Domov 5 Research 5 Unesco Chair 5 2nd meeting of Slovenian UNESCO Chairs, 5th March 2026, University of Primorska
Domov 5 Research 5 Unesco Chair 5 2nd meeting of Slovenian UNESCO Chairs, 5th March 2026, University of Primorska
2nd meeting of Slovenian UNESCO Chairs, 5th March 2026, University of Primorska
Published 01/03/2026
At UNESCO Day in Idrija in 2024, the Slovenian UNESCO Chairs presented themselves, and after a roundtable discussion, the idea arose to connect more and seek opportunities for cooperation. The UNESCO Chair at the University of Primorska took over the coordination of the meetings. The first meeting was organised in Koper in February 2025. It was primarily intended for presentations of current work and identifying common interests, even though we work in different scientific fields.

This year, the following Chairs will join us in Koper: UNESCO Chair on Open Technologies for Open Educational Resources and Open Learning Achievements (Jožef Stefan Institute), UNESCO Chair on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction (University of Ljubljana), UNESCO Chair in Interpretation and Education for Enhancing Integrated Heritage Approaches (University of Primorska), UNESCO Chair on Teacher Education for Sustainable Development(University of Ljubljana) and UNESCO Chair in Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Education (Jožef Stefan Institute).

The programme of the meeting is available HERE.

The importance of the event has been recognised again this year by the Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO, which has provided financial support, and by the University of Primorska. For the opening addresses, we will be joined by the Rector of the University of Primorska, Prof Klavdija Kutnar, Ms. Špela Spanžel, Director of the Directorate for Cultural Heritage at the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, President of the Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO Prof Maja Zalaznik, and Director of the UNESCO and Secretary-General of the Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO Gašper Hrastelj. 

The attached program presents the topics that will be discussed by representatives of UNESCO Chairs from Slovenia. The second part of the meeting will focus on discussing work, challenges and ways to find synergies for cooperation. We hope that meetings will become a regular event, as they contribute to the further development and recognition of UNESCO programmes in Slovenia and the importance of integrating chairs into international research and UNESCO programmes.

We will conclude the meeting with a tour of the exhibition “Koper – Between the Bell Tower and the Cranes” at the Koper Regional Museum, led by the author and UNESCO Chair coholder at the University of Primorska, Neža Čebron Lipovec.

Prof Irena Lazar, Unesco Chairholder