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International Academy on Sustainable Development 2017

The International Academy on Sustainable Development is a capacity building program ideated and implemented by the Research Centre Silvia Santagata – Ebla (CSS-Ebla) and UNESCO through the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (based in Venice, Italy), with the support of several local partners in the Turin and Piedmont area. The UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Development and Territory Management at the University of Turin joined the initiative as of 2017.

The main objective of the program is to contribute to the achievement of the UN 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals, through an effective advancement of institutional and professional capacities of managing authorities, communities and relevant operators from UNESCO designations.

Background

Launched as a pilot program in occasion of the IIIrd International Forum on Local Economic Development in 2015, in collaboration with the United Nations System Staff College and the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization, the Academy is based in the city of Torino (Italy), which counts three different UNESCO designations.

Beside the training activities, the Academy also promotes a Community of good management practices in UNESCO designated areas, an international cooperative network of site managers, operators and practitioners committed to disseminate sustainable practices of territorial and community management.

Workshop

In accordance with the overall spirit of the Academy, the main aim of this year’s workshop is to contribute to advancing professional and institutional capacities of managing authorities, communities and relevant practitioners from UNESCO designations on the selected topic, in order to increase the benefits for the local communities and contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

The 2017 program will tentatively focus on the following UNESCO designations:

– the World Heritage List

– the Biosphere Reserves included in the Man and the Biosphere programme

– the Creative Cities Network

– the Intangible Cultural Heritage

– the Global Geoparks Network

Special attention is paid to “multiple designated areas”, i.e. local territories hosting more than one UNESCO designation, in order to analyze the potentialities, challenges and possible experiences related to the coordination between different designations.

Main Topics

The workshop will focus on UNESCO Designations and their potential role in addressing sustainable development goals, with specific reference to the UN 2030 Agenda.
Specific topics addressed in the 2017 edition are:
– recognition and interpretation of territorial and community capital
– integrated management of cultural and natural resources
– tools and good practices for supporting sustainable development in UNESCO designations

Program

You can download the full Program of the International Academy on Sustainable Development 2017.

Report

You can download the Report of the International Academy on Sustainable Development 2017 edition.

Organization

Promoting Committe:

Centro Studi Silvia Santagata-Ebla (CSS-Ebla)

UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe

Scientific Committee:

Giovanna Segre (University of Torino and CSS-Ebla, president); Veronique Dauge (UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe); Patrizia Lombardi (Politecnico di Torino-DIST); Philippe Pypaert (UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe); Carlo Salone (University of Torino-DIST); Matteo Rosati (UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe) and the supervision of UNESCO

Faculty:

Enrico Bertacchini (University of Turin), Simona Bonelli (University of Turin), Paola Borrione (CSS-Ebla), Chiara Bortolotto (École des hautes études en sciences sociales –EHESS-, Institut interdisciplinaire d’anthropologie du contemporain -IIAC-Lahic, Paris), Martha Mary Friel (IULM University and CSS-Ebla) Samantha Isaia (Museo Egizio di Torino), Alessia Mariotti (University of Bologna – CAST), Massimo Marrelli (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II), Dimitris Michelogiannis (Crete regional authority), Dario Padovan (UNESCO Chiar/University of Turin), Julia Rey Perez (University of Seville), Philippe Pypaert (UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe), Alessio Re (CSS-Ebla), Matteo Rosati (UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe), Giovanna Segre (UNESCO Chair/University of Turin and CSS-Ebla).

Academy coordination: Alessio Re (CSS-Ebla and University of Torino)

Team: Paola Borrione, Erica Meneghin, Andrea Porta, Gloriana Turcios