OSI Education Support Program
Budapest Conference

DRAFT AGENDA (2.06.05)
Thursday 30th June
7.00-7.30 pm Welcome reception
7.30-10.00 pm Conference dinner
   
Friday 1st July
9.00-9.30 am Introduction to conference
Jana Huttova, Suzana Gerzina, OSI
9.30-10.15 am Keynote: Globalization, educational trends and the open society
Martin Carnoy, Stanford University
Chair: Indra Dedze
10.15-11.00 am Round table* discussions with feedback on main issues, questions, comments
11.00-11.30 am Coffee
11.30-12.30 am Panel session: The role of NGOs: networking for maximum impact on policy and practice
Vita Terauda, Providus; Iveta Silova, Baku State University
Chair: Batuhan Aydagul
12.30-2.00 pm Lunch
2.00-2.45 pm Keynote: International trends in education
Barry McGaw, OECD
Chair: Jana Huttova
2.45-3.45 pm Group sessions** preparing feedback to plenary
3.45-4.15 pm Coffee
4.15-5.00 pm Feedback to main conference
Barry McGaw, OECD
Chair: Jana Huttova
7.00-10.00 pm Dinner
   
Saturday 2nd July
  Keynote panel
9.30-10.15 am Keynote: Human rights and education
Abbas Rashid , Society for the Advancement of Education
Chair: Grace Kaimila-Kanjo
10.15-11.00 am Round table* discussions with feedback on main issues, questions, comments
10.00-11.30 am Coffee
11.30-12.15 am Keynote: Adolescence; a critical evolutionary adaptation
John Abbot, 21st Century Learning Initiative
Chair: Maja Kovacevic
12.15-1.00 pm Round table* discussions with feedback on main issues, questions, comments
1.00-2.30 pm Lunch
2.30-3.30 pm Parallel group sessions**

Paper 1: Strategies for effective intercultural communication for school children: from local NGO initiatives to systemic change
Oleg Smirnov, Ukraine

Paper 2: Role of civil society in influencing national policy
Zikani H.W. Kaunda, Malawi

Paper 3: School drop outs: different faces in different countries
Zhanar Rakhimzhanova, Kazakhstan; Indra Dedze, Latvia; Bolormaa Tsetsegee, Mongolia; Qodirov Shodibeg, Tajikistan.

Paper 4: The rise of private tutoring in post-socialist Eurasia
Elmina Kazimzade, Azerbaijan; Anuka Matiashvili, Georgia; Lilyia Hrynevich, Ukraine; Anita Sobanska / Elzbieta Putkiewicz, Poland

Paper 5: The role of international networks: experiences from the human rights education sector

Paper 6: The role of media in education advocacy
Jeremy Druker, Czech Republic
3.30-4.00 pm Coffee
4.00-5.00 pm Reflections on the conference and the way ahead
Chair: Lena Lenskaya, OSI General Education Sub Board
7.00-10.00 pm Cruise and dinner on the Danube
   
Sunday 3rd July
  Participants depart
* Note: Round table discussions take place at the tables in the main conference room. Participants at a table discuss the implications of the issues raised by the talk as they would apply in their own local context and then the main issues / questions are shared with the speaker and other participants in a plenary session.

** Note: Group and parallel sessions will be held in breakout rooms. The groups and rooms names will be arranged and communicated to participants during the conference.
Open Society Institute
Budapest, Október 6. u. 12.
H-1051 Hungary
Tel: 36-1-327-3100
Fax: 36-1-235-6147
 
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