Geneva Chairs Conference – Mission report / Evaluation 1

‘Mobilising UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences for Policy Action Towards the 2030 Agenda’

5, 6, 7 July 2017

University of Geneva (UniMail) Geneva, Switzerland

Report

MOBILISING UNESCO CHAIRS IN NATURAL SCIENCES FOR POLICY ACTION TOWARDS THE 2030 AGENDA

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I. Context This Conference marked the 25th anniversary of the creation of the UNESCO/UNITWIN Chairs Programme, and gathered, for the first time, all UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks related to the Natural Sciences in a common reflection on their contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Today there are more than 700 Chairs UNITWIN Networks around the world, and more than 170 of these specialise in the fields covered by the Natural Sciences Sector of UNESCO. They provide a unique scientific expertise in the United Nations context and significant global, regional and local impacts, in a wide array of relevant fields. Therefore, the UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks in Natural Sciences have an important role to play in the shared efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 2030 Agenda, adopted in 2015 by the United Nations, represents a significant step forward in terms of recognising Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) as a driving force for sustainable development in its three pillars, environmental, social and economic. As the only UN agency that includes science in its mandate, UNESCO finds itself at the heart of this initiative. Within this context, the UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks linked to the Natural Sciences Sector gathered for the first time in Geneva from 5 to 7 July 2017 for the Conference ‘Mobilising UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences for Policy Action Towards the 2030 Agenda’. In this context, a particular acknowledgement goes to UNESCO Education Sector for the excellent collaboration and their support throughout the different phases of this project. The Conference, organised by UNESCO with the main support and cooperation of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, as well as other institutions, such as the University of Geneva, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), had three main objectives:

1. Taking stock and valorise the contribution of the UNESCO Chairs and Networks in Natural Sciences for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs

2. Reinforcing the dynamism of the UNESCO/UNITWIN Chairs Programme and the synergies and collaborations, not only among the Chairs, but also between the Chairs and UNESCO

3. Promoting outreach and partnerships between UNESCO Chairs and Networks in Natural Sciences and other stakeholders, such as international organisations, governments and private sector.

II. Participation status 86 UNESCO Chairs and Networks in Natural Sciences, out of the 172 existing, participated in the Conference, thus representing a substantial 50% final participation rate in the whole Science Chairs network.

The total number of participants was 144, including 112 representatives of Chairs and 32 UNESCO staff members, both from Headquarters and Field Offices. To these, the different speakers, partners’ representatives and other institutions invited are to be added.

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The 112 representatives of academia that participated represented the five continents and a wide range of scientific themes and fields of intervention linked to the Natural Sciences Sector, as shown by the graphics below.

Out of the 112 participants, 65% were men and 35% were women, for a total of 73 men and 39 women respectively. The gender ratio of participants per region, as well as per Division, is shown in the graphics below.

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III. The Conference proceedings DAY 0 – Tuesday 4 July 2017

1. Welcome and Opening of the posters gallery The evening before the Conference saw the inauguration of the posters gallery, an exhibition of posters presenting the Chairs’ activities and projects linked to the SDGs. More than 77 posters were collected and exposed, including on UNESCO Programmes. They will be gathered in a booklet that will be published electronically.

The posters, together

with all updated

information and

outcome documents

concerning the

Conference and its follow-up, can be found on the dedicated

webpage (https://en.unesco.org/sc-chairs-conference).

A welcome reception was also organised on this occasion, thus allowing the participants to meet and familiarise with each other, as well as with the premises of the University of Geneva. DAY 1 – Wednesday 5 July 2017

1. Opening Ceremony The Opening Ceremony saw the intervention of high representatives of the project’s partners: Irina Bokova (Director-General of UNESCO – via videomessage), Fabiola Gianotti (Director-

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General of CERN), Krystyna Marty (Deputy State Secretary of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs), Yves Flückiger (Rector of the University of Geneva) and Andreas Mortensen (Vice-President for Research at EPFL).

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova expressed her gratitude for the fruitful cooperation with all project partners. She also highlighted UNESCO’s guiding role in the common efforts towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The welcome addresses were followed by the interventions of high-level speakers on key topics of the Conference. Peter Messerli (Co-chair of the independent group of scientists of the UN High-Level

Political Forum for Sustainable Development) stressed the role of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a compass for science diplomacy in the coming decade. Asma El Kasmi (Member of the Scientific Committee and Charholder of the UNESCO Chair on Water, Women and Decision-Making) analysed the UNESCO Chairs’ potential in mobilising women, science and cooperation for sustainable development. Yves Daccord (Director-General of the International Committee for the Red Cross) emphasized the cooperation between science and humanitarian action to propose innovative solutions.

2. Session 1 – A stronger contribution of the UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences to the SDGs

Flavia Schlegel (Assistant Director-General, UNESCO Natural Sciences Sector – ADG/SC) first presented UNESCO strategy for the contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In view of getting familiarised with the landscape of the 2030 Agenda, the ADG/SC introduced the role of Science into such framework, the National Plans for implementation (Samoa Pathway, Sendai Framework, Istanbul Programme of Action, Addis Ababa Action Agenda), as well as the UNESCO Science family’s role and contributions. This presentation was followed by the interventions of five members of the Scientific Committee, representing the five continents, and exposing the Chairs’ different contributions, collaborations and perspectives in the framework of the 2030 Agenda.

Globally, the need for a stronger alignment of the Chairs and Networks in Natural Sciences with the SDGs was highlighted, as well as the need for a better communication on current activities and projects linked to the SDGs. From UNESCO’s side, the need to involve its network of Chairs and tap more effectively into this global pool of expertise was also stressed, in order to advance UNESCO’s programmes.

3. Parallel sessions – Roundtables by thematic clusters These parallel sessions focused on how to strengthen the contribution of the UNESCO Chairs and Networks in Natural Sciences to the 2030 Agenda. To this effect, the participants were split in different breakout thematic sessions, representing the main fields of intervention of the three UNESCO Natural Sciences Divisions, and led by selected Chairholders, as detailed in the programme attached.

These thematic breakout sessions identified the main SDGs covered by the Chairs and Networks in Natural Sciences and gave indications on the specific fields of action where they

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could provide (or are already providing) advice, notably in the context of UNESCO’s programmes implementation or development.

The sessions also gave the opportunity to Chairs in relevant fields or disciplines to meet and discuss. The presence of representatives of UNESCO Field Offices and Headquarters was also key to stimulate the debate and to discuss on concrete potentials of reinforced collaboration with UNESCO.

4. Visit to CERN The visit to CERN allowed the participants to discover one of the most innovative scientific research centres in the world and a concrete example of the immense potential of international science diplomacy.

The participants had the chance to visit the Cryomagnets factory (SM18) and to discover the technologies and engineering challenges behind the largest and coldest machine ever built on Earth, the ATLAS Visitors Centres, the control room of the largest particle detector ever built, or the Synchrocyclotron (SC), the CERN’s first accelerator.

The participants also visited the Universe of Particles exhibition in the Globe and to discover the big questions CERN is addressing, what

technologies are used and what practical applications society gets from it.

