Capacity Development

In a recent post we published IPBES’ call on governments and other relevant stakeholders to nominate experts to participate in the Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the workshop to further scope the thematic assessment of the sustainable use…

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has developed a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to address potential knowledge gaps related to changes required from policy-makers and ordinary citizens, to achieve the SDGs. Read more

The Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP) delivers evidence-based, scalable solutions for problems at the collective interface of economic development, nature conservation, and human well-being. SNAPP is especially interested in receiving proposals from the development and humanitarian sectors as…

The funding initiative “Between Europe and the Orient – A Focus on Research and Higher Education in/on Central Asia and the Caucasus” was set up to support either projects that deal with current local developments or that are structurally anchored…

Online Course: Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities, Lund University, Sweden Runs April 25 – June 6, 2016. Read more

The “Local SDG Pioneers” programme will honor selected business leaders and change makers who can demonstrate business success through the advancement of sustainable development in their country. Individuals acting on new SDG business opportunities can nominate themselves until April 30,…

Governments and other relevant stakeholders are invited to nominate experts to participate in the Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the workshop to further scope the thematic assessment of the sustainable use of Biodiversity. In addition, governments and relevant…

Keep NSW Beautiful is a leading not-for-profit environmental organisation established in 1975 to have maximum positive change in the NSW environment. Our prominent sustainability education program has an opening for a temporary educator, with the possibility of extension. http://www.seek.com.au/job/30727539?savedSearchID=11242382&tracking=JMC-SAU-eDM-JobMail4.01-3881

The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability is now accepting applications for the September 2016 admission to its Master of Science in Sustainability programme, and it’s PhD in Sustainability Science programme. The application deadlines are 18…

This MOOC has been developed to explore what is meant by citizen engagement and how it can be used to enhance development impact. Sessions start beginning of February.