In the context of the constituent process taking place in Chile, this publication seeks to contribute to the reflection on the meaning of democracy, understanding it beyond its procedural and institutional aspects (such as periodic elections or institutions that last). It also seeks to make visible the importance of citizen education to advance towards sustainable and inclusive development models that have people at the centre, in terms of access to and full exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms. This also implies that they are protagonists of the transformations that are needed to achieve this, because people are the basis and the engine of democracy, which is in permanent construction and improvement.

The online event is organised by IIEP UNESCO and the Office for Latin America and the Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC/UNESCO Santiago) for members of the Network of Specialists in Education Policy in Latin America. The 90-minute workshop will include the participation of Alejandro Vera (OREALC/UNESCO Santiago), Alejandro Morduchowicz (IDB), Ruth Custode (UNICEF) and Henry Armas (IIEP UNESCO), among other specialist moderators of the working groups.

This side event of the Forum of Latin American and Caribbean Countries on Sustainable Development 2021, organised by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will take place thanks to the joint work of UNESCO, through its Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Working Group on Education and Human Mobility and the Regional Education Group. Its main objective is to share the main challenges and transformative actions to guarantee the right to education for people in a situation of mobility in the current regional context.

This colloquium organised by UNESCO and UNICEF aims to share the experiences and strategies that governments, civil society and specialised international organisations have been promoting and implementing in the framework of the return to face-to-face classes during 2021, as well as the achievements, opportunities and challenges encountered and how to address them in order to ensure the safe and priority return to face-to-face classes.