UNESCO Chair in Education

Mission Statement

The Chair contributes to the UNESCO Strategy on education for health and well-being, which aims to improve the physical and mental health, well-being, and education outcomes of all learners and to support the development of knowledge-sharing communities.

To achieve this vision, UNESCO will pursue three strategic outcomes that seek to ensure that all learners:

• Are supported by resilient school health systems that promote learners’ physical and mental health and well-being
• Are empowered by good quality, gender-transformative CSE that includes HIV, life skills, family and rights
• Benefit from safe, inclusive learning environments free from all forms of violence, bullying, stigma and discrimination

Vision Statement

Our vision is an integrated system of research, teaching, and training achieved through our efforts in community engagement and communication. This will integrate efforts and achievement not only of researchers and academics at AUIB, but with colleagues at other institutions in the Eastern Mediterranean region and throughout the world.

The purpose of the Chair shall be to promote an integrated system of research, teaching, and training, as well as community engagement and communication. It will facilitate collaboration between high-level, internationally recognized researchers and teaching staff of AUIB and other institutions in the country, as well as elsewhere in the region and in other regions of the world.