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UNESCO CHAIR
Established in 2012, it grows out of and supports the UNESCO global lead to play a key role in assisting countries to build ‘knowledge societies’ . Dr. Rajesh Tandon, Founding President of PRIA, and Dr. Budd Hall, Professor Emeritus with the School of Public Administration at UVic, serve as the first CoChairs.
The UNESCO Chair supports North-South-South and South-South partnerships that build on and enhance the emerging consensus in knowledge democracy. It strengthens recent collaboration between the Higher Education section in UNESCO, the Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI), Global Alliance on Community University Engagement and other regional and global networks. It co-creates new knowledge through partnerships among universities (academics), communities (civil society) and government (policy-makers) leading to: new capacities, new solutions to pressing problems related to sustainability, social and economic disparities, cultural exclusion, mistrust and conflict; and awareness among policy-makers; enhanced scholarship of engagement; and of social responsibility in Higher Education.
About us
K4C Afrikan Centre for Community Based Participatory Action Research
The UNESCO K4C Afrikan Centre for Training in Community Based Participatory Action Research is an initiative of the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education in partnership with Gulu University. The Centre was established in 2024 by the current director, Professor George Ladaah Openjuru, and is co-coordinated by Drs. David Monk and Robert Jjuuko. The first Cohort of students came from community and university organisations in Tanzania, South Africa, and Uganda, facilitated by DR. Karen Venter (Northwest University) and Dr. David Monk (Gulu University).
The mission of the Centre is to promote and enhance a movement of engaged scholarship and knowledge democracy.
- Deliver the UNESCO Chair Gold Star Mentor Training Program in Community Based Participatory Research
- Promote and support the development of new K4C hubs
- Coordinate and develop networks and cooperation among existing hubs
OUR OBJECTIVES
Objective ONE
Research And Knowledge Mobilization
OBJECTIVE TWO
Capacity Building
OBJECTIVE THREE
Policy Development
Gulu University Hub
Prof. Openjuru L. George
Vice Chancellor Gulu University
Dr. David Monk
Centre Coordinator
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