On the occasion of the publication of the new UNESCO report "Reimaging our futures together: a new social contract for education", the Observatory for Education and International Cooperation in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair at the Università Cattolica promoted an international seminar to reflect on the future of the right to education in the light of the rapid changes and challenges emerging in the national and international educational scene.
The seminar, entitled "Education as a Fundamental Human Right. New challenges and future perspectives", was held on Wednesday 11 May 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at the Sala Negri da Oleggio, Largo A. Gemelli 1, Milan.
The chief guest at this event was Rolla MOUMNE, Head of the UNESCO Right to Education Programme. In spite of significant progress in the protection of this fundamental human right, there are still many obstacles to its full realisation, which have been further aggravated by the pandemic of the past two years. The seminar was an opportunity to rethink the right to education from a perspective that may include other closely interconnected dimensions such as the right to information, to have access to computer tools or an Internet connection. The debate has offered many points of reflection to reaffirm the importance of education as a fundamental component of human and social development, in Italy and in the world.