13th International Meeting of Paulo Freire concluded in Cuba

CIENFUEGOS, Cuba, May 6 (ACN) With a very positive result in the exchange of knowledge and educational practices, the 13th Paulo Freire International Meeting concluded in the Cuban central province of Cienfuegos, which gathered more than 370 participants from eight countries of Latin America in person and virtually.

The development of the event, the exchange in the communities and the cultural closing with the performance of Tia Rosa and her group, touched the delegates who praised the beautiful opportunities to measure how much progress is being made in the Latin American region in the topics of popular education.

Abelardo Sanclemente, president of the Colombian Association of Physical Education, Recreation and Sports Teachers Network (Arcopref) in Colombia, told the Cuban News Agency that within the thematic line of this event related to climate change, there is a link with the development of capacities for the growth of each of the people of the region.

"We brought work, specifically, in pedagogy oriented to the climate problem and the search for integral solutions for Colombian communities, practices driven by the philosophy of the pedagogue Pablo Freire, with participatory action.

"We have an agreement between Arcopref and the University of Cienfuegos, through which we are training about 40 PhDs in science education, physical culture, local and territorial development, as well as in science, technology and society.

The "Paulo Freire" program was dedicated precisely to Colombia. and along with Panama they brought the largest delegations to this international meeting, which is held every two years in Cienfuegos.

During this international meeting, two Cienfuegos educators were selected to become members of the World Council of University Academics and Researchers, a distinction given by Orlando Terre Camacho, president of this body.