IDEA Conference 2023

IDEA Annual Conference 2023

Transforming Global Citizenship Education:

Innovating for a better world

Wednesday, 21 June 2023

The IDEA Annual Conference 2023 on Transforming Global Citizenship Education: innovating for a better world, took place Wednesday, 21 June, in the Morrison Hotel, Ormond Quay Lower, Dublin 1!

We were joined by great speakers to explore what innovation is, how it can strengthen the impact of Global Citizenship Education, the opportunities for innovation, as well as challenges, and how to overcome them. We also celebrated the innovative work of Global Citizenship Education practitioners in Ireland. 

Global Citizenship Education empowers people with the values, knowledge and skills they need to navigate the complex issues facing us. This event was an opportunity to network with others and explore new approaches and creative solutions to strengthen our work towards an equal, just and sustainable future for all.

Key Elements of the Conference

Keynote Speaker

Professor Leonardo Garnier, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General for the Transforming Education Summit was the Keynote speaker at the Conference. He is an Associate Professor in Economics at the Universidad de Costa Rica. He served as Costa Rica´s Minister of Planning and Economic Policy from 1994 to 1998 and as Minister of Education from 2006 to 2010 and from 2010 to 2014. He is an Economist with a Ph. D. from the New School for Social Research and a B.A. from the Universidad de Costa Rica. He has worked as a consultant in areas related to economic and social policy for international institutions like UNDP, IADB, ECLAC and, especially, UNICEF. Together with Laura Cristina Blanco he published the book Costa Rica, an almost successful underdeveloped country (Uruk, Costa Rica, 2010); he has also published papers in diverse academic journals and books.

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Panellists

Colman Farrell, An Award-Winning Social entrepreneur, Medical Doctor and Education Innovator focused on Re-Imagining Higher Education.
Evelyn Nomayo, Founder of Phase Innovate, Full-stack Software Developer and research fellow at Trinity College Dublin.
Alex Whyte, Global Citizenship Programme Coordinator, Global Action Plan Ireland
Chriszine Backhouse, Lecturer on the “Creativity and Change” special purpose award at MTU, a level 9 course which promotes the exploration of global citizenship education through the arts
Sarah Robinson, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at LERO, Science Foundation Ireland's Research Centre for Software and the School of Applied Psychology, UCC.