PROGRAMME 14h30
Café de bienvenue Session d’ouverture
15h00 Président : S. Exc. M. Krzysztof Kocel, Ambassadeur, Délégué permanent de la République de Pologne auprès de l’UNESCO Discours d’ouverture par M. Qian Tang, Sous-Directeur général pour l’éducation et représentant de Mme Irina Bokova, Directrice générale de l'UNESCO Allocution de M. Marek Michalak, Défenseur des droits de l’enfant en Pologne 15h15 Allocution de M. Samuel Pisar, Ambassadeur honoraire et Envoyé spécial de l’UNESCO pour l’enseignement de l’Holocauste ˛ Panels de discussion animés par le Professeur Adam Fraczek, Recteur de la Chaire UNESCO/Janusz Korczak de pédagogie sociale, Varsovie, Pologne 15h30 Panel 1 – La mise en œuvre de la Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant de 1989 • M. Marek Michalak, Défenseur des droits de l’enfant, Pologne • M. Hatem Kotrane, Vice-président du Comité des droits de l’enfant des Nations Unies, Suisse • M. Pascal Vivet, Membre du Centre d’information des droits de l’enfant, France 16h20 Panel 2 – Vers une éducation de qualité dès la petite enfance • Mme Tatjana Vonta, Directrice de l’Institut de recherche pour l’éducation, International Step by Step Association, Slovénie • Mme Irena Ko´zmi´nska, Présidente de la Fondation ABCXXI – Toute la Pologne lit aux enfants, Pologne • Mme Maki Hayashikawa, Chef de la Section de l'éducation de base, UNESCO 17h05 Panel 3 – Les innovations en matière de pédagogie : les enfants en tant qu’acteurs de la citoyenneté mondiale • Mme Vicky Colbert, Directrice exécutive de la Fondation Escuela Nueva, Colombie • M. Jonathan Levy, Spécialiste en pédagogie, membre de l’Association française de Janusz Korczak, France • Mme Kate Moriarty, Chef de la Section de l'éducation pour la paix et les droits de l'homme, UNESCO 17h50 Conclusion 18h00
Cocktail – Exposition Interprétation simultanée en anglais, français et polonais
Seminar
THE CHILD’S RIGHT TO RESPECT IN PRACTICE Tuesday, 20 November, 3 p.m. – Room XI A pioneer of children’s rights, Janusz Korczak, was the first to put into words the necessity to respect children as fully-fledged human beings. The Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted by the United Nations in 1989 drew on Korczak’s work. Although widely ratified, the Convention is not always respected. Today, UNESCO and the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Poland to UNESCO are joining forces to pay tribute to the “Old Doctor” (as he is called) and examine his double˛ legacy as a visionary and a practitioner. The debate, led by Professor Adam Fraczek, Chairman of the UNESCO/Janusz Korczak Chair in Social Pedagogy, will address challenges related to applying the Convention, early childhood quality education as well as the pedagogical innovation required for children to become full global citizens. More than one century later, Janusz Korczak’s methods and commitment enrich the reflection and inform practices. At a time when the importance of education is unanimously agreed upon, its content and goals continue to generate doubts and concerns. Is the welfare of children always at the core of our preoccupations? Does education allow for children’s self-realization? In the spirit of dialogue and cooperation fostered by Korczak, this seminar gathers experts from diverse backgrounds to reflect upon these issues and make education the driving force behind the implementation of children’s rights. A Polish doctor, an educationalist and a writer, Janusz Korczak (1878-1942) has perhaps most notably been a pioneer in participative pedagogy. His work and vision paved the way for the articulation of children’s rights as expressed in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. His deep and unwavering dedication to children was expressed until the moment of his death in 1942, when he chose to accompany the children of his orphanage, in the Warsaw Ghetto, to the Treblinka extermination camp where they all perished together.