The 9th edition of ARC (ARC9) explores and maps both higher education policies and higher education institution practices across Asia and Europe that contribute to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Two years of collaborative work in favor of Gender Equality at the University: experience the workshop of the International Consortium initiated by the AUF
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Students can apply until 30 March 2023 to be part of this year's Global University Climate Forum and actively learn and contribute to the discourse around COP28
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The Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique - National Institute for Scientific Research (INRS), has introduced a new guide for community members who wish to organize events that are inclusive, accessible, zero waste, and low carbon.
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Sulitest launches TASK™️ - The Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge - with the ambition to transform education by making sustainability the universal language.
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To promote knowledge sharing, collaboration, and mutual learning ESD-Net 2030 is organizing a series of learning webinars in March, May and September 2023 on ESD pedagogy to highlight and promote innovative practices in ESD.
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Could your university or project be a case study of a climate change communication and education initiative? Learn more and apply- deadline extended to 26 February
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Learn about the new round of Students Reinventing Cities and join the global competition for more sustainable cities shaped by students! Launch webinar on 13 December
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IAU joins World Climate Day on 8th December at 14h CET, organised by the Green office at the University of Liège (Belgium), in partnership with AUF
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HER2023 invites the research and teaching community to answer this question in analysing the place and work of Higher Education in and beyond the SDGs period to 2030 - the call for contributions and early bird registration is open now!
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Just on time for COP27, the MECCE project launched a data platform to explore climate communication and education (CCE) and ACE actions from different countries
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An in-depth consultation with more than 100 young people from 43 countries defined the challenges, improvements, and opportunities for higher education in 2050 in a new report by UNESCO (2022)
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On 21st of October the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) will host the in-person conference presenting the outcomes of the Erasmus Goes Green project
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Read the Youth Declaration launched on 19 September for the UN Transforming Education Summit in NYC and explore the Transforming Education Hub
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Contribute to the discussion and make your voice heard for transforming education for a sustainable future! Share and support students if you are a teacher.
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From 27th of June 27 to 1st of July, governments, academia and other stakeholders will get together for the UN Ocean Conference. IAU and UiB will advocate for Higher Education and SDG 14
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The workshop is part of the Youth and Education project, a collaboration of UNESCO, UNEP, Students Organizing for Sustainability (SOS) International, and USPESD.
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A report from a study to compare over 10.000 students’ consumer behaviour, travel behaviour, and daily life habits while at home and during their mobility was just published
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Contribute to the next issue IAU Horizons which will be linked to the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference (WHEC2022 - May 2022) under the overarching theme: Reinventing Higher Education for a Sustainable Future
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Discover the magazine with 34 diverse and innovative contributions in the 'In Focus' section on sustainability from IAU Members and Partners!
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The third Ocean Sustainability Bergen Conference takes place Thursday 21 October 1:00pm-3:45pm (CET). The conference is now open for registration.
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The paper "A whole-institution approach towards sustainability: a crucial aspect of higher education’s individual and collective engagement with the SDGs and beyond" with contributions from the IAU HESD Cluster has just been published.
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Apply unitl 10 September to this award programme that recognises exceptional doctoral research that addresses the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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During the UN High-Level Political Forum 2021, the International Association of Universities (IAU) organized a virtual event with the SDG 12 Cluster network on: “Transformative Innovation and Collaboration for SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Prod
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The United Nations Environment Programme launched a new initiative on July 8 to define what it is to be a Sustainable University and encourage more Universities to become one.
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The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) launched a platform for Universities around the world with a focus on the SDGs.
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26-27 August 2021 - topics related to SDG8 such as sustainable & inclusive economic growth, employment & decent work for all, and more were discussed
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The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) is the yearly conference of the United Nations where governments, UN Agencies and civil society come together to discuss the achievements that have been made towards Agenda 2030.
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The 1st EuroScience Policy Forum, with its four partners EuroScience, The Stockholm Trio University Alliance, The Wellcome Trust and the University of Vienna together with the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) will discuss the changes in soci
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The International Science Council just launched its new platform for sharing the latest content from their network of scientists and change-makers
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The Pathfinder Initiative, led by researchers based at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), aims to assess and synthesise lessons from the implementation of practical, evidence-based pathways to zero-carbon societies.
