On Thursday December 18th, 2025, Professor Didier Jourdan, Chair holder of the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education (GHE) and Artemis Tsitsika, Affiliated Professor and National Representative for Greece of the UNESCO Chair GHE and Head of the MSc “Strategies of Developmental and Adolescent Health” of the Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) signed a pre-agreement on behalf of the UNESCO Chair GHE and the MSc “Strategies of Developmental and Adolescent Health” of the Medical School, NKUA in Greece. Through this pre-agreement, the intention to develop a Greek National Network of the UNESCO Chair GHE was confirmed.
Empowering youth by developing youth well-being centres, digital education, and community engagement
The Greek National Network will focus on supporting the development of youth well-being centres for children and adolescents based on the WHO guidelines that support somatic and psychosocial health, school life and learning, mental health, digital literacy, as well as prevention goals focusing on well-being, social emotional empowerment (SEL) and lifestyle medicine throughout the country.
The Network will also develop Train the Trainer curricula related to the development and behaviour of youth, environmental challenges and positive parenting (parent academies). Participation of the Network in the Global Permanent Observatory of the impact of Digital Education on Adolescent Health and Well-being (G-POD) and the Erasmus Project Culture, Literacy and Psychosocial Skills for Students Mental Health (CLIPS ) are also included in the agreement. In all activities of the Greek National Network, youth participation is of great value.
Advocating for Adolescent Health
In the run-up to the official confirmation of the collaboration by signing the pre-agreement two national events took place focusing on advocating for adolescent health, highlighting mental health, well-being in the digital age and adolescent medicine.
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