Armenia

UNESCO Chair in Post-Graduate and Lifelong Education (828), established in 2008 at the Armenian State Pedagogical University (Armenia)

 

Fields / Disciplines Higher education. Objectives The purpose of the Chair shall be to promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation in the field of higher education. 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 Central and Eastern Europe region. The development objectives of its activities shall be to: contribute to the ongoing capacity building and institutional development of involved sectors and other University related educational research institutions; Support and facilitate environmental and other related issues in the field of sustainable post-graduate education management and development in close cooperation with the national and regional authorities; further promotion of interdisciplinary research and development activities, educational and training programmes and joint international post-graduate education projects; and improve informational exchange between countries where the Chair is envisages to serve as a centre of information and experience sharing with appropriate specialists where professional qualification and training on related issues. Host Institution Armenian State Pedagogical University (Armenia) UNESCO Sector / Office responsible for the Chair/Network Education, UNESCO Office in Moscow