Education in times of crisis. Together for innovative investments in Education

With the complex social changes taking place in the world today, education remains highly important. At the same time, education is the most underfunded Sustainable Development Goal. Ensuring that children and youth can develop to their full potential it requires a cross-sectorial engagement to shape the future of learning and development. 
• What does such cross-sectorial engagement need to look like to add value?
• How can education in crisis and the right to equitable access and quality education be secured and financed in a sustainable way?
• How can our impact be expanded?
You are invited to discuss action-oriented cross-sectoral collaboration on sustainable financing for education with interested stakeholders from the financial sector, philanthropy, the United Nations and government.

Welcome Speech

• Patricia Danzi, Director General, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Podium speakers

• Awut Deng Acuil, The Hon Minister of General Education and Instruction of South Sudan 
• Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait 
• Donika Dimovska, Chief Knowledge Officer Jacobs Foundation 
• Anja Hochberg, Head Multi-Asset Solutions Zürcher Kantonalbank
• State Secretary Helene Budliger Artieda, Director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

Moderation 

• Christian Frutiger, Assistant Director General and Head of Thematic Cooperation Division, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Contact person
Susanna Graf
Project Manager
susanna.graf@eda.admin.ch
+41 79 203 74 30