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UNITWIN/UNESCO
CHAIRS
The
Programme was established in 1992 following
the relevant decision of the General Conference
of UNESCO taken at its 26th session. UNITWIN
is the abbreviation for the university
twinning and networking scheme.
It was launched with the aim of developing
interuniversity cooperation, while emphazing
the transfer of knowledge between universities
and the promotion of academic solidarity
across the world.
In November 2002 theUNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs
Programme will be celebrating its tenth
anniversary. Conceived by the Division
of Higher Education (ED/HED), which was
subsequently designated as its House-wide
manager, the Programme was established
in 1992 following the relevant decision
of the General Conference of UNESCO taken
at its twenty-sixth session.
UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs projects deal with
training and research activities and cover
all major fields of knowledge within UNESCO’s
competence such as Education, Human Rights,
Cultural Development, Environment, Basic
and Engineering Sciences, Communication,
etc. The principal beneficiaries of this
programme are institutions of higher learning
in developing countries and countries
in transition.
Since its creation the Programme has met
with great interest from Member States
and continues to develop steadily. From
some 17 Chairs established in 1992 the
number has today surpassed 500 established
Chairs and interuniversity networks. These
projects are located at over 500 institutions
in some 113 countries and involve thousands
of academics, scholars and graduate students,
as well as key partners from civil society
and the economic sector. Over the last
five years these partners have brought
some $30 million US dollars towards UNITWIN
projects, a sum six times greater than
UNESCO’s regular funding.
UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks, whatever
their field of competence and regardless
of the local or global problems they deal
with, are directly contributing to the
renewal and internationalization of higher
education: of its systems, institutions,
programs and courses (both formal and
non-formal, at undergraduate, graduate
and post-graduate levels).
Activities falling within the established
projects areall directed towards the achievement
and reinforcement of higher education
reform launched by UNESCO’s World
Conference on Higher Education (Paris,
1998).
Over the last ten years the UNITWIN/UNESCO
Chairs Programme has developed into a
truly world-wide, interuniversity cooperation
scheme based on interdisciplinarity, intersectoriality
and networking. It has since become one
of the major intersectorial Programmes
and an integral part of activities developed
by UNESCO’s various Sectors, services
and Field (Cluster) Offices.
The Programme was the subject of two evaluations
– internal (1996) and external (2000).
Following the recommendations of the external
evaluation the future strategy will be
oriented towards enhancement of the Programme’s
relevance, efficiency and impact on national
development efforts. UNITWIN projects
that have proved themselves sustainable
will be pursued and new sub-regional,
regional and international interuniversity
networks will be established in all absolute
priority areasof UNESCO.
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UNESCO
Interdisciplinary Chair / Network for
Sustainable Development (6), established
in 1995
Fields/Discipline
Environmental policy and management.
Objectives
To promote an integrated
system of research, training and documentation
activities focusing mainly on the analysis
of the multiple relations between environmental
policies and development programmes,
and on the opening of policy dialogue
between the social actors concerned
(State, local authorities, NGO, business,
trade unions, scientific communities,
etc.); To sensitize public opinion,
scientifists and decision-makers to
the most appropriate policies and programmes
in the field of sustainable development,
emphasis being put on urban ecology.
UNESCO Sector/Field Office responsible
for the Chair/Network
Social and Human Sciences
Keywords:
Environmental policy
and management
Geography
Keywords: Latin
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