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UNESCO International Chair / Network for a Sustainable Human Development (391), established in 1998 at the University of Girona (Spain).

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

Master Courses 2008-2009 in Sustainable Human and Local Development

Training Courses

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.

UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network

Social and Human Sciences.

Document

Contact

Dr Jordi de Cambra Bassols, Universidad de Girona, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresarias
Coordinator, UNESCO International Chair / Network for a Sustainable Human Development
E-Mail address - jordi.cambra(at)udg.edu
Work Phone - 34 972 41 80 40
Fax - 34 972 41 80 32
Street - Campus Montilivi, s/n
City - Girona
Postal Code - 17071
Country - Spain
Website

Prof. Ernel González, Universidad de La Habana, Departamento de Sociología, Facultad de Filosofía e Historia
Chief of the Project, UNESCO International Chair / Network for a Sustainable Human Development
E-Mail address - ffh(at)comuh.uh.cu
Work Phone - 53 7 870 33 55
Fax - 537 873 57 74
Street - c/San Lázaro Esq. L, Vedado
City - La Habana
Country - Cuba
Website