UNESCO Chair “Education for sustainable development of cooperatives"

UNESCO Chair “Education for sustainable development of cooperatives"

Sustainable Development Goals

The main goal of the Chair is to provide for the promotion of the united system of research, education, information and documentation on education in the sphere of sustainable development of cooperatives, especially for agricultural areas. The program of the development of the Belgorod University of Cooperation, Economics and Law for the period of 2014-2018 worked out in 2014 envisages strategic directions of the development of cooperative education and aims at achieving the said goal. To achieve special goals the work of the UNESCO Chair at the Belgorod University of Cooperation Economics and Law is carried out in the following directions:  development of study plans, new methodologies and education strategies in order to achieve sustainable development of cooperatives in the light of the latest research achievements, national and international experience;  holding of courses on cooperative education for teachers, young researchers and specialists;  development of academic mobility and exchange of knowledge through exchanges of teachers and post-graduate students;  holding of interregional and international research conferences;  publication and dissemination of research materials on the problems of cooperative education and personnel training for the promotion of the sustainable development of cooperatives; development of partner relations including those with other UNESCO chairs. The Program of the development of international ties of the Belgorod University of Cooperation, Economics and Law for the achievement of the UNESCO Chair “Education for the sustainable development of cooperatives” goals envisages the extension of research in the sphere of cooperation with foreign partners including those with the Cooperative Branch of the International Labor Organization (Geneva), with cooperative higher schools in the frameworks of the Council of Rectors of the CIS countries consumer cooperation higher schools.

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