Ireland
UNESCO Chair in Children, Youth and Civic Engagement (806), established in 2008 at The National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland).
Fields/Disciplines
Children, youth and civic engagement.
Objectives
The specific objectives of this Chair are to:
- conduct research in children, youth and civic engagement;
- deliver teaching programmes and disseminate and share, between partners, teaching materials and promote tools that promote civic engagement among children and youth;
- provide, to partner organizations, consultation on child and youth mentoring; as well as civic engagement through informal education programmes;
- facilitate international debate on civic engagement as an international policy issue;
- formalize a sustainable international consortium on civic engagement as a method of education for young people, youth, work professionals, NGOs and academics.
Host Institution
UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network
Education.
Contact
Dr Pat Dolan, Child and Family Research Centre, School of Political Science and Sociology, The National University of Ireland
Director of the Centre
E-Mail address - pat.dolan(at)nuigalway.ie
Work Phone - +353-91-49-293-0
City - Galway
Country - Ireland