Collaboratory between the Ionian University's UNESCO Chair and the Institute of Studies on the Mediterranean Rim of China's Zhejiang University of International Studies.

On August 11, 2022, the inaugural workshop took place in the framework of the collaboration between the UNESCO Chair of the Ionian University with the Institute of Mediterranean Studies of China's Zhejiang University of International Studies. This is the first time that a UNESCO Chair takes part in such a wide-ranging program (research, teaching, exchanges and joint cooperation at the international level) with a Chinese university, and in particular with the unique Institute for the Study on the Mediterranean Rim (ISMR). The conclusion of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Head of the  ISMR Professor Ma Xiaolin and the UNESCO Chair holder Professor Stavros Katsios (I.U., D.F.L.T.I., GeoLab) and the immediate start of the cooperation was also welcomed by the Chinese Embassy in Athens (via Twitter).