United States of America

UNESCO Chair on Achieving the Promise of EFA: A Focus on Literacy and Sustainable Development (741), established in 2006 at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. (United States of America)

 

Fields / Disciplines Education, International Public Policy, Public Health, Medicine, Literacy and sustainable development. Objectives The purpose of the UNESCO Project Chair shall be to promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation targeting EFA goals, universal primary education and teacher training and use development to achieve a sustained reduction in poverty, including all the social, economic and political changes in society required to attain the goal. It will serve as a means of facilitating collaboration between high-level, internationally recognized researchers and teaching staff of the University and other institutions in the United States of America and in other regions of the world. Host Institution Georgetown University School of Medicine Website Partnership Kabul University (Afghanistan) American University of Afghanistan (Afghanistan) Website Members of the Global Consortium of U.S. Colleges and Universities: National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, Harvard Graduate School of Education Website Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Website The Literacy Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University Website Loyola University, ChicagoWebsite University of Maryland Website Saint Joseph’s University Website Department of Teacher Education, Florida Atlantic University Website UNESCO Sector / Office responsible for the Chair/Network Education, UNESCO Liaison Office in New-York

October 15, 2007 (U.S.A.)-National Literacy Summit.3 . Webcast co-organised by UNESCO Chair on Achieving the Promise of EFA: A Focus on Literacy and Sustainable Development Georgetown University, Washington D.C. The National Literacy Summit.3 Webcast will convene global thought leaders to discuss and demonstrate how technology drives the definition of literacy and learning required in a competitive global economy. >> More