A ministerial dialogue convened education ministers from across continents to share best practices for preparing future generations. Discussions focused on equipping youth with skills to navigate a changing labor market, where automation may displace 90 million jobs by 2030—but also create 170 million new ones.
Renowned Canadian historian Michael Ignatieff, Professor at Central European University and Chair of Oxford’s Centre for Ethics in AI, delivered the keynote address at the thematic panel “UNESCO: What Mandate for Tomorrow?”. Other distinguished speakers included Alicia Kowaltowski, 2024 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science laureate; Svein Stølen, Norwegian chemist and former Rector of the University of Oslo and cultural entrepreneur Mohamed Zoghlami, all calling for a new “diplomacy of truth”, and a renewed collective commitment to strengthen intellectual and moral defenses against hate speech, mis and disinformation. The event was organized under the auspices of UNESCO’s magazine “The Courier.”