It was followed by a reception at The Globe, where Eckhard Elsen (Director for Research and Computing of CERN) gave a welcome address and underlined the strong link and old cooperation that exists between the CERN and UNESCO. DAY 2 – Thursday 6 July 1. Session 2 - Reinforcing the dynamism and networks of the UNESCO/UNITWIN Chairs Programme This session saw the intervention of three speakers from the UNESCO Science family on the importance of cooperation for the achievement of the SDGs. Edouard Firmin Matoko (UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Africa), stressed the importance of the South-South- North cooperation by sharing his expertise from the African region. Shahbaz Khan (Director of UNESCO Jakarta Office) highlighted the need to improve collaborations between the UNESCO Field Offices and the UNESCO Chairs and Networks in Natural Sciences for the achievement of the SDGs. Elizabeth Miles (UNITWIN Cooperation Programme in Humanitarian Engineering and member of the Scientific Committee) presented the perspective of her UNESCO UNITWIN Network and the way it developed important interregional networks and partnerships to unite efforts towards the 2030 Agenda. 2. Parallel sessions - Creating interlinkages workgroups and promoting North-South-South cooperation This parallel session focused on how to promote South-South-North cooperation and how to develop interlinkages for a reinforced (inter)regional and interdisciplinary collaboration. The participants were split in different regional breakout groups, as detailed in the attached programme, moderated by regional UNESCO staff.

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These regional parallel sessions allowed the participants to meet other Chairs from their own region, as well representatives of UNESCO regional offices, in order to identify possible ways of collaborating on a regional base. 3. ‘Geneva Milestone’ session The definition of the ‘Geneva Milestone’ was an important expected result of the Conference. This outcome document highlights avenues to strengthen the contribution of Science, Technology and Innovation, and more particularly of the UNESCO Chairs and Networks in Natural Sciences, in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

The initial document had been draftedin collaboration between the Scientific Committee and UNESCO, based on the results of the survey conducted before the Conference. During this working session, it was discussed and enriched by the Chairs, divided in thematic groups (see programme attached). The thematic drafting groups, moderated by Chairs members of the Scientific Committee, were the following: - How to strengthen the capacities of UNESCO Chairs in contribution to the SDGs?

- How to promote exchange and cooperation among UNESCO Chairs and between them and

UNESCO?

- How to create global partnerships between UNESCO Chairs and other stakeholders, like

international organisations and private sector?

4. Session 3.1 (at Biotech Campus) – High-level panel - Reinforcing outreach and global partnerships Session 3 of the Conference was held in the premises of the Biotech Campus, a center of excellence on research in Biotechnologies and Life Sciences. Benoît Dubuis (Director of the Biotech Campus) gave an introductory speech to welcome all participants at Biotech and to briefly present its innovative and transboundary research activities. It was followed by a high-level panel on the importance of reinforcing the outreach of the UNESCO/UNITWIN Chairs Programme and partnerships with other stakeholders. Robert-Jan Smits (Director-General for Research and Innovation – European Commission) stressed the EU approach and the role of Horizon 2020 in building partnerships to contribute to achieving the SDGs. Horizon 2020, as the biggest programme for Science and Innovation in Europe, brings together private companies, academia, international organisations and NGOs in a collaborative research environment aimed at contributing to the achievement of the SDGs, in a variety of relevant fields such as food, agriculture and water. He indicated possible avenues for collaboration between the UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences and the European Commission in the establishment of priorities for the Horizon 2020 successor programme, FP9 (Framework Programme 9). Maria Fernanda Rollo (Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal), held a speech on Open Science as a critical tool for sustainability. Its holistic dimension of science, which is not only linked to society and made for it, but above all with it,

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can contribute to close the gap between science and society, to fight geographical, linguistic and cultural asymmetries, and to enlarge its reach. Mauro Dell’Ambrogio (State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation of Switzerland) analysed the opportunities and challenges of a multilateral science diplomacy. By bringing together people from all over the world, the multilateral science diplomacy contributes to foster openness, connectivity and mobility and to reinforce the outreach of science. In this context, the communication of science is also key. 5. Session 3.2 – Dialogue with representatives of International Organisations and Permanent Missions This session allowed a number of Chairs, representing the thematic diversity of the network, to present their current or potential contributions to the SDGs in front of representatives of international organisations, to contribute to unite these worlds and learn how to collaborate for the SDGs. The Chairs representatives presented several fields in which a collaboration between international organisations and them could be possible. These included:

- The design of science policies, which are highly contextualised and adapted to local needs - The support of authorities or stakeholders when addressing main local or global challenges - The provision of data for specific regional or thematic studies A strong interest was shown to strengthen the collaborations between the UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences and international organisations.

However, many initiatives already exist, but they need to become more visible and accessible. Moreover, some common denominators, as well as funding, are often missing. 6. Session 3.3 – Panel on Innovation: Promoting science and innovation in contribution to the SDGs Marion Enderlein (Director of World Alliance for Efficient Solutions at Solar Impulse Foundation), representative of the private sector, briefly introduced the legacy of Solar Impulse and the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions and its contribution to energy technologies and innovation for sustainable development, looking for possible cooperation with the UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences.

Malik Maaza (UNESCO Chair on Nanosciences and Nanotechnology) showed some of its Chair’s activities in the field of Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies and the way these innovations can contribute to sustainable development. Emanuela Colombo (UNESCO Chair on Energy for Sustainable Development) stressed the need for the innovation paradigm to change, in order to valorise a ‘creative locally tailored innovation’ and a ‘sharing knowledge process’, thus switching from an ‘imported’ to a ‘native’ concept of innovation, and from a ‘transferred’ to a ‘co-designed’ one. Federico Rosei (UNESCO Chair on Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, Saving and Storage) underlined the role of Education in building capacities for science and innovation, as well as the interlinkages between Energy (SDG 7) and all the other SDGs.

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The day ended with a reception at Biotech, where Ambassador Valentin Zellweger (Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations Office in Geneva) gave welcome remarks and stressed the role of science in the context of the International Geneva1. DAY 3 – Friday 7 July 2017 1. Science and Scientists at Risk

This session aimed at presenting some international initiatives to protect the human scientific capital in contexts of violent conflicts or natural disasters. Flavia Schlegel presented UNESCO’s objective to raise awareness on the global threat on human scientific capital in times of violent conflicts and disasters, to promote existing initiatives aiming at hosting and funding scientists at risk and to mobilise its worldwide network of Science Centers and Chairs to participate to these initiatives. She then introduced some existing initiatives, such as the EU commission Science4Refugees initiative and the EURAXESS portal, the Philipp Schwartz Initiative in Germany, PAUSE (Programme d'aide à l'accueil en urgence des scientifiques en exil) in France and others, such as Scholars@Risk and Scholar Rescue Fund. This presentation was then followed by the interventions of Sarah Willcox (Director of Scholar Rescue Fund), Peter McGrath (Programme Coordinator, IAP and TWAS Science Diplomacy), Denis Dafflon (Head of the International Relations Office, University of Lausanne), Alejandra Stehr (UNESCO Chair in Natural Resources Management, Land Planning and Environmental Protection) and Sinerik Ayrapetyan (UNESCO Chair in Life Sciences), who explained their institutions’ respective contributions in collaborating, protecting or hosting scientists at risk and their wish to possibly cooperate with the UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences in the future.

2. Closing ceremony

After introductory remarks from members of the Scientific Committee, Lidia Brito (UNESCO Office in Montevideo) presented the ‘Geneva Milestone’ outcome document (attached), adopted by all participants by acclamation. The ‘Geneva Milestone’ contributes to guiding the future endeavours of the UNESCO Chairs and Networks in Natural Sciences in close cooperation with the UNESCO family and the UNESCO National Commissions, as a blueprint for potential activities and cooperation avenues, throughout a list of concrete areas. The Conference then ended on some closing remarks made by a representative of the Chairs, Ruben Antonio Alvarez (UNESCO Chair on Biomaterials), and Flavia Schlegel, who thanked all participants, colleagues and organisers for the fruitful meeting and stressed the importance of ensuring a follow-up to it. Two Thematic Brown Bag Lunches followed, one on the theme of “Science and Scientists at Risk”, and one on “Gender and Water”.

