Time: 08:00-09:30 ET | 12:00-13:30 GMT | 13:00-14:30 CET | 15:00-16:30 EAT
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Join us for GPE’s 5th Annual Futures Festival, titled “Now Is the Moment to Power Up Education”.
This virtual youth-led event comes at a critical moment for the global education community. As education systems around the world face mounting pressure from shifting financing priorities and intersecting crises, the Futures Festival will spotlight bold youth voices calling for sustained investment in education as a foundation for opportunity, equity, and resilience.
This year’s event will also mark the official launch of the GPE Youth Statement—a powerful global call to action developed through consultations with hundreds of young people and youth networks from around the world.
The statement reflects the aspirations, priorities and bold ideas of the next generation, and sets the tone for collective advocacy throughout GPE’s replenishment campaign.
This fully virtual event is designed and led by youth and will feature:
- Fireside chats with high-level policy makers
- Creative youth performances and storytelling
- A global call to action to prioritize education financing
- Solution-focused dialogue on how we can reimagine education systems to unlock brighter futures for all.
This year’s edition will focus on the importance of domestic and international financing to improve foundational learning and ensure young people everywhere are equipped to thrive.
Speakers:
- Laura Frigenti, GPE CEO
- Amrita Paul, Director for Education and Ending Violence, Global Affairs Canada
- Hon. Daniel Sponda, Minister of Education, Honduras
- Hon. Dr. Habibatou Drammeh, Minister of Basic and Secondary Education, The Gambia
- Tunde Onakoya, Global Chess Grandmaster, and Founder, Chess Slums in Africa (TBC)
- Temilade Salami, Youth Consultant, GPE
- Rejina Gharti Magar, GPE Youth Leader, Nepal
- Memory Tapela Banda, GPE Youth Leader, Zambia
- Mariam Bamehriz, GPE Youth Leader, Yemen
- Ramy Lebbos, GPE Youth Leader, Lebanon
- Karen-Andréa Bedoume Nkoume, GPE Youth Leader, Belgium
- Md Mehedi Hasan Shanto, GPE Youth Leader, Bangladesh
- Rebecca Mpoyi, GPE Youth Leader, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
- Kodjori Carlos Junior Farouk, GPE Youth Leader, Italy
- Anjalie Sookra, GPE Youth Leader, Guyana
- Hafsat Abdullahi, GPE Youth Leader, Nigeria
- Wadi Ben-Hirki, GPE Youth Leader, Nigeria
- Cleopatra Chisanga, GPE Youth Leader, Zambia
- Rianka Chance, GPE Youth Leader, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Inioluwa Ogunkeye, GPE Youth Leader, Nigeria