Event – 4th International Conference “For World Balance”

Mar 8, 2019 | Conference, Event, UNESCO

“To plant ideas in favor of a better, more just and peaceful world…It is not with weapons that the problems of the contemporary world will be solved. It is the international public opinion that can favor and promote a change in the present course of global...

UNESCO/UNODC Panel Session: Global Citizenship Education for Peaceful and Inclusive Societies

Feb 20, 2019 | Event, UNESCO

Professor Fethi Mansouri UNESCO Chair, Cultural Diversity and Social Justice What are the factors fuelling the decline of public trust in institutions? How can the education sector contribute to changing this situation, in particular by fostering students’ engagement...

Expert Meeting on Intercultural Dialogue, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Dec 8, 2018 | UNESCO

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....

Seminar: ‘Equipping Schools and Teachers to Provide Interfaith Education’

Nov 25, 2018 | Event, Seminar, UNESCO

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...

Event: Participation at the Baku International Humanitarian Forum 2018

Nov 5, 2018 | Event, UNESCO

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...

New Article: ‘Implications of Lived and Packaged Religions for Intercultural Dialogue to Reduce Conflict and Terror’

Oct 14, 2018 | UNESCO

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...