UNESCO Chair in Education and Human Development (640), established in 2004 at the Institute Ayrton Senna (Brazil). 

Fields/Disciplines

Education and human development.

Objectives

• The purpose of the Chair shall be to promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation activities in the field of education and human development.
• It will serve as a means of facilitating collaboration between high-level, internationally recognized researchers and teaching staff of the Institute and other institutions of higher education in Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean, and other regions of the world.

Host Institution

• Instituto Ayrton Senna

Partnership

• Universidade de Sao Paulo
• Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte.
• Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
• Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife
• Universidade Federal do Parà, Belem
• Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Sao Leopoldo
• Colegio de Aplicacao da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
• Escola da Ponte
• AUDI Ag (Germany). Website

UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network

Education, Social and Human Sciences; UNESCO Office in Brasilia.

Document

• Progress Report 2006 (short version)
  Activities of the UNESCO Chair in Education and Human Development.

Contact

Prof. Eduardo Chaves, UNESCO Chairholder
Institute Ayrton Senna
E-Mail address - echaves(at)ias.org.br

Phone:  +55-11-2974/3041

Fax: +55-11- 6950/8007

Street - Rua Dr. Olavo Egydio, 287-16°andar, Santana
City - Sao Paulo, SP
Postal Code - 02037-000
Country - Brazil
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