Fifth International Conference on Learning Cities
Presentations and recordings
Wednesday, 27 October
Publications
Citizenship education for democratic and sustainable communities (ελληνική), (한국어)
Entrepreneurship education for learning cities
ESD implementation in learning cities
Survey analysis report. Cities and educational planning and management
Inclusive lifelong learning in cities: Policies and practices for vulnerable groups
Mayors’ Forum (cluster presentations)
- GNLC Cluster on Citizenship education
Larissa (Greece) & Yeonsu (Republic of Korea) - Educational planning, monitoring and evaluation (Goyang, Republic of Korea)
- Entrepreneurship Cluster, Cheng Du (People's Republic of China)
- Entrepreneurship Cluster, Isabella Calvagna - Municipality of Torino (Italy)
- Cluster on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), Jürgen Forkel-Schubert, Annika Forstén, Jiacheng Li
- Learning for Health and Well-being, Cluster Coordinator City Presentation, Representing Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Colm Kelleher: Mr Denis Barrett, Representing Mayor of Osan, Mr. Kwak Sangwook: Ms. Myeongsook, Lee
Watch the Mayors' forum in its entirety
Watch the Learning City Award Ceremony in its entirety
Thursday, 28 October
Opening ceremony
- Mr Ban Ki-Moon, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Keynote address
- Mr David Nabarro, Strategic Director of 4SD (Skills, Systems and Synergies for Sustainable Development), former Special Advisor to the United Nations SecretaryGeneral on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change, cochair of the forum on Climate Change and Health, WHO special Envoy for Covid-19, Keynote Address
- Mr Daniel Quintero, Mayor of Medellín – Ceremonial handover of title of Host Learning City and welcome speech
- Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education
- Ms Yoo Eun-hae, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Education, Republic of Korea
- Mr Park Nam-choon, Mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
- Mr Nam-Seok Ko, Mayor of Yeonsu, Republic of Korea
- Mr Do Sunghun, Superintendent, Incheon Metropolitan City Office of Education
- Mr David Atchoarena, Director UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
Plenary session I: Learning for health: A new paradigm for the post-COVID-19 era
- Learning For Health & Well Being – a new Paradigm: Perspectives from Cork Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Colm Kelleher and Chief Executive Cork City Council, Ms Ann Doherty
- Mr Alejandro Gómez López, District Secretary of Health, Bogotá (Colombia)
- Make people smile, Sangwook Kwak, Mayor of Osan (Republic of Korea)
- Building healthy and resilient cities through lifelong learning for health!
Mr Didier Jourdan, UNESCO Chair and WHO collaborating center in Global Health and Education
Plenary Session II: Resilient cities: Strengthening communities and local learning systems
- Mexico City: Initiatives to overcome the challenges of resilient and learning cities
Ofelia Angulo-Guerrero, Undersecretary of the Secretariat of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation of Mexico City (Mexico) - Resilient cities: Strengthening communities and local learning Jae-jun Lee, Mayor of Goyang (Republic of Korea)
- Relighting Our City, Mayor of Wolverhampton, Councillor Greg Brackenridge (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- Mr Qun Chen, Deputy Mayor of Shanghai (People's Republic of China)
- Learning for global health in cities - Community resilience and the strengthening of learning
Professor Michael Osborne, Chair of Adult & Lifelong Education, Director of Research within the School of Education, University of Glasgow; Co-director of the PASCAL Observatory on Place Management, Social Capital and Lifelong Learning
Watch opening ceremony, plenary sessions I and II in their entirety
Friday, 29 October
Parallel Thematic Forum 1 – 1. Transforming cities into spaces for health and well-being
- Wellbeing and Learning in Glasgow, Lord Provost of Glasgow Philip Braat (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- Las ciudades del aprendizaje y bienestar, Mr Carlos Ignacio Mier Bañuelos, Mayor of Tecamachalco (Mexico)
- Building resilient cities and communities, Lina Liakou, Resilient Cities Network
- Benchmarking and monitoring cities to learn how to create healthy, liveable and sustainable cities for all?
