Education for Sharing Societies

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Policy Dialogue

 

09:00-09:30   Plenary 1 
Inaugural Session

Welcoming words:

Isabel Mota,
President of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga,
President of Latvia (1999-2007), President of the WLA – Club de Madrid

Augusto Santos Silva,
Minister of Foreign Affairs

 

09:30-10:30 
The transformative power of education building shared societies 

Antonio Guterres,
Secretary-General of the UN, Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic (1995-2002), WLA – Club de Madrid Member, Video message

Jorge Sampaio,
President of the Portuguese Republic, (1996-2001, 2001-2006), WLA – Club de Madrid Member

Anibal Cavaco Silva,
President of the Portuguese Republic (2006-2016), Prime Minister of the Republic of Portugal (1985-1995), WLA – Club de Madrid Member

José Manuel Durão Barroso,
Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic (2002-2004), WLA – Club de Madrid Member

Rebeca Grynspan,
Secretary General, SEGIB

Facilitator:

Dov Lynch,
Chief of Section, Global Citizenship and Peace Education, UNESCO

 

10:30-11:00   Coffee Break

 

11:00-12:30   Plenary 2
Education to leave no one behind: Zeroing on the challenges

Live Talks on Education Spaces Under Stress

Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini,
Co-Founder and Executive Director of ICAN

Omar Al-Tal,
Projects Manager, Mercy Corps Jordan

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj,
President of Mongolia (2009-2017), WLA – Club de Madrid Member

Speakers:

Laura Chinchilla,
President of Costa Rica (2010-2014), Vice President of the WLA – Club de Madrid

Tarja Halonen,
President of Finland (2000-2012), WLA – Club de Madrid Member

Chandrika Kumaratunga,
President of Sri Lanka (1994-2005), WLA – Club de Madrid Member

Benjamin Mkapa,
President of Tanzania (1995-2005), WLA – Club de Madrid Member

Joao Costa,
Secretary of State of Education, Portugal (tbc)

Facilitator:

Sean Cleary,  
Presidente da Strategic Concepts (Pty) Ltd

 

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