The Berlin Summit on African Youth Education & Development
"Establishing a Sustainable Educational System Infrastructure and Professional Development Programs in Africa"
(Berlin; January 13th - 16th, 2015)
The Summit is under the Patronage of H.E. the Hon. Rui Duarte de Barros, Former Prime minister of Guinea - Bissau (2012-14)
Summit Timetable
| Tuesday, 13.01.2015 | |
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| 15:00 | Welcome Keynote Addresses H.E. the Hon. Rui Barros (Former Prime minister of Guinea - Bissau) The Hon. Halldor Asgrimsson (Former Prime Minister of Iceland) Dr. Yehoeshahfaht Ben Israel (Program Director, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy Africa Programs) Mark C. Donfried (Director General, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy) |
| 15:30 | “Establishing a Sustainable Educational System Infrastructure and Professional Development Programs in Africa” (Interactive Discussion) Chairpersons: H.E. the Hon. Rui Barros (Former Prime minister of Guinea - Bissau), Halldor Asgrimsson (Former Prime Minister of Iceland), & Dr Yehoeshahfaht Ben Israel (Program Director, ICD Africa Programs) |
| 17:00 | “The Educational System of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Limitations and Plans for Solutions.” (Keynote Speech) H. E. Amb. Kamanga Clementine Shakembo (Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo to Germany) |
| 18:00 | Break |
| 18:30 | Cultural Diplomacy Case Study: “Sound Diplomacy: Music and Emotions in German-American Relations” (Keynote Address) Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht (Chair, Department of History, John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien, Freie Universität Berlin) |
| 19:30 | Group Dinner & Social Program |
| Wednesday, 14.01.2015 | |
| 10:00 | “Film & Youth Education in South Sudan” (Keynote Speech) The Hon. Sitona Abdalla Osman (Amb. of South Sudan) |
| 11:00 | “What Education for What Development? Rethinking the African Education System” (Keynote Speech) Dr. Dieudonné Tobbit (Chairman of RACIBB e.V. Council of African Christians in Berlin-Brandenburg) |
| 11:45 | Break |
| 12:15 | “Youth Development & Youth Leadership” (Keynote Speech) Dr. Mohamed Elrashed (Pharmacist of the Medical Project of the Sudanese Red Crescent Society -Sudan, North Kordofan) |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 15:30 | “The Political Environment and its Impact on Political Party Campaigns for the 2013 Referendum and Harmonized Elections in Zimbabwe” (Keynote Speech) Mr. Munodei Kisinoti Mukwazhe (President of Zimbabwe Development Party (ZDP) |
| 16:00 | Break |
| 16:30 | "Out in the World with a Microphone" (Keynote Speech) Mila Zaharieva-Schmolke (Founder of International Radio YCBS) |
| 17:30 | “The Rise of Africa & Empowering Youth in Africa” (Interactive Discussion) Chairpersons: H.E. the Hon. Rui Barros (Former Prime minister of Guinea - Bissau), The Hon. Halldor Asgrimsson (Former Prime Minister of Iceland), & Dr Yehoeshahfaht Ben Israel (Program Director, ICD Africa Programs), Mila Zaharieva-Schmolke (Founder of International Radio YCBS) |
| 18:30 | Group Dinner & Social Program |
| Thursday, 15.01.2015 | |
| 11:00 | “Framing the African Dialectics of Health and Environment: Engaging the Youth in Education and Sustainability”(Keynote Speech) Dr. Frances Ngozi Chukwukere (Lecturer, Department of Linguistics & Igbo Studies, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria and a PHD researcher at the Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies) |
| 12:00 | “Youth as Leaders of Today and Tomorrow: Social/Spiritual Capital, Empowerment and Sustainable Development in Africa” (Keynote Speech) Dr. Afe Adogame (Senior Lecturer; World Christianity & Religious Studies, University of Edinburgh; Visiting Professor at the University of Bayreuth) |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:30 | “The Challenges Ahead for Education in Africa” (Keynote Speech) Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ghoneim (Counsellor, Egyptian Embassy to Germany) |
| 15:00 | Keynote Speech Mr. Chu Eben (Refugees Emancipation e.V.) |
| 16:00 | Break |
| 16:30 | Keynote Speech Pierre-Emmanuel Quirin (Director General for International Affairs, Crans Montana Forum) |
| 17:00 | “African Youth Education & Development Burundi as Case Study.” The Hon. Edouard Bizimana (Ambassador of Burundi) |
| 17:30 | “The Future of African Leadership and Opportunities for Youth Education and Professional Development“ (Interactive Discussion) Chairpersons: The Hon. Edouard Bizimana (Ambassador of Burundi), H.E. the Hon. Rui Barros (Former Prime minister of Guinea - Bissau), Halldor Asgrimsson (Former Prime Minister of Iceland), & Dr Yehoeshahfaht Ben Israel (Program Director, ICD Africa Programs) |
| 19:00 | Group Dinner |
| Thursday, 16.01.2015 | |
| 11:00 | Berlin Cultural City Tour |
