School of Education

We are pleased that our proposal for a panel at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2021 has been accepted. It is entitled, Local challenges, global imperatives: Cities at the forefront to achieve SDG 4, and involves the Centre for Sustainable Healthy Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods in collaboration with the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) UNESCO and the UNESCO Institute for lifelong learning (UIL),.

The panel with consist of:

Chair: Hughes Moussy, h.moussy@iiep.unesco.org, IIEP/UNESCO
Discussant: Michael Osborne, Michael.Osborne@glasgow.ac.uk, Professor of Adult and Lifelong Learning and Director of Research, School of Education, University of Glasgow

Planning for SDG4 at the city level: Learning from experiences
Candy Lugaz, c.lugaz@iiep.unesco.org, International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) UNESCO; Chloé Chimier, c.chimier@iiep.unesco.org, International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) UNESCO;

Kigali toward achieving SDG4. Progress and Challenges in Education Planning
Léon MUGABE, rwema36@yahoo.fr, University of Rwanda; Vincent Manirakiza, vmanir3@gmail.com, University of Rwanda; Dan Imaniriho, irihodan@yahoo.fr, University of Rwanda;

Educational planning in cities: Building a monitoring and evaluation framework for lifelong learning
Alex Howells, a.howells@unesco.org, UNESCO Institute for lifelong learning (UIL);

The case of Bogotá: an innovative strategy to rethink the city as an education territory
Henry Armas Alvarado, h.armas@iiep.unesco.org, International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)-UNESCO Buenos Aires;

It is very pleasing to have an input from our SHLC colleagues in Kigali.

This panel builds on existing co-operation from both the PASCAL Observatory and SHLC with both UNESCO Institutes. In the new year we will announce a new collaboration with IIEP that will involve the study of role of education in urban planning in cities in Bangladesh, the Philippines and Rwanda, supported by SHLC’s Capacity Development Acceleration Fund.

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First published: 16 December 2020