Accelerating SDG Practice forum series
SDSN AusNZPac and the Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) are launching a joint series of bimonthly online discussion forums for our member institutions that aim to help them accelerate and scale up action on the SDGs.
For the latest schedule and other information, please see our Accelerating SDG Practice series page.
About the forums
Universities, higher education institutions, and knowledge institutions have a critical and unique role in helping achieve the SDGs through their teaching, research and operational practices. To help fulfil this critical role, there is an urgent need for the sector to accelerate and scale up action on the SDGs.
In 2017, SDSN AusNZPac and ACTS worked together with institutions in our region to publish Getting Started with the SDGs in Universities, a definitive guide to how the sector can implement the SDGs with examples of what was (at the time) best practice.
Since then, many SDSN AusNZPac and ACTS member institutions have greatly increased their sophistication of working with the SDGs across different areas, and their experience with what works and what doesn’t. Other institutions are just starting their SDG journeys.
The aim of this forum series is to help lift the collective response of the sector in our region to the SDGs by providing a space for our member institutions to share and discuss approaches, challenges and learnings about SDG implementation. The forums will also look for opportunities for follow up collaborations and for how we can share learnings with the broader community.
The forums will take place approximately bimonthly and each forum will focus on a different topic relating to SDG implementation at universities. Information about the first scheduled forums is listed below, and we also invite members to propose ideas for future forums.
The forums will take place via online videoconference, and are open to staff at SDSN AusNZPac and ACTS member institutions who are actively working in areas relating to the forum topic. We aim for all or most participants to have an opportunity to contribute. To facilitate this, applications will be through an EOI process, and the number of participants may be capped.
Forum schedule
- Forum 1: SDG mapping update, 10 April 2019
- Forum 2: Debrief on the inaugural Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, mid-May 2019 (details and invitation for EOIs will be circulated in due course).
Submit ideas for future forums
We invite SDSN AusNZPac and ACTS members to submit ideas for topics that would be of interest to them for future forums.
Contact
If you have any questions about the Accelerating SDG Practice forum series, contact Tahl Kestin at SDSN AusNZPac (tahl.kestin@monash.edu) or Rhiannon Boyd at ACTS (r.boyd@acts.asn.au)
