EIP Laboratory Second Annual Conference

On February 22nd, the Education Inspiring Peace Laboratory held its second Annual Conference at Villa Ormond in Sanremo, to present the results achieved so far.

Together with prominent experts – such as the keynote speakers Patrizio Bianchi (UNESCO Chair of “Education, Growth and Equality”, Former Italian Minister of Education), Claudia Lenz (co-Author of the RFCDC) and Cecilia Barbieri (Chief of Global Citizenship and Peace Education – UNESCO) – the Conference deepened the policy challenges to address, hosted an “ideas forum”, a hand-on session to disseminate the numerous products of the European projects the Laboratory collects under its wing and a hackathon to collect participants’ perspectives on future projects and relevant issues. The EIP Laboratory, together with the aforementioned keynote speakers, wants to thank all the guests who intervened: Edoardo Greppi – President of the Education Inspiring Peace Lab and of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law; Christiane Demontès (whose words were delivered by Axel Joder) – FREREF delegate and Vice-President of the EIP Lab; Anne Bamford – City of London; Tiziana Ciampolini – CEO Learning Community – Politecnico di Torino; Coral Garcìa Guadix – World Jurists Association; Agnese Koligina-Balode – Human Rights Guide Network / Baltic Human Rights Society; Andrea Lapegna – Lifelong Learning Platform; Antonio Labianco – General (r.), Italian Carabinieri Corps and Former advisor for the promotion of the culture of legality and security at the Italian Ministry of Education; Sophie Mols – Karel de Grote Hogeschool Antwerpen; Elena Passerini – Psycho-pedagogical Center for education and conflict management; Cinzia Pennesi – Orchestra conductor, pianist and composer; Elisa Rapetti – DARE Network; Sigrid Steininger – Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF).