Event program

Child Forum

Part 1 | 14:00-14:45

Opening ceremony

Moderators:
  • Sherzod ASADOV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Uzbekistan
  • Helena FRASER UN Resident Coordinator in Uzbekistan (speech of the First Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed)
Greetings and opening speeches

up to 7 min.

  • Ziroat MIRZIYOYEVA Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the International Public Fund «Zamin»
  • Tatyana VALOVAYA Director General of the UN Office in Geneva, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations
  • Natalia GHERMAN Special Representative of UN Secretary General for Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Center On Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia
  • Afshan KHAN Regional Director of UNICEF for Europe and Central Asia
Presentation a thematic

3-5 min.

Part 2 | 14:45-16:00

First plenary session

Moderators:
  • Munir MAMMADZADE UNICEF Representative in Uzbekistan
  • Rukhsora SHAKIROVA Activist of “Kamalak”
Reports on the topic:

«Ensuring lifelong learning, including inclusive education»

5 min.

  • Tanzila NARBAYEVA Chairwoman of the Senate of Oliy Majlis
  • Shen YUEYUE Deputy Chairwoman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, President of the All-China Women’s Federation
  • Anna KUZNETSOVA Presidential Commissioner for the Children’s Rights of the Russian Federation
  • Peter BURIAN EU Special Representative for Central Asia
  • Ola M. ABUSUKKAR General Executive Director King Salman Center for Disability Research (speech of HRH Prince Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud)
  • Jacques MICULOVIC Director of the Higher National Institute for Teaching and Research of France on teaching young people with disabilities and tailored education
  • Carolina EEBER Managing Director and Founder of the Children’s University at the Vienna State University
  • Maria Ludovica BOTTARELLI President of the Italian Community of the European Women’s Lobby
  • Benedict CHEONG Chief Executive, Temasek Foundation International, Singapore

Part 3 | 15:50-16:45

Second plenary session

Moderators:
  • Lianne KUPPENS Head of the WHO Office in Uzbekistan
  • Temurbek SULAYMONOV Pupil of the Presidential School of Tashkent
Reports on the topic:

«Children’s Rights to Quality Education Given the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic»

up to 5 min.

  • Bekhzod MUSAYEV Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Social Development
  • Marie-Louise COLEIRO PRECA President of the Association «Eurochild» (Belgium)
  • Koulla YIASOUMMA Northern Ireland Commissioner for the Children and Young People
  • Noor Aziah Mohd. AWAL Suhakam's Commissioner for child affairs (Malaysia)
  • Mustafa CHOLAKOGLU Adviser to the Minister of National Education of Turkey, Vice-Rector of the University of Haji Bektash Veli
  • Claudia PEPPMULLER Executive Director of «Friedensdorf International » Charity Foundation (Germany)
  • Yuji MORI Executive Director of the Nippon Foundation, a non-governmental charity organization (Japan)
  • Dian ALYAN Founder and President of «Givelight Foundation» (USA)

Part 4 | 16:45-17:15

Closing Ceremony

Moderators:
  • Sherzod ASADOV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan
  • Helena FRASER UN Resident Coordinator in Uzbekistan
Discussion
Wrap-up of the Forum
Adoption of the final document of the Forum
CONCEPT

of the International Web Forum «Children’s Right to Education: Relevance, Continuity and Innovation in a Pandemic» timed to the World Children’s Day

The epidemiological crisis caused by the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic that gripped the world and affected all spheres of public life on a global scale, demonstrated the existence in the international community of a number of problems in response to the pandemic, including in the sphere of children’s rights to education.

The pandemic crisis poses a serious risk to move the global community from achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and all of its goals and targets, including Goal 4 – «Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all».

In the context of the global nature of the threat of a pandemic to human well-being, special priority should be given to expanding the international cooperation in overcoming the negative consequences of the pandemic.

Comprehensive support to families, women and children, as well as protecting and safeguarding their rights are a priority direction of state social policy in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The implementation of effective measures in these areas has become even more relevant and has intensified during the global coronacrisis.

The large-scale reforms under the leadership of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev are primarily aimed at creating the enabling legal, social and economic conditions for realizing human potential and capabilities in the modern world.

In this regard, in the context of celebrating the World Children’s Day, the International Web Forum «Children’s Rights to Education: Relevance, Continuity and Innovation in a Pandemic» is being organized in Uzbekistan.