Education Diplomacy Day

07 October 2014 -

WMO Building, Geneva

Education diplomacy is the cross-disciplinary, transnational sharing of theories, ideas, and concepts that advance education.

[Update] Please check the photo gallery from the Education Diplomacy Day in Geneva. Presentations from the event are available via links in the programme below.

Education diplomacy uses the skills of diplomacy to guide educators toward a deeper level of understanding, engagement, and practice in order to advance sustainable change across education systems. The Center for Education Diplomacy, an initiative of the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI), is leading an effort to shape this emerging concept.

On 7 October 2014, ACEI and DiploFoundation hosted the Education Diplomacy Day, bringing together educators, diplomats, international and development organisation staff members, and others concerned with education diplomacy issues. Through panel presentations and discussions, the event raised awareness of education diplomacy and provided the opportunity to further develop the concept and practice. In the coming months, ACEI and Diplo will also work together to develop and run an online course on Education Diplomacy.

Programme

09.00 – 09.30	Coffee and registration
09.30 – 10:30	Welcoming Remarks and Introduction to Education Diplomacy Background, overview of the concept, and global trends Welcoming remarks – Jovan Kurbalija, DiploFoundation Education diplomacy: An interdisciplinary approach for sustainable change across education systems (pdf) – Diane Whitehead and Yvette Murphy, Association for Childhood Education International Online learning and education diplomacy – Hannah Slavik, DiploFoundation
10.30 – 10.45	Coffee break
10.45 – 11.45	Education Diplomacy in Action Connecting education diplomacy concepts to models and best practices: Some insights from NORRAG's experience (pdf) – Laetitia Houlmann and Monica Serlavos, NORRAG
11.45 – 13.00	Lunch
13.00 – 14.00	Education Diplomacy in International Geneva The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and education services (pdf) – Dale Honeck, World Trade Organisation [further resources] Standarisation and education quality in the context of sustainable development (pdf) – Lichia Yiu, Academy for Quality in Education and Training (AdeQuaTE)
14.00 – 14.15	Coffee break
14.15 – 15.45	Education and the Post-2015 Development Agenda Triple bottom line of the SDGs: (economic, social, and environmental sustainability). The need for life-long learning, learning partnerships, critical thinking and ethical sense of citizenship (pdf) – Raymond Saner, Center for Socio-Economic Development Education in emergencies and the Post-2015 Development Agenda – Lucy Strickland, World Vision International
15.45 – 16.00	Concluding remarks Diane Whitehead, ACEI, and Jovan Kurbalija, DiploFoundation

For more information about this event and Diplo's cooperation in the field of Education Diplomacy please contact Hannah Slavik at hslavik@diplomacy.edu