The UNESCO Chair on Knowledge Systems for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI) Wah Campus hosted first ever Coordination Meeting of all eight UNESCO Chair Holder’ throughout Pakistan and celebrated the International Literacy Day 2024 on September 12, 2024. The most important goal of the event changed into to unify expertise and knowledge of all UNESCO Chairs throughout Pakistan working in various dimensions and multidisciplinary areas and how these Chairs can deal with the global challenges faced with the aid of Pakistan in specific and worldwide network at big for sustainable improvement of the societies. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abid, T.I., Director Campus/UNESCO Chair on Knowledge Systems for IWRM, warmly welcomed Mr. Antony Kar Hung Tam, Officer-in-Charge in UNESCO Office Pakistan and his team, officials from Pakistan National Commission on UNESCO and all UNESCO Chair’s Holders throughout Pakistan. The UNESCO Chair Holder on Knowledge Systems for IWRM, CUI, Wah Campus, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abid, T.I., in his opening comments highlighted the importance of the UNESCO Chair Holder’s Meeting as a valuable platform for Chair Holders across Pakistan to show off their know-how and contributions. He expressed confidence that effective collaboration among these Chairs would toughen relationships, acquire better outcomes, and decorate the impact of their paintings each regionally and globally in the regions of sustainable urban improvement, water aid management, agriculture, health, facts and verbal exchange era, subculture and arts. He further added that this platform was additionally aligned with the topic of International Literacy Day 2024 which became focused on “promoting literacy for mutual understanding and peace”. In his presentation, Mr. Antony Kar Hung Tam, Officer-in-Charge of UNESCO Pakistan, mentioned the UNESCO’s key consciousness areas in Pakistan and discussed thematic areas for boosting nice training, providing technical and vocational schooling, promoting cultural and innovative industries, advancing science and enhancing media and information literacy. He similarly briefed the UNESCO determination to Greening Education, making training structures weather-resilient, and dealing with water assets efficaciously for the community of Pakistan. During the event, all of the UNESCO Chair Holders across Pakistan shared their ongoing studies, destiny collaborative tasks, knowledge sharing, strategic partnership and destiny guidelines of the Chairs A “Round Table Discussion” changed into also a part of the event which turned into moderated by Syed Raza Shah, National Professional Officer, UNESCO Islamabad to address the query “How can UNESCO collaborate with the Chairs to help them perform their activities, and the way can Chairs make contributions to every other’s paintings?”
