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UNITWIN-PRELUDE Network of scientific and participative co-expertise for sustainable development and UNESCO-PRELUDE Chair on sustainable development(589), established in 2001, at the FUNDP - Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (Belgium) |
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Fields / Disciplines
Sustainable Development
Objectives- To undertake research and training and initiate scientific co-operations among universities, in partnership with other actors in service of socially fragile communities, so as to contribute to sustainable development and to the construction of more responsible world.
- To facilitate the incorporation of internationally famous high level researchers in the research teams of the Southern countries and fragile territories, in order to strengthen their creative, scientific and methodological potential.
- To support international co-operation by working narrowly with the institutions, organizations and associations specialized in the vital sectors: health, nutrition, energy, environment, habitat, communication, highlighting their global and complex dimension by according a particular attention to developing countries institutions.
- To facilitate the contribution of universities, institutions, organizations and economic, social and cultural stakeholders that take part in the production of a global knowledge of quality that respects local expertise and knowledge, by developing thought capacities, advancement and dissemination of research, and training with a view to sustainable development and social equity.
Host Institution
FUNDP - Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix. Website
Webpage of PRELUDE Network.
Membership
Geographic implantation of the PRELUDE Network / National cells by regions. Link
UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network
Social and Human Sciences |
Documents
Progress Report 2004 (short version)
Activities of the UNITWIN-PRELUDE Network of scientific and participative co-expertise for sustainable development and UNESCO-PRELUDE Chair on sustainable development
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