Triple E Awards 2025: The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Chair of the Euromed University of Fes awarded in Prague

Among hundreds of candidates, the United Nations Chair for the Alliance of Civilizations at Euromed University of Fes wins first place worldwide 

The United Nations Chair for the Alliance of Civilizations of Euromed University of Fes received, on 11 September 2025 in Prague, the Alliance University of the Year award during the “ Triple E Awards 2025 », organized by l’Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities (ACEEU). This major international distinction, awarded to the Chair President, Prof. Abdelhak Azzouzi  and and to the Director of Audit and Quality Assurance of the University, Prof. Tayeb Ouazzani Chahdi, recognizes the only United Nations Chair in this field at a time marked by tensions, fragilities and global geopolitical instability.

A first worldwide recognition of universities’ Third Mission, this award honors the role of the Chair beyond teaching and research, in favor of otherness, intercultural dialogue and development.

Unique in its kind in this field, the Chair is endowed with a Master’s in Conflict Management and Alliance of Civilizations as well as a doctoral program accredited by the Moroccan Ministry of Higher Education. It constitutes both a space for scientific production and a forum open to students from diverse backgrounds, as evidenced by the “ Encounters of young euro-Mediterranean and African” (February 2024) at the Moroccan Parliament on the sidelines of the General Assembly of Parliaments of the member countries of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). 

The Chair also constitutes a privileged meeting space, through conferences dedicated to the issues and challenges of the Euro-Mediterranean and African region. Organized under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, these events, held in December 2024 at the University, brought together numerous international personalities as well as around 1,600 students for debates and exchanges on the Alliance of Civilizations.

Through this recognition, the Chair fully aligns with Morocco’s peaceful vision and with the strategy of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), affirming its role as a leading academic and diplomatic actor in an unstable global context.