The workshop is specifically focused on SDG 4, which is under review at the High-Level Political Forum 2022 (HLPF). Transforming education is an umbrella term that encompasses the common objectives and methodologies of the types of education outlined in SDG Target 4.7, including education for sustainable development, global citizenship education, environmental education, human rights education, among others. Working towards a more equitable and sustainable future requires the international community to prioritize transformative education, and the HLPF is a global event to monitor and review progress on commitments to SDG 4. Therefore, this session will also allow participants and speakers to dive into:

1. What we need to continue doing,

2. What we need to invent,

3. What we should abandon, and

4. How to transform education (UNESCO Futures of Education Report).

Finally, links will be drawn to connect this session with the UNESCO Higher World Higher Education Conference 2022 this past May as well as the Transformative Education Summit to be held in September 2022.

Register here.

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Panelists:

• Moderation: Hilligje van’t Land, Secretary General, IAU, France

• Global Schools: Amanda Abrom, Program Manager, Global Schools, & Patrick Paul Walsh, Director, SDG Academy.

• My World Mexico: Abigail Martinez Renteria, #SDGAction Mentorship Programme Deputy Coordinator, MY World Mexico, and Postgraduate Researcher at UEA UNESCO Chair in Adult Literacy and Learning for Social Transformation, University of East Anglia, UK.

• Global Student Forum: Sherine Omondi, Steering Committee Member, Kenya

• York University: Helen Balderama, Director, Global Engagement Programs & Partnerships, York International, and Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education Toward Sustainability, York University, Canada

Session Partners:

• Global Schools Program, SDG Academy/SDSN (US/Global)

• International Association of Universities (IAU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), L’Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), (France/Global)

• MY World Mexico (Mexico)

• York University (Canada)

This event is part of the 2022 Edition of the SDGs Learning, Training and Practice Workshops at HLPF.