Online International Roundtable on Education, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and the World’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)Wednesday 08 September 2021 | 9:00 EST | 14:00 BST

Venue: Zoom Online Platform (due to COVID-19 travel restrictions)

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The International Roundtable on Education, hosted jointly by the Voices of Future Generations Children's Initiative, in partnership with the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), and experts from the University of Cambridge, McGill University, and the University of Nairobi, among others, convenes teachers, child and youth leaders, mentors and experts on intergenerational equity, children's rights and sustainable development for an interactive dialogue to raise awareness and speak up for education, children's rights and the global Sustainable Development Goals. 

This special online event celebrates the global launch of ten beautifully illustrated new children's books. 

The event features VoFG CI Child Authors and Ambassadors from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, the Middle East, Oceania and the Pacific Islands. 

Further, honoured invited chairs and speakers include: Judge Prof. Marcel Szabo, former Ombudsperson for the Rights of Future Generations and Chair of Voices of Future Generations Children's Initiative, Dr. Gabrielle Sacconaghi Bacon, Goodwill Ambassador, Voices of Future Generations Children's Initiative, Adv. Neshan Gunasekera, CISDL Lead Counsel, Prof. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger of the University of Cambridge and the University of Waterloo, Senior Director of the CISDL, all leaders in the VoFG CI International Commission; alongside keynote remarks from Dr. Roda Muse, Secretary-General of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, together with Ms. Isabelle LeVert-Chiasson, ASPnet Coordinator with Canadian Commission for UNESCO, Isobel Abuhoul OBE (CEO and Trustee of the Emirates Literature Foundation & International Commission, VoFG).

The Voices of Future Generations new children's books being celebrated with UNESCO, CISDL and partners on International Literacy Day 2021 include:

*TBC