Unescocat - Centre Unesco de Catalogne(Unescocat - Unesco Centre of Catalunia)

National Network
Spain
Address

Mallorca, 285
Barcelona
Spain

Telephone
+ 34 934 589 595
Fax
+ 34 934 575 851
E-Mail
centre@unescocat.org
Mobile Phone
+ 34-677 418 585
Website
http://www.unescocat.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1984
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Gender
  4. Heritage
  5. Human rights
  6. International/Cultural relations
  7. Others
  8. Youth and education
General Information
Unescocat is an association of 10 active Catalan NGOs in the fields of UNESCO competences . The executive council , integrated by a representative of each association member , nominate the director of Unescocat, that ensure the daily operation of a team of 20 specialists of the educational, scientific , cultural and communication sector and 5 persons of the technical services. The annual budget of 1,5 millions euros , is provided from local public administration, Catalan, Spanish international, and private financings . The modalities of action are projects , seminars, international conferences , scholarships, publications .etc..
Mission and Objectives

The objectives of Unescocat - UNESCO centre of Catalonia are to telecast for the perfection, the documents and the activities of the UNESCO in the educational , the heritage , the knowledge access , the development and the environmental fields , and to encourage the peace culture , the education of the values and the human rights , the cultural and linguistic diversity , and the inter-religious dialogue .
These fields are ;
. Human rights .
. Education.
. Linguistic diversity
. Prevention and conflict resolution .
. Sustainable development
. Cultural diversity

Main Projects / Activities

The Center organizes in Catalonia several international high level meetings and has promoted initiatives in his own contexts :
Human rights and conflict prevention , environment defense , inter-religiosity and cultural diversity , as well as the promotion of the linguistic plurality , which enabled it to ensure several initiatives .
Nowadays ,Unescocat assumes the coordination between the associated schools to UNESCO in Catalonia , and the international coordination of the Mediterranean Occidental (PMO) of the Network of the associated schools to UNESCO which was entrusted to it by Paris UNESCO .

Contact (1) Full Name
Agustí Colomines (directeur)
Head of the organisation
Enric Masllorens
Contact (2) Full Name
Onno Sero (coordinateur projets)