A reminder that an international conference on “Montessori Today: global outlook and intercultural aspects” will take place at the Foreign Ministry in Rome on 24 February 2012.
The Conference will be opened at 09.30 by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi. Also taking part will be the Minister for Employment and Social Policies, Elsa Fornero, and the Under-Secretary for Education, Universities and Research, Marco Rossi Doria.
Speakers include Clara Tornar, from Università Roma Tre, Gudula Meisterjahn-Knebel, President of the Montessori-Europe Association, and Eva-Maria Ahlquist, form the University of Stockholm. The event will end at around 13.00.
The Conference is being promoted by the National Association of Non-State Education Institutions (ANINSEI), part of Confindustria, with the collaboration of Roma Tre University and the Seraphicum Educational Complex.
Journalists and camera operators interested in following the event are asked to apply for accreditation using the online accreditation system. Please complete the interactive form at http://mae.accreditationsystem.info/ITA/Indice.asp All required documentation (if not already submitted) can be attached to the form in digital format (letter from their media organisation, and note verbale for foreign journalists in Italy).
If it is not possible to complete the online accreditation procedure, applications should be sent by fax to the Foreign Ministry’s Press and Institutional Communication Service (fax 06/3691.2122 –tel. 06/3691.3432).
Accredited journalists/photographers should enter the foreign ministry by the main entrance (left-hand side) which will be open from 09.00 onwards.
