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Agenda:

Friday, 24 April: School Visits & International Conference

Theme: Families and Education: The Seeds of Future Prosperity

  • 09:00 – 10:00 School Visit Collège Stanislas https://www.stanislas.fr/ Meeting Point: 6 rue du Montparnasse at 9:00 sharp
  • 10:00 Walk to Saint Nicolas, 92 rue de Vaugirard
  • 10:15 Coffee at Saint Nicolas 
  • 10:45 – 11h45 school visit
  • 11:45 walk to Palais de Luxembourg 
  • 12:00 – 14:00 High-Level Luncheon at the Palais de Luxembourg
  • 14:00 – 17:30 High-Level Conference at the Palais de Luxembourg
  • 17:45 Visit Church St Étienne du Mont (18h45 optional Mass)
  • 19:30 Dinner at Japanese Restaurant Yokorama, 58 Rue Monsieur le Prince, 75006 Paris

14:00 – 17:30: High-Level Conference at the Palais de Luxembourg

Conference Agenda: 

14:00-14:30 Registration & Welcome
14:30-15:00 Words of Welcome Stefano Crico, EPA President, Paul Vitart, APEL Vice-President
15:00-15:20 Keynote1 Mark West, UNESCO: The “Futures of Education” initiative. How family engagement is a global necessity for the 21st century.
15:20-15:40 Keynote 2 Niels Geuking, Member of the European Parliament: Ensuring economic and social recognition for the responsibility of raising the future citizens.
15:40-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:00 Panel Discussion “Investment vs. Intervention” Featuring Gilles Rod & Carole Olinger (Eltereforum, Ministry for Education, Children & Youth Luxembourg, Chiara Piccolo (Learning for Wellbeing Foundation) and Ioannou Ioannis, PCPAPE (Cyprus).
Moderation: Arja Krauchenberg, EPA Project Coordinator.
17:00-17:30 Introduction on Intergenerational Learning Renate Heinisch, Honorary EPA Member. Preceding the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding between EPA & EGPE (School of European Grand-Parents) on Saturday.

 

Saturday, 25 April: Strategic Workshops & General Assembly

Venue: 277 Saint Jacques, APEL national 

  • 09:00 Meeting Point 1 Pl. Alphonse Laveran, 75005 Paris (see picture bellow*) 
  • 09:30 – 11:30: Thematic “Deep Dive” Workshops
  • 11:30 – 12:00: Signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between EPA and EGPE
  • 12:00 – 13:30: French Cheese & Red Wine Lunch 
  • 14:00 – 17:30: Statutory GA including Coffee Break
  • Parallel program for non-delegates -> free time in Paris
  • 18:00 Optional School Visit Ecole saint Geneviève, 65 rue du Cardinal Lemoine. Foie gras and White wine aperitive
  • 21:00 Optional Farewell Dinner*Meeting Point
    1 Pl. Alphonse Laveran,
    75005 Paris