The mission of the Chair is to promote research and development in peace education, environment and sustainability. UNESCO Chair in Human Development and Culture of Peace (730), established in 2006 at Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy). Fields/Disciplines Human development and culture of peace. Objectives. To promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation in the fields of human development and culture of peace. To promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation in the fields of human development and culture of peace; To provide capacity building for development cadres from both developing and donor countries of human development and culture of peace through a trans-disciplinary training course. It will serve as a means of facilitating collaboration between high-level, internationally recognized researchers and teaching staff of the University and other institutions in Italy and elsewhere in Europe, and in other regions of the world.