Date: Tuesday, 8 November (11:00am Costa Rica, 12:00pm ET, 6:00pm CET)
The United Nations, especially through UNESCO, has been putting as a high priority the transformation of education to face our current challenges and help better shape the future. The invitation to rethink education is not only for governmental institutions, but all individuals and institutions working in this field, who are also called to rethink and reimagine how education can help us build a more just, sustainable and peaceful world.
In this webinar, we will learn about these ongoing efforts from Mission 4.7 Education Task Force member Fernando Reimers, who was also part of the International Commission on Futures of Education convened by UNESCO that was responsible of drafting the report: Reimagining our futures together: A new social contract for education, which is part of the Futures of Education Initiative.
We will also learn from Mirian Vilela, Executive Director of Earth Charter International and Mission 4.7 Education Task Force member, who has been collaborating with UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development efforts since 2004, and was member of the UNESCO Expert Group for the UN Decade on ESD, then the Global Action Programme on ESD and now is part of the Education for Sustainable Development ESD 2030 Network. She holds the UNESCO Chair on ESD with the Earth Charter, based at the Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development at the University for Peace.
This webinar will identify synergies and opportunities between the UNESCO’s Futures of Education Initiative and ESD 2030 Roadmap, and other similar efforts.
In specific, this webinar will:
Look at key ideas highlighted in these two major efforts, their similarities, and the opportunities they present to transform education at various contexts.
Look at how these efforts emphasize the need to reorient the purpose of education towards fostering a culture of care and responsibility and ecological consciousness.
Explore the role values education and ethics have in the transformation of education practice and the notion of education as a global common. How do we envision bringing values and ethics more to the center of education?
The moderator of this webinar will be Mission 4.7 Education Task Force member Akpezi Ogbuigwe, a well-known educator and influencer from Nigeria.
The spaces inside Zoom will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
If you are unable to participate in zoom, or did not get a ticket, this webinar will be also broadcasted on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ECInternational