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The Equator Initiative is a UNDP-led partnership that brings together the UN, governments, civil society, businesses and grassroots organizations to advance local sustainable development solutions for people, nature and resilient communities.
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In a context where girls and women have been disproportionately impacted by nationwide school closures, ensuring that girls and women continue learning must be a priority.
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Higher Education is a driving force leading 53% of RCE projects for Climate Action! UNU-IAS just published a video on the RCE network and inspiring examples of projects for SDGs & quality education during the GAP programme (2015-19)!
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On the occasion of the Virtual Forum on the Role of Universities in the 2030 Agenda held March 24, 2021, with IAU as co-organizers, no less than 58 university leaders from across different continents reaffirmed their commitment to the 2030 Agenda and
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The For Good platform gives students the opportunity to be involved in meaningful, exciting and important work for sustainability and social responsibility.
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The Innovation Research Network (RRI) organize Innovation Day 2021 on the theme of "the Responsible University" in partnership with the Francophone University Association (AUF).
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International Women’s Day takes place on 8 March 2021 (IWD 2021) under the theme “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.” declared by UN Women
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The university of Bergen becomes the first university worldwide to be part of the European Commission’s Global Coalition United for Biodiversity.
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The Teach In calls upon educators across all stages of education to pledge to include the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within their teaching, learning, and assessment on their course(s) / in their classrooms during the two weeks of the 22nd F
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IAU and UNODC are launching a joint call for papers for young researchers working on issues related to SDG 16: peace, justice and strong institutions
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Survey results from SOS international's initiative reveal a strong sense of concern regarding themes around sustainable development and climate change amongst students.
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Partnering for Change: Link Research to Societal Challenge is an online course developed by the Swiss Academy of Arts and Sciences and other partners
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IAU HESD Cluster leads Siam University, Thailand, and Beirut Arab University, Lebanon, recently presented their work with the SDGs and social impact during an online event
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We are delighted to announce that the 2021 International Green Gown Awards are now open for applications - IAU has been a partner for many years
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On Dec. 15 2020, the Magna Charta Observatory and International Association co-organized a webinar on "Fostering sustainable development: the Role of higher education - plans, progress and values"
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The University of Vechta, IAU Member and part of the IAU HESD Cluster, engages students and staff in various activities for sustainability, on campus and beyond.
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The Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Education (MECCE) Project was launched with the first virtual meeting of the project partners in September 2020.
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"ACCELERATING EDUCATION FOR THE SDGS IN UNIVERSITIES: A GUIDE FOR UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, AND TERTIARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS" and "Speaking Truth to Power about the SDGs" are recent publications by UN SDSN
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The Open University of Catalonia and the International Associaton of Universities co-organized a webinar on Tuesday, 27th October, 14.30-16.00 CST (Paris/Barcelona) on "Higher education under examination: are we ready to train the future healthc
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The International Association of Universities (IAU) and the University of Bergen (UiB) will jointly produce a publication on SDG 14, life below water, to show how universities engage in science and higher education.
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This fall, IAU is organizing a weekly webinar series, with international experts as guests and topics on Sustainable Development, Internationalization, Leadership, Technology and challenges for universities in times of COVID19.
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IAU is partnering with the Global University Climate Forum 2020, organized by Yale Sustainability and partners. Students are invited to apply until 30 September to take part in this unique program and work towards a paper presented at COP26.
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The webinar will take place on Friday, 16 October, 2020, 3-5 p.m. JST (8-10a.m. CEST). IAU Secretary General, Dr. Hilligje van't Land, will be among the speakers discussing the engagement of higher education with sustainability.
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IAU is pleased to be represented by IAU Secretary General, Dr Hilligje van't Land, in the first episode of a podcast series by UNODC on the SDGs and academia.
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The Global Climate Conference will be a virtual event held on 16-20 November 2020 and will gather 90 speakers from 15 countries, 46 workshops and 10 plenaries .
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The 75th UN General Assembly led by Mr. Volkan Bozkir is held from 15-30 September 2020 and provides a unique forum for multilateral negotiation. An SDG Action Zone will take place virtually.
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From the 12th to 14th of August, 2020, the Virtual International Conference on Phytochemistry, Textile & Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development, hosted by Moi University, Kenya, took place.
