The Policy Dialogue takes place on Monday, 8 June 2020, at the Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the European Union, located in Rue Belliard 60-62, 1040 Brussels.

The policy dialogue will follow-up on the EU council conclusions that the Croatian EU presidency plans to introduce at the May Education Council on the topic of teachers, including teacher education. The policy dialogue is exclusively addressed to representatives of ministries dealing with teacher education in Europe (EU member states, further Erasmus+ programme countries, Switzerland and the United Kingdom).

Participation is on invitation only, which will be sent via the Permanent Representations / missions in Brussels. Ministerial representatives of the German Länder are equally invited.

For further questions, please contact teacher-conference@daad.de.

– preliminary programme (as of February 2020) –

12:30	Registration – lunch and mingling
13:30	WELCOME Theresia Bauer, Minister for Higher Education, Research and Art, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (TBC) Aase Marthe Johansen Horrigmo, State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Research and Higher Education, Norway
14:00	Setting the scene: global teachers for global learners Dorothea Rüland, Secretary General, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
14:15	Croatian EU presidency: presentation of council conclusions
14:30	Moderated discussion on challenges and solutions for the internationalisation of teacher education Input by: European Commission National ministries
15:30	Coffee break
16:00	Continuation of moderated discussion – challenges and solutions for the internationalisation of teacher education Input by ministries from European countries
16:45	Responses from the field Input by, e.g.: HEI representative Researcher Student Teacher Representative of municipality
17:30	Learning by going Testimonial
17:45	Wrap-up and introduction to poster session DAAD and Diku
18:00	Evening reception Poster session: good-practice projects from higher education institutions in Europe