Human Rights Education Associates

HREA co-sponsors Workshop on Education for Global Citizenship

HREA will be co-sponsoring a workshop on education for global citizenship at UN headquarters on Wednesday, 27 August. This participatory workshop intends to facilitate discussion on education for global citizenship as vital to achieving a transformative post-2015 development agenda. Ideas and recommendations generated from the discussion can link to SDG processes, the UN Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative, and other relevant efforts.

Speakers
– Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury
Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the UN
– Anjali Rangaswami, Division for Sustainable Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
– Min Jeong Kim
Head, Global Education First Initiative Secretariat Team, UNESCO

WHEN: Wednesday, August 27 from 3:00 – 4:15 pm
WHERE: NLB Conference Room E, United Nations Headquarters, New York*
ORGANISERS: Soka Gakkai International (SGI)
CO-SPONSORS: HREA, Baha’i International Community, Global Movement for the Culture of Peace, UN Sustainable Development Education Caucus

* For this event it is not required to have a UN Ground Pass. However, it is required to RSVP in order to get a Guest Pass to access the UN grounds.

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