European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
9:30 | Opening
Moderated by:
- Arnaud Schwartz, president of the EESC Study Group on Empowering youth to achieve sustainable development through education
9:35 | Introduction
- Tatjana Babrauskienė, rapporteur of the EESC opinion Empowering youth to achieve sustainable development through education
9:40 | State of play on EU initiatives and reporting on implementation in EU Member States
- Martin Fatura, Czech EU Presidency, Director at Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Department of EU Affairs
- Nathalie Nikitenko, French Ministry of Education and Youth, Director for European and International Affairs
- Malte Galle, Member of the European Parliament
- Deirdre Hodson and Iga Nowicz, policy officer, DG EAC, European Commission
- Yuri Belfali, Head of Early Childhood and Schools, OECD
Q&A and debate
11:10 | Coffee Break
11:20 | Debate
Moderated by:
- Arnaud Schwartz, president of the EESC Study Group on Empowering youth to achieve sustainable development through education
The future is up to us – From good practises, tools and innovative ideas to a blueprint for a sustainable, transformative education
- Bernard Combes, Programme Officer, UNESCO, Section of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
What are the key enablers necessary for a sustainable education implementing the SDGs on a national and regional level? – Stakeholder voices
- Wouter Ubbink, UN Youth Delegate
- Daniela Peukert, Lecturer, Tomorrow's Education, Tomorrow University
Sharing experiences on how to promote shared leadership for a climate of change in education institutions
- Joaquim Santos, ETUCE – teacher perspective, Member of the National Secretariat and of the Executive Committee of the National Federation of Education (FNE - Portugal)
- Marianne Lindheim, Regional and Local authorities' association of Norway (KS), EFEE (European Federation of Education Employers
Open floor discussion
12:55 | Concluding remarks
- Tatjana Babrauskienė, rapporteur of the EESC opinion Empowering youth to achieve sustainable development through education
13:00 | End of hearing
Language regime: EN, FR and IT.