Nordic countries are global leaders in education and crucial partners of GPE. The virtual Raise Your Hand Nordic Midsummer Festival is a platform for Nordic voices and other champions to put the global learning crisis on the agenda and commit to keeping education financing as a priority as the international community deals with the global economic and social impacts of COVID-19.
The event will feature development ministers, influencers and artists from Nordic countries, foundations, multilateral organizations and youth representatives and is a countdown moment ahead of the Global Education Summit on July 28 and 29.
Date & Time: June 21, 14:00 -15:10 CET | 08:00 - 09:10 ET
Watch a recording of the event
Hosted by:
- Julia Gillard, Board Chair, Global Partnership for Education
Youth moderators:
- Cynthia Nafula Nyongesa, GPE youth leader from Kenya
- Martine Billing, GPE youth leader from Norway
Special musical guests:
- BATHSHEBA, rapper, Denmark
- Ida Elina, modern pop-kantele player, singer-songwriter, Finland
- Moddi, musician, author and activist, Norway
- Lisa Ajax, singer, and winner of Idol 2014, Sweden
Ministers:
- Per Olsson Fridh, Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden
- Flemming Møller Mortensen, Minister for Development Cooperation, Denmark
- Wendy Morton, Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UK
- Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, Nigeria
- Ville Skinnari, Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Finland
- Dag Inge Ulstein, Minister of International Development, Norway
- Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships, European Commission
Other distinguished guests:
- Inger Ashing, Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children International
- Seth Berkley, Chief Executive Officer, GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance
- Gabriela Bucher, Chief Executive Officer, OXFAM International
- Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, UNAIDS
- Jan Egeland, Secretary General, Norwegian Refugee Council
- Suzanne Ehlers, Chief Executive Officer, Malala Fund
- John Goodwin, Chief Executive Officer, LEGO Foundation
- Karin Isaksson, Managing Director, Nordic Development Fund
- Gunvar Kronman, Board Chair, Plan International
- Mark Malloch-Brown, President, Open Society Foundations
- Mabel van Oranje, Chair, Girls Not Brides
- Peter Tabichi, Maths and Physics teacher from Kenya, Global Teacher Prize Winner 2019