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SDG 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development BCDI 2030 is helping Canadian colleges and universities establish meaningful partnerships with higher education institutions, ministries and civil society organizations in 26 developing countries. These international collaborations are essential for innovation, research and development.

🤔 – In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), education plays an important role, along with the union of citizens, businesses, and governments –. These were my reflections after finishing the first week of the Designing Future Economies Seminar organized by Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde. This year, the seminar is comprised of a multidisciplinary group of students from Cuba, Germany, Ecuador, Peru, and Vietnam. As students, we shared our thoughts about the SDGs and the future of the economy ➡️🌿 The thing is, we need to innovate and build a new model to be more sustainable with the environment. As Buckminster Fuller once said, ‘You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.’ We hope to gain more experience on these topics after the seminar and share it with our classmates and the rest of society 🤓 Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas, Thai Nguyen University of Economics and Business Administration, DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst

The University of Hull has been placed among the best in the world by the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, for our impact in creating a more sustainable and just future. Based on the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we’ve had outstanding results in two fundamental areas, showing remarkable progress as an institution. We’re ranked 12th in the world (out of 2,031 institutions) and 2nd in the UK (out of 69 institutions) for SDG 17: Partnership for the Goals, the highest rank we’ve ever achieved in this SDG. We’re proud that the University of Hull’s regional, national & international partnerships have been recognised. At the Aura Innovation Centre #AIC our collaborations with businesses, both large and small, have been pivotal in creating a cleaner, greener future for all. Read about some of our partnerships here: https://lnkd.in/e8JfqXPB. The SDG goals are an urgent call for action for countries to work in partnership, to address global challenges, to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. Along with our University of Hull colleagues, we're delighted to have made such significant progress. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eBVFJtXq #THEglobalimpact #THEUniRankings #Sustainabilityrankings #Sustainabilitygoals #Globalpartnerships #Partnerships #Netzero Energy and Environment Institute | University Of Hull Knowledge Exchange

Learning goes green ✅ PAGE courses offer you to the basic concepts, policy instruments and international frameworks of inclusive green economies. Find out more in our 2023 Annual Report ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ehS5Xd3N #greeneconomy #circulareconomy #greenjobs ITCILO  United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) UN CC:Learn

Universities are vital to delivering the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: they nurture the next generation of skilled, sustainable citizens and prepare our future leaders. They make the breakthrough discoveries we need to tackle the world’s biggest challenges. They transfer their knowledge and ideas from their lecture rooms and laboratories into society through collaborations with governments and businesses. But data from Times Higher Education shows that governments are failing to fully harness the extraordinary power within the world’s universities to help us meet the #SDGs. This was the key message of my presentation in Westminster today at the Education World Forum, the world's largest gathering of education ministers, where I presented a three-point plan, developed by my colleague Duncan Ross, for better university-government engagement: 1. More incentives and funding for research targetted at delivering the SDGs 2. Empower universities to drive #SDG17 - "partnerships for the goals" - as knowledge and research transcends borders and universities build bridges. 3. Follow university-led evidence-based policy, and avoid policy-based evidence! You can read more about the challenge, and the great opportunity, in my blog for the World Economic Forum here: https://lnkd.in/eDdVpV9x It was wonderful to present in today's opening plenary of #EWF24 alongside the inspirational Luis Benveniste of the The World Bank and Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili of Human Capital Africa. Picture credit to Alison Barrett MBE (I stole this from Twitter, thank you!). #sustainabledevelopment #climatecrisis #greenskills #sdgs2030 View the THE Impact Rankings, which assess universities contribution to the #UNSDGs, here: https://lnkd.in/eYFgvUJE

Thank you Phil Baty! Let's look at these elements in order: 1 - More incentives and funding for research targetted at delivering the SDGs This seems fairly obvious. But what do we mean, and why is this such a problem? Let's look at the current situation: we clearly aren't delivering on the SDGs, and part of the problem is how we can get our universities - the engines of research - firing on all cylinders. We should recognise that this needs incentivising, and also rebalancing. Not all SDGs see the same level of research. Looking at Scopus (and if you look at Web of Science you will see a very similar picture - in fact choose the bibliometric source of your choice!) SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing has millions of publications. SDG 1: No Poverty has less than 100,000. And yet you can't imagine solving problems around health without tackling issues around poverty. So we need incentives and funding across all of the SDGs. We also need incentives and funding that help people to work in an interdisciplinary way. The SDGs are inevitably interdisciplinary, and as SDG 17 reminds us - they also interact with each other. Universities are genuinely trying to become more interdisciplinary, but it's not easy. And finally, on point 1, we need to make sure we are actually delivering positive change through this research. That means making sure we are measuring the impact of our research and our practice, designing and delivering it with (and not just for) the people it will affect.

Continuing to expand on Phil Baty's points: 2. Empower universities to drive #SDG17 - "partnerships for the goals" - as knowledge and research transcends borders and universities build bridges. Universities have - for centuries - been a mechanism for preserving and transmitting ideas across the world. Now, more than ever, we need higher education to step forward and be part of the glue that holds us together. We know that climate change won't respect international borders, and it's vital that our solutions don't either. Universities are good at partnerships, but they need support and they need to make sure that those partnerships are effective, and that they are broad. Expanding from pure research partnerships to including students (and potentially communities) will help to ensure that these are meaningful and deep. We also need to ensure that there is equity in partnerships, especially between the global north and the global south. SDG 17 is a reminder that we need to work smarter and in a more cooperative way than we sometimes do. Competition is great when it spurs us to do more, but it shouldn't distract us from ensuring that we drive towards real, equitable impact. And looking at one of the targets that doesn't get enough attention: universities can help governments work towards better coherence in their policies - educating leaders and delivering insight and guidance.

Reminder - Sign up for this workshop! Diana Oser, from our team, will facilitate an introduction to System Change with Focus Sustainability for students at Swiss higher education institutions. 🤩 Sign up for the workshop or share it with someone who could benefit from this offer! Find all information via link. See you there! ☀️ #systemschange #transformation #sdgs #idgs #Switzerland

The international education landscape is shifting fast in 2024. From policy changes to emerging study destinations, we're breaking it all down in the video below.👇 Interested in reading more? Read the #ApplyInsights here: https://lnkd.in/eJYirU5Q #InternationalEducation #Future

The THE Impact Rankings 2024 are out now! Explore the only global ranking measuring which universities are making the biggest impact towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Explore how students can use these rankings to find an institution that aligns with their values. https://lnkd.in/eex9fPp