Venezuela

UNESCO Chair "Planeta Libre : Towards a culture of peace" (278), established in 1996 at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (Venezuela).

Fields/Disciplines

Disciplines related to culture of peace.

Objectives

  • To testify to the timelessness of some human and spiritual values.
  • To promote a change of perception of ourselves as agents of our destiny, able to completely change by releasing our body and by developing our capacities, by eliminating all that slows us down : dogmas, fears, violence and traumatisms, in order to find our potential of growth and love in harmony with cosmos, and to go towards a culture of
    peace which will have to be based on a sustainable human development, democracy, peace, equity and freedom.

Host Institution

  • Central University of Venezuela. Website
  • Fundación Internacional Planeta Libre (Venezuela). Website

Partnership

  • Universidade Federal do Paraná (Brasil). Website
  • Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Colombia). Website
  • Universidad de Laguna (Spain). Website
  • Universidad de Salamanca (Spain). Website
  • Universidad de Valencia (Spain). Website
  • Universidad de Extremadura (Spain). Website

UNESCO Sector/Field Office responsible for the Chair/Network

Culture; UNESCO Office in Quito.

Documents

Progress report 2009 (short version)

Progress report 2007 (short version)

Contact

Dr Carolina Paris G., Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales, Dirección de Postgrado y Escola de Antropología
UNESCO Chairholder
E-Mail address - planetalibre(at)cantv.net
Work Phone - 58-212-7537319
Fax - 58-212-7513936
Street - Monumento a la Paz de Bello Monte Cabriales con Luis Roche
City - Caracas
Postal Code - 1041
Country - Venezuela
Website