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2030 Connect aims to be a “one-stop-shop” for policy makers, practitioners, students, members of civil society and other stakeholders seeking to tap into the expertise and networks of the United Nations system and its partners.
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Education, Climate Action and Empowerment are discussed by actors from different governments, organisations, and other stakeholders. IAU joined the regional dialogue for Europe and Central Asia on 29 July 2020
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The Falling Walls Fondation calls leading academics and world-class academic institutions from around the world – universities, research organisations, companies, private and public research centres, academies, research funders, foundations and indiv
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During the UN High-level Political Forum (HLPF) 2020, the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), and the International Association of Universities (IAU) have formalised their collaboration t
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This virtual exhibition is organized by the partner associations International Association of Universities (IAU), l’Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) & the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU).
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The winners of the 2020 International Green Gown Awards were announced on 8th July 2020 in an online bilingual ceremony hosted by Sonya Peres, Climate Commission Officer from EAUC and Carina Mutshele, Youth & Education Officer from United Nations
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IAU is pleased to have collected recordings to offer you an overview of different virtual events related to SDGs and COVID-19
openly accessible online!
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Enroll in the SDG Academy's new course, Measuring Sustainable Development, to learn how to use tools to measure the SDGs, including the SDG Index. Enrollment begins 1 July, and the course will begin on 15 July.
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The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) is the yearly conference of the United Nations where governments, UN Agencies and civil society come together to discuss the achievements that have been made towards Agenda 2030.
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IAU/AUF/ACU, jointly with partners ICAE and the SDG Academy, will offer a virtual workshop titled: "Teaching, Learning and Integrating the SDGs at universities and beyond - Linking to the Decade of Action" at the High-Level-Political Forum
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The 2020 edition of the World Water Development Report (WWDR 2020) titled ‘Water and Climate Change’ from UNESCO, aims at informing community and experts on the challenges related to water and climate change, as well as showing opportunities that imp
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Okayama City (Japan) and the ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) Okayama Award Steering Board organize ESD Okayama Award 2020 Edition !
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More than 1,300 participants from 87 countries and 97 nationalities took part in the Open Innovation Challenge launched last October to develop solutions for more sustainable and inclusive campuses that put sustainable development goals into practice
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In October 2018 the University of Bergen was given a lead role on SDG14, Life below water, by United Nations Academic Impact. Now the university has been asked to present a five-part series for inspiration on ocean research and education.
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The 2020 International Green Gown Awards Finalists have been announced and can be found in a brochure just published by EAUC. The virtual Awards Ceremony will take place on 8th July 2020.
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University PSL and the British Council are jointly launching a webinar entitled “Reaching Sustainable Development Goals: universities and students looking for solutions” on Friday 5 June 2020
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Courses added in multiple languages - UVED (Virtual University of Environment and Sustainable Development, France) is offering many Educational Resources on SD freely available
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Antonio Nariño University (IAU Cluster Lead for SDG 2, Colombia) is organizing a webinar entitled "Hunger Zero : A new Green Revolution" which will take place on Thursday 21st May, as part of its Webinar series on SDG2.
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On Tuesday May 26th and Thursday 28th May, Utrecht University organizes two digital symposiums exploring sustainability on post-pandemic world.
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Two IAU Cluster members have just announced a new partnership for sustainable development : the Norway-Pacific Ocean-Climate Scholarship Programme (N-POC)
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The Executive Summary of IAU's 2nd Global Survey Report on Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development (HESD) is now available in Spanish and French versions.
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Last month, the UNESCO SDG-Education Steering Committee came together in an emergency virtual meeting on Thursday 2 April. The Committee urges Protection of Education, now and post-crisis.
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IAU has just published its new Horizons magazine focused on financing models impacting the future of higher education, including how financing is influencing the work of HEIs for Sustainable Development.
Moreover, it presents IAU 16th General Confer
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The UN Inter-agency Task Force, coordinated with UN Department of Economic and Social Affair,s has just published a new Financing for Sustainable Development Report (FSDR 2020) that highlights both immediate and long-term actions, including arresting
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Is your organisation interested in facilitating learning towards sustainable development in your local or regional community? The Global RCE Service Centre is accepting applications until 30/04/20
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In relation to the recent publication of its report on the Second Global Survey on Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development, the IAU commented on the importance of collaboration and within and between Higher Education Institutions fo
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Related to the SDG Accord and other intitiatives, EUAC (The Alliance for Sustainability and Leadership in Education) issued a document with examples of practice form universities and other partners ttiled "The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs
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The International Green Gown Awards are supported by UN Environment and are open to any university or college across the world. The 2020 Awards cycle is now open and will close on 31 March 2020.
