#LearningPlanet Festival: “Learning to take care of oneself, others & the planet”!

The youth Cafe is delighted to invite you to join us to participate in the second edition of the #LearningPlanet Festival, taking place online, and for free, on January 24th and 25th 2021, on the occasion of the International Day of Education. Initiated by CRI and UNESCO, the Festival is co-designed and co-organised with the #LearningPlanet open community, bringing together organisations and networks from around the world. 

The theme for this year is ‘Learning to take care of oneself, others, and the planet’.The goal of the #LearningPlanet Festival is to invite exemplary learning communities and youth movements across the world, as well as educators and committed individuals, to share and celebrate their most significant learnings and achievements. Its grassroots, online programme that will offer a range of sessions adapted to all ages: inspiring video talks, LIVE conferences, and debates, educational and creative workshops, scientific and artistic activities, digital experiments, films, and documentaries, etc. 

Agenda and Speakers

Moderator: Ed Stevenette, CRI #LearningPlanet

Guest speakers: Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director General for Education, UNESCO, and François Taddei, Chief Exploration Officer, CRI

Representatives of youth organizations participating in the Festival:

• Designathon Works: Emer Beamer, Founder & Moses, Youth Representative

• The Youth Cafe: Willice Onyango, President, Caroline Wanjiku, and Schumeider Fenyengenye

• Youth CO: Labs (UNDP) : Dinh-Long Pham, Youth Social Entrepreneurship Consultant

• Électeurs en Herbe : Coline Vanneroy, Présidente

• Design for Change : Sanjli Gidwaney, Director DfC USA, and Justin, Student council member

• Ashoka Young Changemakers: Shruti Nair, Director of Youth Years, Midria, YC

• Kruzhok Movement: Alexey Fedoseev, President, Elizaveta Avdeenko, Team Member

• YouthXYouth : Zineb Mouhyi, Co-founder

Read the detailed programme festival here.

We would like to invite you to contribute to track 3: “THE MEGAPHONE: AMPLIFYING THE VOICE OF YOUTH!” taking place online on the 24th of January 2021. You may do so by:

1. Adding your own workshop or conference

   
   Youth organizations and movements are invited to create their own events in this community track for the celebration of the International Day of Education. They can propose any activities of their choice or experiment with a new format from the list of the Festival toolkits.
   Create your own event in The Megaphone

   NB: Deadline for submissions: January 15th, 2021

2. Showcase your initiative
   

   You may also showcase your work through a 4-5 minute pre-recorded video talk to tell your story (see suggested guidelines here) during different sessions on Sunday.

3. Participate in live conferences and artistic activities

• A series of live conferences on subjects around youth agency and youth engagement (exact programme to be shared by mid-January)

• A Special conference at 15h-17h CET on Sunday 24th January (TBC), under the aegis of UNESCO and possibly other leading international organizations, celebrating the projects involving youth participants from all the partner organizations.

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