Ambassador Dr. Neil Parsan Elected President Board of Virtual Educa Foundation

Inauguration of the Virtual Educa Foundation Headquarters, in Washington, D.C. with newly elected President of the Board, Dr. Neil Parsan

By Derrick Scott

Washington, DC – Ambassador Dr. Neil Parsan, newly elected President of the Board of Virtual Educa   Foundation together with Secretary-General Jose Maria Anton and representatives from the World Bank, United Nations and members of the diplomatic corps were on hand to formally inaugurate the offices of Virtual Educa in Washington, DC.

Ambassador Parsan outlined the aims and strategic objectives of the Foundation  and give his commitment to take the Foundation to the next level while creating the required linkages to innovation, education and the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Secretary-General Jose Maria Antón presented the main Virtual Educa projects including the Global Forum on Innovation in Education, which takes place in Silicon Valley October 5^th-6^th, 2017.

Ms. Paloma Duran, Director of the UN Sustainable Development Goals Fund  outlined the importance of the Goals to effectively change contemporary societies,  while Mr. Patil Pawan, World Bank Senior Economist, remarked the importance of education for a knowledge society.

“Virtual Educa has become a standard in the Americas and a flagship program of innovation in education that has been recognized and supported at the highest political level. Its impressive growth the last 16 years is evident in its contribution to the integration of the region around issues of education” remarked Ambassador Audrey Marks, the Ambassador of Jamaica to the United States and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States.

Virtual Educa is a global initiative created in 2001 in order to promote innovation in Education to promote social transformation and integral development.

Virtual Educa operates through an alliance of public and private institutions, bringing together the government / multilateral, business, academic and civil society sectors. Its management engages the associations and foundations of Virtual Educa in Spain, Peru and USA. The General Secretariat is in Washington, D.C.