110 SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
AND SUSTAINABILITY
REPORT
2018
Twelfth Annual Latin American Forum on
Education
“Educational change and innovation:
the key issues.”
Buenos Aires, Argentina
This conference, held at the Cultural Center of Science
in Buenos Aires, was attended by approximately
1,000 teachers and school administrators
from around the country and followed by a further
5,000 people via streaming. The event looked at
the needs, limits and expectations of the education
system, with a focus on high schools and the
processes of educational innovation and change.
This forum, now in its 12th year, seeks to foster
debate on the current situation of the education
system, and related policy and challenges. Each
year an important issue on the national and regional
agenda is selected and a basic document is discussed
in the sessions.
Alcalá de Henares hosts the Fourth Ibero-American
Festival of Children’s Literature.
Madrid, España
Following the success of editions in Bogotá, Valladolid
and Buenos Aires, the festival held in Alcala
de Henares was attended by writers, academics,
librarians, authorities from the Ministry of Education,
Culture and Sport and the City of Alcalá de
Henares, specialists and booktubers, who came
together to reflect on the rewards of reading. This
festival is organized by the Santillana Foundation
and the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
Talks, workshops, panel discussions and a range
of sessions focused on the importance of reading
for education and life, and looked at the digital
realm, which is increasingly becoming a key ally
for those who seek to foster the joys of reading.
Symposium on the Education Model 2017.
“Enabling curriculum reform: leadership,
school management and governance”
Mexico City, Mexico
In collaboration with the Ministry of Public Education
of Mexico and the Organization of American States
(OEI), this symposium focused on curriculum reform,
leadership, school management and governance, all
key aspects of the educational model recently presented
by the Ministry and which will allow further
progress in properly implementing the educational
model during the 2018-2019 school year
Ibero-American Festival of Children’s Literature.