Programme

Thursday 17 October

8.00-9.00 : Registration of participants in the colloquy, Entrance Hall Colloquy on Teaching about the Holocaust and Artistic Creation

9.00-10.30 : Four parallel workshops rooms 1, 2, 3, 9

10.30-11.00 : Coffee break in front of room 1

11.00-12.30 : Four parallel workshops (continued)

12.30-13.30 : Lunch “participants are free to make their own arrangements “
Brundibar, opera, Hémicycle du Conseil de l'Europe

14.30-16.00. : Four parallel workshops rooms 1, 2, 3, 9

16.00-16.30 : Coffee break in front of room 1

16.30-18.00 : Four parallel workshops (continued) rooms 1, 2, 3, 9

Friday 18 October

Council of Europe Hemicycle :
Ministerial Seminar for the Education Ministers of the states signatory to the European Cultural Convention

10.20 : Speech of Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe

10 30 : Speech of Xavier Darcos, French Minister delegated for Schools

10.45 : Conference of Simone Veil, President of the Fondation pour la mémoire de la Shoah: “How can we teach about the Shoah in the 21st century ?”

11.00 : Presentation of the findings of the Colloquy on Teaching about the Holocaust and Artistic Creation

11.30 : “Day of Holocaust Remembrance and Prevention of Crimes against Humanity” in schools : statements by the Education Ministers of the states signatory to the European Cultural Convention

11h45 : Interventions by:

- Ministers
- Observers countries
- International organisations
- and Institutions, in particular, « Congrès Juif européen », « Consistoire central »…

13.30 : Official lunch provided for the ministers by the French Minister of National Education