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International Conference on Education; 48Th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION 48th session Geneva, Switzerland, 25-28 November 2008 ‘‘INCLUSIVE EDUCATION: THE WAY OF THE FUTURE’’ FINAL REPORT UNESCO International Bureau of Education INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION 48th session Geneva, Switzerland, 25-28 November 2008 ‘‘INCLUSIVE EDUCATION: THE WAY OF THE FUTURE’’ FINAL REPORT Original : English Published in 2009 By the United Nations Educational, Scientifi c and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 7 place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP UNESCO International Bureau of Education, Geneva ED/MD/104 CLD 2447.9 © UNESCO 2009 Printed in France TABLE OF CONTENTS AGENDA ....................................................................................................................................... 5 PART I – ORGANIZATION OF THE CONFERENCE A. Opening Ceremony ………………………… ..................................................................7 B. Organisation of Work – Working methods ..................................................................8 C. Closing Session ........................................................................................................ 11 D. Award Ceremony of the J. A. Comenius Medal …………..……….… ..........................12 E. Side events and other events …………………………..………..……...........................12 F. Exhibitions …...….…………………………………………………… ...............................14 PART II – DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY THE CONFERENCE A. General Report of the 48th session of the International Conference on Education (ICE) ……..…. .................15 B. Conclusions and Recommendations of the 48th session of the International Conference on Education (ICE)……….... .................18 ANNEXES I. Opening address by H.E. Mrs. D. Purandeswari, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Head of the Indian Delegation, Chair of the 47th session of the ICE II. Opening address by Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO III. Opening address by H.E. Mr. Charles Beer, State Counsellor, Head of the Swiss Delegation IV. Opening address by H.E. Mr. Abdulsalam M. Al-Joufi , Minister of Education of Yemen, Chair of the 48th session of the ICE V. Presentation of the Work of the Conference by Ms. Clementina Acedo, IBE Director and Secretary of the Conference VI. Introductory Debate and Research Findings: List of Keynote Speakers VII. Introductory Debate: Keynote speeches (a) H.E. Ms. Liu Yandong, State Councillor, People’s Republic of China (b) H.E. Mr. Xavier Darcos, Minister of National Education, French Republic (c) H.E. Ms. Naledi Pandor, Minister of Education, Republic of South Africa, Chair of the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union (d) Ms. Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (e) H.E. Mr. Lenin Moreno Garcés, Vice-President, Republic of Ecuador VIII. Workshop Synthesis Reports (a) Synthesis Report of Workshops No. 1 (b) Synthesis Report of Workshops No. 2 (c) Synthesis Report of Workshops No. 3 (d) Synthesis Report of Workshops No. 4 IX. Final Debate: List of Speakers X. Final Debate: Keynote Speeches (a) Mr. Ahlin Byll-Cataria, Executive Secretary, Association for the Development of Education in Africa (b) Mr. Mel Ainscow, Professor, Centre for Equity in Education, University of Manchester (c) Ms. Codou Diaw, Executive Director, Forum for African Women Educationalists (d) Mr. Gaston De la Haye, Deputy General Secretary, Education International XI. Resolution adopted by the 48th session of the International Conference on Education (ICE): Message of Peace and Goodwill to the Government and People of India; and vote of thanks by H.E. Mrs. D. Purandeswari, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, India XII. Closing address and acknowledgements by Ms. Clementina Acedo, IBE Director and Secretary of the Conference XIII. Closing address by Mr. Nicholas Burnett, Assistant Director-General, on behalf of Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO XIV. Closing address by H.E. Mr. Charles Beer, State Counsellor, Head of the Swiss Delegation XV. Closing address by H.E. Mr. Abdulsalam M. Al-Joufi , Minister of Education of Yemen, Chair of the 48th session of the ICE XVI. Speech of H.E. Mr. Raul Vallejo Corral, President of the IBE Council, on the occasion of the Comenius Medal Award Ceremony XVII. Speech of Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the Comenius Medal Award Ceremony XVIII. Speech of Ms. Eva Bartonova, First Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic, on the occasion of the Comenius Medal Award Ceremony XIX. Conclusions of Joint Expert Group UNESCO (CR)/ECOSOC (CESCR) on the Monitoring of the Right to Education XX. List of Speakers in the Workshops XXI. List of Sponsors