the future we want – post rio+ 20 roadmap to action

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Harriet Sjerps-JonesEAUC board

The Future We Want – Post Rio+ 20 Roadmap to Action

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The Future

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Leanne DenbyPresident of Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability

The Future We Want – Post Rio+ 20 – Roadmap to Action

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The role of Tertiary Education

International Initiatives to date:- Treaty on Higher Education in Sustainable Development- Higher Education for Sustainability Initiative

Education in SDGs- AASHE workshop- Asia Pacific workshop

Next steps

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The role of Tertiary Education

Why consultation in the UK?

At the Rio Summit it became clear how important the role of tertiary education is

Drivers:

Green Economy and new frameworks (GDP+)

Research and Problem solving

Behaviour change (Citizenship)

Lack of vision and action at political level

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The role of Tertiary Education

The consultation questions

1 - Which supporting mechanisms should government and civil society put in place to enable and strengthen UK delivery of the educational commitments agreed in the Future We Want?

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The role of Tertiary Education

2 - What actions are your organisation/institution/party taking to facilitate delivery on this agenda immediately, in the near future (by 2015) and in the longer term (next 10 years)?

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Some emerging themes

Calling on the Government to

provide cross-departmental coordination and collaboration;

endorse and support those institutions and organisations that lead the way with good practice;

Realign funding and focus and long term

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The role of Tertiary Education

support the growth of green jobs to help the almost 1m unemployed young people;

consider a legislative approach that challenges and nudges the sector rather than dictates

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The role of Tertiary Education

Calling on civil society

To listen to the voice of youth;

NGOs should overcome narrow focused agendas and aim to collaborate on this agenda, with each other, and the formal education sector;

Education sector should collaborate closely with local communities

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The role of Tertiary Education

Education sector to offer leadership in SD and act as beacons of good practice in society