CONFINTEA VI Mid-Term Review The Power of Adult Learning: Vision 2030 25 27 October 2017, Suwon, Republic of Korea Agenda Venue of the conference: Hotel Ibis Ambassador Suwon 1
Tuesday 24 October, 2017 12:00 21:00 Registration opening (Hotel Ibis Ambassador Suwon) Day 1 Wednesday 25 October, 2017 8:00 9:00 Registration 9:00 10:00 Opening ceremony Cultural performance Welcome and opening statements: - Mr Tae-young Yeom,Mayor of Suwon - Mr Kabir Shaikh,Director a.i., UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning - MrJae Yul Lee, Vice-Governor of Gyeonggi Province - Mr Sang-wook Kwak, Mayor of Osan Special Address Ms Chun-ran Park, Vice-Minister of Education Election of chair and co-chair, general rapporteur and drafting committee of the conference 10:00 10:45 Presentation and adoption of agenda Plenary session 1: CONFINTEA VI developments from 2009 2017 Moderator: Mr S. Y. Shah, Director, International Institute of Adult and Lifelong Education, India 1. CONFINTEA VI progress and situation analysis (GRALE III) Presenter: Ms Leona English, Professor of Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Respondent 1: Ms Shirley Walters, Deputy-President, International Council for 10:45 11:00 Coffee/tea break Respondent 2 : Mr Christoph Jost, Director DVV International 11:00-11:15 Presentation of ALE/LLL in Suwon City 11:15 12:00 Plenary session 1 continued: CONFINTEA VI developments from 2009 2017 Moderator: Mr S. Y. Shah, Director, International Institute of Adult and Lifelong Education, India 2
2. Using the Recommendation for Adult Learning and Education (RALE) to strengthen the implementation of quality ALE Presenter: Mr Werner Mauch, Adult Learning and Education Programme Coordinator, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Respondent 1: Mr Jose Roberto Guevara, Vice-President, International Council for 12:00 14:30 Cannes 2 Hall/ 3 rd Floor Montmartre 1 Hall/ 3 rd Floor 14:30 16:00 Respondent 2: Lunch/side events DVV International- Community Learning Centers - Key Structures for Lifelong Learning Delegation of Luxembourg- L4S Learn for Success Plenary session 2: Regional reviews: Progress, challenges and opportunities Moderator: Ms Katarina Popovic, Secretary General, International Council for - Mr John Aitchison, Professor, University of Natal, South Africa - Mr Samir Jarrar, Education Specialist, Education Development Group - Mr Rangachar Govinda, former Vice-Chancellor, National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), India - Ms Gina Ebner, Secretary General, European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA) - Mr Timothy Ireland, University Professor and UNESCO Chair, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil 16:00 16:15 Coffee/tea break 16:15 17:30 Plenary session 3: Improving action: Effective practices and lessons learned Moderator: Ms Nani Zulminarni, President, Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE) - Mr Ahlin Jean-Marie Byll-Cataria, former Executive Secretary of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) - Mr Abdelsamih Mahmoud, Director of National Agency for the Fight against Illiteracy (ANLCA) - Ms Kamolrat Intaratat, Director of Research Center of Communication and Development Knowledge Management (CCDKM) 3
- Mr Sergio Cárdenas Denham, Director General, Centro de Cooperación Regional para la Educación de Adultos (CREFAL) - Ms Andrea Ernst, Deputy Head of Subsides and Project Funding section within the Professional Education Division, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) 19:00 21:30 Welcome dinner: Day 2 Thursday 26 October, 2017 9:00 10:15 Plenary session 4: Perspectives towards 2030 ALE, lifelong learning, SDG 4 and the broader SDG agenda Moderator: Mr Heribert Hinzen, Honorary Fellow, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning. - Ms Camilla Croso Cunha da Silva, President, Global Campaign for Education (GCE) - Mr Henrique Lopes, Scientific Research Coordinator, Catholic University of Portugal - Ms Abigail C. Lanceta, Assistant Director/Head of Education, Youth and Sports Division (ASEAN) - Ms Hendrina Doroba, Executive Director, Forum for African Women Educationalist (FAWE) - Ms Ji Ye Hyun, Program Officer, United Nations Institute for Training and Research, International Training Centres for Authorities and Leaders (UNITAR CIFAL) 10:15 10:30 Coffee/tea (provided in all rooms) Parallel group Sessions 1: 10:30 12:00 Montmartre Room 1-2-3 1 2 The inter-sectoral dimensions of adult learning and education and implementation at country level Building on the preceding panel discussion, each of the five break-out groups will focus on a specific theme with reference to the inter-sectoral dimension of ALE. The groups will discuss implications for at country level and develop recommendations for action. This would have important considerations for aspects of disability, the impact of digitalization, and gender (e.g. working mothers) 1. ALE and basic skills Moderator: Ms Rakhat Zholdoshalieva, Literacy and Basic Skills Programme Coordinator, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Rapporteur: Ms Mari Yasunaga, Programme Specialist, Section of Youth, Literacy and Skills Development, UNESCO 2. ALE and vocational skills (ALE for the world of work, entrepreneurship, TVET) Moderator: Ms Margarete Sachs-Israel, Chief Programme Coordinator, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Rapporteur: Ms Shermaine Barrett, Senior Lecturer, The School of Technical and Vocational Education, University of Technology 4
