From the 11th-12th of March, the International Advisory Board (IAB) met at the Faculty of Education at INN University to discuss the third phase of the UNESCO Chair on ESL, which was renewed in 2023.
On Monday the 11th of March, INNs rector Peer Jacob Svenkerud had the pleasure to welcome the start of the meeting. He expressed the importance of building cooperation internationally and becoming a more internationally orientated institution. He also informed that INN is reporting on the SDGs for the first time in 2024.
While INN is still working on becoming a fully accredited university it is very important to discuss the discourse at INN and shift their attention on sustainability issues. The Centre for Collaborative Learning for Sustainable Development supports this work and continues to bring attention to sustainability both within INN, locally, nationally and internationally.
The remaining time of the meeting was used to discuss the next phase of the UNESCO Chair (2024-2027), the priority action areas that have been identified and how the objectives will be achieved. The IAB members were eager to discuss, suggest and recommend ways forward.
International Advisory Board
Members from the IAB represent different educational institutions around Europe in addition to regional coordinators in South-East Asia, Africa and South-America.
The UNESCO Chair on ESL has 12 members. These are:
- Luis Flores Mimica, Actuemos, Chile
- Masahisa Sato, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan
- Gregor Torkar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Declan Doyle, Southeast Technological University (SETU), Ireland
- Robert Mburia, UN Environment Programme
- Bernard Combes, UNESCO
- Jørgen Klein, NTNU, Norway
- Daniel Fischer, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
- Amanda Mc Cloat, ATU St Angelas, Ireland
- Victoria W. Thoresen, Emeritus INN
- Suzanne Piscopo, University of Malta
- Shepherd Urenji, Uppsala University, SWEDESD, Sweden
As INN was planning a Core-to-Core Joint Seminar with Okayama University the days after the IAB meeting (13-15th of March), colleagues Hiroki Fujii from Okayama University and Kiichi Oyasu from Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO also joined the meeting.
Contact information:
Centre director at the Centre for Collaborative Learning for Sustainable Development
- robert.didham@inn.no
- Phone
- +47 62 59 79 63