Professor Anne Bamford joined the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea, In-chon-Yoon and the General Secretary of UNESCO Irina Bokova for the opening of the four-day 2010 UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education, upholding the importance and value of the arts education, May 25-28, 2010 at COEX, Samsung-dong, Seoul. The Chairman of the organizing committee Yeo-ryong Lee, the Korean first lady Yoon-ok Kim and the Chairman of the Executive Committee Dae-young Lee, were amongst the prestigious group celebrating the importance of arts education for the coming decade.

Professor Bamford made a keynote presentation on policies dealing with creativity and emphasized the importance of offering arts and creativity education for youth. Professor Bamford is also a member of the Scientific Committee of UNESCO charged with informing the drafting the Seoul Agenda, to build on the successes of the Lisbon Road Map for Arts Education.

A more in-depth write up of this event can be found here:
The 2nd UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education, Arts Motivates the Self-Development (external)