Lifelong learning for health: Enacting the Yeonsu declaration for learning cities – webinar series
Towards a health learning pathway for all
The fifth UNESCO International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC 5) adopted the Yeonsu Declaration for Learning Cities, affirming a commitment to lifelong learning for health. With more than half of humanity living in urban areas, cities have a crucial.. →
22nd IAAH European Regional Conference – Youth Development Challenges in the post-COVID-19 era, 5-7 October 2022
The 22nd International Association for Adolescent Health (IAAH) European Regional Conference “Youth Development Challenges in the post-COVID-19 era” will be held in Athens, Greece on October 5th-7th, 2022. It is locally organized by the Greek/Hellenic Society for Adolescent Medicine (GSAM) and.. →
Out soon: Global Handbook of Health Promotion Research – vol. 1
We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of the first volume of the Global Handbook of Health Promotion Research. It is the result of a collaborative work, launched in May 2020 by the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education and the Canada Research Chair in Community Approaches and Health.. →
EuroHealthNet Annual Seminar: Growing strong in times of crisis
Investing in wellbeing and health equity for young and old
Our societies are currently at a crossroads. Demographic change, growing inequalities, the climate crisis, COVID-19, and the impacts of the war in Ukraine are all having a negative impact on the health and well-being of our societies… →
Intersectoral working during the COVID-19 pandemic in schools
Preliminary results of the global survey on safe reopening of schools
The second survey on the safe reopening of schools was active from February to October 2021. The aim of this survey was to gather the experiences and opinions of education and health professionals about the processes.. →
UN Transforming Education Summit September 2022
On the International Day of Education, the UN Secretary-General’s office announced the Transforming Education Summit and encouraged everyone to unite in making education a common good and a top political priority.
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented educational crisis, interrupting.. →
Symposium Comprehensive sexuality education: A global learning and sharing symposium on health, well-being, values and equity I 1-3 June 2022
The Global Partnership Forum on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE), gathered by UNESCO and UNFPA, aims to consolidate knowledge management and share strategic information, good practice and research to inform stronger programming on CSE. The forum brings together an active and visible community.. →
Call for participation: Collection of case studies on genuine participation of children and young people
The UNESCO Chair has launched a call for participation to collect case studies of successful projects and initiatives on how to involve children and young people in improving their health and wellbeing. The collection and analysis of case studies is part of a global initiative on genuine participation.. →
UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education and JOGG: joining forces for a Lifestyle Transition
Press release – The UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education and JOGG are combining forces to put a Lifestyle Transition on the agenda of national and international policymakers. A Lifestyle Transition for and together with today’s young people. A healthy future demands cross-domain.. →
Save the date – Global Community Health Annual Workshop 2nd edition
The second edition of the Global Community Health Annual Workshop will take place from 28 till 30 June 2022. The interactive workshop will take place online and is free of charge. Practitioners, students, policy makers and researchers from all over the world are welcome to join. More information about.. →
New publication: Questioning Education. Moving from What and How to Why and Who
This new book “Questioning Education. Moving from What and How to Why and Who” by Sean Slade was published early March 2022.
How can we rethink the future of education as a system, process, and tradition to make lasting changes in the post-pandemic world? This book reminds us that.. →
Webinar Transitioning to a sustainable food system and delivering on the SDGs – The potential of school meals
EURAGRI and CIRAD invite you to join the online webinar “Transitioning to a sustainable food system and delivering on the SDGs – The potential of school meals” on 21 March 2022 from 14.00 – 16.30 CET.
The first United Nations Summit on Food Systems (UNFSS) took place in 2021. It.. →
UNICEF report: Preventing a lost decade
Two years into the pandemic, the widespread effects of COVID-19 continue to worsen, increasing poverty and deepening inequalities. While some countries are recovering and rebuilding a ‘new normal’, for many, COVID-19 remains a crisis. The human rights of children around the world have not been.. →
The Futures of Higher Education: International UNESCO Chairs Forum
Jointly organised by Italy and UNESCO at Expo 2020 Dubai, the International UNESCO Chairs Forum on the Futures of Higher Education was held on 24 January 2022, to mark the International Day of Education 2022.
This Forum is part of the overall framework of UNESCO’s Future of Education.. →
Noncommunicable diseases in 53 countries: WHO/Europe presents new visual data tool
WHO/Europe has introduced a new data visualization tool that makes it easy to see key data on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Europe, the policies in place to address them and progress towards the NCD targets.
The data are presented interactively in easy-to-understand graphs that provide.. →
Webinar Implications of adultcentrism on the health of children and adolescents in Latin America – 17 February 2022
On 17 February 2022, 16.00 – 17.00 CEST / 11.00 – 12.00 AST, the UNESCO Chair and WHO Collaborating Center Global Health & Education, the University of Puerto Rico, and the Ana G. Méndez University will organise the webinar: Implications of adultcentrism on the health of children.. →
Article – An analysis of alcohol industry-funded school-based youth education programmes
While the tobacco and fossil fuel industries have used youth education programmes and schools for decades to disseminate product-friendly discourses, ideas and values favourable to their positions, there has been no systematic research specifically on youth education programmes funded by the alcohol.. →
Concise Guides to the Sustainable Development Goals – SDG 3 Good Health and Wellbeing
The Concise Guides to the UN Sustainable Development Goals series consists of 17 short books, each examining one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The series provides an integrated assessment of the SDGs from an economic, legal, social, environmental and cultural perspective.
The guide.. →
New edition of the handbook of Salutogenesis
In January 2022 Springer published ‘The Handbook of Salutogenesis’ and is coordinated by Maurice Mittelmark as one of the leading expert in this field. It is the second edition and available as open access. The handbook provides an overview of the development of the field of salutogenesis.. →
SHE monitoring report on implementation of school health promotion
In December 2021 the Schools for Health in Europe Network Foundation (SHE) published a report on barriers and facilitators for the implementation of school health promotion in Europe: SHE Monitoring Report.
The aim was to get a deeper understanding of the current influencing.. →