Strasbourg (France), 30 September–1 October 2026
Josyane Zingg represented OIDEL in Strasbourg, attending the General Assembly of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe and activities linked to the autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Geneva (Switzerland), 14–16 September 2026
OIDEL, in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair “Democratic Citizenship and Cultural Freedom” and the Government of La Rioja, organized the 7th Course on Governance and Working Methods for the Implementation of the SDGs in La Rioja, under the title “Serving Citizens: Leadership, Innovation and Management in a Digital Society.” The training brought public servants from La Rioja to Geneva to explore how international governance, human rights, social inclusion and digital innovation can contribute to more effective and inclusive public services.
Ignasi Grau, Director General of OIDEL, took part in the international education policy forum held in Vilnius, focusing on the challenges facing European education and the development of public policy proposals
OIDEL promoted the 26th International Meeting of Educational Inspection in Valladolid, with the presence of Nuno Crato and Tanja Vujičić, PISA Project Manager at the OECD.
OIDEL’s Director General, Ignasi Grau Callizo, and Jan De Groof, Government Commissioner for Universities of the Flemish Community of Belgium, have published an article in El Debate (Spanish Newspaper) addressing a key issue for the future of our education systems: educational pluralism.
OIDEL actively participated in the second session of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group (OE-IGWG) on an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) concerning pre-primary and secondary education, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 31 August to 2 September 2026.
Together with the Permanent Missions of Chile, Argentina and Paraguay, OIDEL co-sponsored a side event on the margins of the 62nd Session of the Human Rights Council entitled “Education Systems Advancing the Aims of Education under the CRC Optional Protocol.” The event was held in preparation for the next round of negotiations on the draft Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, scheduled for September.
OIDEL is proud to actively contribute – together with other entities as the Institute for Education Policy de la Johns Hopkins University (EE. UU.) – to the international initiative advancing the Guiding Principles of Educational Pluralism.
On Friday and Saturday, OIDEL participated in the Apel National Congress in Nancy (France), which brought together more than 1,000 participants from across the country under the theme “My freedom is your freedom.”
Last week, OIDEL participated in the National Meeting of the National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA), held in Philadelphia, represented by its Director, Ignasi Grau Callizo.