The objective of this Cathedra is to favor and promote the universal friendship of all peoples through a university program that seeks to cultivate humanism and integrate the latest advances in science, technology and research, to contribute to the achievement of a culture of peace that respects the life, reject violence, teach to listen, preserve the planet, rediscover solidarity and promote respect and tolerance among individuals.
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The main objective of the Shimon Peres Chair for Peace is to promote education for peace, creating responsible citizenship, in a globalized and constantly changing world, teaching young people to exercise their democratic rights, cultivating values and attitudes of learning, understanding , justice, tolerance and human dignity, based on a harmonious coexistence of mutual respect, in order to build a culture of peace.
Only through an education based on values and positive attitudes will it be possible to face the challenges of the future, the change of paradigms and the development and globalized technological advance, from the learning of a universal, ethical, multicultural and tolerant culture that highlights the values of a culture of social responsibility towards others, in order to live together in peace.
The Shimon Peres Chair for Peace was founded by Mr. Shimon Peres in the year 2000 at the Universidad Anáhuac North Campus, being the first and only Chair of Education for Peace, which has no political affiliation and does not consist only of a class, if not a whole program that seeks to promote education for peace creating responsible citizenship; teaching people to exercise their democratic rights and cultivate values and attitudes of appreciation, compassion, justice, and tolerance, based on a harmonious coexistence and mutual respect, to learn to build a culture of peace.
The Chair is based at Fundación ILAN as of 2021, its work focuses on giving workshops and training to the Community of Award Winners, where they can educate on values, innovation, and construction of a culture of peace. At ILAN we are convinced that the purpose is to educate generations and strengthen the culture of innovation, to transcend and solve social challenges that can help communities develop and live in peace.
By promoting innovation, links will be built between academia, science, technology, the business sector, civil society, and the government to fight for a peaceful society and improve people’s lives.
Within the framework of the Chair there has been the participation of different Nobel Prize winners.
These are some of the international conferences that have been given within the framework of the Chair
Different publications have been made throughout the history of the Chair, get to know them.
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On November 16, the third edition of the ILAN Awards for Innovation 2022 took place in Mexico City. The awards were given in recognition of Mexican innovators in seven different categories: Education, Communication, Social Transformation, Health and Science, Environment, Technology and Peace. Important personalities such as the Israeli ambassador participated in the event , Zvi Tal; Marcus Dantus, shark from Shark Tank Mexico and CEO of Startup Mexico; Moisés Salinas Fleitman, rector of ORT University; Francisco Suárez, Director of Corporate Affairs and Strategic Business at FEMSA; Tania Palacios Kuri, Secretary of Development Querétaro; Paloma Palacios Gonzales, representative of the governor of Querétaro; Raul Paulin; Undersecretary of Productive Inclusion and Rural Development; Roberto Shapiro, from the ÚNETE Foundation; Klaus Gérman Phinder, president of Win-Win and Director of the CSR Commission of Coparmex CDMX; Carmen Villalobos, Colombian actress and influencer.
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Amir Amedi
Emil Alon
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