Ms France Marquet representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO, attended a First Forum of NGO

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Conference Paris, France - 23rd September 2013

NGO Liaison UNESCO

FIRST FORUM of NGOs
IN OFFICIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH UNESCO

Which Education Goals for Tomorrow’s Citizens of the World:

Is Quality Enough?

Paris, 23 September 2013,

UNESCO Headquarters (Room XI)

Programme

9:00 - 9:30    Registration

Morning Session: Setting the Scene

9:30 - 9:45    Opening Session

  • Mr Eric FALT, Assistant Director-General for External Relations and

      Public Information, UNESCO

  • Mr Patrick GALLAUD, Chairperson, NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee

9:45 - 10:00 Presentation of the Forum and its expected outcomes

  • Ms Isabelle TURMAINE, Director, Information Centre and Communication Services, International Association of Universities (IAU)

10:00 - 10:45 UNESCO’s action in the field of Education: Today and Prospects for      post-2015

  • Mr David ATCHOARENA, Director, Division for Teacher Development and Higher Education, Education Sector, UNESCO
  • Mr Georges HADDAD, Director of the Education Research and Foresight Team, Education Sector, UNESCO

Morning break

11:00 - 12:30 The unaccomplished EFA goals: Views of high-level representatives of international NGOs from different regions

  • Ms Hendrina DOROBA (Kenya), Executive Director, Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
  • Mr James O’MEARA (United States of America), President, International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET)
  • Mr Dzulkifli ABDUL RAZAK (Malaysia), President, International  Association of Universities (IAU)
  • Ms Ann GARVIE (United Kingdom), President, Soroptimist International

Moderator: Mr Vasco SILVA, European Law Students Association (ELSA)

 Lunch break

Afternoon Session: Considering the Future 

2:00 - 3:30 Keynote speakers:

  • Mr Jean-Marie PETITCLERC, Educator, Director of Valdocco  Association (France)
  • Mr Philippe LEMARCHAND, Editor, Atlande Editions

Discussion

Moderators: Mr Thierry BRAULT, Catholic International Education Office (OIEC) and Ms Marie-Claude MACHON-HONORÉ, International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW)

  Afternoon break

 3:45 - 5:45 Discussion on a strategic plan in view of the Post-2015 Education goals

Moderators: Mr Thierry PHILIPPOT, World Association for Educational Research (WAER) and Ms Christine ROCHE, International Catholic Centre for Cooperation with UNESCO (CCIC) 

Rapporteurs: Ms Nadja KYMLICKA and Ms Isabelle TURMAINE, International Association of Universities (IAU)

 5:45 - 6:00 Closing Session

  • Mr Qian TANG, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education
  • Mr Patrick GALLAUD, Chairperson, NGO-UNESCO Liaison  Committee