Coronavirus 2020 the role of individuals in the UAE in the implementation of the SDG agenda 2030 after the pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
Muhra Rashed Al Muhairi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Agenda 2030

scholarly journals Semi-Systematic Literature Review on Sustainability and Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7683
Author(s):  
Amila Omazic ◽  
Bernd Markus Zunk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Development Goals

Public sector organizations, primarily higher education institutions (HEIs), are facing greater levels of responsibility since adopting and committing to the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (SD) and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). HEIs are expected to provide guidance for various stakeholders on this matter, but also to implement this agenda and the SDGs in their institutions. Although the role of these organizations has been recognized, the fields and issues that HEIs should address on their path towards sustainability and SD are still unclear. To provide further clarity, a semi-systematic literature review on sustainability and SD in HEIs was conducted to identify both the key concepts and main research themes that represent sustainability and SD in HEIs and to identify research gaps. This review increases our knowledge of this topic and enhances our understanding of sustainability and SD in the context of HEIs.

Toward the 4th Agenda 2030 Goal

2021 ◽  
pp. 591-615
Author(s):  
Rita Tegon
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functions ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Educational Management ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Learning Assessments ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
Individualize Learning

The 2030 Agenda settles inclusion as a crucial goal. The index for inclusion underlines a set of resources to guide educational agencies through a process of inclusive development. One interesting model to achieve it is the Universal Design of Learning (UDL) framework, whose roots lie in the field of architecture and cognitive neuroscience. It provides options to enhance the executive functions also with the support of assistive technologies: studies have recently contributed to investigate how AI-innovated Educational Management Information Systems (EMIS), apps, and learning assessments can offer to the teachers the opportunities to differentiate and individualize learning, to diagnose factors of exclusion in education, and predict dropout, dyslexia, or autism disorder. After a discussion on the state of research and on the preparatory concepts, the chapter presents examples of AI-supported tools, and how they can scaffold executive functions; it wants also to urge a future-oriented vision regarding AI and to re-think the role of education in society.

scholarly journals Heritage Community Resilience: towards new approaches for urban resilience and sustainability

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katia Fabbricatti ◽  
Lucie Boissenin ◽  
Michele Citoni
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
International Policy ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Peripheral Areas

Abstract The value of cultural heritage and its transmission for “making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” is an integral part of the UN Agenda 2030 and the new international policy for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. Nonetheless, the role of culture for these important challenges is an issue that current scientific literature on resilience has not yet sufficiently investigated. Starting from the concept of Heritage Community, elaborated in the Council of Europe's Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society (Framework convention on the value of cultural heritage for society, 2005), along with the hypothesis of its role for Community Resilience, this study elaborates a conceptual framework in which “Heritage Community Resilience” is defined. It is both a target and a process in which cultural heritage supports the building of a community able to prevent, cope with and recover from disturbances and/ or disasters. Through a survey of several case studies on heritage-driven practices in Italian inner peripheral areas, the research aims to define the specific characteristics of Heritage Community Resilience as well as identify any critical actors and variables, strategies and governance mechanisms, which influence both Heritage Community and Community Resilience. It predicts the challenges and highlights the potential that culture and heritage can develop for Community Resilience, towards further perspectives of resilient circular city.

scholarly journals Levelling up International Higher Education: Universities, Nations and Global Goals

2021 ◽  
pp. 107-112
Author(s):  
Jo Beall
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
International Convention ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Internationalisation Of Higher Education ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
International Role ◽  
Positive Step

AbstractUniversities are not only the anchors, shapers and innovators of nations but they galvanise the building and rebuilding of nations. They are a source of knowledge, an arena to develop understanding and provide the vehicles for interpreting and addressing the key challenges of our time. Nations need universities to develop home-grown solutions for the problems and opportunities with which they are presented, and so they can participate with value and confidence in international scientific eco-systems. Yet, national universities do not and should not act alone. Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals constitute the principal international convention of our time and offer a positive step in recognising the importance of tertiary education to individual and social advancement. However, they do not go far enough, particularly from the vantage point of nations with ambitions to grow prosperous economies and engaged societies. This chapter explores the national and international role of universities and the benefits or otherwise of the internationalisation of higher education and global conventions such as Agenda 2030.

