On March 6-8, the Centre for European Studies organised the international conference on “Inclusion through Arts” which was implemented in cooperation with ShareMusic & Performing Arts, Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics , Global Campus of Human Rights and Right Livelihood. During the opening day, participants were presented the results of the “My convention” project and performance, and had the honour of listening to the inspiring keynote speech on Human Rights & Inclusion delivered by Mme. Marthe Wandou, RL Laureate. The day finished with a panel discussion on Children Rights and Arts and was moderated by Barbara Strasser, Children’s Rights Project Manager from the Global Campus of Human rights.
During the second day of the conference a wide range of topics were raised and discussed by the panelists and participants. It started with an inspiring keynote speech by Nigel Osborne who shared his experience on performing arts and inclusion in North Uganda, South India, Sweden and Ukraine. Subsequent panels covered various areas including Arts and human rights, Inclusion as policy, Practical Application of inclusion Policy, Right to Education for people with Disabilities. The day was concluded by an inspiring panel led by children on ‘Inclusion and my rights’, where members of the Armenian Children Leadership team (CLT) and members of the Consultative body to the Ombudsman Office (COO)shared their views and experience.
The last day of the conference had panel discussion with the authors of the “Inclusion through Arts” Toolkit, teachers’ panel discussion importance of arts at schools and concluded with a visit to Henrik Igityan Inclusive Training Centre for Performing Arts in Yerevan.