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IAU is delighted to announce the release of its 2nd Global Survey Report on Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development conducted in June-July 2019.
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The United Nations Media Office and IAU developed a brochure targeted at universities to help them get further engaged with the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.
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The International Association of Universities (IAU), the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), and the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) have agreed to strengthen joint collaboration to advance and promote the contribution of hi
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The new report published by the GUNi Network analyses the relationship between Humanities and Higher Education: Synergies between Science, Technology and Humanities and features contributions from 130 experts from around the world.
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ACTIF is an international collaborative social innovation scheme of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and its regional offices. It was conducted with French-speaking universities and partners for the development of societies,
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The aim of this course offered by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University of Mauritius is to introduce you to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and discuss issues related to sustainable development in business.
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Share your actions for more sustainable universities in this survey for the new UN environment project "The Little Book of Green Nudges" investigating how campuses can persuade students to influence their sustainable behaviors and decisions
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This year's call for applications has started: Help build the university environment of the future. The challenge is open to students, professors and researchers worldwide.
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The 2019 Europe Sustainable Development Report by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network and Institute for European Environmental Policy identifies policy priorities for the European Union (EU) to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) just made available a report, database and other tools "helping countries to produce and use data to provide quality education for all".
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How can the way to a more sustainable future look like?
The French Government's strategy to implement the SDGs was published in September 2019 after an extensive consultation process with ministry and civil society stakeholders.
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The publication focuses on the obstacles that HEIs encounter when implementing the SDGs and offers some clues as to what some higher education institutions do to overcome them.
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New free online course offered by Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna introducing the concept of Sustainable Development and the recent debate and policies promoted at the global level to face urgent environmental and societal challenges.
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A call is now open for contributions on SDG5 - Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls!
Together with the University of Bologna, the institution leading the work on SDG5 in the Global Cluster on HESD, IAU invites Members to submit
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The year 2030 is just over a decade away, and we must ask ourselves
if our actions today are laying the right foundation to achieve the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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In this new document, the UNESCO approaches the ethnical and philosophical questions in relation to climate change and possibilities on how to tackle them.
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The International Association of Universities (IAU) has gathered 15 concrete examples of meaningful initatives towards climate action, undertaken by higher education institutions and organizations from all over the world, from Cyprus to Malaysia, fro
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The winners will be announced on 10th July 2019 in New York as part of the United Nations High Level Political Forum. Find out more about the Awards Ceremony!
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Student associations in the field of sustainability from Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg want to see more sustainable development in education and reduced climate impact.
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The program will take place in Austria. The program aims to promote biodiversity conservation and regional sustainable development in Europe and worldwide by educating (future) managers of conservation areas.
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The Programme and External Relations Commission of the 206th session of UNESCO's Executive Board has reviewed and adopted the proposed future plan for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for the period of 2020-2030 - "ESD for 2030&q
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More groups, organisations or clubs are formed to achieve one primary goal – make this world a better and more sustainable place. This pattern has been clear at the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology.
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Supporting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has become a key priority for the Conference of Spanish University Rectors (CRUE) – the most influential higher education association in Spain, composed of 76 universities.
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The Association for Commonwealth Universities (ACU), L’Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and International Association of Universities (IAU) are supporting the International Green Gown Awards and will be co-hosting the International Green
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The Former President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, reached out to the IAU to jointly call on leaders of all higher education institutions to embrace the SDGs and embed them in their institutional strategy.
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The International Green Gown Awards, supported by UN Environment, recognise exceptional sustainability initiatives being undertaken by universities and colleges.
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Sustainability: The Journal of Record will publish a special issue focusing on the study and practice of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the learning foundations necessary to achieve the SDGs and create sustainable well-b
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Blog Article by
a. Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu
Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana-Legon
b. Professor George Oduro Nkansah
Director, Institute of Applied Science and Technology
Lecturer, Crop Science Department
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UNESCO invites concerned stakeholders and the public to review the draft UNESCO position paper on the future of Education for Sustainable Development and share their comments.
