Members of the UNITWIN Arts Education Research meet at the UNESCO Multistakeholder Dialogue in Paris

In preparation for the next UNESCO World Conference on Culture and Arts Education, which will take place in December 2023 in the United Arab Emirates, UNESCO organized an expert meeting on May 25 and 26, 2023, where more than 400 participants from all over the world gathered in Paris to exchange ideas on topics such as “Access and Inclusion”, “Contextual Learning”, “Resilience and Well-being”, “Lifelong Learning”, etc. and to contribute their expertise to the UNESCO Framework for Culture and Arts Education, which is currently being developed.

Among the invited speakers and participants were many members of the UNITWIN network Arts Education Research for Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development, who took the opportunity to make their voices heard on a variety of occasions:

Professor Benjamin Bolden, UNESCO Chair of Arts and Learning, Queen’s University, Canada

Thematic Parallel Sessions 1: Access and inclusion: paving the way for plural, equitable and resilient societies

Professor Ralph Buck, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Side event: Perspectives from the World Alliance for Arts Education

Professor Benjamin Jörissen, UNESCO Chair in Arts and Culture in Education, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Thematic Parallel Sessions 4: Digital technologies and AI: culture and arts education at the helm of the technology frontier

Professor Bo-Wah LEUNG, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Side event: Perspectives from the World Alliance for Arts Education

Eunsil Park (PhD), President of KACES (KOREA ARTS & CULTURE EDUCATION SERVICE), Republic of Korea

Thematic Parallel Sessions 4: Digital technologies and AI: culture and arts education at the helm of the technology frontier

Professor Gloria P. Zapata Restrepo, UNESCO Chair in Arts, Education and Culture of Peace, Fundación Universitaria Juan N. Corpas and Distrital University in Bogotá, Colombia