UNESCO and BAU to Cooperate for Equal Opportunity in Education

Enver Yücel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bahçeşehir University, and UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova met in Paris. Following the meeting at UNESCO Headquarters, it was decided that Bahçeşehir University and UNESCO would sign a cooperation agreement on education and intercultural dialogue. The signing ceremony and first event of the agreement between UNESCO and BAU will be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris in July.

Following their first meeting in Istanbul in April, Enver Yücel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bahçeşehir University, and UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova met this time in Paris and decided to carry out joint work in the future and to sign a cooperation agreement between Bahçeşehir University and UNESCO. At the meeting, Irina Bokova thanked Enver Yücel and Bahçeşehir University for their contributions to peace and culture and emphasized the need to develop similar exchanges and solution partnerships.

FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION

Enver Yücel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bahçeşehir University, expressed his satisfaction with the meeting and thanked Irina Bokova. Stating that he was also particularly pleased with the "Itri Commemoration Ceremony and Concert" held at the Vatican in cooperation between UNESCO and Bahçeşehir University,Enver Yücel “said, "We have decided to cooperate with UNESCO. In the coming period, we will carry out joint work and projects on issues such as peace, intercultural dialogue and inequality of opportunity in education. Our aim will be to contribute to sustainable peace throughout the world through the cultural bridges to be built. We will carry out work on the preservation of cultural values in the Balkan countries."

The priority areas of thecooperation between UNESCO and Bahçeşehir University will be education and culture. The cooperation aims to implement projects that will eliminate inequality of opportunity in education and enable cultural dialogue . In the 1,200-seat hall at UNESCO Headquarters, the renowned composerItriwill be commemorated with a concert and ceremony on the 300th anniversary of his death. UNESCO will also host a screening of the documentary"THE RIVER FLOWING WEST,"a joint production of the Bahçeşehir University Center for Civilization Studies (MEDAM) and the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Communication, which brings the untold story of civilizations to the screen.