The symposium welcomes educators and education policy makers who care for a more just and sustainable world. Thoughts will be elaborated in dialogues, workshops and key note speeches.

This symposium addresses three key issues:
- What is global education?
- What are key competencies of global citizens in general education?
- How can priorities of global education be nationally identified?

Watch the lectures of the invited keynote speakers here:
Vanessa Andreotti, Professor of Global Education, University of Oulu, Finland

Helmuth Hartmeyer, Director, Austrian Development Agency, Chairperson of GENE
Annette Scheunpflug, Professor of Philosophy of Education, University of Erlangen-Nuremburg, Germany

Rauni Räsänen, Professor Emerita of Global Education, University of Oulu, Finland

Organised by the Finnish National Board of Education (FNBE), in cooperation with Global Education Network, Europe (GENE), Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and Hanasaari – the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Center.

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Conference website and programme

Material for the seminar

This page will be updated continuously both before and after the seminar.

Becoming a Global Citizen_Programme (173.85 kB)

Becoming a Global Citizen_Meave Martin (904.78 kB)

Becoming a Global Citizen_Saila Poulter (561.55 kB)