The ICHS is primarily a multidisciplinary research and documentation center. It contributes to the implementation of UNESCO’s democracy program.Its mission is to train researchers and help set up research networks, as well as to participate in the development of social and human sciences worldwide by offering new avenues of reflection on contemporary problems such as conflict resolution and democracy.Between 2003 and 2008, the ICHS published 23 Letters from Byblos, as well as 5 publications of reference on democracy and culture. It also organized 6 annual seminars gathering PhD students preparing their theses in Lebanese and foreign universities. Since 2002 the ICHS has also organized 5 sessions and 7 public lectures in the framework of its Byblos Autumn School, the last of which took place in 2008. The Byblos Autumn School gathers every year international fellows, lecturers, researchers and students on themes related to human sciences.
Promoting democracy in the world: the main objective of ICHSIs democracy possible in all cultures? Can it be imported? These are essential and urgent questions to be answered today, especially in the current context of economic and social crisis and at a time when democratization processes are at the center of international politics. In this regard UNESCO plays a crucial role in promoting democratic values which it considers as fundamental for building peace.The objective of the UNESCO Integrated Strategy of Democracy within the Framework of the International Center for Human Sciences (ICHS), Byblos is the re-boost the reflection on democratic development by stimulating analysis on the contemporary challenges and obstacles at regional and international levels. The presence of ICHS in Byblos, under the auspices of UNESCO contributes to the implementation of this Strategy launched by UNESCO whose aim is to produce knowledge on the nature of democracy and the learning of democratic practices. In the past, the Center thus devoted its work to the relationship between democracy and culture. In future years, the main focus of ICHS wil...
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