1 The concept refers to Geneva as the main centre of international governance, alongside New York. As a matter of fact, it is the European headquarters of the United Nations and the most active location in the world in multilateral diplomacy. Today it hosts 30 international organisations, 250 international non-governmental organisations and 172 states represented by a permanent mission.

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III. Results

The main result of the Conference was the definition of the ‘Geneva Milestone’. This important document highlights avenues to strengthen the contribution of Science, Technology and Innovation in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and to reinforce the cooperation between the UNESCO Chairs and Networks in Natural Sciences, the UNESCO family and other institutions. The Conference also allowed to create a momentum around the contribution of the UNESCO Science family to the 2030 Agenda, by offering the more than 100 representatives of the UNESCO Chairs and Networks in Natural Sciences from the five continents, representing a wide range of scientific themes and fields of intervention linked to the Natural Sciences Sector, the opportunity to discuss their strategic approached and needs among them and with more than 30 representatives of UNESCO Headquarters and Field Offices. Moreover, the presence of universities and academia from all over the world, as well as of other stakeholders, such as representatives of international organisations, governments and permanent missions, ensured to create a wider dynamic and to facilitate multi-sectoral contacts for a future reinforced cooperation. IV. Follow-up 1. A working group with the participation of representatives of Chairs and the UNESCO Secretariat will prepare, by the end of 2017, an Action Plan for follow-up of the ‘Geneva Milestone’, to be submitted for consultation with the UNESCO Chairs and Networks in Natural Sciences. 2. A knowledge-sharing platform linked to the SDGs will be established to facilitate information and knowledge exchange, share best practices and build synergies among the UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks in Natural Sciences, but also between them and other stakeholders. 3. Future reinforced collaborations between the UNESCO Chairs and Networks and the UNESCO family, including UNESCO Category 2 Centers, UNESCO headquarters, regional offices and other field offices, UNESCO sites, National Committees of International Science Programmes, and other UNESCO Sectors, will be promoted and monitored. VI. Annexes

- Programme of the Conference - Geneva Milestone - List of represented Chairs

- List of attending UNESCO Staff members

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Mobilising UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences for Policy Action Towards the 2030

Agenda, 5-7 July

University of Geneva, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve 40, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland

PROGRAMME

4 July 2017

8.00-20.00 Registrations at the airport welcome desk

Transportation from the airport to different accommodations: every hour

from 9.00 am to 8.00 pm

Transportation to University of Geneva for welcome buffet: From the Hotel Ibis Budget Aéroport: departures at 6.15 pm and 6.45 pm

From the Hotel Ibis or Ibis Budget Petit-Lancy: departures at 6.30 pm and 7.00 pm

19.00-21.00 Welcome buffet at the University of Geneva (Central hall, Space 3) &

Opening of posters gallery

Glossary:

SDGs – Sustainable Development Goals UNITWIN Programme: University Twinning and Networking Programme UNESCO Natural Sciences Sector Divisions:

EES – Ecological and Earth Sciences Division HYD –Water Sciences Division PCB – Science Policy and Capacity Building Division United Nations Regions:

ARB –Arabic AFR –African APA –Asian and Pacific LAC –Latin American and Caribbean ECE + ENA –Eastern and Central Europe + Europe and North America

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5 July 2017

8.00 Shuttle departure from Hotel Ibis Budget Aéroport to the University of

Geneva

8.10 Shuttle departure from Hotel Ibis or Ibis Budget Petit-Lancy to the

University of Geneva

8.30-9.30 Registrations at the University of Geneva (UniMail)

12.30-13.45 Lunch + VIP Lunch (Tour de la Radio Télévision suisse Romande –

Passage de la Radio 1205 Geneva)

OPENING CEREMONY Room MR380, ground floor (capacity: 500)

Master of ceremony: Ambassador Mirjana Spoljaric (Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs, Head of United Nations

and International Organisations Division)

9.30-10.30 Welcome and opening addresses 10 minutes each

Irina Bokova (Director-General of UNESCO) [videomessage]

Fabiola Gianotti (Director-General of CERN)

Krystyna Marty (Deputy State Secretary of Swiss FDFA)

Yves Flückiger (Rector of the University of Geneva)

Andreas Mortensen (Vice-president for Research, EPFL)

10.30-11:00 Group photo (by Isabelle Brugnon) & refreshment break at the posters gallery

11.00-12.30 Keynote speakers 20 minutes each

- The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: a compass for science in the

coming decade Peter Messerli (Co-chair of the independent group of scientists of the UN High Level Political

Forum for Sustainable Development)

- UNESCO Chairs: Mobilising women, science and cooperation for sustainable

development Asma El Kasmi (Member of the Scientific Committee and Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on

Water, Women and Decision-Making)

- Science and Humanitarian Action: Collaboration and innovative solutions

Yves Daccord (Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross)

Questions and discussion

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SESSION 1 – A STRONGER CONTRIBUTION OF UNESCO CHAIRS IN NATURAL

SCIENCES TO THE SDGs

Master of ceremony: Kristof Vandenberghe (UNESCO, Chief of Executive Office, Natural Sciences Sector)

13.45-15.00 1.1. Plenary session: Contribution of UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences for

the implementation of the SDGs Room MR380, ground floor (capacity: 500)

- UNESCO strategy for the contribution to the implementation of the 2030

Agenda for Sustainable Development Flavia Schlegel (UNESCO, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences Sector)

20 minutes

- Current contribution of UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences to the

implementation of the SDGs 50 minutes in total (10 minutes each)

Discussants: 5 members of the Scientific Committee will present the Chairs’ point of view

and different contributions to SDGs, eventually making reference to some specific points

of the previous speech: Celi Gao (UNESCO Chair in Continuing Engineering Education – representing APA)

Luis Aragon (UNESCO Chair in South-South Cooperation for Sustainable Development –

representing LAC)

Asma El Kasmi (UNESCO Chair ‘Eau, Femmes et pouvoir de décisions’ – representing ARB)

Jean-Claude Bolay (UNESCO Chair on ‘Technologies en faveur du développement’ –

representing ECE-ENA)

Kossi Napo (UNESCO Chair on Renewable Energies - representing AFR)

Rapporteurs: Gifty Dlouhy (UNESCO, Programme Coordination and Evaluation Unit,

Natural Sciences Sector)

Kornelia Tzinova (UNESCO, Section on Science Policy and Partnerships)

Questions and discussion

15.00-15.30 Refreshment break at the posters gallery

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17.30-18.15 Transport to CERN

See distribution lists for buses

15.30-16.45 1.2. Parallel sessions: Roundtables by thematic clusters Breakout: thematic clusters representing UNESCO scientific fields of intervention, up to 15/18

people each roundtable

Goal: allowing Chairs working on the same topic / SDG(s) to exchange on their practice and

knowledge and to identify their major contributions. Build the reflection for session 3.2

Moderators: 8 members of the Scientific Committee, one for each table, representing the

thematic diversity of the Chairs:

Group 1 - Biosphere Reserves as platforms for SDG research and implementation (EES) Room M2160, 2nd floor

Moderator: Alexander Siegmund (UNESCO Chair on World Heritage and Biosphere Reserve Observation and Education)

Rapporteur: Miguel Clusener-Godt (UNESCO, Chief of Section on MAB Research and Policy: Ecology and Biodiversity)

Group 2 - Cooperation between UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences and MAB: identification of relevant ongoing and

future research themes for SDGs (EES) Room M2160, 2nd floor

Moderator: Luis Aragon (UNESCO Chair in South-South Cooperation for Sustainable Development)