12:00 14:30 Nice Hall/ 6 th Floor 14:30 16:00 Montmartre Room 1-2-3 1 2 3. ALE and active citizenship skills Moderator: Mr Ekkehard Nuissl, Former Director, German Institute for Adult Education - Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning Rapporteur: Ms Alexandra Kozyra, Membership and events officer, European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA) 4. ALE for health, well-being and environmental sustainability Moderator: Mr Jose Roberto Guevara, Vice-President, International Council for Rapporteur: Ms Hendrina Doroba, Executive Director, Forum for African Women Educationalist (FAWE) 5. ALE in conflict and post-conflict situations Moderator: Mr Sami Mohamed Abdel Maksoud Nassar, Professor, University of Cairo, Egypt Rapporteur: TBC Lunch/side events Swiss Delegation: Policy Development in Switzerland since 2009 Parallel group session 2: Implementing the Belém Framework for Action in light of SDG 4- Education 2030 The break-out groups will discuss the implications of SDG4-Education 2030 in view of the five areas of action of the Belém Framework for Action: policy; governance; financing; participation, inclusion and equity; and quality. They will analyse and identify the ways in which the new education agenda impacts on the implementation of BFA at country level and develop recommendations for followup action. 1. Policy Moderator: Ms Veronica McKay, Deputy Dean of Education, University of South Africa Rapporteur: Mr Alan Tuckett, Professor of Education, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2. Governance Moderator: Ms Nelida Cespedes Rossel, Honorary President, Council of Popular Education from Latin America and the Caribbean, Peru Rapporteur: Mr Won-gun Lee, Acting President, National Institute for Lifelong Learning (NILE), Republic of Korea (tbc) 3. Financing Moderator: Mr Raul Valdés-Cotera, Programme Coordinator, Lifelong Learning Policies and Strategies Programme, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Rapporteur: Mr Francisco Cabrera, Research Director, Centro de Cooperación Regional para la Educación de Adultos (CREFAL) 4. Participation 5
Moderator: Mr Le Huy Lam, Director, The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Center for Lifelong Learning (SEAMEO CELLL), Viet Nam Rapporteur: Mr Uwe Gartenschläger, Regional Director, DVV International, Germany 5. Quality Moderator: Ms Katarina Popovic, Secretary General, International Council for Rapporteur: Robert Parua, Programme Specialist, UNESCO Beijing 16:00 16:15 Coffee/tea (provided in all rooms) 16:15 17:30 Plenary session 5: Report of key points from the two parallel working groups to the plenary Moderator: Ms Sylvia Schmelkes, President, Mexican National Institute for the Evaluation of Education In this session, the main results from both break-out group sessions will be reported back to plenary. The main points will be synthesized by a respondent. 17:30-17:45 Presentation of ALE/LLL in Osan City 17:45 Departure to Dinner in Osan City Day 3 Friday 27 October, 2017 9:00 10:15 Plenary session 6: Monitoring and measurement of ALE at country and global level Moderator: Ms Un Shil Choi, Professor, Ajou University, Graduate School for Education, Republic of Korea - Mr Aaron Benavot, Professor of Global Education Policy, former GEM Report Director, University at Albany-State University of New York, USA - Mr Shailendra Sidgel, UNESCO Institute for Statistics - Mr Irreneous Kinara Nyabwari, Head of Non-Formal Education, Kenya - Ms Margarete Sachs-Israel, Chief Programme Coordinator, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning - Mr Raúl Valdés-Cotera, Programme Coordinator, Lifelong Learning Policies and Strategies Programme, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning 10:15 10:30 Coffee/tea 10:30 12:00 Plenary session 7: Towards CONFINTEA VII in light of SDG4-Education 2030: Reflection on key inputs and implications for country-level implementation Moderator: Mr Alan Tuckett, Professor of Education, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6
- Mr Raafat Radwan, Ex. First Undersecretary, Ministry of Education, Egypt - Ms Marcella Milana, Associate Professor, University of Verona, Italy - Ms Ella Yulaelawati, Director of Early Childhood Education and Development, Directorate General of Early Childhood and Community Education, Ministry of Education and Culture, Indonesia - Ms Misitilde N.P. Jonas Iita, Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Namibia - Mr Noel Ricardo Aguirre Ledezma, Vice-Minister of Alternative and Special Education, Bolivia 11:45-12:00 Presentation of ALE/LLL in Gyeonggi Province 12:00 14:30 Lunch/side events Montmartre 1 Hall, 3 rd Floor UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (Literacy and Basic Skills Programme) Learning Together Across Generations: Guidelines for Family Literacy and Learning Programmes Montmartre 2 Hall, 3 rd Floor Dr. Ishraga Bashir/ Sudan International University The Role of ICT in Sudanese Adults Education in Maintaining Peace and Promoting Social and Economic Life ( Room: Montmartre 2, 3F) Cannes 2 Hall, 3 rd Floor 14:30 16:00 Unang Hakbang Foundation : Basic Literacy Programme (Room: Cannes 2, 3F) Plenary session 8: Presentation of the main points of the meeting by the general rapporteur Presentation of final draft of outcome document by the chair of the drafting committee: Adoption of outcome document Moderator: Mr Kabir Shaikh, Director a.i., UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning 16:00-16:30 Closing ceremony - Mr Tae-young Yeom, Mayor of Suwon - Mr Sang-wook Kwak, Mayor of Osan - Mr Kabir Shaikh, Director a.i., UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Saturday 28 October, 2017 All day Field visit (optional) Departure of participants 7