Chernor Bah, Youth Advocate, World At School, Youth Advocacy Group for the Global Education First Initiative

The special event will be moderated by Femi Oke, Journalist

For further information on the aims of this special event, please listen the following interview of Véronique Lorenzo, Head of Unit Education, Health, Research, Culture, Directorate-General for Development and International Cooperation, EChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ONzlR2-3Xk.

In 2015, we want to tell stories from around the world to show that regardless of where we come from or where we want to go, our aspirations remain the same. We strive for a stable and peaceful world, education for our children and a decent life on a planet, and in this purpose we would be happy to welcome you to this event, where we can share our experiences and ideas and views for a better future world.

 Everybody is welcome to come and share ideas, experiences and to use this forum as a learning platform!