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Launch of 2025-2029 UNESCO Chair programme
Date Released: 16 December 2024
Launch of 2025-2029 UNESCO Chair programme
Following Pat Dolan’s retirement in 2024, Centre Director John Canavan was appointed to the post of UNESCO Chair in Children, Youth and Civic Engagement. As incoming Chair, John has led the Centre’s team in developing a work programme for 2025-2029 aligned with key UNESCO strategic objectives in education and youth. Members of the team met with the Chairs’ Programme Coordinator and a number of experts at UNESCO headquarters in Paris in December where the next phase of collaboration was warmly received.
