Global Schools Director Champions Education at Post-2030 Forum
On October 30, 2025, at Salzburg Global, Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Global Schools Director Amanda Abrom spoke on the opening panel at the International Forum on Education for the Post-2030 Agenda, hosted by the Ban Ki-Moon Center for Global Citizens, Salzburg Global, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea.
Abrom shared the stage with Catherine Alum Odora Hoppers, Canadian Research Chair in Pluralistic Societies, Transdisciplinarity, Cognitive Justice and Education at the University of Calgary, and Katharina Reisenbauer, UN Youth Delegate of Austria. The panel was moderated by Monika Froehler, CEO of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens.
Abrom shared the work of the Global Schools Program (GSP), specifically the Global Schools Advocates Program, which trains teachers and leaders on how to bring SDG Target 4.7 into their school communities. In addition, she highlighted UN at Your Doorstep, which unites youth and world leaders for intergenerational conversations promoting critical thinking, empathy, and action for the SDGs. The program is complemented by a series of pedagogical resources promoting systems thinking, created in partnership with Compass Education.
The discussion centered around the future of education in the post-2030 agenda. Panelists emphasized the importance of fostering critical thinking and compassion, addressing inequality, valuing diverse knowledge systems, integrating Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Global Citizenship into curricula, and ensuring that teachers receive fair compensation, continuous professional growth opportunities, and support for their well-being.
After the Forum, Global Schools participated in a three-day "Reimagining Education: Global Citizenship, Pluralism, and Purpose in the 21st Century" program hosted by Salzburg Global, in partnership with organizations such as the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens, the TUI Care Foundation, the University of Calgary, and York University's UNESCO Chair. The program took participants through a series of co-created modules on curriculum and pedagogy transformation; teacher and leadership capacity; equity and inclusion; innovation, technology and purpose; and system resilience and resources. The program concluded with a full-day brainstorming session. In a working group, the GSP team focused on tangible actions that the education community can take to transform education today and in the post-2030 agenda.
GSP is incredibly grateful to the Ban Ki-moon Center for Global Citizens and Salzburg Global for the invitation and for convening such an important conversation. We look forward to future discussion on how we can transform education for the future.
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