Director-General in Brussels for the first European Education Summit

dg-aa-portrait-drupal.jpg © UNESCO/Christelle ALIX 23 January 2018UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, will travel to Brussels (Belgium) on 24 and 25 January 2018 on the occasion of the first European Education Summit organized by the European Commission. This Summit aims at laying the foundations of the European Education Area by 2025, adopted last November, with a focus on innovation, inclusion and values-based education. Meeting for the first time since November, it will bring together European Ministers of Education and stakeholders from the world of education. The Director-General will…

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