Wolfgang Schneider (PhD) was Founding Director of the Department of Cultural Policy at the University of Hildesheim and UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy for the Arts in Development. He is Chairman of the National Fund for Performing Arts and Honorary President of ASSITEJ.Emily Achieng Akuno is a professor of music at the Technical University of Kenya. She is the editor and a contributing author of Music Education in Africa: Concept, Process and Practice. She is a former president of the International Music Council and current President of the International Society for Music Education as well as chair of the Music Education Research Group – Kenya.Yvette Hardie is the Director of ASSITEJ South Africa, and works as a theatre administrator, director, producer and educator, focusing on theatre for young audiences. She has written national curricula and textbooks for Dramatic/Creative Arts, and has taught widely in secondary and tertiary contexts. She is Honorary President of ASSITEJ.Daniel Gad is a cultural policy researcher (PhD) and managing director of the Hildesheim UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy for the Arts in Development with a focus on artistic freedom, networking in the arts sector and the transformative power of the arts.

• Cultural Policy Research. Arts Education in Africa and Europe – Holistic concepts of advancement – Aesthetic practices – Involvement with the Arts – Artists as Agents of Change – The role of Arts in Development processes – UNESCO Road Map for Arts Education – The role of the Arts in School Systems – Arts Education as part of Curricula for life long learning.