Rapporteur: Noëline Raondry (UNESCO, Chief of Section on MAB Networking: Biosphere Reserves and Capacity Building)

Group 3 - Water resources, climate change and hydrological hazards (HYD) Room M1150, 1st floor

Moderator: Sanaz Moghim (UNESCO Chair in Water and Environment Management for Sustainable Cities)

Rapporteur: Abou Amani (UNESCO, Chief of Section on Hydrological Systems and Water Scarcity)

Group 4 - Transboundary cooperation and water diplomacy (HYD) Room M1150, 1st floor

Moderator: Géraldine Pflieger (UNESCO Chair in ‘Hydropolitique’)

Rapporteur: Nicole Webley (UNESCO, Section on Ecohydrology, Water Quality and Water Education)

Group 5 - STEM education, engineering and the role of Chairs in engaging Youth for achieving the SDGs (PCB) Room MR170, ground floor

Moderator: Janusz Szpytko (UNESCO Chair for Science, Technology and Engineering Education)

Rapporteur: Isabelle Brugnon (UNESCO, Web editor, Natural Sciences Sector)

Group 6 - Cooperation between UNESCO and UNESCO Chairs in promoting Gender equality in STEM (PCB) Room MR170, ground floor

Moderator: Elizabeth Miles (UNITWIN Cooperation Programme in Humanitarian Engineering)

Rapporteur: Ernesto Fernandez-Polcuch (UNESCO, Chief of Section on Science Policy and Partnerships)

Group 7 - The role of UNESCO Chairs in developing capacities in STI policies and governance (PCB) Room MR160, ground floor

Moderator: Jelel Ezzine (UNESCO Chair on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy)

Rapporteur: Kornelia Tzinova (UNESCO, Section on Science Policy and Partnerships)

Group 8 - UNESCO Chairs in the promotion of innovation and design thinking in achieving the SDGs (PCB) Room MR160, ground floor

Moderator: Jean-Claude Bolay (UNESCO Chair on ‘Technologies en faveur du développement’)

Rapporteur: Kristof Vandenberghe (UNESCO, Chief of Executive Office, Natural Sciences Sector)

3 Directors of UNESCO SC/Divisions passing through different tables:

Romain Murenzi (UNESCO, Director of Division on Science Policy and Capacity-Building - PCB)

Qunli Han (UNESCO, Director of Division on Ecological and Earth Sciences - EES)

Giuseppe Arduino (UNESCO, Chief of Section on Ecohydrology, Water Quality and Water Education - HYD)

16.45-17.30 1.3. Plenary session: Presentation by the rapporteurs Room MR380, ground floor (capacity: 500)

Draft and presentation by the rapporteurs on the Chairs’ three main contributions to each

theme following session 1.2

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22.15-22.45 Transport back to accommodation place

18.15-19.35 VISIT TO CERN CERN, Route de Meyrin 385, 1217 Meyrin, Geneva

- Bus A (58 visitors)

Visit III to Synchrocyclotron SC + Universe of Particles exhibition in the Globe (30 people)

Visit IV Universe of Particles exhibition in the Globe + Synchrocyclotron SC (30 people) - Bus B (50 visitors):

Visit II to SM18 + Universe of Particles exhibition in the Globe - Bus C (50 visitors, divided in 2 subgroups of 25 which will visit both sites):

Visit I to ATLAS Visitors Centres + Universe of Particles exhibition in the Globe

19.40-22.00 Dinner at the CERN (The Globe)

Welcome address Eckhard Elsen (Director for Research and Computing of CERN)

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7.30 Shuttle departure from Hotel Ibis Budget Aéroport to the University of

Geneva

7.45 Shuttle departure from Hotel Ibis or Ibis Budget Petit-Lancy to the

University of Geneva

SESSION 2 – REINFORCING THE DYNAMISM AND NETWORKS OF THE UNITWIN/UNESCO CHAIRS

PROGRAMME Master of ceremony: Cecilia Soriano (Member of the Scientific Committee and representative of the UNESCO Chair on

Numerical Methods in Engineering)

8.15-9.00 2.1. Plenary session: Stronger collaborations for the achievement of the SDGs Room MR380, ground floor (capacity: 500)

10 minutes each

- Cooperation North-South-South: sharing expertise from the African region Edouard Firmin Matoko (UNESCO, Assistant Director-General for Africa)

- Improving collaborations with the UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences for the

achievement of the SDGs: perspectives from UNESCO Field Offices Khan Shahbaz (UNESCO, Director of Jakarta Office)

- Developing interregional networks and partnerships Elizabeth Miles (UNITWIN Cooperation Programme in Humanitarian Engineering and member of the Scientific

Committee)

Questions and discussion 15 minutes

Rapporteurs: Carl Vannetelbosch (UNESCO, Programme Coordination and Evaluation Unit, Natural

Sciences Sector)

Inga Nichanian (UNESCO, Section on Higher Education)

9.00-10.30 2.2. Parallel sessions: Creating interlinkages workgroups and promoting North-

South-South cooperation Breakout: 6 tables divided by region (AFR, APA, ARB, ECE+ENA x2, LAC)

Goal: allowing Chairs to discuss on how to promote interdisciplinary and interregional networks

Group 1 – African countries (AFR) - Room M2160, 2nd floor

Moderator: Anthony Maduekwe (UNESCO, Dakar Office)

Rapporteur: Simone Grego (UNESCO, Abuja Office)

Group 2 – Asian and the Pacific countries (APA) - Room M2160, 2nd floor

Moderator: Shahbaz Khan (UNESCO, Jakarta Office)

Rapporteur: Kristine Tovmasyan (UNESCO, Almaty Office)

Group 3 – Arabic countries (ARB) - Room M1150, 1st floor

Moderator: Ghaith Fariz (UNESCO, Cairo Office)

Rapporteur: Hassane Belguenani (UNESCO, Cairo Office)

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“GENEVA MILESTONE” SESSION

Master of ceremony: Jean-Bernard Münch (President of the Swiss Commission for UNESCO)

11.30-12.30 Parallel sessions: Thematic drafting groups

Breakout: Each Chair will enroll for one of the topics below

Goal: Establish a common document by the Chairs addressing the three main objectives related

in sessions 1, 2, 3. Writing maximum 1 page draft document for each thematic workgroup. A

draft document with main bullet points will be previously distributed to facilitate the redaction.

1- How to strengthen the capacities of UNESCO Chairs in contribution to the

SDGs? MR160, ground floor (84)

Moderators: Two members of the Scientific Committee:

Celi Gao (UNESCO Chair in Continuing Engineering Education)

Cecilia Soriano (UNESCO Chair on Numerical Methods in Engineering)

Rapporteur: Simone Grego (UNESCO, Abuja Office)

2- How to promote exchange and cooperation among UNESCO Chairs and

between them and UNESCO? MR170, ground floor (84)

Moderators: Two members of the Scientific Committee:

Alexander Siegmund (UNESCO Chair on World Heritage and Biosphere Reserve Observation and

Education)

Jean-Claude Bolay (UNESCO Chair on ‘Technologies en faveur du développement’)

Rapporteur: Kornelia Tzinova (UNESCO, Section on Science Policy and Partnerships)

3- How to create global partnerships between UNESCO Chairs and other

stakeholders, like international organisations and private sector? M1150, 1st floor (60)

Moderators: Two members of the Scientific Committee:

Gabriela Tejada (Swiss Commission for UNESCO)

Jelel Ezzine (UNESCO Chair on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy)

Rapporteur: Hubert Gijzen (UNESCO, Director of Harare Office)

