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Posted: September 8, 2016

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) is a leading research university in engineering, science and technology, located both in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru, Malaysia. As the largest graduate-focused research university in Malaysia, UTM is ranking at 288 rated by the Quacquarelli Symonds’s…

Posted: August 29, 2016

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ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme highlights local sustainable challenges and solutions in Malaysia

The 2016 ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme, held 7-14 August, 2016 in Labuan Island and Beaufort, Sabah, Malaysia, was co-organized by the ProSPER.Net Secretariat with the Higher Education Leadership Academy (AKEPT) under the Ministry of Higher Education, the University Malaysia Sabah (UMS)…

Posted: August 25, 2016

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ProSPER.Net expands its network and plans to foster student exchange beyond national borders

The ProSPER.Net Board Meeting and General Assembly on 11 July, 2016, at the United Nations Headquarters in Tokyo, were held back to back with ProSPER.Net’s ‘Forum on Higher Education and the SDGs’. The Forum highlighted that education is at the…

Posted: August 24, 2016

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ProSPER.Net Forum concludes: Higher Education can be mechanism to achieve the SDGs

On a warm and humid Sunday afternoon on 10th July, 2016 while farmers were laying out their organic produce at the popular farmers’ market in front of United Nations University (UNU) headquarters in Tokyo, a diverse group of students, researchers,…

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Links between health and biodiversity discussed at UNEA – aligning policy and practice

(Photo Credit: UNEP) The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), which represents the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment, took place for a second time, under the overarching theme of “Delivering on the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for…

Posted: July 14, 2016

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ProSPER.Net expands further and plans to foster student exchange beyond national borders

TheProSPER.Net Board Meeting and General Assembly on 11 July, 2016, at the United Nations Headquarters in Tokyo, were held back to back with ProSPER.Net’s ‘Forum on Higher Education and the SDGs’. The Forum highlighted that education is at the centre…

Posted: June 29, 2016

Get Involved in ProSPER.Net Publications

Policy Briefs

ProSPER.Net Policy Briefs Developing Leaders for Sustainable Development: Networking in Higher Education (01/2017) Mario T. Tabucanon, UNU-IAS and Aurea C. Tanaka, UNU-IAS (2008–2014) Maximizing Decentralized Energy Utilization through Renewable Energy Interventions in Thailand (09/2017) Shobhakar Dhakal, Prajwal Upadhya, Ashish Shrestha Policy…

Posted: June 6, 2016

Call for papers or proposals

Call for Abstracts for the Dresden Nexus Conference

Call for Abstracts for the Dresden Nexus Conference 17-19 May, 2017, “SDGs and the Nexus Approach: Monitoring and Implementation”. This event will provide a platform for all actors with a sustainable agenda who apply a Nexus Approach to resource management….

Posted: June 1, 2016

Awards

ESD Okayama Award 2016

Run by Okayama City and the ESD Okayama Award Steering Committee, the Award will reward outstanding ESD practices in local communities around the world to showcase ESD and to support organizations carrying out ESD activities. Deadline for application is 29…

Posted: May 31, 2016 | Event Date/Time: 10 July 2016

Events

Higher Education and the SDGs – ProSPER.Net Forum on Sustainability in Higher Education

UNU-IAS and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Japan (SDSN) are delighted to host this year’s ProSPER.Net Forum titled “Higher Education and the SDGs”. Students, staff, faculty, and administrators from higher education institutions and other relevant stakeholders interested in the implementation…