08:30 Registration of participants

09:00 Welcoming words 

• H.E. Ms Imma TOR FAUS, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Andorra 
• Mr Claus NEUKIRCH, Director of Directorate of Programme Co-operation, Council of Europe 

09:30 Group picture 

09:45 Keynote Speeches 

• Ms Irene KITSOU-MILONAS , Special Representative of the Secretary General on antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and all forms of religious intolerance, Council of Europe 
• Mr Josep DALLERES, Publisher and writer - Former Ambassador of Andorra to the Council of Europe 

Followed by a session of Q&A moderated by Ambassador Andreu JORDI TOMÁS, Permanent representation of Andorra to the Council of Europe 

11:00-12:30 Roundtable 
How to engage constructively with cultural diversity and inclusion in AI age: AI Literacy, the role of education and education providers. 
Moderator: Ms Nadira BACHIR MOUSSA, Secretary General of Stand for Life and Liberty S2, Niger 

Experts: 

• Ms Charlotte GILMARTIN, Head of the Gender Equality Policy Unit, Council of Europe, Council of Europe 
• Mr Xavier CAMPUZANO IBÁÑEZ, Director of Higher Education, Research and Technological Innovation in the Andorran Government
• Mr Ahmed SAAD, CEO at Educuality, Egypt 
• Ms Sofia ALMEIDA, Research Fellow and Knowledge Broker, Assistant Researcher at the Agency for Research and Innovation (AI²), Portugal.

14:30-16:30 Parallel Workshops  

The Global Education Network (GEN) brings together representatives of civil society organisations, government authorities and academia. The Network supports the implementation of the Global Education activities of the North-South Centre in the framework of the iLEGEND III programme, with members notably playing a key role in promoting the Global Education Week at international, national and regional levels. 

The four Parallel Workshops are a space for the GEN to showcase their expertise and experience in the field of education, a moment for sharing their best practices related to the main topic of the Intercultural Conference. 

See below for more information. 

Rapporteurs: 

• Mr Henry Jerome VARFEE, Director of Press and Public Affairs, Liberia National Students Union (LINSU) - HEY Tutor
• Mr Khalil JBEILY, Founder of Legal POV & Trainer on FoRB & Facilitator – HEY Tutor

18:00 Cultural programme 

Kindly offered by the Government of Andorra

09:00 Welcome back words 

09:15-11:00 Roundtable 
Intercultural / Interfaith Dialogue and Artificial Intelligence. The role of young people in promoting a genuine dialogue for peace in AI times. 

The roundtable will include a presentation of the main results achieved by iLEGEND III programme, and the screening of the short film On The Other Side Of The Same World by Vinicius Moraes de Carvalho (Brazil), recipient of the 2026 PLURAL+ Special Recognition on AI for #OneHumanity, at the PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival, an initiative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC).

Moderator: Ms Lynda NKECHI EMMANUEL, Peacebuilding, Gender and Intercultural Dialogue Practitioner, Nigeria 

Experts: 

• Mr Rahim KASSAM, Executive Director - Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat in Portugal AKDN-Aga Khan Development Network 
• Ms Tamar SHUALI TRACHTENBERG, Head of the European Institute of Education for democratic Culture, Universidad Católica de Valencia -European Institute of Education for Democratic Culture (ECUDEM-UCV) 
• Mr Mike WALTNER, Head of the Global Capacity Building Section, KAICIID - International Dialogue Centre 
• Msgr. Lucio Sembrano, Official, Dicastery for the Interreligious Dialogue of the Holy See 

11:30-12:00 Report from the Parallel Workshops  
Few inputs and reflections coming from the practices of CSOs in the field of AI and education. 

Rapporteurs: 

• Mr Henry Jerome VARFEE, Director of Press and Public Affairs, Liberia National Students Union (LINSU) - HEY Tutor 
• Mr Khalil JBEILY, Founder of Legal POV & Trainer on FoRB & Facilitator – HEY Tutor

12:00-12:15 Closing remarks 

• H.E. Mr Marc ROSSELL SOLER, Minister for the Civil Service and Digital Transformation of Andorra 

Sofia Almeida Santos is an Assistant Researcher at the Agency for Research and Innovation (AI²), Portugal. Over the past 20 years, she has conducted her research at the Centre for Research and Intervention in Education at the University of Porto, building a career that bridges research, higher education, and public policy. Her research and teaching focuses on citizenship education, gender and sexuality studies, social justice, refugee inclusion, and early school leaving. She has participated in more than 18 national and international research projects and contributed to the development of education policies in Portugal and across Europe. Since 2023, she has been Portugal's National Delegate to the Council of Europe's Experts Policy Adviser Network and is also a member of the working group responsible for developing the European Space for Citizenship Education. She is also the Link Convenor of Network 7: Social Justice and Intercultural Education of the European Educational Research Association and collaborates with international research networks.

Nadira Bachir Moussa is a Nigerien human rights and youth advocate specialised in Youth, Peace and Security. She is actually a Human Rights Education for Youth (HEY Programme of the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe) certified Tutor and also member of the DG INTPA Global Youth Sounding Board of the European Commission, 2026–2028. Her work focuses on human rights, youth participation, peacebuilding, digital rights and inclusive governance.

Xavier Campuzano Ibáñez has been serving as Director of Higher Education, Research and Technological Innovation for three years. Previously, he led vocational education and training in Andorra for four years and oversaw the digital transformation of Andorran schools for six years. He is currently a member of the Council of Europe’s Digital Citizenship Education (DCE) Promoters expert group.

