Expert Meeting on Intercultural Dialogue, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
As the UNESCO led International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures (2013 – 2022) reaches its halfway point, UNESCO is reflecting on how its work on intercultural dialogue can be rendered more evidence-driven and responsive to the needs of Member States....
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New Book: ‘The Teacher’s Role in the Changing Globalizing World’
UNESCO Chair on Values, Dialogue and Human Rights, Prof. Arto Kallioniemi, has co-edited a new book The Teacher's Role in the Changing Globalizing World together with Hannele Niemi, Auli Toom and Jari Lavonen. The book was published in May 2018. About the book: The...
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Seminar: ‘Equipping Schools and Teachers to Provide Interfaith Education’
Prof. Arto Kallioniemi, UNESCO Chair on Values, Dialogue and Human Rights, has co-organised an upcoming seminar at the Parliament of the World's Religions, Kannada, Toronto, November, 2nd, 2018. The title of the seminar is 'Equipping Schools and Teachers to Provide...
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Event: Participation at the Baku International Humanitarian Forum 2018
Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair for Comparative Research in Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, presented at the Baku International Humanitarian Forum on 26 October 2018. He spoke on the topic of 'Baku Process – Advancing Intercultural Dialogue for Human...
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Event: ‘The protection of ethnic, cultural and religious minorities: an issue of peace and international security in a time of globalization’
The UNESCO Chair in Memory, Cultures and Interculturality Assoc. Prof. Roger Koussetogue Koudé is organising a symposium entitled 'The protection of ethnic, cultural and religious minorities: an issue of peace and international security in a time of globalization' on...
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New Article: ‘Implications of Lived and Packaged Religions for Intercultural Dialogue to Reduce Conflict and Terror’
Professor Gary Bouma, UNESCO Chair in Inter-Cultural and Inter-Religious Relations, has published a recent article that broadens the challenges of interreligious engagements through a deepened understanding of the diversity of religions--those of 'packaged' and...
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Event: 2018 Victorian Local Government Multicultural Issues Network Forum: ‘Civic Participation: Strengthening Councils’ Engagement Practices’
Prof. Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair of Cultural Diversity and Social Justice gave a keynote address at the the Victorian Local Government Multicultural Issues Network Forum held on 11 Oct 2018 at the Springvale Town Hall, Melbourne. Through presentations, panel...
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The UNESCO UNITWIN Network on Inter-religious Dialogue and Intercultural Understanding (IDIU) Progress Report, 2016-2017
The UNITWIN Network on Inter-religious Dialogue and Intercultural Understanding (IDIU) has recently submitted the 2016-2017 progress report to UNESCO. This report documents the achievements, accolades and key activities of Chairs within the Network. Full progress...
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Third Academic Forum of UNESCO Chairs in Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue, Tunis, December 2018
** THIS FORUM HAS BEEN POSTPONED. TO BE UPDATED ** The Third Academic Forum of UNESCO Chairs working in the field of intercultural and interreligious dialogue will be convened in Tunis from 12 to 13 December 2018. It will take place just two days after UNESCO and the...
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New Publication: Diversité et dialogue interculturel
Dr Mauricio Beuchot has co-authored with Dr. Jorge Enrique Gonzalez, UNESCO chair on Intercultural Dialogue, to publish a new book titled Diversité et dialogue interculturel. The book is translated as Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue in English. This book aims to...
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New Publication on Intercultural Dialogue (Spanish)
A new publication (in Spanish) has been released this year, co-authored by UNESCO Chair for Intercultural Dialogue Prof. Dr. Jorge Enrique Gonzalez. This is a publication dealing with the elaboration of the fundamental principles of the approach Dr. Gonzalez in the...
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Report: ‘Understanding Global Issues through Cross-Faculty Collaborations’
UNESCO Chairholder in TVET and Lifelong Learning, Professor Bob Adamson was part of a project titled 'Understanding Global Issues through Cross-Faculty Collaborations' which was established to find out whether students’ global awareness was actually being increased by...
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