UNESCO position paper on the future of Education for Sustainable Developm
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The Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030 were adopted three years ago. The week from September 24 until September 30 sees many initatives and actions. #Act4SDG!
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Want to make your university more sustainable? Apply until 16.10 for one of the limited spots in an online course and learn how to establish a student and staff-led sustainability office at your university
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Which direction should governments and UNESCO take in promoting Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) after the end of the Global Action Programme of ESD in 2019?
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The SDG Accord currently has over 600 signatories, including 64 institutions representing 1.28 million students and nearly 100 global education sector networks representing 6000 institutions.
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Presentations from the Integrating Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Teacher Education in South-East Asia Project Review Workshop - 24-26 April 2018, Bangkok, Thailand - are now online.
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TARA EXPEDITIONS IS A FRENCH NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ACTIVE SINCE 2003 IN FAVOR OF THE ENVIRONMENT. A LEGENDARY BOAT BUILT FOR EXTREME CONDITIONS, TARA IS THE PLATFORM FOR HIGH-LEVEL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MISSIONS.
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The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has partnered two foreign Universities to help accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa.
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The award conducted by Okayama City and ESD Okayama Award Steering Committee will reward outstanding ESD practices in local communities around the world to support the organizations carrying out ESD activities, and also showcase and promote ESD.
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In a well-functioning society, integration of different groups of people is key to ending poverty, ensuring education and healthier lives for everyone, and achieving gender equality and an inclusive labor market.
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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Education and Approaches".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2018
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Sustainable development of a community cannot be achieved by projects or champions -- it can only be made possible by continuously enriching a shared vision through learning and imbuing a method of democratic partnership through ongoing practice.
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Stakeholders, experts, practitioners and policy-makers from all over the world are invited to engage in a global dialogue on specific aspects of the 2018 ECOSOC theme of "From global to local: supporting sustainable and resilient societies in ur
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the MOOC "Sustainable Food Systems: a Mediterranean Perspective" has been launched and during its first two days over 500 students have enrolled!
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Universities and scientific research play a prominent role in the knowledge society and economy. As Daniel Innerarity says in his excellent book The Democracy of Knowledge, the problems faced by mankind today require major mobility of knowledge.
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The ACU today signed a historic agreement with Commonwealth education partners, pledging to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through education.
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L’ingénierie écologique regroupe un ensemble de pratiques et de connaissances sur la restauration, l’amélioration ou la création d’écosystèmes, le plus souvent in situ, parfois en conditions contrôlées.
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Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg have signed a renewed collaboration agreement for sustainable development, which also implies a new plan for the joint organisation named the Centre for Environment and Sustainability
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In March 2018, the Swiss Sustainability Week (SSW) will take place for the first time at more than 20
universities in 12 cities across Switzerland. The SSW is a series of events dealing with environmental,
social and economic sustainability.
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The Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) framework is gaining momentum across Europe as a strategy to align scientific and technological progress with socially desirable and acceptable ends.
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"Once the thrill is gone and the honeymoon of embracing sustainability at your Higher Education institution is over, the hard work and sometimes discouragement begins."
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Students and staff have the chance to apply for an online course that rootAbility and Leuphana University Lüneburg are running for students and staff who want to establish a sustainability hub, based on the Green Office Model.
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Generously funded by the Government of Japan, the UNESCO-Japan Prize on ESD consists of three annual awards of USD 50,000 for each recipient.
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The successful candidate will be responsible for writing and collaborating on high quality scholarly publications using existing analyzed data, with publications strategically targeted to SEPN’s scholarly and policy audiences.
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The 2nd HEIRRI Conference "Education towards a responsible society, transforming universities through RRI” will take place in Vienna on 27 April 2018.
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IAU is pleased to offer its members a unique opportunity to expand their work and put forward the value of academics’ contributions to the development of society.
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On September 18-19, the Polytechnic University of Catalonia hosted the International Conference on SDGs organized by the Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi). IAU Secretary General, Dr. Hilligje van't Land, was one of the speaker.
