Felix Perera, Minister of Social Services, and Ms Pilar Alvarez-Laso, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, will deliver a speech as Guests of Honour.
Sophia Simba, Minister for Community Development, Gender and Children, the United Republic of Tanzania, and Ms Maria del Pilar Alvarez-Laso, UNESCO Assistant Director General for Social and Human Sciences.
Pilar Alvarez-Laso, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, stressed in her opening words that the idea of sustainable development depends on the availability of a knowledge base and the capacity to make use of it.