Transcript The fully functioning person: a bio-psycho

WUC, a new paradigm in education and in university consortiums
Alberto Zucconi
World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS)
World University Consortium (WUC)
Person Centered Approach Institute (IACP)
[email protected]
Biovision 2014 , April 7-10, 2014 Library of Alexandria,
Alexandria, Egypt
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CENTRO COLLABORATORE DELL’ORGANIZZAZIONE MONDIALE DELLA SANITÀ PER
LA RICERCA, LA FORMAZIONE E LA CONSULENZA NELLA PROMOZIONE DELLA
SALUTE NEI LUOGHI DI LAVORO IN ITALIA
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR RESEARCH,
TRAINING AND CONSULTING IN HEALTH PROMOTION AT THE WORKPLACE IN ITALY
All together now!
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CENTRO COLLABORATORE DELL’ORGANIZZAZIONE MONDIALE DELLA SANITÀ PER
LA RICERCA, LA FORMAZIONE E LA CONSULENZA NELLA PROMOZIONE DELLA
SALUTE NEI LUOGHI DI LAVORO IN ITALIA
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR RESEARCH,
TRAINING AND CONSULTING IN HEALTH PROMOTION AT THE WORKPLACE IN ITALY
WUC is a non-profit university consortium,
very different from the traditional
university consortium since is including all
the stakeholders willing creating a working
alliance to develop a integrated paradigm
of scientific knowledge and best practices
to develop effective solutions to the various
complex global challenges affecting local
communities and the different nations.
WUC will bring together not only top
universities, but all the stakeholders for the
creation of a process that generates effective
understanding and effective solutions of the
problems facing society
WUC will develop a new paradigm in education
and in university consortiums, organizing the
largest action research ever carried out in order to
develop sustainable world-class research,
education and knowledge
Nobel prize recipient and WAAS fellow Paul
Cruzen reminds us that nowadays the
human activities are the main variable
impacting all the planet life forms
There are mounting challenges to be faced,
we need to foster new and solid bases for a
sustainable global society, re-examining the
dynamics of global economic, political, human,
social and cultural constructs.
Education plays a crucial role in the social
construction of reality and is more and more
evident that we need a paradigm change in
education in order to enable people to deal
effectively with the mounting challenges
facing humanity. This needed retooling need
to start with our frame of reference, we need to
create a new paradigm of education in order to
enable education to serve the people needs
and to have relevance in public service, social
responsibility and sustainable governance and
development.
WUC aims to create a process of knowledge creation and
sharing through an active international network to
benefit global society, to enhance diversity, to share ideas
and expertise, and to learn international best practice
from each other, with shared commitment to shared
values in education grounded on equal rights and
opportunities, freedom, creativity and excellence in
research, scholarship and sustainable education.
WUC aims to address cultural, environmental, social and
political issues of common interest to world communities
by promoting collaboration between universities,
local governments, business communities and the
non- profit sector.
WUC will create a safe space where
universities and all the stakeholders can
cross-fertilize and all together respond more
effectively to the urgent needs of society at the
local and global level.
Everybody will be empowered to effectively
cooperate and create new knowledge and
new opportunities to protect and promote
human capital.
We will create synergy, interdisciplinary,
intersectorial, inter professional and
intercultural networks of networks:
With the help of technology we will create a
portal, a yearly conference with all the
interested stakeholders participating in person
and by streaming around the world.
We will involve and create many occasions of
encounter, collaboration and crosspollination for
UN Agencies, NGOs, Public and private
organizations, labor unions and associations of
industrialist, teachers, university professors, student,
pedagogists, mangers, medical doctors and nurses,
social workers associations
and also with:
sustainable entrepreneurs, technology firms and
Academies of Science, opinion makers, political and
spiritual leaders.
We aim to protect and promote a virtuous process
of systemic and sustainable relationships among
all the people that share some basic values and
aims:
Respect and protection and promotion of human
dignity and human rights, equal opportunities,
peace, sustainable development and promotion of
human creativity, development of human
potentialities and respect for life on the planet.
We will generate joint research projects, joint
project development, student, professors and
experts in interdisciplinary and intersectorial and
intercultural cooperation among members of
existing networks, for the development of a new,
integrated paradigm of scientific knowledge and
of education leading to solutions to the many
complex global challenges facing us.
We will create and share a global vision, common
values and a commitment to educating future
world leaders and the citizens of tomorrow.
WUC will strive to create new models of cooperation in
education, teaching, research, research application,
project management and responsible leadership.
WUC will promote the largest project of action research and
active learning ever carried out to promote effectiveness, science
advancement, civil and social responsibility, empowering all the
stakeholders to create and share new knowledge to improve
human and environmental living conditions , building bridges
across boundaries of diverse cultures, academic disciplines,
promoting awareness of the frontiers of human understanding,
creating new knowledge through collaboration in research, and
innovation.
What the stakeholders will gain from participating in this
process:
The will enlarge the knowledge and understanding, the other
stakeholders will learn from their experiences, the will gain in selfawareness, knowledge, range of opportunities, be able to develop
more effective e governance, leadership and management of their
organization and thanks to mutual learning, exchange of experience
and the transfer of best practices will help the other stakeholders to do
the same around the world.
The stakeholders will be actively involved in this strategic change
process instead of being passively witnessing what is happening in
society will contribute to the betterment of their local and national
communities, will contribute to a renaissance of scientific and
educational excellence and fulfill their core values and mission.
WUC Is :
a nonprofit, non-governmental ,
international, interdisciplinary,
intersectorial , international body
dedicated to promote the values and
practices of the protection of human
capital, human rights, reciprocal
understanding, synergic collaboration,
sustainable development, protection and
promotion of biodiversity
WUC will promote:
Facilitate the process of collaboration among all the
stakeholders in order to create a new paradigm for
effective education as one answer to the world
present challenges
Promote the development an effective answer to the
current crisis of education and society
Develop a passport of competencies : a way by which
degrees and competencies will be validated around
the world
Fulfill the need for knowledge and best practices
that the world we presently lack
Fulfill the need for effective tools for sustainable
governance and human capital protection and
promotion.
WUC will promote:
• Synergy
• Capacity Building
• Protecting differences and the right to disagree
• Person centered
• Student centered
• Community centered
• People centered
• Protect and promote human rights
• Intercultural emphatic understanding
• Socially sustainable & responsible
• Will be part of the UN Academic Impact initiative and
other organizations with similar values and aims
In the
Anthropocene
Era
promoting processes that
protect and foster the
development of fully
functioning persons,
families, groups,
organizations and
communities is not only
of vital importance for
human survival and
welfare but also for
the welfare of the entire
planet.
Alberto Zucconi
[email protected]
World University Consortium (WUC)
www.wunicon.org
World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS)
www.worldacademy.org
Person Centered Approach Institute (IACP)
www.iacp.it
ISTITUTODELL'APPROCCIO
CENTRATOSULLAPERSONA
CENTRO COLLABORATORE DELL’ORGANIZZAZIONE MONDIALE DELLA SANITÀ PER
LA RICERCA, LA FORMAZIONE E LA CONSULENZA NELLA PROMOZIONE DELLA
SALUTE NEI LUOGHI DI LAVORO IN ITALIA
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR RESEARCH,
TRAINING AND CONSULTING IN HEALTH PROMOTION AT THE WORKPLACE IN ITALY