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IAU represented by Prof. Stephen Freedman, IAU Board Member and Provost Fordham University, USA, attended G7 University Summit on “University Education for All. Actions for a sustainable future” in Udine, Italy (29-30 June 2017)
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The African Center of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development (ACEESD) is anapproved ACE II project center of excellence envisioned to address key economic challenges resulting from low rural energy access, poor adoption of energy technologi
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On the first weekend in June, 13 students from the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg travelled to Iceland to study the country’s conversion to green energy.
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183+ colleges and universities along with more than 1,000 governors, mayors, businesses and investors have assembled in pursuit of climate action to declare their intent to continue to ensure the U.S.
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For a second straight year, the University of Gothenburg is topping the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s ranking of environmental management work among Swedish government agencies.
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The award conducted by Okayama City and ESD Okayama Award Steering Committee will reward outstanding Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) practices in local communities around the world.
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From March 27-31 Freie Universität hosted the second Spring Campus event of the University Alliance for Sustainability on the topic “Societal Transformation to Sustainability: Universities as Pacesetters?”. IAU Deputy Secretary General, Dr.
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The inaugural APRU–NYT Case Competition brings together the best minds from universities in the Asia-Pacific region to solve a pressing issue: The Future of the Pacific Ocean.
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The University of Gothenburg wants to become a European leader in sustainable development – a goal that will be reached together with the students.
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The HEIRRI project calls on higher education institutions from all continents interested in Responsible Research and Innovation and its integration into the curricula for a pilot test of two of the training programs and materials developed by the HEI
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The European network on higher education for sustainable development COPERNICUS Alliance (CA) organizes its annual conference 2017 as a part of the Hamburg Sustainable Development Symposium.
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Sustainable food consumption, electrically assisted cargo bicycles and climate-friendly ways to arrange international conferences are some of the topics addressed by the 15 projects that have been granted money from the University of Gothenburg'
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The University of Gothenburg’s Vice-Chancellor has been elected President for a term of four years at the IAU’s fifteenth general conference in Bangkok 13–16 November.
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BTtoP seeks to support inclusive and focused conversations through campus dialogue grants, with the hope that these dialogues will seed a change in the narrative around higher education from one that views a college education primarily as a pathway t
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French-speaking edition of the Green Gown Awards, les Trophées des campus responsables reward since 2014 Higher Education Institutions for their initiatives and commitment towards sustainable development.
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Thanks to, and in partnership with, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., publisher of the Association’s research and reference works, the International Association of Universities (IAU) and COPERNICUS Alliance (CA) are pleased to announce the 2016-2017 IAU/Palgr
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IAU is pleased to announce the signature of a grant agreement with the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) to assist the Foundation with the development of the global outreach of the Rockefeller Bellagio Center Academic Writers in Residence Programme.
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Anna Simmons and Tora Wilhelmsson are students at respectively the School of Business, Economics and Law and the School of Global Studies (both at the University of Gothenburg).
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The Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford invites applications for a fully-funded scholarship to undertake the part-time MSc in Sustainable Urban Development for October 2017 entry.
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The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) Energy Management Leadership Awards is a global awards program that recognizes leading organizations for their energy management achievements using ISO 50001 to address energy and climate challenges.
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IAU and COPERNICUS Alliance signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development (HESD).
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Come and celebrate 100 years of higher education system in Thailand and take part in a global debate on how to build more sustainable and innovative societies!
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The 2016 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, Education for people and planet: Creating sustainable futures for all, UNESCO, is now available.
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The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), in partnership with Concordia University in Montreal, is offering a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from 12 September - 28 October 2016.
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"IAU is advocating recognition and strengthening of the role higher education plays in the overall process of achieving sustainable development.
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The University of Gothenburg’s sustainability officer Eddi Omrcen has been elected into the advisory committee of the International Sustainable Campus Network, ISCN.
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Call for interest: invitation to all actors in the field of the climate change, international cooperation and/or environmental education to show their interest in sharing and disseminating information about best practices or in improving synergies, c
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The BUP Small Research Grant 2016 will support sustainability research and innovation among undergraduate, master and PhD students and young scholars from BUP member universities. Deadline for application: 4 July 2016.
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Sustainability Transformation of Science Systems
The 2016 COPERNICUS Alliance Conference focuses on the sustainability transformation of institutional, national and international science systems.
