Canada

UNESCO Chair/Network on sustainable development (56), established in 1992 at the Laval University (Canada).

Fields/Disciplines

Natural resources Development.

Objectives

  • To promote research in the following fields:
  • 1) Social Management of ecological problems.
    2)  Natural resources management (Africa).
  • To offer to the students of all disciplines (universities of Latin America) an additional training in environment and sustainable development by the means of conferences.
  • To promote the collaboration between Latin American teachers and researchers and the research team of the University.

Host Institution

Partnership

  • Universidad de Concepción (Argentina)
  • Universidade Federal de Algoas
  • Universidade Federal do Sergippe
  • Universidade do Estado de Paraiba
  • Universidade Regional do Rio Grande do Norte de Mossoro
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte de Natal
  • Universidade Federal do Pernambuco (Brasil)
  • Shanghai International Studies University (China)
  • Université nationale de la Côte d'Ivoire (Côte d'Ivoire)
  • Université Guisqueya (Haïti)
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University (India)
  • Tokyo University (Japan)
  • Universidad Ciudad ; Universidad Autónoma Nacional de Mexico (Mexico)
  • Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Senegal)

UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network
 
Social and Human sciences.

Contact

Prof. Louis Guay, Université Laval, Faculté de Sciences Sociales, Groupe de Recherches et d'Études sur les Politiques Environnementales (GERPE)
Responsable du réseau
E-Mail address - Louis.Guay(at)soc.ulaval.ca
Work Phone - 1 418 656 2131, poste 6042
Fax - 1 418 656 7390
Street - Cité universitaire
City - Sainte-Foy
Province/State - Québec
Postal Code - G1K 7P4
Country - Canada