12.30-13.00 Plenary sessions: Presentation by the rapporteurs Room MR380, ground floor (capacity: 500)

Presentation by the rapporteurs of the main outcomes following thematic drafting groups

Group 4 – European and North American countries A (ECE+ENA) - Room MR160, ground floor

Moderator: Francesca Santoro (UNESCO, Venice Office)

Rapporteur: Peter McGrath (TWAS,Trieste) Group 5 – European and North American countries B (ECE+ENA) - Room MR170, ground floor

Moderator: George Thompson (International Centre for Theoretical Physics - ICTP) Rapporteur: Giuseppe Arduino (UNESCO, Headquarters)

Group 6 – Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC) - Room M1150, 1st floor

Moderator: Lidia Brito (UNESCO, Montevideo Office) Rapporteur: Ernesto Fernandez-Polcuch (UNESCO, Headquarters)

10.30-11.00 Refreshment break at the posters gallery 11.00- 11.30 2.3. Plenary session: Presentation by the rapporteurs

Room MR380, ground floor (capacity: 500)

Presentation by the rapporteurs of the Chairs’ main outcomes following regional workgroups of session 2.2

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13.00-13.45 Brown Bag Lunches for all participants at the cafeteria of the University

of Geneva (UniMail)

> “Geneva Milestone drafting” – Room MR380 (ground floor)

The moderators of the previous Geneva Milestone drafting sessions, as well

as the rapporteurs, are invited to gather together to finalize the Geneva

Milestone document, before the official presentation of the following day. Brown

Bag Lunches are provided for them.

13.45-14.15 Transport to Campus Biotech (same buses distribution as for CERN) NB. Please bring provided badges to enter the Biotech Campus. Access is not possible

without these.

SESSION 3 AT BIOTECH CAMPUS – REINFORCING OUTREACH AND GLOBAL

PARTNERSHIPS Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, 1202 Geneva

Master of ceremony: Bobir Tukhtabayev (UNESCO Liaison Office in Geneva and Member of the

Steering Committee)

14.30 Welcome speech Benoît Dubuis (Director of Biotech Campus)

3 minutes

14.35-15.30 3.1. High-level panel: Reinforcing outreach and partnerships of the

UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences

Building partnerships to contribute achieving the SDGs: EU approach and

the role of Horizon 2020 Robert-Jan Smits (Director-General for Research and Innovation – European Commission)

Open Science for Sustainability Maria Fernanda Rollo (Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education of

Portugal)

Multilateral scientific diplomacy: stakeholders opportunities, challenges

and risks Mauro Dell’Ambrogio (State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation of Switzerland)

10 minutes each

Rapporteurs: Amandine Callens (UNESCO, Section on Science Policy and

Partnerships)

Roberta Magherini (UNESCO, Section on Science Policy and

Partnerships)

Questions and discussion

15.30-16.00 Refreshment break

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16.00-17.30 3.2. Roundtable with representatives of international organisations

and permanent missions Moderator: Nadia Isler (Head of SDG Lab, United Nations Office in Geneva)

Rapporteur: Gabriela Tejada (Swiss Commission for UNESCO)

Presentations from the Chairs (45 minutes) Goal: Following discussions of session 1.2, Chairs will present their current or potential

contribution to the SDGs, in front of representatives of international organisations Alexander Siegmund (UNESCO Chair on World Heritage and Biosphere Reserve Observation

and Education)

Luis Aragon (UNESCO Chair in South-South Cooperation for Sustainable Development)

Géraldine Pflieger (UNESCO Chair in ‘Hydropolitique’)

Sanaz Moghim (UNESCO Chair in Water and Environment Management for Sustainable Cities)

Elizabeth Miles (UNITWIN Cooperation Programme in Humanitarian Engineering)

Jelel Ezzine (UNESCO Chair on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy)

Janusz Szpytko (UNESCO Chair for Science, Technology and Engineering Education)

Jean-Claude Bolay (UNESCO Chair on ‘Technologies en faveur du développement’)

Interactive dialogue between the Chairs and IOs (45 minutes) Several representatives of international organisations will attend.

17.30-18.30 3.3. Panel on Innovation: Promoting science and innovation in contribution to

the SDGs Marion Enderlein (Director of World Alliance for Efficient Solutions at Solar Impulse Foundation): ‘The

legacy of Solar Impulse: The World Alliance for Efficient Solutions’ Maaza Malik (UNESCO Chair on Nanosciences and Nanotechnology)

Emanuela Colombo (UNESCO Chair on Energy for Sustainable Development)

Federico Rosei (UNESCO Chair on Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, Saving and

Storage)

19.00 - 21.00 Cocktail reception at Biotech Welcoming remarks by Ambassador Valentin Zellweger (Permanent Representative of Switzerland

to the United Nations Office in Geneva)

21.15-21.45 Transport back to accommodation place

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7 July 2017

8.05 Shuttle departure from Hotel Ibis Budget Aéroport to the University of Geneva

8.15 Shuttle departure from Hotel Ibis or Ibis Budget Petit-Lancy to the University of

Geneva

Master of ceremony: Hubert Gijzen (UNESCO, Director of Harare Office)

10.00-10:30 Refreshment break at the posters gallery

12.00-13.00 Thematic Brown Bag Lunches

> Brown Bag Lunch “Science and Scientists at Risk” – Room MR160 (ground floor) Animated by Mattias Buess (International Relations Coordinator at the University of Lausanne)

(tbc)

> Brown Bag Lunch “Gender and Water” – Room MR170 (ground floor)

Animated by Giuseppe Arduino (UNESCO, Chief Ecohydrology, Water Quality and Water

Education Section, Division of Water Sciences International Hydrological Programme)

13.00 Transport back to airport

14.00

15.00

10.30-12.00 CLOSING CEREMONY Room MR380, ground floor (capacity: 500)

Finalising of “Geneva Milestone” Lidia Brito (UNESCO Office in Montevideo)

Presentation and discussion of final draft of the document

Adoption of “Geneva Milestone”

Closing remarks Ruben Antonio Alvarez (UNESCO Chair on Biomaterials)

Flavia Schlegel (UNESCO, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences Sector)

9.00-10.00 Presentation of international initiatives to protect scientific capital Room MR380, ground floor (capacity: 500)

Presentation and discussion of existing international initiatives for protection and valorisation

of human scientific capital (6 minutes max each)

Flavia Schlegel (UNESCO, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences Sector)

Sarah Willcox (Director of Scholar Rescue Fund)

Peter McGrath (Programme Coordinator, IAP and TWAS Science Diplomacy)

Denis Dafflon (Head of the International Relations Office, University of Lausanne)

Alexandra Stehr (UNESCO Chair in Natural Resources Management, Land Planning and

Environmental Protection)

Sinerik Ayrapetyan (UNESCO Chair in Life Sciences)

THE GENEVA MILESTONE

The UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2017. Today, there are more than 700 UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks around the world, and more than 170 of these specialise in the fields covered by the Natural Sciences Sector of UNESCO. They provide a unique scientific expertise in the United Nations context and significant global, regional and local impacts, in a wide array of relevant fields. The UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks in Natural Sciences have an important role to play in the shared efforts to link science, policy and society through adopting open science practices to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other United Nations development agendas. The 2030 Agenda, adopted in 2015 by the United Nations, represents a significant step forward in terms of recognising science, technology and innovation (STI) as a driving force for sustainable development in its three pillars, environmental, social and economic. As the only UN agency that includes science in its mandate, UNESCO finds itself at the heart of this initiative. It implements its activities through its global network of field offices, international scientific programmes, centres, institutes, and the UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks. Within this context, the UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks linked to the Natural Sciences Sector gathered for the first time in Geneva from 5 to 7 July 2017 for the Conference “Mobilizing UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences for Policy Action Towards the 2030 Agenda”. The results of the deliberations and reflections about how UNESCO Chairs can contribute to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda are expressed in form of the Geneva Milestone. The Geneva Milestone contributes to guiding the future endeavours of the UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences in close cooperation with the UNESCO family and the UNESCO National Commissions, as a blueprint for potential activities and cooperation avenues, throughout the following concrete areas:

Values:

• Uphold the values of UNESCO, and incorporate those of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, into the operations of UNESCO Chairs, at organisational level and in their research, teaching and outreach.

