2014 Research Symposium

"Arts for Sustainability and Peace Education"
5 May 2012
Hong Kong




INRAE and UNESCO-RLCCE, in association with their key partners, were hosting a Research Symposium on May 5, 2014 at The Hong Kong Institute of Education. Entitled “Arts for Sustainability and Peace Education”. It was one of a series of events making up the inaugural International “Arts for Peace” Festival (IAPF). It has been designed to tie in with UNESCO’s International Arts Education Week. It featured a range of international speakers from Australia, Bosnia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Norway, Philippines, Taiwan, USA. After the launch of the second volume of the Yearbook for Research in Arts Education the participants signed the Hong Kong Declaration.  

Organizers: UNESCO Arts in Education Observatory for Research in Local Cultures and Creativity in Education, UNESCO Chair in Arts and Learning, Queen's University, UNESCO Chair in Arts and Culture in Education, The University of Erlangen-Nuremberg;
Partner Organizations: World Alliance for Arts Education, The Hong Kong Institute of Education;

The Hong Kong Declaration - read more
Program of the conference - read more