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UNESCO Chairs
 

Chaire Montreal.JPG The aims of the Chairs are to:

Chair UNESCO-ITESO in Urban Management and Sustainable Urban Planning

The Chair was created in 1998 at the ITESO University in Guadalajara, Mexico. Its work is based on an academic programme which shares the same objectives as the MOST "City professionals" project. The Chair offers the possibility of creating new linkages between public instances and civil society based on the concertation among different urban social actors, as well as the generation and dissemination of interdisciplinary knowledge.
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Website
Contact: Germán Solinís



UNESCO Chair in Landscape and Environmental Design at the University of Montreal-CUPEUM (Canada)

The Chair’s work focuses on social development and cultural characterization of landscapes and territories, as well as improvement practices and plans (in landscape architecture, architecture, and urbanplanning and design). Research targets three areas: urban landscapes, rurality, and the environment. In addition, teaching activities give priority to higher education in landscape architecture and international mobility of professors and students.

Website
Contact: Brigitte Colin

See also
Presentation of the book "Workshop Tunisia", the latest publication of the UNESCO Chair in Landscape and Environment.



UNESCO-ENTPE Chair in Urban Policies and Citizenship

The Chair was created in February 2007 at the École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (ENTPE) in Lyon, France. The objective of this Chair is to structure an international university network to foster exchange within the academic community, in order to question and compare the capacity of metropolitan societies to integrate this tendency towards the pluralization of urban decision-making platforms in different institutional, cultural, political and economic contexts.

Website
Contact: Brigitte Colin



UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Urban Development for Asia and the Pacific

Established in August 2008 at the University of Newcastle (Australia), the Chair has the mission to conduct pragmatic and innovative strategic research, as well as to offer advice and capacity building in order to support sustainable urban development in the Asia-Pacific Region. In cooperation with governments and academics, the Chair will examine the possibilities of green urbanism and will identify better ways to harmonize the rapid urbanization processes which characterize the region.

Websites:Contact: Brigitte Colin

See also
‘An urban ultimatum’ (p.84-85) in ‘Sustainability: Australia’s Future’ by Professor Steffen Lehmann, chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Urban Development for Asia and the Pacific.



UNESCO Chair in Social and Spatial Inclusion of International Migrants: Urban Policies and Practice

The UNESCO Chair in Social and Spatial Inclusion of International Migrants (SSIIM) was created in September 2008 at the University of Venice (Università Iuav di Venezia) in Italy. The Chair will conduct multidisciplinary comparative research on international migrants in urban areas, highlighting the principal factors of promoting social and spatial inclusion of international migrants in different urban settings. The Chair aims at exchanging good policies and practices and fostering awareness on the inclusion of international migrants.

Website
Contact: Brigitte Colin

See also
International Conference ‘Migrants demand for the city’, inaugural conference of the SSIIM UNESCO Chair, Venice, Italy, 19-20 March 2009.
Conexiones translocales y formación de territorios migratorios. El caso de los cochabambinos de Bérgamo. SSIIM Paper Series vol.2, by Dr. Mirko Marzadro.



UNESCO Chair in Social Sustainability of Historical Districts

Created in October 2008 at the Yonsei University in Seoul (Korea), the UNESCO Chair aims at a social and human approach for sustainable revitalization of historic districts.

Website
Contact: Brigitte Colin



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Photo: Working meeting on the strategic development of the UNESCO Chair in Landscape and Environmental Design at the University of Montreal. May 2007. From left to right: Mr Alain Boutet - Director of the Direction of International Affairs, Ms Brigitte Colin - UNESCO Programme Specialist, Ms Martha Crago - Vice-President of the University of Montreal and Mr Philippe Poullaouec-Gonidec Director of the UNESCO Chair in Landscape and Environmental Design © University of Montreal



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NewsPresentation of the book ‘WORKSHOP TUNISIE, Invention paysagère des carrières de Mahdia’ 2009-02-10 8:00 am UNESCO
On 3 February 2009 the book ‘WORKSHOP TUNISIE, Invention paysagère des carrières de Mahdia’ was presented at the University of Montreal. It is the latest publication of the UNESCO Chair in Landscape and Environmental Design at the University of Montreal-CUPEUM (Canada).



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