Josep Dallerès Codina is a publisher and writer. He served as Ambassador of the Principality of Andorra to the Council of Europe during Andorra’s Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers (2012–2013). He taught at several schools in Andorra, including French and visual arts at Lycée Comte de Foix. He served on the Encamp Town Council for ten years and was a member of parliament for twenty years. He was Minister of Education, Culture and Youth (1991–1993) and twice President of the Andorran Parliament (1994–1997 and 2009–2011). Among other roles, he served on the IPU-UNDP Advisory Group contributing to the first World e-Parliament Report: The Changing Nature of Parliamentary Representation (2010), and joined the Council of Europe’s High-Level Reflection Group in 2022 to recommend how the organisation could respond to new realities and challenges facing Europe and the world.

Charlotte Gilmartin is Head of the Gender Equality Policy Unit of the Council of Europe and Secretary of the Council of Europe's Gender Equality Commission (GEC). The Policy Unit and the Commission work to ensure that gender equality is integrated into all Council of Europe policies and to bridge the gap between international commitments and the reality for women in Europe.

Khalil Jbeily is a lebanese legal researcher, communications specialist, and trainer specialising in Human Rights, Freedom of Religion or Belief, Peace Education, and Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogue. Founder of Legal POV, a youth-led legal platform, Won Innovator of the Year from the UNDP, and serves as a Facilitator with Mouvement Social.

Rahim Kassam has served as Executive Director of the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat in Portugal since 2013. Born in Lisbon in 1978, he holds degrees in Economics and Public Policy from ISCTE. He works to strengthen relations between the Ismaili Imamat and Portugal and support AKDN initiatives, contributing to bilateral agreements and the establishment of the Seat of the Ismaili Imamat in Portugal. Previously, he served as Executive Officer at the Ismaili Council for Portugal and worked in banking, public administration and economic research.

Irene Kitsou-Milonas was appointed Special Representative of the Secretary General on antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and all forms of religious intolerance on 1 December 2025. She has been previously Deputy Director in the Private Office of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, having served three consecutive Secretary Generals since 2017. During this period, she has been in charge of the portfolio on the fight against antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and all forms of religious intolerance and has co-ordinated the launching, since 2022 of the Council of Europe interreligious dialogue among religious leaders.

During her 23-year career in the Council of Europe, she has led the work of the intergovernmental Committee on the system of the European Convention on Human Rights and has worked as Head of Section in the Department of Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and as Legal Advisor of the 2nd Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. She has conducted seminars on constitutional law and international human rights law in French and other European universities and has published on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights with focus on the field of freedom of expression and freedom of religion or belief.

Dr. Claus Neukirch took up his duties as Director of Programme Co-ordination at the Council of Europe on 1 November 2022. Prior to this appointment he served as Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova and Head of the Council of Europe Office in Tirana. During his career in multilateral diplomacy Dr. Neukirch worked moreover with the German OSCE Delegation during the German OSCE Chairpersonship 2016, the OSCE Secretariat and the OSCE Mission to Moldova. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Hamburg.

Lynda Nkechi Emmanuel is a peacebuilding, gender and intercultural dialogue practitioner with over eight years of experience in conflict prevention and social cohesion in Nigeria. She promotes community-led peacebuilding, women’s participation in peace processes and dialogue across cultural, ethnic and religious divides. She has delivered capacity-building initiatives for women, young people and community leaders, and serves as a Junior Tutor for the Council of Europe’s HEY Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogue e-Course. Her work explores how dialogue, education and emerging technologies can help build inclusive and peaceful societies.

Dr. Ahmed Saad is an education technology and AI specialist with a MA in Digital Technologies in Education from the University of Manchester. His experience includes supporting the World Bank on education quality assurance, designing the Council of Europe’s AI for Human Rights course, and advising Euro-Mediterranean Civil Society Organisations on responsible AI, bringing practical education experience into AI policy conversations.

Msgr. Sembrano has served in the Holy See’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue since 2009. He edits Pro Dialogo magazine and is responsible for the “Young in Dialogue” sector.

Msgr. Lucio Sembrano was born in Naples, southern Italy, in 1959. He studied foreign languages and international law at the University of Naples Federico II, graduating in 1981, and later pursued theology and biblical exegesis in Naples, Jerusalem, and Rome. He was ordained a priest in 1987 and received a doctorate in biblical theology in 1995. From 1987 to 1998, he served as a parish priest. He then worked for the Holy See, including in the Secretariat of State and in Guinea, from 1998 to 2009. He has taught biblical exegesis and interreligious dialogue and previously served as World Chaplain of ICCG.

Dr. Tamar Shuali Trachtenberg is an associate professor at the Faculty of Teacher education and Science, Catholic University of Valencia and Director of ECUDEM and the founder of the The Simone Veil Chair for the Prevention of Racism, Antisemitism, and the Promotion of Interculturality. She has served as a Council of Europe expert on Competences for Democratic Culture and has led JRC-European Commission research projects on inclusive education, intercultural competence, diversity, democracy, and teacher education. 

Henry Jerome Varfee is a Liberian journalist, communications practitioner, and youth advocate. He serves as Director of Press and Public Affairs at the Liberia National Students Union (LINSU) and as a Human Rights Education for Youth (HEY) Tutor with the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe. 

His work spans youth development, media literacy, human rights, democratic participation, and intercultural dialogue.

Rev. Moise “Mike” Waltner is an international specialist in interreligious and intercultural dialogue with over 20 years of experience across more than 40 countries. He has held leadership roles in civil society and international organizations, including the Interfaith Center of New York, and has built partnerships with institutions such as the UN, UNESCO, the African Union and ASEAN.

As Head of Global Capacity Building and Oversight at KAICIID, Waltner leads international training and educational programmes, including the International Fellows Programme, which has trained over 500 practitioners from more than 90 countries. He is also an ordained Church of England priest and holds degrees from Pennsylvania State University and Union Theological Seminary.