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Posted: August 25, 2016

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…

Posted: May 30, 2016

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UNU-IAS expands its cooperation with ASEAN in Education for Sustainable Development

The consultative workshop to review the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Environmental Education Action Plan (AEEAP 2014-2018) was held in conjunction with the 8th Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Environmental Education (AWGEE) in Singapore 11-12 April 2016….

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Video: Inter-university water and sanitation competition helps develop an integrated Water Resources Management proposal

Since June 2014, around 500 youth champions from 75 teams presented action-oriented, practicable and community participative proposals to address water and sanitation problems. Watch the video on ‘Strengthening Water and Sanitation in Urban Settings: Inter-University Competition on Water Resources Management’….