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The University of Ottawa Board of Governors has voted to try to “shift” the school’s investments in fossil fuel industries, but stopped short of full divestment as many campus activists had pushed it to do.
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Environmental education towards sustainable development (EESD) is a necessity. There’s a wide acknowledgement about that on several European and International papers.
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IAU as partner network to the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative
(HESI) (a partnership between UN-DESA, UNESCO, UNEP, UN Global Compact's
Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative, UNU and
UN-Habitat) is please
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The sustainability units of the University Basel, ETH Zurich, University of Zurich (UZH) and EPFL Lausanne are cooperating to find solutions to reduce emissions caused by business travel in academia.
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The University of Gothenburg is topping the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s ranking of the environmental management efforts of 187 Swedish government agencies, including publically funded higher education institutions.
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The Awards provide the sector with benchmarks for excellence and are respected by Government, funding councils, senior management, academics and students.
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The United Nations University has announced its call for applications for new Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development.
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The following 10 schools and 1 directorate will be participating in the 1st Biennial International Conference (2016). Each of them has a theme; for each theme, there are sub-themes.
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New SDSN network for northern Europe launched in Gothenburg
The SDSN Northern Europe was officially launched in Gothenburg February 25-26 with the participation of the Swedish Prime Minister, top academics and the CEOs of several major Swedish c
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Prize on Education for Sustainable Development has been created to honour outstanding efforts of individuals, institutions, organizations or other entities engaged in ESD activities.
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The Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of ECOSOC brought together key figures and stakeholders from ECOSOC’s past and present to mark 70 years of the Council’s efforts in support of sustainable development
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The series kicked off on January 25 with "The Ocean’s Role in Climate: Heat and Carbon Uptake in the Anthropocene," a talk by Joellen Russell
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IAU represented its Members and took part in a COP21 panel debate on “Climate change as part of the curriculum from kindergarten to university”
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The IAU is an official key partner of GAP Priority Action Area 2: Transforming learning and training environments, representing its members, fostering higher education’s involvement in addressing the new Global Goals
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Around 200 students from various programmes at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg participated in a food rescue party
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This RCE will be part of the RCE network and bringing together multi-sectoral and interdisciplinary members who might not usually work together
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The Latvian National Commission for UNESCO in cooperation with the UNESCO Chair at the Daugavpils University and National Centre for Education is organizing the international conference “Bridging Education and Science for Sustainable Development”.
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The congress is held every two years and aims to give those who are interested in learning about the environment and sustainable development an opportunity to gain new knowledge, share their work with others and talk to people from around the world.
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The three laureates are Asociación SERES from Guatemala/El Salvador; the Centre for Development of Early Childhood, Non-Formal and Informal Education from Indonesia; and rootAbility from Germany
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The IARU Global University Climate Forum is a one-day workshop on 5 December in Paris during the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations (COP21)
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In advance of the XXI Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP21), HESI will organize an event to take stock of progress made since Rio+20
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The symposium gathered 60 students from 27 different countries and 20 academic fields, ranging from environmental science to political science and design.
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The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are jointly organizing a high profile two-week course on international environmental law-making and diplomacy.
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The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has taken the initiative to start a network aimed at updating directives for environmental management within the Swedish State
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WEEC 2015 is the 8th edition of this series of Conferences. It is held at Gothenburg University and organized in strong collaboration with the University, Member of the IAU. It takes place in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 29 June to 2 July 2015.
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The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative of the United Nations Global Compact is convening the 2015 Global Forum for Responsible Management Education.
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The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), and ProSPER.Net Secretariat, invite you to participate in the 2015 ProSPER.Net Young Researchers’ School (YRS)
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The University of Gothenburg's environmental management system has resulted in a reduced environmental impact in several areas and the work to integrate sustainable development in education has been reinforced.
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The University of Gothenburg hosted a workshop on Indicators for Sustainability Measurements with more than 30 representatives from higher education institutions in all Nordic countries.
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Annual analysis of the higher education sustainability movement by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
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Focusing on the theme of the IAU Global Meeting of Associations 6, this issue offers a variety of papers on why and how higher education fosters social innovation.
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Launched at the UNESCO World Conference on ESD in Nagoya the issue offers a series of 18 papers on why higher education plays a crucial role in addressing the challenges of today and tomorrow.