and Partners XXII. List of documents prepared for the Conference XXIII. List of Participants XXIV. UNESCO Representatives and IBE Secretariat page 5 UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION Forty-eighth session International Conference Centre, Geneva 25-28 November 2008 “INCLUSIVE EDUCATION: THE WAY OF THE FUTURE” AGENDA 1. Opening of the Conference 2. Adoption of the Provisional Agenda (ED/BIE/CONFINTED 48/1) 3. Election of the Chairman 4. Election of the Vice-Chairs and the Rapporteur of the Conference and constitution of the Drafting Group of the “Conclusions and Recommendations” 5. Proposed Organization of the Work of the Conference (ED/BIE/CONFINTED 48/2) 6. Review of the Conference’s theme: “Inclusive Education: The Way of the Future” (ED/BIE/CONFINTED 48/3) 7. Presentation of the Outcomes of the Work of the Conference by the Rapporteur 8. Adoption of the Conclusions and Recommendations of the 48th session of the ICE (ED/BIE/CONFINTED 48/5) 9. Closing of the Conference Part I - page 7 PART I ORGANIZATION OF THE CONFERENCE A. Opening Ceremony 1. The 48th session of the International Conference on Education (ICE), convened by the Director- General of UNESCO in accordance with the 34 C/Resolution 4 adopted by the General Conference at its 34th session, was held at the International Conference Centre, in Geneva, from 25 to 28 November 2008 on the theme “Inclusive Education: The Way of the Future”. 2. The importance of the Conference as a unique international forum for policy dialogue in the fi eld of education and its specifi c place within UNESCO’s overall strategy for fostering quality Education for All (EFA) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) was confi rmed by the exceptional level of political representation. More than 1,600 participants, including approximately 100 ministers and deputy ministers of education from 153 UNESCO Member States, alongside representatives of 20 intergovernmental organizations, 25 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), foundations and other institutions of civil society, took part in the constructive and challenging debates. The list of participants is given in Annex XXIII. 3. The participants were greeted at the beginning of the Conference by the songs of the children’s choir les Jeun’Voix, directed by Ms. C. Fellay, from the Department of Education, Republic and Canton of Geneva. Their best wishes for a successful Conference were warmly welcomed by the delegations. 4. The session was officially opened by H.E. Mrs. D. Purandeswari, Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Head of the Delegation of India, the country that assumed the Chairmanship of the 47th session. Mrs. Purandeswari’s opening address is refl ected in Annex I. 5. The Chair invited fi rst Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, and then H.E. Mr. Charles Beer, State Counsellor, Department of Education, Republic and Canton of Geneva, and Head of the Swiss Delegation, to address the Conference. Their speeches appear respectively in Annexes II and III. 6. The Chair introduced the provisional agenda (ED/BIE/CONFINTED 48/1), which was adopted as it appears at the beginning of this report, and invited H.E. Mr. Raúl Vallejo Corral, President of the Council of the International Bureau of Education (IBE), to present the recommendations made during the 57th session of the IBE Council, which took place that morning, with regard to the Bureau of the Conference, including the new Chair. 7. Upon the proposal of the Electoral Group Vb (Arab States), the Conference elected by acclamation H.E. Mr. Abdulsalam M. Al-JOUFI, Minister of Education, Yemen, as the Chair of the 48th session of the ICE. H.E. Mr. Al-Joufi ’s opening address is contained in Annex IV. 8. The Conference then established its Bureau and elected the following ten Vice-Chairs by acclamation: Ms. Fatma ABDULLAZADE (Republic of Azerbaijan) Mr. Michel AUDET (Canada) H.E. Ms. Mirna Vallejos DE CRESPO (Republic of Panama) Part I - page 8 Ms. Irmeli HALINEN (Republic of Finland) H.E. Mr. Zhou JI (People’s Republic of China) H.E. Ms. Tatjana KOKE (Republic of Latvia) Mr. Badru Haji LUBEGA WAGWA (Republic of Uganda) H.E. Mr. Geoffrey LUNGWANGWA (Republic of Zambia) H.E. Mr. Ali SAAD (Syrian Arab Republic) H.E. Mr. Ghulam Farooq WARDAK (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) 9. Mrs. Tibisay HUNG, Vice-Minister in charge of Academic Policies, Ministry of Higher Education, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, was then elected Rapporteur of the Conference by acclamation. 10. The Conference endorsed both the IBE Council’s proposals related to the Drafting Group, namely that it should be presided over by Ambassador Michael Omolewa, Permanent Delegate of Nigeria and President of the Working Group on the ICE, and that it should be composed of two
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