Collaborative aspects of nature-based solutions: strategies, plans, programs, policies, projects

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina-Gabriela Mitincu ◽  
Ioan-Cristian iojă ◽  
Constantina-Alina Hossu ◽  
Mihai-Răzvan Niță ◽  
Andreea Niță
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Investments

<p>The integrated approach of sustainable development refers to addressing complex challenges by combining knowledge from various environmental and planning fields. Thus, nature-based solutions (NbS) are a category of new tools that can help cities increase their resilience and sustainability. They represent those actions inspired, supported or copied from nature, which have a high potential to be energy efficient and to use natural resources, as well as promote multi-functionality and connectivity between green infrastructure and built-up areas. To achieve their purpose NbS have to be developed and managed in collaborative ways. The strategies, plans, programs, policies and projects developed at European and international level have led to the consolidation, at least from a theoretical perspective, of the significance and role of NbS in urban areas. Thus, this study aims to identify the way these documents are directed towards sustainability and innovative solutions (such as NbS), with emphasis on the collaborative approaches for NbS. Our preliminary results indicate that most of the international and European documents specify that the economic development needs to be achieved in close connection with increasing urban sustainability, based on sustainable investments such as green infrastructures or NbS. Furthermore, under the guidance of these documents, the international institutions, research experts and decision makers seek collaboration with city representatives in order to integrate the benefits generated by such sustainable investments. Among the analyzed documents, the new 2030 Urban Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals, reveal the need for participatory approaches to reach consensus about sustainable development. Other important international and European documents directed towards sustainability and NbS are Urban Water Agenda 2030, New Urban Agenda – Habitat III or 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. So, NbS represent a support in the efficient use of resources in order to promote urban development in concordance with the economic growth, participatory planning and guvernance, environmental policy, social cohesion and justice, public health and quality of life, environment protection.</p>

scholarly journals Strengthening the Role of Academic Institutions and Innovation Brokers in Agri-Food Innovation: Towards Hybridisation in Cross-Border Cooperation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4899
Author(s):  
Marina Knickel ◽  
Sabine Neuberger ◽  
Laurens Klerkx ◽  
Karlheinz Knickel ◽  
Gianluca Brunori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Innovation Space ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

Existing research suggests that regions can develop their long-term competitive advantage through well-functioning interregional innovation cooperation. In this article, we use the example of innovation in small and medium-sized agri-food enterprises (SMEs) to scrutinise and compare regional innovation approaches on each side of the Dutch-German border and explore how they can converge into a cross-border innovation space. Particular attention is paid to the role of academic institutions and innovation brokers in creating a common innovation space. We explore how differences between two cross-border regions can be harnessed to enhance the impact of innovation, and how this may lead to what we describe as hybridisation effects. In the empirical analysis, we apply the concept of hybridisation to a cross-border innovation space, something that, as far as we are aware, has not been done before. We empirically ground the concepts of a cross-border innovation space and hybridisation and illustrate how relative regional strengths can lead to hybridisation effects. We conclude that differences in economic structures, institutional set-ups, visions and identities inherent in cross-border spaces are not only hindrances, but also opportunities, and we highlight the importance of these complementary strengths and the potential for their strategic use by regional innovation actors. Our findings are highly relevant for the further development of the Interreg Europe programme and the implementation of the EU’s Territorial Agenda 2030.

scholarly journals O papel social das bibliotecas universitárias iniciativas da Biblioteca Central Irmão José Otão da PUCRS

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 97-118
Author(s):  
Débora Kraemer de Araujo ◽  
Ana Paula Medeiros Magnus ◽  
Clarissa Jesinska Selbach ◽  
Aline Matte Debastiani ◽  
Fernanda Becker Handke
Keyword(s):  
Academic Community ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Bibliographic Reference ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
External Community

The article aims to address the social function of university libraries, in particular, the initiatives of the Irmão José Otão Main Library of PUCRS. Therefore, it discusses the Marist vision in which the Library is inserted, the practices adopted in serving the university and external community, the cultural actions developed, as well as the partnerships that promote humanization. The bibliographic reference also links the sustainable development proposed by Agenda 2030 with the role of libraries. It is concluded that the university library plays a broader role than just serving the academic community. By promoting equal access to information and practices that spread culture,this institution contributes to the development of conscientious and engaged citizens.

scholarly journals Role of Traditional Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Indegenous Communities in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajay Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Ethnobotanical Knowledge ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Traditional Ethnobotanical Knowledge ◽  
Development Goals

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) envisaged under Agenda 2030 are a set of seventeen goals which envisage a holistic approach towards attaining certain targets keeping humankind and the planet at center. There are a total 169 targets spread across seventeen goals covering wide ranging issues and challenges the world is facing in the twenty-first century. And they are to be achieved by 2030. Concerted efforts of all the stakeholders ranging from indigenous communities, common citizens, scientists, policy makers, world leaders are needed to achieve all the goals and targets Of the seventeen goals, at least seven goals are of interest to the ethnobotanists and are associated with traditional ethnobotanical knowledge. Therefore to achieve those set of goals, a thorough understanding is required to disentangle the intricacies involving traditional ethnobotanical knowledge, indigenous people as traditional knowledge holders and their future role. Understanding relationships between traditional ethnobotanical knowledge and indegenous communities, seeking cooperation from and establishing partnerships with them would help us design policies to achieve intended outcomes of SDGs. In this paper, particular attention is attracted towards the potential role of traditional ethnobotanical knowledge in achieving select sustainable development goals and targets.

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