Joint UNESCO and Council of Europe Conference Online

Joint  UNESCO and Council of Europe Conference Online “From making student voice heard to active civic participation in the digital age: The role of schools during and after the pandemic”

I had a great opportunity to parctipate at the UNESCO and the Council of Europe join to conference “From making student voice heard to active civic participation n the digital age: The role of schools during and after the pandemic”.It was held an online from 23 to 25 November 2020. The conference addressed the educational challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic and demonstrated opportunities to shape education systems, in relation to student voice and participation.  The conference was built on the preliminary findings from a joint UNESCO/Council of Europe research study on th impact of COVID-19 on student voice and participation, for which four members of the Democratic Schools Net work help edidentify barriers and good practices. The conference provided an opportunity to hear about the experiences of the members of the Democratic Schools Network

(our school is a member) and UNESCO. The conference brought  together  up     to 500         participants from  around 60   countries     in      Europe, as  well   as      the Middle  East  and North   Africa,       among        which:

• Policy-makers,   including    from  Ministries   of      Education;
• School  leaders   and    teachers      from  UNESCO’s AS Pnet of
• Schools and the    Democratic Schools      Network     of      the     Council       of Europe;
• Youth       Parliaments;
• Secondary school         students      from  UNESCO’s ASPnetand the Democratic         Schools       Network     of      the     Council       of      Europe,      and    OBESSU         as      the     representative       organisation of      secondary   schools.