Project Concern for Tomorrow: Integrating the 17 Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education
National Agency for Academic Exchange
Strategic Partnerships
BNI/PST/2023/1/00093
The project ” Concern for Tomorrow: Integrating the 17 Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education ” is implemented by the Structural Projects Department together with the International Programs Section and the Faculty of Economics and Management together with the Center for Circular Economics and Applied Ethics (substantive supervision) of Lazarski University. The project partners are two universities: Georgian National University SEU and Reykjavik University.
The aim of the project is to prepare high-quality teaching materials for independent study and teaching about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. As part of the project, a course will be created that will be used to independently acquire knowledge and will be available free of charge to all interested parties. For each purpose, a book chapter, videos, and case studies showing practical application examples will be prepared. Each lesson will end with a test. Moreover, as part of the project, partner universities will prepare a task on sustainable development for education using the problem-based teaching method. This task will be tested on students at Lazarski University and at Georgian National University SEU. After testing the feasibility of the task, it will be made available on the project websites for use by educators and teachers.
The project will be implemented as part of the Strategic Partnership program financed by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange in the period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026.
As part of the call, only 13 universities received funding for projects. The Lazarski University application received funding in the amount of 898,563 PLN.
No
Poverty
Goal 1: Economic growth must be inclusive to provide sustainable jobs and promote equality.
Zero
Hunger
Goal 2: The food and agriculture sector offers key solutions for development, and is central for hunger and poverty eradication.
Good Health
and Well-Being
Goal 3: Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development.
Quality
Education
Goal 4: Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people’s lives and sustainable development.
Gender
Equality
Goal 5: Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.
Clean Water
and Sanitation
Goal 6: Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in.
Affordable and
Clean Energy
Decent Work
and Economic
Growth
Goal 8: Sustainable economic growth will require societies to create the conditions that allow people to have quality jobs.
Industry, Innovation,
and Infrastructure
Goal 9: Investments in infrastructure are crucial to achieving sustainable development.
Reduced
Inequalities
Goal 10: To reduce inequalities, policies should be universal in principle, paying attention to the needs of disadvantaged and marginalized populations.
Sustainable Cities
and Communities
Goal 11: There needs to be a future in which cities provide opportunities for all, with access to basic services, energy, housing, transportation and more.
Responsible
Consumption
and Production
Climate
Action
Life Below
Water
Goal 14: Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future.
Life on
Land
Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
Peace, Justice
and Strong
Institutions
Goal 16: Access to justice for all, and building effective, accountable institutions at all levels.
Partnerships
The project involves
Lazarski University (LU) has been conducting educational and scientific activities with an international scope for over 30 years. In 2003, in cooperation with the University of Wales, the first English-language study program was launched.
In subsequent years, as part of increasing the internationalization potential of the University, there was a dynamic development of the offer of English-language courses. Currently, the University offers 5 English-language courses within the first cycle of studies and 3 within the second cycle, including double degree programs with Coventry University.
The University educates students at 3 faculties (Law and Administration; Economics and Management; Medicine) – a total of about 4,000 people, including one third are foreigners from almost 50 countries. The University manages projects from the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, European Funds, including: European Funds for Social Development 2021-2027, European Funds for Mazovia 2021-2027, Erasmus+, Horizon, funds of the International Visegrad Fund, the Minister of Education and Science, NAWA programs. In addition, in 2023, the Center for Circular Economics and Ethics was established at the Faculty of Economics and Management.
By obtaining the accreditation of the International Association for Management Development in Dynamic Societies CEEMAN, the university joined the prestigious group of the best international institutions dealing with management development. In 2023, LU joined the “Alliance for Zero-Emission Aviation” as the first Polish university and the third European – an alliance under the auspices of the European Commission.
Georgian National University SEU is the largest private university in Georgia. The university educates nearly 11,000 students. For nearly 20 years, SEU has been conducting educational and scientific activities within the first and second cycle at the faculties of business and technology; social sciences; law and medicine.
The university includes issues related to social responsibility and sustainable development in its educational content. Georgian National University SEU considers internationalization as a holistic action that is supported and implemented throughout the university.
The SEU internationalization policy is based on its mission and strategic development plan and can be understood as a guide for its international transformation in the areas of teaching, research, institutional administration and international cooperation, where the main emphasis is placed on the consolidation and development of existing partnerships.
The university actively participates in many international projects, including the Erasmus+ program under Action 1 KA171 (including Lazarski University, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and Yeditepe University) and Action 2 Capacity Building in Higher Education (SPRING project) and Jean Monnet (“European Green Deal – Just Transition in Education”), or the FaBoTo+ project (concerning the application of Bologna tools for higher education institutions and quality assurance organizations); Horizon Europe (Pillar II), the British Council Creative Spark Partnership Project (an initiative to support international university partnerships for the development of entrepreneurial skills and the creative economy in seven countries in Central Asia, the South Caucasus and Ukraine), and programmes funded by the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD.
Reykjavik University is the largest private university in Iceland (approximately 3,500 students). It offers first, second and third cycle studies in the faculties of Business and Administration; Computer Science; Law; Engineering and Psychology.
It is a non-profit university with a strong international ranking, founded in part by the Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Icelandic Industries and the Confederation of Icelandic Employers. The university’s core activities are teaching and research with strong links to industry and society, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary work, international context, innovation and quality of service.
Reykjavik University is an active participant in international projects, within programmes such as Erasmus+, Nordplus, as well as other funding sources, within which it concludes international bilateral agreements. The university is in the European Universities Network (NeurotechEU – European University of Brain and Technology, which brings together 9 universities from the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Turkey, Romania, Hungary and France), participates in projects financed by the EEA and Norway Grants (e.g. “Leaders of digital didactics – development of management faculty teaching staff” and “School of Knowledge Production and Transfer for Global Economy and Governance- SKOPE4GEG”), as well as those within the Action 2 of Erasmus + (e.g. KA220 2021 “Virtual Innovative Biomedical Education in Science -VIBES”), the Digital Europe Program (DIGITAL) and Horizon Europe (e.g. the SINPAIN project, Hidden Hydro Oscillating Power for Europe) and previously Horizon 2020 (e.g. Lifecourse, Restore, SisAI Pilot, Sleep Revolution).
The following events are planned as part of the project:
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