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GUNi.Highlights: About our activities
GUNi was invited to participate in a training seminar on education for sustainability at the Pompeu Fabra University
The seminar aims to promote the introduction of sustainability into the curriculum and the improvement of university professors’ competences on sustainable education and education for sustainable development.
GUNi took part at Seminar on UNESCO Chairs in Higher Education in Latin America
GUNi was invited to participate in the Seminar “The Contribution of the UNESCO Chairs in defining the Higher Education Space in Latin America and Beyond” held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from April 22-25, 2012.
GUNi was invited to participate at the VII Research Seminar on Environmental Education
The seminar is entitled “¿Miradas!” and will take place on May 2-3, 2012 in Spain. This seminar is part of the inter-university doctoral programme on Environmental Education.
Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
Cristina Carballo, Director of the Master Program on Environmental and Sustainable Development of the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, visited GUNi.
GUNi and 2012 MacJannet Prize of the Talloires Network
The Talloires Network invites GUNi to take part in the reviewing committee for the 2012 MacJannet Prize.
Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales
The Rector of the Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas of Colombia visited GUNi interested in collaborating and finding possible mutual projects.
Learning Cities
Michael Osborne, Director of CRADALL and Co-Director of the Pascal Observatory of the University of Glasgow, and Norman Longworth visited GUNi last February to discuss about Learning Cities and the role of universities.
GUNi, IAU and AAU Project “Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan African Higher Education Institutions”
GUNi met with Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Director Membership and Programme Development, in January 2012 to work on the development of the Handbook of Good Practices.
GUNi Executive Committee annual meeting
On 15 February, the Executive Committee held its annual meeting. As usual, was attended by the founding members: Antoni Giró, Rector Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech (UPC); Konrad Osterwalder, Rector United Nations University (UNU), who delegated his representation in Tiziana Scaramagli. We acknowledge the presence of David Atchoarena -Director of the Division for Planning and Development of Education Systems, Education Sector- who attended as the new interlocutor from UNESCO.
GUNi members actively participated in the Latin-American Encounter on University Management (VIII Jornadas de Gestión Universitaria)
More than 400 higher education professionals from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Mexico, Peru, United States and Venezuela participated in the regional encounter held in Santiago, Chile from 11-13 January 2012.
GUNi's input to Rio+20
The Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development has accepted the input of GUNi for the UNCSD 2012 Compilation Document, both as institution and as member of a Multiple National, Multinational and International Tertiary Education Sustainability Organizations partnership.
GUNi Conference: Universities in transition: transformations for sustainability
On November 24th, 2011 it was held the conference titled Universities in transition: transformations for sustainability which was organized by the Global University Network for Innovation for the Spanish Universities context. It took place at the historic site of Sant Pau in Barcelona, Spain.
Student Community Engagement
The Community University Partnership Programme at the University of Brighton aims to develop sustainable partnerships between the university and its local community that are of mutual benefit and that address issues of marginalisation and disadvantage. Its Student Community Engagement programme works to identify ways in which the student body might undertake community based activities as part of their accredited learning programmes which provide them with access to practitioner and experiential knowledge and that supplement their academic learning.
GUNi at the 11th International Conference on Challenges and Expectation of the University
The 11th International Conference on Challenges and Expectations of the University took place from the 5th to the 7th of October, 2011 in the Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco (UJAT).
Global Eco Forum 2011Global Eco Forum 2011
The Global Eco Forum is an annual meeting point for the opinion of leaders and actors of the change towards sustainability in the Euro-Med region. This Fourth edition is focused on Green Economy and governance of sustainability, leading up to the Rio 2012 Earth Summit. The event took place from the 24th o the 26th of October, 2011 in La Pedrera, Barcelona.
GUNi's panel at AASHE2011 Conference
GUNi hosted the Parallel Plenary Panel “Moving from Understanding to Action: Breaking Barriers for Transforming Higher Education’s Commitment to Sustainability” on Tuesday October 11th, 2011, at the AASHE2011 Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA).
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