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Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development

The first of its kind in UK Higher Education, and winner of the 2020 International Green Gown Award for Student Engagement (in a large institution) and the AASHE Campus Sustainability Research Award,…

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Building partnerships to harness science, technology and innovation

UN 2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum Spotlight Session 5 brought together SDG Academy Director Patrick Paul Walsh; Brighton Kaoma, Director of SDSN Youth; Jayashri Wyatt of UN Academic Impact; Thanos…

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Partnerships in SDG Education and Training: towards curating, assessing and dissemination of a Global SDG Knowledge Commons

In this side event of the 2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum, panelists discuss how partnerships around education and training can enhance the role of knowledge sharing in achieving the targets of SDG 17…

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Pandemic pivots: How lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic can improve the future of education

On January 31, 2023, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network hosted “Pandemic pivots: How lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic can improve the future of education" as an official…

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Social protection for families

Children and adolescents face significant barriers in securing access to health care —including vaccination schemes— and to education. They are also at a higher risk of falling behind or…

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Social protection around the world: Who is covered against what, how and where?

Social protection systems help poor and vulnerable people cope with crises and shocks, find jobs, invest in the health and education of their children, and protect the aging population. Social…

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Jeffrey Sachs | Opening Remarks at TES Solutions Day

The Solutions Day at the Transforming Education Summit provided a platform for partners to mobilize support to launch or scale up initiatives connected to the Summit Thematic Action tracks.…

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Jeffrey Sachs | Implementing the UNESCO OER Recommendation, Transforming Education Summit

Jeffrey Sachs provides his opening remarks for the session "Transforming ESD: Implementing the UNESCO OER Recommendation within Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships" at TES Solutions Day. This…

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Key takeaways: Tracking the Progress of EbA Implementation: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

This video highlights the main takeaways on Tracking the Progress of EbA Implementation: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Implementing the UNESCO OER Recommendation within Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships

On September 17, 2022, at the UN Transforming Education Summit's Solutions Day, the SDG Academy, the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN, the Permanent Mission of Ghana to the UN, and United…

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How Kateb University's LMS Offered Access to Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic that stopped class-based education in Afghanistan, Kateb University developed its own Learning Management System (Kateb LMS) to enable the students and professors…

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IsDB Projects: Construction and Equipping of the Vocational Colleges in Uzbekistan

Construction and Equipping of the Vocational Colleges in Uzbekistan was implemented with the aim of enhancing the developmental efforts of the Government of Uzbekistan. The objectives were to…

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Integration of Waqf into Innovative Financial Products

There are some contemporary innovative financial products that have been linked with waqf, such as the cash waqf linked Sukuk issued by the Government of Indonesia and the Waqf unit trust which is…

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Transitioning from the Millennium Development Goals

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were launched in 2000 to address global development concerns in a comprehensive structure. They made a significant contribution to global development in areas…

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Role of Islamic Capital Market Instruments in Sustainable Development

Islamic capital markets have demonstrated unprecedented success in generating finance for corporate and public sectors. Sukuk (Islamic bonds) have been a particularly important Islamic capital market…

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Transforming ESD with FAIR OERRs, Digital Innovation, and Diamond Partnerships

On June 30, 2022, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, SDG Academy, the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations, the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University,…

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