Focus on the 2030 Agenda:

• Increase and enhance the focus of UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks activities on the 2030 Agenda.

• Identify main SDGs for each Chair where they can make the most substantial contributions, and indicate specific fields of action where they could provide advice to stakeholders and policy-makers.

• Develop programmes aimed at generating new knowledge, as well as innovative tools for Member States to face the challenges raised by the SDGs.

Interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity:

• Foster interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity throughout UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks, crucial for the successful implementation of the SDGs.

• Encourage interactions between Chairs from different but relevant disciplines, particularly to implement joint pilot projects towards achieving the SDGs.

• Adopt Open Science practices to promote collaboration and knowledge co-production

Science-policy-society:

• UNESCO Chairs will endeavour to influence the host academic institutions towards putting societal interests and the 2030 Agenda at the core of their mission.

• UNESCO and UNESCO Chairs, with the support of UNESCO National Commissions, will work together to increase collaboration with policymakers and other stakeholders, including civil society, local communities, mass-media and private sector, and establish multi-stakeholder strategic partnerships, to allow for focusing research and training towards SDGs.

• Further develop and promote the full potential of the capacities and role of the UNESCO Chairs as think tanks for advancing towards SDGs through Science, Technology and Innovation.

Fostering collaboration:

• Engage in concrete impact-driven actions to strengthen Chairs and Networks exchanges, particularly through regional, inter-regional, South-South, and South-South-North cooperation, in order to enhance their capabilities and improve their leading role within their fields.

• Foster collaboration in the development and implementation of programmes, and in capacity building and standards development, between UNESCO Chairs and Networks, and UNESCO Natural Science Programmes at headquarters, regional offices and other field offices, UNESCO sites, National Committees of International Science Programmes, UNESCO Centres, and other UNESCO Sectors, with special focus on UNESCO global priorities, i.e. Gender and Africa.

• Engage with governments at local, regional and national levels, as well as regional bodies, in cooperation with UNESCO field offices, to promote actions of UNESCO and the Chairs.

• Encourage UNESCO National Commissions to strengthen advocacy for Chairs towards stakeholders, such as governments, civil society, funding institutions, private sector, and international organizations.

• Encourage UNESCO and UNESCO Chairs to incorporate the 2030 Agenda in the content of their meetings, conferences and forums, and actively involve relevant UNESCO Chairs in these, in order to increase collaboration.

Increasing visibility and knowledge sharing:

• Promote the establishment of networks and working groups of Chairs, at national, regional or thematic levels, to enhance communication, create linkages and support programme development.

• Establish a knowledge-sharing platform linked to the SDGs, to facilitate information exchange and contacts among UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks in Natural Sciences, and with partners.

• Enhance communication and outreach activities, to highlight the achievements and activities of UNESCO Chairs towards SDGs, including dedicated websites, and to share scientific results in an open access environment.

• Share success stories about Chairs that have effectively collaborated towards the 2030 Agenda, in partnership with governments, private companies, international organizations, NGOs, donors and other non-academic entities.

A working group with the participation of representatives of Chairs and the UNESCO Secretariat will prepare, by the end of 2017, an Action Plan for follow-up of the Geneva Milestone, to be submitted to consultation with the UNESCO Chairs and Networks in Natural Sciences.

Region Country Division* Name First N Chair University Email

AFR Benin EES Moudachirou MansourChaire UNESCO en sciences,

technologies et environnementUniversité d’Abomey-Calavi moudmans@yahoo.fr

AFR Benin PCB Hounkonnou NorbertChaire UNESCO en physique

mathématique et applicationsUniversité d’Abomey-Calavi

cipma_secrertariat@cipma.net /

hounkonnou@yahoo.fr

AFR

Central

African

Republic

HYD Foto Bienvenu Armand Eric Chaire UNESCO sur la gestion de l'eau Université de Bangui fotoeric@hotmail.com

AFR Côte d'Ivoire HYD Yao EuphrasieChaire UNESCO "Eau, Femmes et

pouvoir de décisions"Université de Cocody affouey@yahoo.fr

AFR Mali PCB Mahamane MaigaChaire UNESCO-EOLSS

d’enseignement et de recherche sur

l’environnement

Université du Mali mahamane_alido@yahoo.fr

AFR Nigeria PCB Clément Adeyemo UNESCO Chair on on MathematicsThe National Mathematical

Centrecoadeyemo2007@yahoo.com

AFR South Africa PCB Maaza MalikUNESCO Chair in Nanosciences and

Nanotechnology

UNISA and The Nanosciences

African Network NANOAFNET Maazam@unisa.ac.za

AFR Togo PCB Kossi NapoChaire UNESCO sur les énergies

renouvelablesUniversité de Lomé silnapo@yahoo.fr

AFR Zambia PCB C. Jain PremUNESCO Chair in Renewable Energy

and EnvironmentThe University of Zambia prem.jain@outlook.com

APA Australia HYD Grafton QuentinUNESCO Chair in Water Economics

and Transboundary Water GovernanceThe Australian National University quentin.grafton@anu.edu.au

APA Kazakhstan HYD Knauft Falk UNESCO Chair on Water

Resources ManagementGerman-Kazakh University knauft@dku.kz

APAIran, Islamic

Republic ofHYD Moghim Sanaz

UNESCO Chair in Water and

Environment Management for

Sustainable Cities

Sharif University of Technology moghim@sharif.edu

APAIran, Islamic

Republic ofEES Sedghi Maryam

UNESCO Chair on Natural Disasters

Management in the Islamic Republic of

Iran and Countries in the Region

The Natural Disaster Research

Institute and the Natural Disaster

Higher Education Institute of

Applied Science and Technology

m_sedghi2002@yahoo.com

APAIran, Islamic

Republic ofPCB Moosavi-Movahedi Ali

UNESCO Chair on Interdisciplinary

Research in DiabetesUniversity of Tehran moosavi@ut.ac.ir 

APAIran, Islamic

Republic ofPCB Shirban Sasi Leila

UNESCO Chair on Engineering

EducationUniversity of Tehran lshirban@ut.ac.ir

APAIran, Islamic

Republic ofHYD Sarrafzadeh Mohammad Hossein

UNESCO Chair on Water Reuse at the

University of TehranUniversity of Tehran sarrafzdh@ut.ac.ir

APAIran, Islamic

Republic ofPCB Hamidreza Ghaffarzadeh

UNESCO Chair in Clean and

Renewable EnergiesThe Islamic Azad University

hamid.ghaffarzadeh@gmail.co

m

APA Pakistan HYD Tayyeb AkramUNESCO Chair on Knowledge Systems

for Integrated Water Resources

Management

COMSATS Institute of Information

Technology dirwah@comsats.edu.pk

APA

People's

Republic of

China

EES Ou XiaokunUNESCO/COUSTEAU Ecotechnie

ChairL’Université Nationale du Laos xkou@ynu.edu.cn

APA

People's

Republic of

China

PCB Wu Karl Ren-HungUNESCO/ EOLSS Chair in Science and

Technology Policies

Zhongshan (Sun Yat-Sen)

