The Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, will take part in the Third Forum on Balanced and Inclusive Education, to be held by the Education Relief Foundation (ERF), on 27-29 January 2020 in Djibouti.

The Forum aims to promote balanced and inclusive education in light of globalization. This edition, to be held in Djibouti City, brings together ministers of education of a number of countries from Africa, Latin America and Asia, in addition to representatives of international organizations concerned with the educational field and civil society institutions. The previous edition was held in Mexico City, on 20-22 November 2018.

The participation of Dr. AlMalik in the Forum is part of the cooperation between ISESCO and ERF in the field of education, which aims to promote the role of the specialized civil society institutions in disseminating and anchoring the values of balanced and inclusive education.

It is worth noting that the ERF is a non-profit institution that works towards developing and promoting a new global approach to education that highlights the importance of balance and inclusion in curricula presented to students. ERF’s action is based on field research and studies in different world regions, and aims to achieve inclusion, global cooperation and indiscrimination in a way that reflects the contributions of the various cultures and civilizations to our modern world.