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The UNESCO World Conference on Educations for Sustainable Development (WC-ESD) adopts The Aichi-Nagoya Declaration and the launches the Global Action Programme.
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The Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report (GMR) is an authoritative, analytical, evidence-based report, which has monitored progress on an almost annual basis towards the EFA goals, and the two education-related Millennium Development Goal
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Do you have a project that rethinks the use of consumer goods, manages resources differently, saves energy, reduces carbon footprints ... in short, a project that invents the world of tomorrow?
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The IAU is pleased to report that the International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Higher Education Beyond 2014, which took place at Nagoya University on 9 November 2014, was a great success.
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The Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) seeks to generate and scale-up ESD action. It is intended to make a substantial contribution to the post-2015 agenda.
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The World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, closed on November 12, 2014 with a declaration calling for urgent action to mainstream ESD and include ESD in the post-2015 development agenda.
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To mark the end of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development and the beginning of the Post 2015 agenda activities, UNESCO and the Government of Japan will hold the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development - Learni
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The IAU is pleased to announce the upcoming International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Higher Education Beyond 2014.
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Drafted at the IAU 2014 International Conference on Blending Higher Education and Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable Development which took place at the Universdad Cientifica del Peru, in Iquitos, Peru, in March 2014
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The UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development is coming to its end and the new UN Global Action Programme on ESD is about to be launched.
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The UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development is coming to its end and the new UN Global Action Programme on ESD is about to be launched.
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What do you know about your students’ knowledge of sustainability and global responsibility when they enter your classroom or your college/university? Do they have the basic knowledge to understand these concepts?
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The IAU 2014 International Conference on Blending Higher Education and Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable Development took place at the Universdad Cientifica del Peru, in Iquitos, Peru, from 19-21 March 2014
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The IAU 2014 International Conference on Blending Higher Education and Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable Development takes place at the Universdad Cientifica del Peru, in Iquitos, Peru, from 19-21 March 2014
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Based on a recommendation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, 2002), the United Nations General Assembly decided to dedicate a UN Decade to ESD (2005-2014) in December 2002.
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The Global Development Network calls for Expression of Interests (EOI) for its 2013 round of the Global Research Competition. 9 August – 20 September, 2013
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The awards are open to any college or university worldwide that has developed outstanding planning, construction, or educational projects that promote sustainability on campus and in the surrounding community.
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United Nations welcomes paper presentation from interested participants, scholars, financial experts, policy makers, and other practitioners. Paper presentations will be scheduled for 20 minutes each including questions.
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The Research Institute for Studies in Education (RISE) at Iowa State University invites AAC&U member institutions to sign up now in order to administer the Personal and Social Responsibility Inventory (PSRI) on campus during the 2014 winter semes
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In April-May, 2013, the CEMUS Forum, a part of Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development, Uppsala University and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, launched the third annual Uppsala Sustainability Month.
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The University of Siena and the SDSN launch a competition among researchers/practitioners and students and call for the most practical and transformational solutions for sustainable development in the Mediterranean.
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Greenleaf Publishing and Governance, Sustainability & Environmental Management Research have launched an online collection of books and journals in sustainability, corporate responsibility and related fields.
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Launched at the 27th Session of United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Governing Council in Nairobi, the Platform brings together global organisations which have created sustainability assessment tools designed to support universities and coll
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Launched by Graines de Changement in 2006, the Campus Responsables initiative, now gathering 40 Higher Education Institutions (HES) members in France, aims at promoting and helping HES to implement sustainability in their programmes and manage their
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Within the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development(2005-2014), the 3rd 2013 issue of the international revue Formazione & Insegnamento, published by the CISRE (Centro Internazionale degli Studi sulla Ricerca Educativa) of Cà Foscari Un
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UNESCO Chairs in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) from Costa Rica, Germany and Sweden gathered on 4 October 2012 to discuss the outcomes and follow-up of the recent UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)regarding ESD and higher
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The Conférence des Présidents d’Université (CPU) and the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (CGE) have engaged in common research on sustainable development in higher education and research institutions.
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On the occasion of its 14th General Conference, the IAU will release a new portal, dedicated to sustainable development and higher education.
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On behalf of its members, the International Association of Universities (IAU) signed the Declaration on Higher Education for sustainable development.
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