UNESCO launched the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme in 1991 as an international action plan for academic solidarity to strengthen inter-university co-operation with particular emphasis on support to higher education in the developing countries.
The programme works towards establishing and reinforcing strong and durable linkages amongst higher education and scientific institutions worldwide and at facilitating the transfer of knowledge while combating the brain drain. Special attention is paid to providing assistance through inter-regional and (sub)regional linkages.
The UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme encompasses a broad spectrum of activities requiring very flexible modes of action. It is based on genuine, equal partnership among the higher education institutions which initiate various projects within its framework.
Two types of closely interrelated and interdependent activities have emerged as the base for the major strategies for implementing the Programme: inter-university networks and international UNESCO Chairs. While individual chairs responding to specific needs are possible, the programme endeavours to create the proper conditions to allow each chair to be a focal point of a network or to be a part of a network.
The UNITWIN network on Interreligious studies
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Programme of the UNESCO Meeting
06.05.09
Programme of the UNESCO Meeting within the two-day seminar "CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONTEMPORARY CULTURE" (Saint Petersburg, June 1-4, 2009 г.)
June 1, 2009 Arrivals
June 2, 2009 Small Hall of the St. Petersburg Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Universitetskaya emb., 5). 10.00 Session Greeting address from L. Moreva (Moscow UNESCO Office) Greeting address from J. Kreidi (Beirut UNESCO Office) Greeting address from D. Spivak (UNESCO Chair, St. Petersburg) E. Rezvan "The Qur’an and Power in Russia" F. Daou "The Context of Christian-Muslim Encounter in Lebanon the Arab East: A Christian Perspective" 13.00 Lunch 14.00-16.30 Proceeding of the Session S. Horujy "Dialogue of Religions: Historical Experience and Principal Foundations" N. Tabbara "The Context of Christian-Muslim Encounter in Lebanon and the Near-East: A Muslim Perspective" R. Ayoub "Christian-Muslim Dialogue Training: a Way of Personal Evolving" I. Kotin "Representatives of Christianity and Islam in Inter-Confessional Dialogue on the Fates of Russia Common Discussion 19.00 Dinner
June 3, 2009 Small Hall of the St. Petersburg Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Universitetskaya emb., 5).
10.00 Closing Session Small Hall of the St. Petersburg Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Universitetskaya emb., 5). S. Halwany "Initiatives of Lebanese Civil Society in Dialogue: Adyan Foundation’s Experience" A. Melikhov "'Shan't Thou Awake the Storms Asleep!..': Pragmatism in Religious Dialogue" A. Khismatulin "Islamic–Christian Dialogue: Methodological Problems" S. Makhlina "Semantics of Christian and Muslim Art: Differences and Correspondences" E. Endoltseva "Christian Monuments of Syria and their Muslim Context" Concluding Remarks of D. Spivak (UNESCO Chair, St. Petersburg) Common Discussion 13.00 Lunch 15.00 Cultural Programme 19.00 Dinner
