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The annual GPE Futures Festival brings together young leaders and policy makers to discuss the critical role of education in shaping the future.
This year's festival titled "Empower and Engage: Education for Skills in a Diverse World" coincides with the African Union's Year of Education and leads into significant events like the Olympic Games and the Summit of the Future, making the 2024 festival particularly momentous.
Taking place on World Youth Skills Day, the festival addresses the job market's need for innovative and sustainable skills, while tackling the unique challenges faced by youth marginalized by their gender, disability or refugee status.
As the global workforce undergoes a transformation, the festival emphasizes the urgency of equipping youth with 21st century skills, a need underscored by the 222 million children and young people currently missing out on quality education.
Building on the success of the 10-point plan for the future, the 2024 festival will explore how these strategies, especially those related to climate change, gender equality and inclusion, can enhance young people's skills for a sustainable future.
Speakers:
- Dr. Belio Kipsang, Principal Secretary, State Department for Basic Education, Ministry of Education, Kenya
- Laura Frigenti, GPE CEO
- Sharon Armstrong, Director General, Social Development, Global Affairs Canada
- Vee Kativhu, Empowered by Vee, GPE youth leader, UK
- Faridah Luanda, UN Youth Office, GPE youth leader, Sweden
- Farida Ally, Plan International, GPE youth leader, Kenya
- Massah Esther Nyally Bockarie, Purposeful, GPE youth leader, Sierra Leone
- Rianka Chance, UN Youth Office, GPE youth leader, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Ngimou Victorine Nchokuno, Nalafem, GPE youth leader, Cameroon
- Temilade Salami, EcoChampions, GPE youth leader, Nigeria
- Anna Bella Sabilah, ASPBAE, GPE youth leader, Indonesia
- Su Myat Noe, Plan International, GPE youth leader, Myanmar
- Carlos Lougourou, Associazione Le Réseau, GPE youth leader, Italy
- Anzal Abbas Jaffari, GPE youth leader, Pakistan
- Wadi Ben-Hirki, Plan International, GPE Youth Leader, Nigeria
- Valentine Chepkoech, All-Africa Students Union, GPE Youth Leader, Kenya
- Amani Esperance, GPE Youth Alumni and Mandela Washington Fellow, Burundi
- Qais Khan, UN Youth Office, GPE Youth Leader, UK
- Aurora Audino, Max Thabiso Edkins Climate Ambassador