The International symposium on the Role of Education in Poverty Alleviation will be held jointly by the UNESCO International Research & Training Centre for Rural Education (UNESCO INRULED), the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, Beijing Normal University and UNESCO Beijing Office. Education officials, researchers and practitioners will participate at the meeting.
It will be organized in both virtual and face-to-face format.
1. Background
In
2015, the global community adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
– a roadmap towards a more prosperous, peaceful and healthier future. The
Agenda consists of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by
2030.
The SDG4-Education 2030 Agenda builds on the past Education for All movement (2000-2015), to ensure inclusive and equitable access to quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. SDG4 on quality education is recognized as a key strategy to achieve the other 16 SDGs, especially as an important factor in poverty alleviation. However, since the 2030 Agenda was adopted, progress to achieve the 17 SDGs has been uneven and insufficient, according to the UN SDGs Summit held in 2019.
Going forward, it is important to note the linkages and connection between the role of education and skills training towards poverty alleviation. The poverty alleviation impact shall be discussed during the meeting guided by the key pillars of SD such as prosperity, planet, people and partnerships. The aim of this Symposium is to reassess progress, impact and review the close link between the two key goals of the SDGs: SDG1 & SDG 4. The Symposium is organized to observe the Chinese Government’s eradication of absolute poverty by 2020, by bringing over 800 million people out of extreme poverty.
Aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (2021-2025), the Symposium will serve as a platform to review and share innovative models for sustainability and initiatives to link education and poverty schemes of Member States, including sharing good practices in how education contributed to poverty alleviation in China. The Symposium will also discuss poverty-related challenges and identify strategies to contribute towards achieving the 17 SDGs by 2030.
Government officials, senior experts and scholars from educational research institutes, Universities and related fields, representatives of international/regional organizations, officials and policymakers from governments of UNESCO Member States, will participate in the Symposium.
2. Theme: education, our most fundamental pathway out of poverty
3. Date and venue:
Date: 16:30-20:30
(GMT+8), Wednesday, 31 March 2021
Venue: online
via Zoom
4. Organized by
UNESCO
International Research and Training Centre for Rural Education
Supported
by
Chinese
National Commission for UNESCO
Beijing
Normal University
UNESCO Beijing Office
5. Mode of
participation
Please
join us at Zoom online webinar
Meeting
ID: 983 9947 6811
Passcode:
219454
ZoomLink:
https://zoom.us/j/98399476811?pwd=aU9tbnJHMC9WRnZqQVZkOTcvbUxuZz09
6. Tentative Agenda
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Tentative
Agenda |
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Date:
Wednesday,
31 March 2021 Time:16:30-20:30（GMT+8） Platform:
Zoom Meeting ID: 983 9947 6811 Passcode: 219454 |
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Time (Beijing Time) |
Session |
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16:30-17:10 |
Opening
Session Moderator: Mr.
Qin Changwei, SG, Chinese National Commission for UNESCO Speakers: 1.
Welcome Remarks by Prof.
Dong Qi, President,
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China 2.
Remarks by Mr. Firmin
Edouard Matako Assistant
Director General for Priority Africa and External Relation, UNESCO 3.
Remarks by Mr. Tian Xuejun, Vice
Minister, Ministry of Education, China 4.
Keynote Speech by Mr. Liu
Changya Director
General, Department of Education Planning Ministry
of Education, China |
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17:10-18:00 |
Session1:
(5 minutes for each speaker) Global
policy dialogue on linkage between education and poverty alleviation Moderator: Prof.
Shahbaz Khan, Director and Representative, UNESCO Beijing Office Speakers: 1.
Mr Yao Ydo Director, UNESCO International Bureau of Education 2.
Dr. Du Yue, Director Division
for Priority Africa, UNESCO 3.
Dr. Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela Director, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education
Organization (SEAMEO) Secretariat, Thailand 4.
Dr. Manzoor Ahmed Professor (Emeritus), Brac University in Bangladesh,
Bangladesh 5.
Dr. Vinayagum Chinapah Professor (Emeritus), Institute of International and
Comparative Education, Department of Education, Stockholm University,
Stockholm, Sweden 6.
Mr Saidou Sireh Jallow Senior Programme Specialist, UNESCO Nairobi Office 7.
Dr. Shyamal Majumdar Former UNESCO UNEVOC Director, India 8.
Mr. Mohamed Mostafa
Abdelrahman Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Misr
El-Kheir Foundation, Egypt 9.
Ms. Mercy Musomi Executive
Director, Girl Child Network, Kenya |
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18:00-18:50 |
Session2: (5 minutes for each speaker) Innovations and
best practices on contribution of education towards poverty alleviation for
sustainable development Moderator: Prof. Zhou Zuoyu Vice President,
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China Speakers: 1. Magdalene Anene-maidoh Abujia Office, UNESCO 2. Prof. Christopher Nyland Department of Management, School of Business, Director of China
Research Network, Monash University, Australia 3. Dr. Pan Kunfeng Associate Professor, Renmin University of China, China 4. Dr. Moma, Enang Efiom Abujia Office, UNESCO 5. Dr. Miriam Altman Professor of Practice 4IR, University of Johannesburg, South
Africa & Commissioner, National Planning Commission, Office of the
Presidency, South Africa 6. Prof. Teri Balser, Provost and
Vice-President (Academic), University of Calgary, Canada (5mins Pre-recorded
video)(TBC) 7. Dr. Jun Gu Associate Professor, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie
University, former coordinator of the China Research Network, Australia 8. Ms. Evernice Munando Director, Female Students Network Trust, Zimbabwe 9. Dr. Baela Raza Jamil CEO, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA), Centre for Education and
Consciousness; Commissioner, International Commission on Financing Global
Education Opportunity; Founder, Children’s Literature Festival; Managing
Trustee, Sanjan Nagar Public Education Trust (SNPET), Pakistan |
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18:50-20:20 |
Session3: Share key
findings and discussion on Education for Poverty Alleviation in China under
the Framework of 2030 Agenda Moderator: Prof. Zeng
Xiaodong Executive
Director, INRULED Speakers: 1. Dr.
Wang Li Deputy Director,
INRULED Presentation of
the main findings on the draft report 2. Discussion
and inputs on the report Summarized by: Dr. Vinayagum
Chinapah Professor
(Emeritus), Institute of International and Comparative Education, Department
of Education, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden |
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20:20-20:30 |
Wrap up and
Closing Mr.
Qin Changwei, SG, Chinese National Commission for UNESCO |
7. Contact information