Le système éducatif vise l’égalité, l’inclusivité, la qualité et la pertinence. Cependant, des centaines d’apprenants n’ont toujours pas accès à une éducation équitable et de qualité, en particulier dans les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire. De plus, les défis sont aggravés par les crises politiques, économiques, sociales et climatiques, telles que les guerres, les pandémies et les catastrophes naturelles, qui ont considérablement affecté le secteur de l’éducation.
Par conséquent, il est devenu impératif de transformer et de repenser l’éducation pour construire un avenir meilleur et plus différencié, et de renforcer nos engagements internationaux, politiques et financiers envers l’éducation comme moyen de parvenir au développement durable, à la paix et aux droits de l’homme.
Dans ce contexte, les Nations Unies ont convoqué le Sommet mondial sur la transformation de l’éducation, à l’issue duquel un pacte mondial pour la transformation de l’éducation a été formulé, étayé par les engagements nationaux de chaque pays. En réponse à cet appel, l’Organisation du Monde Islamique pour l’Éducation, les Sciences et la Culture (ICESCO), en collaboration avec le ministère omanais de l’Éducation, organise la troisième Conférence de l’ICESCO des Ministres de l’Éducation sous le thème « Au-delà du Sommet sur la Transformation de l’Education : des engagements aux actions » qui aura lieu les 2 et 3 octobre 2024 à Mascate, capitale du Sultanat d’Oman.
La conférence a pour objectif de renouveler la volonté et la disponibilité à transformer l’éducation, de renforcer la coopération entre les États membres dans ce domaine, et de construire des réseaux et des partenariats qui favorisent la concrétisation des engagements du Sommet sur la transformation de l’éducation. Il est prévu que la conférence se conclue par l’adoption de la Déclaration de Mascate sur la transformation de l’éducation dans le monde islamique.
Au cours de la conférence, des sessions scientifiques de haut niveau aborderont divers sujets liés à la transformation de l’éducation, ainsi que des présentations par des experts et des discussions approfondies pour échanger des expériences et des initiatives. De plus, une exposition spécialisée sur l’éducation sera organisée.
Directeur général de l’Organisation du monde islamique pour l’éducation, les sciences et la culture (ICESCO)
Ms. Amina J. Mohammed is the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Mohammed served as Minister of Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria where she steered the country’s efforts on climate action and efforts to protect the natural environment. Ms. Mohammed first joined the United Nations in 2012 as Special Adviser to former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with the responsibility for post-2015 development planning. She led the process that resulted in global agreement around the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the creation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Ms. Mohammed began her career working on the design of schools and clinics in Nigeria. She served as an advocate focused on increasing access to education and other social services, before moving into the public sector, where she rose to the position of adviser to four successive Presidents on poverty, public sector reform, and sustainable development. Ms. Mohammed has been conferred several honorary doctorates and has served as an adjunct professor, lecturing on international development. The recipient of various global awards, Ms. Mohammed has served on numerous international advisory boards and panels. She is the mother of six children and has three grandchildren.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was elected WHO Director-General for a five-year term by WHO Member States at the Seventieth World Health Assembly in May 2017, and was reelected to a second term in May 2022 during the Seventy-Fifth World Health Assembly. Dr Tedros was the first WHO Director-General elected from among multiple candidates by the World Health Assembly, and was the first person from the WHO African Region to head the world’s leading public health agency. Born in the Eritrean city of Asmara, Dr Tedros graduated from the University of Asmara with a Bachelor of Biology, before earning a Master of Science (MSc) in Immunology of Infectious Diseases from the University of London, a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Community Health from the University of Nottingham and an Honorary Fellowship from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Following his studies, Dr Tedros returned to Ethiopia to support the delivery of health services, first working as a field-level malariologist, before heading a regional health service and later serving in Ethiopia’s federal government for over a decade as Minister of Health and Minister of Foreign Affairs. As Minister of Health from 2005 to 2012, he led a comprehensive reform of the country’s health system, built on the foundation of universal health coverage and provision of services to all people, even in the most remote areas. Under his leadership, Ethiopia expanded its health infrastructure, developed innovative health financing mechanisms, and expanded its health workforce. A major component of reforms he drove was the creation of a primary health care extension programme that deployed 40 000 female health workers throughout the country. A significant result was an approximate 60% reduction in child and maternal mortality compared to 2000 levels. As Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2016, he elevated health as a political issue nationally, regionally and globally. In this role, he led efforts to negotiate the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, in which 193 countries committed to the financing necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Prior to his election as Director-General of WHO, Dr Tedros held many leadership positions in global health, including as Chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, Chair of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, and Co-chair of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Board. After taking office as WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros initiated the most significant transformation in the Organization’s history, which has generated a wide range of achievements
