Belgium

UNITWIN-PRELUDE Network of scientific and participative co-expertise for sustainable development and UNESCO-PRELUDE Chair on sustainable development (589), established in 2001, at the FUNDP - Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (Belgium).

Fields/Disciplines

Sustainable Development.

Objectives

  • To undertake research and training and initiate scientific co-operations among universities, in partnership with other actors in service of socially fragile communities, so as to contribute to sustainable development and to the construction of more responsible world.
  • To facilitate the incorporation of internationally famous high level researchers in the research teams of the Southern countries and fragile territories, in order to strengthen their creative, scientific and methodological potential.
  • To support international co-operation by working narrowly with the institutions, organizations and associations specialized in the vital sectors:  health, nutrition, energy, environment, habitat, communication, highlighting their global and complex dimension by according a particular attention to developing countries institutions.
  • To facilitate the contribution of universities, institutions, organizations and economic, social and cultural stakeholders that take part in the production of a global knowledge of quality that respects local expertise and knowledge, by developing thought capacities, advancement and dissemination of research, and training with a view to sustainable development and social equity.

Host Institution

Membership

UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network

Social and Human Sciences.

Document

Contact

Prof. Georges Thill, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
E-Mail address - georges.thill(at)fundp.ac.be
Work Phone - +32(0)8172-4116/13
Fax - +32 81 72 41 18
Street - Rue de Bruxelles, 61
City - Namur
Postal Code - B-5000
Country - Belgium