Fourth International Conference on Learning Cities: Presentations and speeches

Opening ceremony

• Mr David Atchoarena, Director, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg, Germany
• Mr Federico Gutiérrez, Mayor of Medellín, Colombia
• Mr Iván Duque Márquez, President of the Republic of Colombia (speech)

Ceremonial handover of title of Host Learning City
Adoption of the Conference Agenda and election of the Conference Board

• Mr John Sheehan, Lord Mayor of Cork, Ireland
• Mr Federico Gutiérrez, Mayor of Medellín, Colombia
• Mr David Atchoarena, Director, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg, Germany

Background paper

Plenary Session I
Policies for inclusion at the local level

Speakers

• Mr Raúl Valdés-Cotera, Team Leader, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg, Germany (presentation)
• Representatives of the City of Cork, Ireland
• Mr Federico Gutiérrez, Mayor of Medellín, Colombia (presentation)

Plenary Session II
Governance structures to support inclusive policies

Speakers

• Mr Seok-Jin Mun, Mayor of Seodaemun-gu, Republic of Korea (presentation)
• Ms Angélica Patricia Alvarado Juárez, Municipal President of Huejotzingo, Municipal Government of Huejotzingo, Mexico (presentation)
• Mr Jose Enrique S. Garcia III, Congressman - 2nd District, Province of Bataan, Philippines (presentation)

Plenary Session III
Monitoring Mechanisms for learning cities

Speakers

• Mr Erik Lauritzen, Mayor of Sønderborg Municipality, Kingdom of Denmark (presentation)
• Mr Wing On Lee, Executive Director, Institute for Adult Learning (IAL), Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), Republic of Singapore (presentation)
• Mr Minjing Ni, Deputy Director, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China (presentation)

Parallel thematic forums 1

Theme 1
Green and Healthy Learning Cities

Speakers:

• Mr Ahmed Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim, Governor of Aswan, Egypt
• Ms María del Carmen Benítez, Intendente, Municipalidad de Ybycuí, Paraguay (presentation)
• Mr Daoudi Mohamed Yassine, Morocco

Theme 2
Employment and Entrepreneurship in Learning Cities

Speakers:

• Mr Agostinho Ramalho Almeida, Director, Center for the 4th Industrial Revolution Colombia, Republic of Colombia
• Mr Bartosz Bartoszewicz, Deputy Mayor of Gdynia, Poland (presentation)
• Ms Anna (Ania) Zongollowicz, Head of Programmes, The Global Apprenticeship Network, Geneva, Switzerland (presentation)
• Ms Judith James, Head of Strategic Regional Collaboration, Swansea University, Wales, UK (presentation)

Theme 3
Learning City Planning and management

Speakers:

• Ms María Victoria Angulo González, Minister of Education of the Republic of Colombia
• Mr Sang-Wook Kwak, Mayor of Osan City, Republic of Korea (presentation)
• Mr Philippe Bohelay, Deputy Mayor, Clermont-Ferrand, France
• Mr Hugues Moussy, Head of the Research and Development department, UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), Paris, France (presentation)

Mayors’ Forum
Presentations on GNLC strategy (closed session)

• Mr David Atchoarena, Director, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg, Germany (strategy document -- English, français, español)
• Ms Anne Coupez, Chief of unit for strategic planning, monitoring, institute and field coordination, UNESCO, Paris

Parallel thematic forums 2

Theme 1
People living in deprived neighbourhoods

Speakers:

• Mr Saintil Brice, UNICEF, Haiti (presentation)
• Mr Anton Salman, Mayor, Municipality of Bethlehem, Palestine (presentation)
• Mr Khedher Lassaad, Vice Mayor, Tunis, Organisation of the Municipality of Tunis, Tunisia (presentation)
• Mr Adrián Hernández, Project Coordinator in the Innovation and Design Commission of Puebla, Mexico (presentation)

Theme 2
Disabled population

Speakers:

• Ms Kaliane Santos Oliveira, Adviser - International Affairs, São Paulo’s City Hall (presentation)
• Mr Balázs Németh, Associate Professor in ALE, University of Pécs, Hungary (summary)

Theme 3
Other groups including elderly people and imprisoned population

Speakers:

• Ms Yuanyuan Diao, Vice President, Chengdu (Q&A)
• Mr Martín Rodrigo Gill, Intendente, Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina (presentation -- español)
• Mr François Lett, Researcher, UNESCO Chair in Applied Research for Education in Prison, Montreal, Canada
• Ms Maria Celeste Paulino, Director of the Education and Health Department, Municipality of Setúbal, Portugal (presentation)

Parallel thematic forums 3

Theme 1
Youth at risk

Speakers:

• Mr Amadou Talla Daff, Deputy Mayor, City of Mantes-la-Jolie, France (summary)
• Mr Javier Caballero Gaona, Administration, Municipal Santiago, Mexico
• Mr Dimitris Deligiannis, Chairman of the City Council, Municipality of Larissa, Greece (presentation)
• Mr Tom Sperlinger, Professor of Literature and Engaged Pedagogy, University of Bristol, United Kingdom (presentation)

Theme 2
Refugees and migrants

Speakers:

• Mr Nikolaos Angelakis, Deputy Mayor of Education, Lifelong Learning and Youth Generation’s Issues, Heraklion, Greece (Q&A)
• Mr Serhii Pryima, Vice mayor of Melitopol City, Executive Committee of Melitopol City Council of Zaporizhzhia Region, Melitopol, Ukraine Vice mayor of Melitopol City, Ukraine (presentation)
• Ms Anna Cristina D’Addio, Senior Education Advisor /Senior Policy Analyst, Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM Report), UNESCO, France (presentation)
• Mr Matthew Wilson, Manager Community Planning, Melton City Council, Melton, Australia (presentation)

Theme 3
Digitally excluded populations

Speakers:

• Ms Sarah Kiely, Councillor, County of Limerick, Ireland (presentation)
• Mr Nam-seok Ko, Mayor, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon metropolitan, Republic of Korea
• Ms Catherine Lido, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Urban Big Data Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom (presentation)

Plenary session

• Report from the mayor’s forum on the thematic clusters of the GNLC strategy (report -- français)
• Report of the Rapporteur General of the Conference
• Adoption of the Medellín Manifesto (English, français, español)

Draft strategy (English, français, español)

Closing remarks

• Mr Federico Gutiérrez, Mayor of Medellín, Colombia
• Ms María Victoria Angulo González, Minister of Education, Colombia
• Mr David Atchoarena, Director, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg, Germany

Conference report