Dr. Luis Benveniste is the Global Director for Education at the World Bank. Previously, he was the Human Development Regional Director for Latin American and the Caribbean at the World Bank. He was a co-author of the World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development. Dr. Benveniste´s research interests focus on education finance, gender, student assessment practices and teacher policies. Other publications include “Financing Education at the Bottom of the Pyramid,” with Samer al Samarrai, in D. Wagner, N. Castillo & S. Grant Lewis (eds.), Learning, Marginalization and Improving the Quality of Education in Low-Income Countries (2022); Teaching in Cambodia (2008), with J. Marshall and M. Araujo; "The political structuration of assessment: Negotiating State power and legitimacy," in A.H. Halsey, P. Brown, H. Lauder & J. Dillabough (eds.), Education: Globalisation and Social Change (2006) and All Else Equal (2003), with M. Carnoy and R. Rothstein, a book on accountability and the organization of public and private schools in the United States. Dr. Benveniste has worked on a wide variety of World Bank-financed education projects in Africa, East Asia and Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. He received a B.A. Magna Cum Laude in Psychology from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in International Comparative Education from Stanford University.
Ms. Adele Khodr resumed her role as UNICEF Regional Director the Middle East and North Africa in March 2022. Ms. Khodr has been working with UNICEF since 1990. With over 30 years of service in UNICEF, she brings strong and dynamic leadership skills and strategic management experience combined with a deep understanding of UNICEF's work in both emergency and development contexts across four of UNICEF's seven regions. Her foundation expertise is in child protection. Adele started her career in UNICEF Lebanon, and then moved to UNICEF Sudan where she headed the Child Protection Section from 2002 to 2005. She then moved to the UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia where she worked on child trafficking. From 2006-2008, she served as Deputy Representative in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Adele moved in 2008 to UNICEF India to head the largest UNICEF field office in the world, namely in Uttar Pradesh, serving a population of 200 million persons with a focus on polio eradication, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene and child protection with special focus on child labour. She conducted policy dialogue and advocacy with the state government and other partners for enhancement of child rights and women in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Adele worked as UNICEF Representative in Cote d'Ivoire between October 2013 and April 2016 where she headed an office of nearly 110 staff, with a special focus on child and maternal health, nutrition, and child protection. Right after Cote d'Ivoire, Ms. Khodr was appointed as the UNICEF Representative in Afghanistan from June 2016 to April 2019. UNICEF's programme in Afghanistan is among the top ten UNICEF programmes in the world. The work involved humanitarian action, as well as work on polio eradication and children impacted by armed conflict. After Afghanistan, Adele moved in May 2019 to become the UNICEF Representative in Ethiopia where she served until September 2021. Her work involved leading both humanitarian and development action in one of UNICEF's largest three programmes in Africa. Prior to joining UNICEF, Adele was a lecturer in Sociology and Anthropology at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and the Lebanese American University from 1987 to 1994, overlapping with her work at UNICEF. A national of Lebanon, she completed her studies at the AUB, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration and a Master's in Social Anthropology. She is fluent in Arabic, French and English
Dr. Shannon May is President and Co-Founder of NewGlobe. NewGlobe has unequaled experience in transforming educational outcomes at speed and scale at the state and national level, benefiting teachers and ensuring children maximise their full potential. A holistic approach to school and school system support is core to NewGlobe, providing integrated teacher support, school management practices, capacity building for ministerial leadership, and scientifically-tested digital and print learning materials. Custom software applications and digital publishing enable digital transparency for ministerial leaders, empowering data-driven decision making at both the school and national level. NewGlobe leverages AI and machine learning to maximise data analytics, course design, and teacher coaching. NewGlobe's government programs serve more than 2 million children each school day in seven countries. Dr. May earned her Doctorate from UC Berkeley, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University.
