Swiss Launch of the Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM Report)
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“Education for people and planet: Creating sustainable futures for all”
29 September 2016, 13:30-18:00
Turnhalle, Bern
Education at the core of sustainable development
The Swiss launch of the
GEM Report 2016, organised by the SDC in collaboration with RECI, the Swiss UNESCO Commission and FoBBIZ, brought together about 60 participants on September 29th in Bern. After a
presentation of the report by its Director, Mr Aaron Benavot, the recommendations were discussed by a panel composed of Ms Koumba Boly-Barry (Special rapporteur on the right to education), Ms Elaine Geyer-Allély (WWF International), Mr Jürg Schertenleib (éducation21) and Mr Morten Sigsgaard (IIEP-UNESCO).
The debate focused on the transversal and transformative role of education in the new sustainable development agenda and allowed to identify ways forward to ensure the implementation of the recommendations.
We encourage you to take a look at the
key takeaways that the Education Team identified from these discussions.
Finally, we are pleased to share with you the short interviews that we made with the panellists.
Aaron Benavot Director UNESCO-GEM Report
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Koumba Boly-Barry (in French) Special Rapporteur on the right to education |
Elaine Geyer-Allély Manager, Policy and Sustainable Development, WWF International
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Jürg Schertenleib (in French) Director, éducation21, Swiss national competence center for ESD | Morten Sigsgaard Education Specialist, UNESCO-IIEP)
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13:30-14:00 |
Registration and coffee |
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14:00-14:15 |
Official opening by Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Deputy Director, Head of South Cooperation Department, SDC |
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14:15-15:00 |
Presentation of the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report by Mr Aaron Benavot, Director of the GEM Report
followed by Q&A with the audience |
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15:00-16:30 |
Reactions and panel discussion
Ms Koumba Boly, newly appointed Special Rapporteur on the right to education, former minister of Education in Burkina Faso
Ms Elaine Geyer-Allély, Manager, Policy and Sustainable Development, WWF International
Mr Jürg Schertenleib, Director, Education21 Mr Morten Sigsgaard, Technical Cooperation Team, UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
Moderation by Mr Abdeljalil Akkari, Swiss UNESCO Commission
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16:30-16:45 | Conclusion and way forward by the SDC and representatives of civil society (RECI and FoBBIZ) |
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17:00-18:00 |
Cocktail |
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