Billie Giles-Corti , RMIT VC Professorial Fellow and Director Healthy Liveable Cities Lab, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT
Parallel Thematic Forum 1 – 2. Promoting inter-sectoral approaches to learning for health
- Un écosystème local tourné vers la santé, GOLOKO Aminata, Director of Transversal Projects, Mantes-la-Jolie (France)
- Collaboration and Learning for Future Health Emergencies, Angélica Alvarado Juárez · Mayor of Huejotzingo (México)
- Promoting inter-sectoral approaches to learning for health, Natalia Alekseeva , Workstream Leader, Innovations for Sustainability, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - Learning never stops. The Lucca case, Roberta Piazza, City of Lucca (Italy)
Parallel Thematic Forum 1 – 3. Strengthening learning for health in the context of learning cities
- Learn Well, Live Well, Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Kate Nicholl (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- Reforzar el aprendizaje para la salud en el contexto de las ciudades del aprendizaje, Mr José Alberto Moreno Villamil, Secretary of Education, Tunja (Colombia)
- Learning during the Pandemic, Dr. Gabriel Rios – Villa María Learning City (Argentina)
Watch parallel session 1-1 in its entirety
Watch parallel session 1-2 in its entirety
Watch parallel session 1-3 in its entirety
Parallel Thematic Forum 2 – 1. Lifelong learning for climate action
- RCE’s Climate Actions through Multi-stakeholder Collaboration at the Local Level, Miki Konishi, Programme Coordinator, Innovation and Education Programme, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
- Hamburg - climate smart city, Jürgen Forkel-Schubert (Germany)
- Ownership via Active Learning
Mr Ville Taajamaa, City of Espoo (Finland) - Lifelong Learning for Effective Climate Action, Shanti Jagannathan, Asian Development Bank
Parallel Thematic Forum 2 – 2. Fostering healthy lifestyles and work in urban settings
- Mr. Kan Huang, Deputy director of Beijing Municipal Education Commission (People's Republic of China)
- Ybycuí
Aprendizajes desde el EcoProtagonismo Social para el Teko Porä
María Del Carmen Benítez, Intendente Municipal de Ybycuí (Paraguay) - IOs and place-based LLL policies for the Future of Work
Stefano Merante, International Training Centre of the ILO - Fostering healthy lifestyles and work in urban settings
Rep. Jose Enrique S. Garcia III, Vice Chairman of the Committees on Appropriations, Health and Energy (Philippines)
Parallel Thematic Forum 2 – 3. The contribution of global citizenship education to health
- The contribution of Global Citizenship Education to Health
Apostolos Kalogiannis, Mayor of Larissa (Greece) (Watch the video ) - Cantarranas (Honduras), The Selfie City
Francisco Gaitan Aguero, City Mayor - CE for healthy and resilent cities
Mr. Nam-seok Ko, Mayor of Yeonsu-Gu (Republic of Korea) - Ville de Benguerir, Ville de promotion de l'éducation à la citoyenneté mondiale par excellence
Mr Hajjaj Moussaid, Vice-president of Benguerir (Morocco) - People’s Participation ensures Resilience
Mr Javad Mahmoodi, Mayor of Bandar Khamir (Iran)
Watch parallel session 2-1 in its entirety
Watch parallel session 2-2 in its entirety
Watch parallel session 2-3 in its entirety
Parallel Thematic Forum 3 – 1. Promoting learning for health in the field of sexuality
- Reducing Sexual Health Stigma in Bristol
Ms Asher Craig, Councillor, Deputy Mayor of Bristol for Children's Services, Education and Equalities (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) - Linking comprehensive sexuality education to services through the digital space
Mr Xavier Hospital, UNESCO Regional Health and Education Advisor for the West and Central Africa region - Promoting health and sexuality education
Ms Denise Morrow, Student Experience Manager, Institute for Art, Design and Technology, Dublin, and Ms Emer Murphy, Dublin Learning
City Coordinator, Marino Institute of Education (Ireland) - Ms Marta Suplicy, Head of International Affairs of the City of São Paulo (Brazil) for the West and Central Africa region (transcript) (Watch the video)
Parallel Thematic Forum 3 – 2. Approaches for inclusive education in learning for health
- Ms Alexandra Agudelo Ruiz, Secretary of Education, Medellín (Colombia)
- Equity, inclusion and education: towards a cultural revolution
Carlo Nofri – Fermo (Italy) - Ms Jun Qin, Chief of Lifelong Education Division, Chengdu Municipal Education Bureau (People's Republic of China)
- Councillor Daniel Butler, Mayor of Limerick City and County (Ireland)
- All means all
Seok jin Mun, Mayor of Seodaemun (Republic of Korea)
Parallel Thematic Forum 3 – 3. Technology-enhanced learning for healthy populations
- Technology-Enhanced Learning for Healthy Populations
Ms Jasmine Hill, Wyndham’s Learning City Portfolio holder, Wyndham (Australia) - Technology-Enhanced Learning for Healthy Populations
Mr Meng Hui, Director of the Wuhan Education Bureau (People's Republic of China) - Technology-Enhanced Learning for Healthy Populations
Mr Luis González Arenal, Representative of the City of Puebla (Mexico) - Towards a people-centred approach to smart cities Katja Schäfer, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat
Watch parallel session 3-1 in its entirety
Watch parallel session 3-2 in its entirety
Watch parallel session 3-3 in its entirety
Watch the Adoption of the Yeonsu Declaration
