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Erasmus Global Partnerships MENA Forum , Fostering Global Citizenship Education to Move Beyond the SDGs

From

29
8:30 am February 2020

To

02
1:00 pm March 2020

By invitation

In the framework of Erasmus Global Partnership’s MENA Forum, the Policy Center for the New South will be represented by its Senior Fellow Mohamed Loulichki in the Fishbowl discussion “The role of Global Citizenship Education in Building a Culture of Peace” on March 1st 2020.

In addition, the Policy Center for the New South will host Erasmus Global Partnership’s Policy Dialogue on March 2nd 2020 under the theme “Fostering Global Citizenship Education to Move Beyond the SDGs”.

The Policy Dialogue will engage a diverse group of policy and decision makers from the MENA region, the European Union and the United Nations, and serve as a platform to:

    -  Present Policy Recommendations and Innovation Lab projects developed during the EGP MENA Forum;

    -  Discuss the needs of Civic Society Organizations and Entrepreneurs from MENA and Europe and how governments and international donors could support them;

    -  Identify the opportunities to bridge UN 2030 and AU 2063 agendas in the fields of Youth, Entrepreneurship and Education.

For further information, please contact Ms. Zineb Fathi : Z.Fathi@policycenter.ma

AGENDA

8.30-9.00

Registration

09.00-9.20

Welcoming Remarks

- HE Said Amzazi, Minister on Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Morocco
- Ambassador Claudia Wiedey, EU Delegation to Morocco
- Dr Latifa Daadaoui, Coordinator, Erasmus+ Office Morocco
- Swati Verma, Co-founder, Erasmus Global Partnerships

Moderator:
Hatim El Otmani, President, Atlas for Development

9.20-10.40

Panel “Fostering Global Citizenship Education to Move Beyond the SDGs: the 10 Year Vision”

- Dr. Abdelkader EL KHISSASSI, Head of Youth Sector, Union for the Mediterranean
- Emoke Peter, Policy Officer, DG JUSTICE, European Commission
- Youssef Wardany, Assistant to the Minister of Youth and Sports, Egypt
- Benjamin Gunther, Board Member, European Youth Forum
- Patrícia Gonçalves, Joint Council on Youth, Council of Europe

Moderator:
Neringa Tumenaite, Co-founder, Erasmus Global Partnerships

10.40-11.10

Coffee Break

11.10-12.30

Exchange with the Policy and Decision Makers

Thematic areas: Education, Sustainability, Peace, Social Entrepreneurship

Special rapporteur: Osama Aljaber, Youth Participation Coordinator, UNDP Jordan

12.30-13.00

Reporting and planning of the next steps

13.00-13.30

Closing of the Forum

 
 
Speakers
Mohammed Loulichki
Senior Fellow
Mohammed Loulichki is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. He brings over 40 years of comprehensive experience in diplomacy, conflict resolution, and human rights. He has served in various roles including as a member and Deputy Head of the Moroccan delegation to the 3rd Conference on the Law of the Sea (1982-1990), Head of the Department of Legal Affairs and Treaties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1988-1991), and General Director for Multilateral Affairs in the same ministry (2003-2006).   He also acted as Morocco's Ambassador to Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Croatia (1995-1999), and was the Moroccan Government's Ambassador Coordinator with MINURSO (1999-2001). Furthermore, he served ...