UNESCO Director-General to attend first European Education Summit in Brussels

dg-aa-portrait-drupal.jpg © UNESCO/Christelle ALIX 23 January 2018Paris, 24 January—The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, will travel to Brussels on 24 and 25 January on the occasion of the first European Education Summit, organized by the European Commission. Ms Azoulay will address education ministers and stakeholders at the opening session of the Summit, which aims to lay the foundations for a European Educational Area by 2015 with a particular focus on innovation, inclusion and values-based education. In her address, the Director-General will highlight the synergies between Europe’s…

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