Engaging Youth and Academia with the Global Sustainable Development Report 2023
In the?Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),?the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs is building on its interdisciplinary strength to help, through its Policy Dialogues, all stakeholder groups respond to multi-dimensional and systemic risks in today’s interconnected world while showcasing the thought leadership of the Department on such critical issues as economic and financial instabilities, rising inequalities, population, and implementation of the
Joint Webinar "The Implementation of the SDGs in Higher Education"
In the?Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),??and in the context of the ongoing global challenges, the role of institutions of higher education in advancing the?is more critical than ever.?The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) as the initiative within the Department of Global Communications of the United Nations Secretaria
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Higher Education: A Space for Gender Equality
This event aimed to?provide a platform for the discussion around the use of information and communication technologies in universities and colleges as a way to advance, promote, and protect gender equality, while addressing related issues of gender-based violence, women's empowerment and greater access of women to higher education. The event will also explore how university policies have evolved and the way in which academic and scientific research is connected to these issues.
[In Spanish language] Trabajando por el Medio Ambiente con las Naciones Unidas
En el marco de las actividades de difusión llevadas a cabo por la iniciativa Impacto Académico de las Naciones Unidas (UNAI, por sus siglas en inglés), y dado el interés de muchos recién graduados, jóvenes profesionales y personas con amplia experiencia laboral, en trabajar con las Naciones Unidas en ámbitos como el del medio ambiente, hemos co-organizado este evento virtual con el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente y la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Nairobi:
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Tópico: TRABAJANDO POR EL MEDIO AMBIENTE CON LAS NACIONES UNIDAS
Higher Education and Multilateralism: Academia Responding to Global Challenges
Seventy-seven years after the foundation of the United Nations as the cornerstone of multilateralism, its principles and values remain valid. In the current global context, with the emergence of crises and conflicts and several global challenges, the United Nations is a center to harmonize actions and a beacon of hope for billions. For decades, institutions of higher education, particularly its faculty, have been studying this Organization extensively while teaching, researching, and writing about it.
The Role of Higher Education Institutions in the Transformation of Future-Fit Education
Education is a critical driver of the 2030 Agenda.
Virtual Event - Fighting Hate Speech: Global Perspectives
The?United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), jointly with the?Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme?and the United Nations?Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery, and the Outreach Programme on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, to mark the first
Briefing - Humanitarian Impact of the War in Ukraine: Response from Universities
Topic:?HUMANITARIAN IMPACT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE: RESPONSE FROM UNIVERSITIES
Objective:?This briefing will?review the multidimensional response from institutions of higher education in assisting those in need due to the war in Ukraine, thus contributing to addressing the humanitarian impact and challenges caused by the conflict. It will also provide an overview of the situation on the ground and the response from the United Nations.
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Date:?Wednesday, 20 April 2022?
Youth Innovation in the Decade of Action: Stories from Universities
The topic of the S is Ways of Knowing, Modes of Living: Dialogues across a fragmented Earth for the 2030 Agenda. The challenges and existential threats that underlie the , demand action.
UNAI Digital Dialogue Series: Advancing the SDGs: The Role of Science
The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is holding a global conversation with scholars, educators, researchers, and students to discuss priorities for the future, obstacles to achieving them, and the role of global academic cooperation in addressing global issues.?Please see below the details of the next webinar in the UNAI Digital Dialogue?Series:
Title:?ADVANCING THE SDGs: THE ROLE OF SCIENCE