UNESCO Chairs and
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UNESCO International Chair / Network for a Sustainable Human Development (391), established in 1998 at the University of Girona (Spain) |
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Fields / Disciplines
Disciplines related to environment
Objectives- To establish and strengthen the cooperation between the network of Latin-American universities and universities of Europe and Mediterranean countries in order to implement a postgraduate programme which will be carried out in close collaboration with research programs and action plans specific to each context.
- To support a fast and effective knowledge transfer on the university /company interactions within the framework of Communitarian actions for human development, integrating the various local actors and taking into account their cultural and ethnic diversity .
- To promote dialog between civil society and public administrations, and to create places and structures for self-managed processes of Communitarian participation.
Host Institution
University of Girona. Website
Webpage of the UNESCO Chair / Network
Master Courses 2008-2009 in Sustainable Human and Local Development Website in Spanish
Training CoursesWebsite in Spanish
Partnership
- Fundació Universitat de Girona Innovació i Formació, Universidad de Girona (España)
- Programa UNIVERSITAS-OIT
- PNUD-Programa de Desarrollo Humano a Nivel Local (Cuba)
- Ministerio para la Inversión Extranjera y la Colaboración Económica, Gobiernos Provinciales y Municipales (provincias Granma, Holguín, Las Tunas, Guantánamo y Santiago de Cuba)
- Ministerio de Justicia, Gobiernos Provinciales y Municipales de las provincias de Pinar del
Río, Granma, Holguín, Las Tunas, Guantánamo, Santiago de Cuba y el municipio de La
Habana Vieja.
- Instituto de Estadística de Catalunya e Instituto Nacional de Estadística
- Ayuda Popular Norueba (APN); gobiernos municipales seleccionados;
universidades de las provincias participantes (Granma, Holguín, Camagüey, Sancti Spíritus,
Central de las Villas y La Habana)
- Centro de Biología Marina (Cuba)
- Ayuntamiento de Girona (Aula de Humanidades y Centro Cultural La Mercè),
Delegación de Educación de Girona, Departamento de Pedagogía de la Universidad de
Girona y Unidad de Sociología del Departamento de Empresa de la Universidad de Girona
- Ayuda Popular Noruega (APN), Universidad Central de las Villas
Progress Report 2007
UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network
Social and Human Sciences |
Documents
Progress Report 2006 (short version)
Activities of the UNESCO International Chair / Network for a Sustainable Human Development, University of Girona. (Available in Spanish only)
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