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....

New Book: ‘The Teacher’s Role in the Changing Globalizing World’

Nov 26, 2018 | Publications

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:...

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...

Event: ‘The protection of ethnic, cultural and religious minorities: an issue of peace and international security in a time of globalization’

Oct 19, 2018 | Event

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...

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...

Event: 2018 Victorian Local Government Multicultural Issues Network Forum: ‘Civic Participation: Strengthening Councils’ Engagement Practices’

Oct 11, 2018 | Event, UNESCO

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...

The UNESCO UNITWIN Network on Inter-religious Dialogue and Intercultural Understanding (IDIU) Progress Report, 2016-2017

Sep 27, 2018 | UNESCO

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...