Universitykarlwutw@qq.com

APA

People's

Republic of

China

PCB Cha JianzhongUNESCO Chair on Cooperation

Between Higher Engineering Education

and Industries

Beijing Jiaotong University jzcha@center.njtu.edu.cn

APA

People's

Republic of

China

PCB Gao CeliUNESCO Chair in Continuing

Engineering EducationTsinghua University celi@tsinghua.edu.cn

ARB Morocco HYD El Kasmi AsmaChaire UNESCO"Eau, Femmes et

pouvoir de décisions"Université Al Akhawayn d'Ifrane asma.elkasmi@gmail.com

ARBRepublic of

the SudanHYD Eltayeb Hassan Onsa UNESCO Chair in Water Resources Omdurman Islamic University eonsah@gmail.com

Chairs represented in the Conference

ARB Tunisia PCB Ezzine JelelUNESCO Chair on Science,

Technology and Innovation Policy

Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de

Tunis (ENIT)jelel.ezzine@gmail.com

ARB Tunisia PCB Ben Lakhdar Zohra UNESCO Chair in Apprentissage par

projets dans un contexte de formation

d'ingénieurs

EPRIT zohra.benlakhdar@esprit.tn

ECE+ENA Armenia PCB Ayrapetyan Sinerik UNESCO Chair in Life Sciences

Life Sciences International

Postgraduate Educational Center

Center

info@biophys.am

ECE+ENA Austria HYD Habersack HelmutUNESCO Chair on Integrated River

Research and Management

University of Natural Resources

and Life Scienceshelmut.habersack@boku.ac.at

ECE+ENA Belarus PCB Goncharova Nadezhda V.UNESCO Chair in Radiation and

Environmental Management

International Sakharov

Environmental Universitygoncharova@iseu.by

ECE+ENA Belarus PCB Bashtovoi Victor G.UNESCO Chair in Energy Conservation

and Renewable Energies

Belarusian National Technical

University (BNTU)bashv@rambler.ru

ECE+ENA Canada EES Dagenais DanielleChaire UNESCO de Paysage et

EnvironnementUniversité de Montréal

danielle.dagenais@umontreal.c

a

ECE+ENA Canada HYD Prairie YvesChaire UNESCO en changements

environnementaux à l’échelle du globeUniversité du Québec à Montréal prairie.yves@uqam.ca

ECE+ENA Canada PCB Rosei FedericoUNESCO Chair on Materials and

Technologies for Energy Conversion,

Saving and Storage

Institut National de la Recherche

Scientifiquerosei@emt.inrs.ca

ECE+ENA Canada PCB Vasseur LietteUNESCO Chair on Community

Sustainability: from Local to GlobalBrock University lvasseur@brocku.ca

ECE+ENA France PCB Massué Jean-Pierre Chaire UNESCO « Sciences et

ingénierie des matériaux : énergie

environnement santé »

Université de Strasbourg jeanpierre.massue@free.fr

ECE+ENA France PCB Conaré DamienChaire UNESCO en alimentations du

monde

Centre international

d’enseignement supérieur en

sciences agronomiques «

Montpellier SupAgro »

damien.conare@supagro.inra.fr;

ECE+ENA France PCB Boiron OlivierChaire UNESCO d’Innovation pour le

développement durable

Ecole Centrale Marseillaise -

RMEI

olivier.boiron@centrale-

marseille.fr

ECE+ENA Germany EES Siegmund AlexanderUNESCO Chair on World Heritage and

Biosphere Reserve Observation and

Education

Heidelberg University of

Educationsiegmund@ph-heidelberg.de

ECE+ENA Germany HYD Sewilam HaniUNESCO Chair in Hydrological Change

and Water Resources ManagementThe RWTH Aachen University lfi@lfi.rwth-aachen.de

ECE+ENA Greece EES Vallianatos FilipposUNESCO Chair on Solid Earth Physics

and Geohazards Risk Reduction

Technological Educational

Institute of Cretefvallian@chania.teicrete.gr

ECE+ENA Greece EES Emmanouloudis DimitriosUNESCO Chair on Conservation and

Ecotourism of Riparian and Deltaic

Ecosystems

Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

Institute of Technologydemmano@teiemt.gr

ECE+ENA Israel PCB Talesnick MarkUNESCO Chair in Sustainable

Engineering in Developing Communities

The Technion-Israel Institute of

Technologytalesnik@technion.ac.il

ECE+ENA Italy HYD Canuti PaoloUNESCO Chair on the prevention and

sustainable management of geo-

hydrological hazards

University of Florence paolo.canuti@unifi.it

ECE+ENA Italy HYD Ubertini LucioUNESCO Chair on Water Resources

Management and CultureUniversity of Rome “La Sapienza” lucio.ubertini@uniroma1.it

ECE+ENA Italy EES Padovan DarioUNESCO Chair in Sustainable

Development and Territory

Management

University of Turin unescochair@unito.it

ECE+ENA Italy PCB Zolizzi GuidoUNESCO Chair in Engineering for

Human and Sustainable DevelopmentUniversità Degli Studi di Trento guido.zolezzi@unitn.it

ECE+ENA Italy PCB Colombo EmanuelaUNESCO Chair in Energy for

Sustainable DevelopmentPolitecnico di Milano emanuela.colombo@polimi.it

ECE+ENA Italy PCB Gavazzi AdineChaire UNESCO « Anthropologie de la

santé biosphère et systèmes de soins »L’Université de Gênes adinegavazzi@hushmail.com

ECE+ENA Lithuania PCB Lipnickas ArunasUNESCO Chair in Interdisciplinary

MechatronicsKaunas University of Technology arunas.lipnickas@ktu.lt

ECE+ENA Norway EES Maren IngerUNESCO Chair on Sustainable

Heritage and Environmental

Management-Nature and Culture

The University of Bergen inger.maaren@uib.no

ECE+ENA Poland PCB Szpytko JanuszUNESCO Chair for Science,

Technology and Engineering Education

AGH University of Sciences and

Technologyszpytko@agh.edu.pl

ECE+ENA Portugal EES de Oliveira Freitas Helena MariaUNESCO Chair on Biodiversity

Safeguard for Sustainable

Development

University of Coimbra hfreitas@ci.uc.pt

ECE+ENA Portugal EES Silva ElizabethUNESCO Chair on Geoparks, Regional

Sustainable Development and Healthy

Lifestyles

The University of Trás-os-Montes

e Alto Douroelizabeth.silva@mne.pt

ECE+ENA Romania PCB Barsan VictorUNESCO Chair in Sustainable

Development through Research and

Education in Modern Physics

Horia Hulubei Foundation victorbirsan@yahoo.co.uk

ECE+ENARussian

FederationPCB Tarasova Natalia

UNESCO Chair in Green Chemistry for

Sustainable Development

The D. Mendeleev University of

Chemical Technology of Russiatarasnp@muctr.ru

ECE+ENARussian

FederationEES Vinogradova Tatiana

UNESCO Chair in Ecologically Safe

Development of Large Regions: The

Volga Basin

The Nizhni Novgorod State

Academy of Architecture and Civil

Engineering

unesco@nngasu.ru

ECE+ENARussian

FederationHYD Scolubovich Yuri Leonidovich

UNESCO Chair on the Theory and

Technology of Environmental Safety in

Water Resources Control

Novosibirsk State University of

Architecture and Civil Engineering

(Sibstrin)

rector@sibstrin.ru

ECE+ENARussian

FederationSHS Sayamov Yury

UNESCO Chair on Global Problems

and Emerging Social and Ethical

Challenges

Lomonosov Moscow State

Universityy.sayamov@yandex.ru

ECE+ENA Slovakia EES Miklos LadislavUNESCO Chair in Sustainable

Development and Ecological

Awareness

Technical University of Zvolen miklos@tuzvo.sk

ECE+ENA Slovenia EES Knez Martin UNESCO Chair on Karst Education University of Nova Gorica knez@zrc-sazu.si

