Keynotes
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Dr Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions spoke about building education resilience and how “our education systems across the globe do not currently teach the kinds of basic resiliency skills learners might need.” |
| Mr Mohammed Rezwan, Executive Director, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, Bangladesh virtually addressed the importance of inspiring innovations and outlined the work he and his organisation have done to support education in the impoverished, flood-prone regions of his country — the practice of developing and building floating schools. |
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Delivering the Fostering Lifelong Learning address, Professor Olaf Zawacki- Richter, Professor at the University of Oldenburg, Germany said that “widening access comes with duties and the responsibility of taking care of and providing support, especially for non-traditional learners.” |
| The Honourable Buti Kgwaridi Manamela, Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, South Africa spoke about his country’s successes in increasing access to education in an address promoting equity and inclusion. |  |