Stavros N. Yiannouka is the CEO of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), a global think tank of the Qatar Foundation. WISE is dedicated to enabling the future of education through innovation. Its activities encompass research, capacity-building programs, and advocacy. WISE flagship initiatives include an annual series of research publications, a biennial global summit dubbed the 'Davos of education', the WISE edTech Accelerator, the WISE Innovation Awards, and the WISE Words podcast. For more visit www.wise-qatar.org. Prior to joining WISE in August 2012, Stavros was the Executive Vice-Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School) at the National University of Singapore. He joined the LKY School in June 2005 to spearhead the implementation of an ambitious growth strategy, which he had helped develop as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. Today, the LKY School is widely recognized as the leading global policy school in Asia. Together with Kishore Mahbubani et al. Stavros is the co-author of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy: Building a Global Policy School in Asia, World Scientific (2012). For more visit www.lkyspp.nus.edu.sg. Before joining the LKY School, Stavros spent five years with McKinsey & Company from 2000-2005 serving private and public sector clients in Singapore, Indonesia, South Korea and Canada, predominantly in finance, healthcare and education. Prior to joining McKinsey, Stavros practiced corporate law in the City of London from 1995-1998 with the firms Gouldens and Mayer, Brown & Platt. Stavros holds an MBA (with Distinction) from the London Business School and an LLB (with Honours) from the University of Bristol. He is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales, a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA); a Member of the Board of Trustees of Nazarbayev University in Astana Kazakhstan; and a non-executive Director of Blue Diagonal Capital Limited
Yasmine Sherif is the Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW). A lawyer specialized in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (LL.M), she has over 30 years of experience with the United Nations and international NGOs. Ms. Sherif has served in some of the most crisis-affected areas of the world, including Afghanistan, the Middle East, the Balkans, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan as well as in New York and Geneva. She has led high-level missions to numerous conflict and crisis-affected countries. Her expertise spans across the education, humanitarian, development, human rights, gender and peacekeeping spectrum. She is the author of the book, The Case for Humanity: An Extraordinary Session, and a Champion for ‘No Lost Generation.’ In 2017, she received the annual award Sweden’s UN Friend of the Year, in 2020 she was awarded the Global Educator Award in the United States, and in 2022 she received on behalf of Education Cannot Wait, the prestigious Mother Teresa Award. Ms. Sherif also received an award from the United Nations Association-USA Brooklyn Chapter in 2023. She has also been honored as a Listee in Marquis Who's Who for her dedication to the field of international affairs and law, and leadership of ECW, as well as in the “Women Leaders 2024 Collector's Edition" as a woman leader to look up to in 2024.
Fadia Kiwan has a PhD in political science from University of Paris- Sorbonne. A CAPES in philosophy and psychology from Faculty of Pedology at the Lebanese University. Professor at the institute of Political Science, she is Founder , former director of the same institue.2002-2014 Founder and Director of the Observatory of Public Service and Governance at Saint Joseph University, 2015-2018. Visiting professor at several universities, including France, Italy, Spain, Egypt and Tunisia. Member of the UNU Council 2007-2013, researcher and consultant to several international organizations. Appointed representative of the President of the Republic of Lebanon to the Permanent Council of la Francophone 2013-2017. Has published many research papers in the fields of civil society, good governance, good governance of political parties, women's issues, political systems in a comparative perspective. Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of UNESCO's "Most" Social Research Program. Member of the Executive Bureau of the Lebanese National Commission for Women, Member of the Executive Council of the Organization of Arab Women for the Republic of Lebanon 2003-2017
Andreas Schleicher is Director for Education and Skills at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He initiated and oversees the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and other international instruments that have created a global platform for policy-makers, researchers and educators across nations and cultures to innovate and transform educational policies and practices. He has worked for over 20 years with ministers and education leaders around the world to improve quality and equity in education. Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said that Schleicher “understands the global issues and challenges as well as or better than anyone I’ve met, and he tells me the truth” (The Atlantic, July 11). Former UK Secretary of State Michael Gove called Schleicher “the most important man in English education” – even though he is German and lives in France. Before joining the OECD, he was Director for Analysis at the International Association for Educational Achievement (IEA). He studied Physics in Germany and received a degree in Mathematics and Statistics in Australia. He is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the “Theodor Heuss” prize, awarded in the name of the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany for “exemplary democratic engagement”. He holds an honorary Professorship at the University of Heidelberg.
