UNESCO Chairs Working Sessions and Seminars
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The collective intelligence and experience of UNESCO's network of some 1100 university Chairs and UNITWIN networks from around the world is mobilized through a combination of online and in-person events. Through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary discussions, these events strengthen collaboration and advance boundaries of knowledge research and action on topics related to UNESCO's mandate in education, culture, communication and the sciences, as well as broader issues for the United Nations.
Open to the public, online working sessions and seminars bring together the UNESCO Chairs community, researchers, civil society representatives, practitioners and UN specialists in an open platform for discussion, collaboration and knowledge exchange, with a view to expanding cooperation to tackle the pressing issues for peace and sustainable development.
Each session is linked with a particular programmatic focus of the Organization on which UNESCO Chairs work. UNESCO Chairs Working Sessions and Seminars have stimulated debate through a broad, transversal approach, engaging the community of UNESCO Chairs, UNITWIN Networks, partners and other experts.
See recordings of previous Working Sessions and Seminars below.
Priority Africa Flagship Programmes | Working sessions


Harnessing emerging technologies for sustainable development in Africa (19 February 2025)

Fostering cultural heritage and capacity development (12 February 2025)

General History of Africa, as a catalyst for achieving Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda (11 December 2024)

Campus Africa: Reinforcing Higher Education in Africa (31 October 2024)
Series 5 - Towards a Pact for the Future (February to July 2024)







Series 4: Transforming knowledge for Africa's future





Series 3: Science and sustainability

Series 2: Human rights
Series 1: Futures of higher education

"Transforming knowledge for Africa’s future": upcoming series
From September to November 2023, the UNESCO Chairs Seminars will focus on the 5 Flagship Programmes of the 2022-2029.
These Seminars will provide an interdisciplinary venue for UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks, and other experts, to engage with each Flagship Programme.
The Seminars are a contribution towards the African Union’s Theme of the Year 2024, devoted to education.
