Saturday, April 11, 2009

The University of Oregon to Host UNESCO Network Conference


The University of Oregon's Center for Intercultural Dialogue will host the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chairs from the Intercultural Dialogue Program in the first U.S.-based meeting of the group.

Chairs from UNESCO's university twinning and networking system (UNITWIN) will come together May 8 to 12 in Eugene, Oregon. Seventeen of the 19 Chairs in UNESCO's Intercultural Dialogue Program will attend the conference. The Chairs - from Austria, France, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Moldova, Russia, Romania, Tajikistan, the UK and Uzbekistan - will present on their research on Friday, May 8.