ECE+ENA Slovenia PCB Sraj Mojca UNESCO Chair on water-related

disaster risk reductionThe University of Ljubljana mojca.sraj@fgg.uni-lj.si

ECE+ENA Spain PCB Roca Rosell AntoniChaire UNESCO de technique et

culture Pere Durán Farell

Universidad Politécnica de

CataluñaAntoni.Roca-Rosell@upc.edu

ECE+ENA Spain PCB Colomer Yvonne

UNESCO Chair on Science and

Innovation for Sustainable

Development: Global Food Production

and Safety

Universidad Nacional de

Educación a Distancia and

Fundación TRIPTOLEMOS

triptolemos@triprolemos.org

ECE+ENA Spain PCB Soriano CeciliaChaire UNESCO de méthodes

numériques en ingénierie

Polytechnical University of

Cataluñacsoriano@cimne.upc.edu

ECE+ENA Spain PCB Badimon LinaUNESCO Chair on Biomedical

Sciences Training and Research

The Catalan Institute for

Cardiovascular Scienceslbadimon@csic-iccc.org

ECE+ENA Spain EES Fullana PèreUNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and

Climate Change

Escola Superior de Comerç

Internacional (ESCI), Universitat

Pompeu Fabra (UPF)

pere.fullana@esci.upf.edu

ECE+ENA Spain EES Onaindia Miren Sustainable Development and

Environmental EducationUniversidad del Pais Vasco miren.onaindia@ehu.eus

ECE+ENA Switzerland HYD Pflieger Géraldine Chaire UNESCO en hydropolitique L’Université de Genève Geraldine.Pflieger@unige.ch

ECE+ENA Switzerland PCB Bolay Jean ClaudeChaire UNESCO de technologies en

faveur du développement

École polytechnique fédérale de

Lausannejean-claude.bolay@epfl.ch

ECE+ENA Turkey PCB Okyay Kaynak Mustafa UNESCO Chair in Mechatronics Bogazcçi University okyay.kaynak@boun.edu.tr

ECE+ENA Turkey EES Karsak E ErtugrulUNESCO Chair in Computer-Integrated

ManufacturingUniversity of Galatasaray ekarsak@gsu.edu.tr

ECE+ENA Ukraine PCB Vnukova NataliyaUNESCO Chair in Environmentally

Clean Technologies

The Kharkiv National Automobile

and Highway Universityvnukovanv@ukr.net

ECE+ENA Ukraine PCB Anatoliy Goltsev UNESCO Chair in Cryobiology National Academy of Sciences of

UkraineAnatoliy.goltsev@gmail.com

ECE+ENA

United

Kingdom of

Great Britain

and

HYD Hannah David UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences University of Birmingham d.m.hannah@bham.ac.uk

ECE+ENA

United

Kingdom of

Great Britain

and

EES Price MartinUNESCO Chair in Sustainable Mountain

Development

University of the Highlands and

Islands, Perth CollegeMartin.Price@perth.uhi.ac.uk

ECE+ENA

United

Kingdom of

Great Britain

and

PCB Miles ElizabethUNITWIN Cooperation Programme in

Humanitarian EngineeringCoventry University aa7679@coventry.ac.uk

ECE+ENA

United

Kingdom of

Great Britain

and

PCB Van Gardingen Paul Old Chair University of Leicester p.vangardingen@le.ac.uk 

ECE+ENA

United

States of

America

HYD Parr AdrianUNESCO Chair on Water Access and

SustainabilityUniversity of Cincinnati parran@ucmail.uc.edu

LAC Brazil EES Aragon LuisUNESCO Chair in South-South

Cooperation for Sustainable

Development

The Federal University of Pará aragon_naea@ufpa.br

LAC Chile EES Alejandra StehrUNESCO-EOLSS Chair in Natural

Resource Management, Land Planning

and Environmental Protection

Universidad de Concepción astehr@udec.cl

LAC Chile EES Carolina Martinez

Chaire d’Ecotechnie UNESCO-

Cousteau en « Formation de

spécialistes en aménagement et

développement durable de la zone

côtière »

Universidad Catolica de Chile camartinezr@uc.cl

LAC Costa Rica EES Moreno TaniaUNESCO Chair on Biosphere Reserves

and Natural and Mixed World Heritage

Sites

University for International

Cooperationtmoreno@uci.ac.cr

LAC Cuba PCB Alvarez Ruben Antonio Chaire UNESCO de Biomatériels Universidad de La Habana ruben@fq.uh.cu

LAC Curacao HYD Marchena FilomenoChair Sustainable Water Technology

and ManagementUniversity of Curacao famarchena@gmail.com

LAC Mexico EES Ortiz Hernández LauraUNESCO Chair on Climate Change and

Sustainable Development in Latin

America

The Autonomous University of the

State of Morelosortizhl@uaem.mx

LAC Mexico HYD Corona-Vazquez Benito UNESCO Chair on

Hydrometeorological Risks

Universidad de las Americas

Pueblabenito.corona@udlap.mx

*Divisions of UNESCO Natural Sciences Sector:

EES – Ecological and Earth Sciences Division

HYD – Water Sciences Division

PCB – Science Policy and Capacity Building Division

UNESCO STAFF HAVING PARTICIPATED IN THE CONFERENCE HEADQUARTERS:

Flavia Schlegel f.schlegel@unesco.org

Kirstof Vandenberghe k.vandenberghe@unesco.org

Firmin Edouard Matoko f.matoko@unesco.org

Qunli Han q.han@unesco.org

Romain Murenzi r.murenzi@unesco.org

Miguel Clusener-Godt M.Clusener-Godt@unesco.org

Giuseppe Arduino g.arduino@unesco.org

Abou Amani a.amani@unesco.org

Ernesto Fernandez-Polcuch e.fernandez-polcuch@unesco.org

Noeline Raondry n.raondry-rakotoarisoa@unesco.org

Gifty Dlouhy g.dlouhy@unesco.org

Isabelle Brugnon i.brugnon@unesco.org

Inga Nichanian i.nichanian@unesco.org

Léo Trembley l.trembley@unesco.org

Kornelia Tzinova k.tzinova@unesco.org

Nicole Webley n.webley@unesco.org

Carl Vannetelbosch c.vannetelbosch@unesco.org

Amandine Callens a.callens@unesco.org

Roberta Magherini r.magherini@unesco.org FIELD OFFICES: AFR

Hubert Gijzen h.gijzen@unesco.org

Anthony Maduekwe a.maduekwe@unesco.org

Guy Broucke g.broucke@unesco.org

Benno Boer b.boer@unesco.org Simone Grego s.grego@unesco.org

LAC

Lidia Brito l.brito@unesco.org APA

Shahbaz Khan s.khan@unesco.org

Kristine Tovmasyan k.tovmasjana@unesco.org EUR

Francesca Santoro f.santoro@unesco.org ARB

Ghaith Fariz g.fariz@unesco.org

Hassane Belguenani h.belguenani@unesco.org

UNESCO CATEGORY 1 CENTERS AND PROGRAMMES:

ICTP: George Thompson g.thompson@unesco.org TWAS: Peter McGrath p.mcgrath@unesco.org