Costa Rican, born in San José in 1955. Bachelor and Licentiate of Economics from the University of Costa Rica, with an MA and a Ph.D. degree in Economics and Political Economy from the Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, New York. He recently acted as the UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser for the 2022 Transforming Education Summit. He was Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in Costa Rica during the Administration of José María Figueres Olsen (1994-1998), and Minister of Public Education during the second Administration of Oscar Arias Sánchez (2006-2010) and the Administration of Laura Chinchilla Miranda (2010-2014). From 1975 to 2022 he worked at the University of Costa Rica, where he was a Professor at the School of Economics and a researcher at the Research Institute in Economic Sciences. He also worked at the School of Economics and the International Center for Economic Policy for Sustainable Development at the National University in Costa Rica. He has worked as a consultant on issues of economic policy, social policy, and public management for various international organizations such as the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). He was a member of the Scientific Council of the Latin American Center for Development Administration (CLAD). He has published articles in magazines and books on economic and social issues related to economic and social development. Together with Laura Cristina Blanco, he authored the book "Costa Rica: an almost successful underdeveloped country", by Editorial URUK. He has also written several fiction books: “Mono Congo y León Panzón” and “Gracias a Usted”, both with Editorial Farben-Norma, and “El Sastrecillo ¿valiente?” published by CIDCLI in Mexico, Argentina and Brazil.
Wendy Kopp is CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All, a global network of organizations in 62 countries working to develop collective leadership to ensure all children can fulfill their potential. Prior to launching Teach For All in 2007, Wendy founded and led Teach For America – which has proven to be an unparalleled source of long-term leadership for expanding opportunity for children in the United States – for 24 years. She led the development of Teach For All to be responsive to the initiative of social entrepreneurs around the world who were determined to adapt this approach in their own countries. Wendy is the author of A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn’t in Providing an Excellent Education for All (2011) and One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach For America and What I Learned Along the Way (2000). She holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and has honorary doctorate degrees from 15 universities. Wendy is the youngest person and the first woman to receive Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson Award (1993). In 1994, Time Magazine recognized her as one of the forty most promising leaders under 40; in 2006, U.S. News & World Report named her as one of America’s Best Leaders; and in 2008, Time Magazine recognized her as one of the World’s 100 Most Influential People. Wendy is the recipient of numerous awards including the WISE Prize for Education (2021), the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship (2008), and the Schwab Foundation’s Outstanding Social Entrepreneur Award (2003). She has four children and resides in New York City with her husband.
The ICESCO Education Ministers Conference is a high-level gathering of Education Ministers from ICESCO member states to discuss and collaborate on key educational issues impacting the Islamic world.
The dates and venue for the 3rd Edition of the Conference are 2-3 October 2024 in Muscat, Oman.
The Conference is open to Education Ministers from ICESCO member states, education experts, representatives of international organizations, and invited guests.
The registration form is available on the Conference website. You can register online at: https://cem.icesco.org/form/
The working languages of the Conference are: Arabic, English, French. Interpretation services will be provided on the spot.
The theme of the Conference is: Beyond Transforming Education Summit: from Commitment to action.
The Conference will focus on a variety of topics related to Transforming Education in the Islamic World, Greening Education, The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation in Accelerating the Transformation of Education, Education in Times of Crises and Emergencies.
