38. In this meeting, the document of the Framework for Strategic Cooperation and Sustainable Development for the years (2020-2022) was reviewed, which is an amendment to the Strategic Partnership Framework signed in October 2017, between the government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and sixteen UN agencies, to ensure that it continues to keep pace with the government’s Action Program, Bahrain Economic Vision 2030, and the Sustainable Development Goals. Six new UN agencies expressed their desire to join the revised framework. 39. On the other hand, the NIHR participated in an online panel discussion on "The Future of Education in the Arab Region", organized by the Arab Network of National Human Rights Institutions and the Arab Institute for Human Rights, in which representatives of national human rights institutions in the Arab region presented the reality of the situation, the problems of education, and recommendations for the future of education 2050. 40. During the discussion session, the most important challenges facing education in the region were discussed, along with proposals for development. The meeting focused on main themes dealing with the process of rethinking the concept and standards of development and progress, in addition to formulating new visions of education in multiple realities and knowledge as a global public good, redefining education framework, in addition to adopting humanistic frameworks for education and development, as well as an explanation of the UNESCO Global Initiative and the high-level international commission reimagining the future of education by 2050. 41. In the field of expanding the frameworks of cooperation to promote and protect human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the NIHR participated in presenting a theoretical lecture entitled “Applications of Human Rights Agreements in Bahraini Law” within the basic training course for new lawyers (12th batch) organized by the Institute of Judicial and Legal Studies. The lecture dealt with a number of themes, the most important of which are: the legal basis for international human rights conventions in the Kingdom of Bahrain, international conventions on human rights that the Kingdom of Bahrain has acceded to or ratified, and mechanisms for monitoring the implementation of the Kingdom of Bahrain’s international conventions on human rights. The NIHR gave a lecture entitled "Human Rights in Exceptional Circumstances", which was organized by the Bahrain Institute for Political Development. 42. The NIHR also participated in the virtual lecture organized by the Bahrain Institute for Political Development in cooperation with the General Secretariat of the House of Representatives, as part of a parliamentary skills program for members of Parliament; where the NIHR presented a lecture entitled "Human Rights in Bahraini Laws and International Agreements", which aimed to develop the skills of the members of Parliament in the field of human rights. NIHR Bahrain- Eighth Annual Report 2020 101