Session 1 (9.00 - 10.00): Welcome and Opening

Host: Mr. Rob Becker – Chairman, Aflatoun International

Speakers:

• Ms. Sigrid Kaag – Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, The Netherlands
(Video Message)

• Ms. Jeroo Billimoria – Founder, Aflatoun International

Session 2 (10.00-11.00): Girls Economic Empowerment

Chair: Ms. Eva Halper – Director, Corporate Citizenship - Credit Suisse Global Education Initiative

Speakers:

• Ms. Monika Froehler – CEO, Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens

• Ms. Rita Bissoonauth – Head, African Union International Center for Girls and Women's
Education in Africa

• Mr. Atif Rafique – Skills, Adolescence and Gender Equality Advisor, UNICEF

Session 3 (11.30-12.45): School to Work Transition – Skills for Life

Chair: Mr. Boubakar Lompo – Senior Education Specialist, World Bank, Burkina Faso

Speakers:

• Mr. Tijmen Rooseboom – Ambassador for Youth, Education and Work Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, The Netherlands

• Ms. Yousra Hamed – Lead Senior Technical Officer, ILO (Social Finance's International
Programme on Financial Education & Financial Inclusion for Migrant Workers, Refugees in
Fragile Settings)

• Ms. Sena Lee – Programme Specialist, Generation Unlimited

Session 4 (14.00-14.30): Launch of a New Report

Topic: The Global State of Children’s Social and Economic Empowerment: Strategies to Improve Social Well-being and Financial Health Worldwide

Speaker:

Mr. James Lawrie – Director of Research, Innovation and Curriculum, Aflatoun International

Session 5 (14.30-15.30): CSFE and National Systems

Chair: Ms. Maud Seghers – Senior Education Advisor, VVOB, Belgium

Speakers:
• Mr. Muhannad Jarrah – Executive Director INJAZ Education, Jordan

• Ms. Yumiko Yokozeki – Director, UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA)

• Ms. Ethel Agnes P. Valenzuela– Executive Director, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)

• Mr. Charles Mwambia Anampio – Head of Business Development, KICD, Kenya

Session 6 (16.00-17.15): Social and Financial Education – Priority Areas

Breakout 1: Girls Empowerment

Chair: Ms. Margo Hoftijzer – Daily Board Member, Aflatoun International

Speakers:

• Mr. Wenceslas Tolidji Djokpe – Programme Manager, Batonga Foundation, Benin

• Ms. Irene Mutumba – Founder, PEDN, Uganda

• Mr. Md. Mofakhkharul Islam – Senior Trainer, BRAC, Bangladesh

• Ms. Linda Tran – Associate Director, Girls' Education Programmes, Room to Read

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Breakout 2: School to Work (Entrepreneurship, Employability)

Chair: Mr. Phillimon Mlambo – Executive Director, Junior Achievement, Zimbabwe

Speakers:

• Ms. Nancy Perez – Director of Programmes, Fundacion Educa, Mexico

• Ms. Isabelle Roger – Senior Manager, Corporate Engagement (Europe) and Global Cotton Programme Coordinator, Solidaridad

• Ms. Natalia Halweendo – Senior OVC and Gender Adviser, Project Hope, Namibia

• Ms. Rusudan Chkheidze – Head of Programme, SOS Children’s Villages, International Office CEE/CIS


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Breakout 3: Protection / Reaching the Most Vulnerable

Chair: Ms. Ilaria Favero – Regional Adolescent Development Specialist, UNICEF

Speakers:

• Ms. Ghada Rifai – Co-Founder and Executive Director, Mobaderoon, Syria

• Mr. Alan Wang – CEO, Be Better, China

• Mr. Tadesse Susie – Programme Coordinator, Development Expertise Centre, Ethiopia

• Ms. Erika Szabóová – Programme Coordinator, Open Society Foundation, Slovakia

• Mr. Gabriel Veras Guimaraes Barbosa – Social Development Manager, Childfund Brasil - Fundo Para Crianças, Brazil

Session 7 (17.15-17.30): Closing Session

Session 8 (17.30-19.30): Launch and Presentation on AflaYouth Curriculum

Launch of AflaYouth + Reception