Meeting agenda:

• Latest trends on education and climate change, Petra Heusser, Education in Emergencies Hub
• Youth perspectives on education and climate change, Seme Luate (South Sudan) and Maryjacob Okwuosa (Nigeria), youth advocates
• Philanthropic engagement: presentations of two foundations‘ approaches and project examples
• Interactive exchange in break-out sessions

Members of Friends of Education as well as interested members of SwissFoundations can register for this Zoom-meeting

«Friends of Education» is a focus group newly under the umbrella of the SwissFoundations working group education.

The group was established two years ago by initiative of the Jacobs Foundation and brings together member foundations as well as stakeholders to coordinate the collaboration and mobilization of various funding partners in the field of international education programs.

The focus group meets digitally three times a year and organizes a face-to-face conference once a year. Current members of Friends of Education and all member foundations of SwissFoundations are invited; the working language is English.