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Building resilience in youth vulnerable to economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters

In this 2024 ECOSOC Partnership Forum Virtual Side Event, we discuss the emerging trends pertaining to the involvement and attainment rates of youth in upper secondary, tertiary education, and…

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Catalyzing Transformative Change: Science, Academia and the Journey to 2030

This event, hosted as part of SDG Action Weekend's Mobilization Day at UNHQ in New York, aimed to identify and promote concrete opportunities and partnerships for science and academia to…

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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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SDG Publishers Compact: Aligning Scholarly Activity with the Sustainable Development Goals

An emerging international trend in Academic Publishing is aligning scholarly work and publishing with the Sustainable Development Goals. The purpose of this workshop is to inform, amplify &…

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Community Conversation | SDG Students Program | 25 May 2021

In this Community Conversation, Theresa Yung, Project Lead for SDSN Youth's SDG Students Program, discussed campus SDG Student Hubs as an actionable and impactful way to mobilize students to…

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Community Conversation | MDP Field Experiences | 30 Apr 2021

In this Community Conversation, students and alumni of Master's in Development Practice programs around the world shared about their field practicums and the benefits of working directly with…

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Brains for National Innovation

During the initial stages of development, Korean society also faced a severe brain drain. A not insignificant number of people left to study abroad. Between 1953 and 1967, 7,958 people dropped out,…

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Skilled Workers: Linking Education and Industry

A report prepared by the Ministry of Science and Technology in 1972 indicated inherent problems with skill-development schemes and qualification systems. After examining the education system, the…

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The Role of Higher Education in Sustainable Development

This lecture talks about higher education as an issue beyond human capital and its role in sustainable development. This video is not available under a Creative Commons license and should not be…

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Human Dimension of Ecosystem Protection and Management, Part I

The human dimension of terrestrial ecosystems is often neglected or poorly addressed. Virgilio Viana argues that the best long-term solution for good stewardship of these ecosystems is to make…

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