

Playing on the beach of Deir el-Balah refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, April 13, 2016. AP Photo/Khalil Hamra. All rights reserved.Rosemary Bechler (RB): Ozlem Eskiocak, we were very pleased to publish an account of the UNRWA programme which every year looks after half a million Palestine refugee children in 700 schools, in the run-up to the World Forum for Democracy 2016. Let me just ask you first what you have made of the last couple of days here in Strasbourg?
Ozlem Eskiocak (OE): It was a very interesting opportunity to hear ideas from around the world on education, democracy, participation. The way they have designed the sessions was quite clever, with the main presenter and discussants critically reflecting on the issues at hand.