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Inclusion and equity are keywords in the formulation of SDG4: “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”.

UNESCO defines and promotes inclusive education as “education systems that remove the barriers limiting the participation and achievement of all learners, respect diverse needs, abilities and characteristics and that eliminate all forms of discrimination in the learning environment”. This means, quite simply, that every child has a right to appropriate high-quality education, regardless of gender, location, wealth, ethnicity, but also of religion, language, disability – and regardless of how these barriers may further intersect.

Despite this international definition, the term “inclusive education” tends to have different meanings for different people. Moreover, a much more complex issue is achieving inclusive and equitable, high-quality education.

The 2020 Educaid.be Digital Conference will aim to contribute to the understanding of what inclusive education really stands for; what the barriers are impeding its delivery; what the perspectives, strategies and approaches are for achieving it; and what good and inspirational practices are in place.

The conference will mark the official launch in Belgium of the 2020 UNESCO GEM report. This report addresses inclusion in education worldwide, drawing attention to all those excluded from education because of background or ability. Its presentation will give a state-of-the-art update on inclusive and equitable education and provide the context to improve our understanding of this important issue. 

PROGRAMME DAY 2 | 22 October 2020

13:00-13:05

Welcome & Introduction 

13:05-14:00

Session I : The multi-sectorial approach for disability inclusive education: lessons learned from the field 

Nadia Hadad
Moderator: Nadia Hadad
Member of the Executive Committee of the European Disability Forum (UK)
Subekshya Karki
Subekshya Karki
Technical Coordinator Inclusive Education, Handicap International (Nepal)
Dr Ngbenga
Dr Jean-Marie Ngbenga Gerewoyo
Programme Coordinator, Light for the World (DR Congo)
Q&A
14:00-14:10

Coffee break

14:10-14:15

Welcome & Introduction 

14:15-15:30

Session II : A holistic approach to inclusion: tackling barriers to gender equality in education through research and practice 

Heidy Rombouts
Moderator: Heidy Rombouts
National Director, Plan International Belgium
Balkissa Harouna Brah
Balkissa Harouna Brah
Program Advisor for Niger of the “Girls First Fund” & Former manager of "Sarraounia" Girls Education Project, Enabel (Niger)
Humberto Camacho
Humberto Camacho
National Coordinator, OFPROBOL (Bolivia), a partner of VIA Don Bosco
Adeline N'Ouemou
Adeline N'Ouemou
A young female activist from Benin, Plan International Benin
Q&A
15:30-15:40

Coffee break  

15:40-15:45

Welcome & Introduction 

15:45-17:00

Session III : Teachers as agents of inclusion: the case of South Africa – prepared by VVOB & British Council (South Africa) 

Moderator: Inge Vandevyvere (VVOB) & Caroline Grant (British Council) 

Jabulani Ngcobo
Jabulani Ngcobo
Director Inclusive Education, Department of Basic Education (South Africa)
Michelle Mathey
Michelle Mathey
Director of Teacher Education, Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), (South Africa)
Yusuf Sayed
Yusuf Sayed
Professor of International Education and Development Policy at the University of Sussex (UK) and the South African Research Chair in Teacher Education, and the Founding Director of the Centre for International Teacher Education (CITE) at the CPUT, SA
Gerrit Coetzee
Gerrit Coetzee
Director Initial Teacher Education (South Africa)
17:00-17:20

Closure session 

Kwame Akyeampong
Kwame Akyeampong
Professor of International Education & Development, Open University (UK)
Meryame Kitir
Meryame Kitir
Minister of Development Cooperation
17:20-17:30

Closure

PROGRAMME DAY 1 | 15 October 2020

14:00-14:10

Welcome & Introduction 

14:10-14:30
Kira Boe
Keynote address 'Education as the Great Equalizer' by Kira Boe
Educational Policy Lead, Oxfam Ibis
14:30-15:00

Presentation of the 2020 GEM Report “Inclusion and education: All means all”

Anna D'addio
Anna D’Addio
Senior Policy Analyst, GEM Report (UNESCO)
15:00-15:10

Coffee break

15:10-16:20

Panel discussion: The challenges of developing and implementing national inclusive education policies

Ides Nicaise
Moderator:
Ides Nicaise
Professor, KU Leuven
Anthony Boateng
Anthony Boateng
Deputy Director-General, Ghana Education Service
Solange Akpo
Solange Akpo
Capacity Building Manager & Acting Regional Coordinator ANCEFA, Africa Network Campaign on Education for All (Togo)
Carina Omoeva
Carina Omoeva
Director, Research and Evaluation FHI 360 (USA, Washington)
Anna D'addio
Anna D’Addio
Senior Education Advisor, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO
Q&A
16:20-16:30

Closure