Educaid.be Digital Conference 2020: Inclusive Education

The 2020 Educaid.be annual conference will be held digitally on 15 and 22 October. The conference will aim to contribute to the understanding of what inclusive education really stands for; what the barriers are impeding its delivery; what the perspectives, strategies and approaches are for achieving it; and what good and inspirational practices are in place. The conference will be held in French and English, simultaneous translation and interpretation in international sign language will be provided.

The conference will mark the official launch in Belgium of the 2020 UNESCO GEM report. This report addresses inclusion in education worldwide, drawing attention to all those excluded from education because of background or ability. Its presentation will give a state-of-the-art update on inclusive and equitable education and provide the context to improve our understanding of this important issue. 

Info & registration: https://www.educaid.be/fr/calendrier/conference2020

The programme:

Day 1 - 15 October

14:00-14:10 - Welcome & Introduction 

14:10-14:30 - Keynote address - Kira Boe, Educational Policy Lead, Oxfam Ibis

14:30-15:00 - Presentation of the 2020 GEM Report “Inclusion and education: All means all”, Anna D’Addio, Senior Policy Analyst, GEM Report (UNESCO)

15:00-15:10 - Coffee break

15:10-16:20 - Panel discussion: The challenges of developing and implementing national inclusive education policies

Moderator: Ides Nicaise, Professor, KU Leuven

Panelists:

Anthony Boateng, Deputy Director-General, Ghana Education Service

Solange Akpo, Capacity Building Manager & Acting Regional Coordinator ANCEFA, Africa Network Campaign on Education for All (Togo)

Carina Omoeva, Director, Research and Evaluation FHI 360 (USA, Washington)

Anna D’Addio, Senior Education Advisor, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO

16:20-16:30 - Closure 

Day 2 - 22 October

13:00-13:05 -Welcome & Introduction 

13:05-14:00 Session I : The multi-sectorial approach for disability inclusive education: lessons learned from the field 

Moderator: Nadia Hadad, Member of the Executive Committee of the European Disability Forum (UK)

Panelists:

Subekshya Karki, Technical Coordinator Inclusive Education, Handicap International (Nepal)

Dr Jean-Marie Ngbenga Gerewoyo, Programme Coordinator, Light for the World (DR Congo)

14:00-14:10 - Coffee break

14:10-14:15 - Welcome & Introduction 

14:15-15:30 - Session II : A holistic approach to inclusion: tackling barriers to gender equality in education through research and practice 

Moderator: Heidy Rombouts, National Director, Plan International Belgium

Panelists:

Balkissa Harouna Brah, Program Advisor for Niger of the “Girls First Fund” & Former manager of "Sarraounia" Girls Education Project, Enabel (Niger)

Humberto Camacho, National Coordinator, OFPROBOL (Bolivia), a partner of VIA Don Bosco

Adeline N'Ouemou, A young female activist from Benin, Plan International Benin

15:30-15:40 - Coffee break  

15:40-15:45 - Welcome & Introduction 

15:45-17:00 - Session III : Teachers as agents of inclusion: the case of South Africa – prepared by VVOB & British Council (South Africa) 

Moderator: Inge Vandevyvere (VVOB) & Caroline Grant (British Council) 

Panelists:

Jabulani Ngcobo, Director Inclusive Education, Department of Basic Education (South Africa)

Michelle Mathey, Director of Teacher Education, Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), (South Africa)

Yusuf Sayed, Professor of International Education and Development Policy at the University of Sussex (UK) and the South African Research Chair in Teacher Education, and the Founding Director of the Centre for International Teacher Education (CITE) at the CPUT, SA

Gerrit Coetzee, Director Initial Teacher Education (South Africa)

17:00-17:20 - Closure session 

Kwame Akyeampong, Professor of International Education & Development, Open University (UK)

17:20-17:30 - Closure