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• The Sustainability Journey of USM: Solution Oriented Campus Ecosphere for Vitalising Higher Education Action on GAP

Prof. Dr. Kamarulazizi Ibrahim

Centre for Global Sustainability StudiesUniversiti Sains MalaysiaPenang, Malaysia

emel : [email protected] : www.cgss.usm.my

http://www.cgss.usm.my/

THE JOURNEYThis global ESD commitment gained strength when the UNESCO World Conference on ESD launched the Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD in 2015 with five priority areas, in Nagoya, Japan

The sustainability journey of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has a lot in common with the experience of UNESCO globally and GAP in particularon whole-institution (GAP Priority 2) commitment which involves policies (GAP Priority 1,) and practices which factor the creativity of educators(GAP Priority 3), and the youthful vigour of students (GAP Priority 4) are integral to promoting relevant changes that befits the needs of all stakeholders (GAP Priority 5) today and tomorrow

THE JOURNEYFIVE ESD INITIATIVES

USM Policy on Sustainable Tomorrow

The APEX sustainability initiative

Staff participation

Student programmes

USM-stakeholder engagement

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USM has embraced ecological protection, conservation of resources and initiatives aimed at promoting campus well-being as a platform for its sustainability transformation.

Turning waste into gold: halal collagenHalal Meningococcal Vaccine

Mobile TeleradiologyThe Rubber Genome ProjectDeciphering ancient architectureMalay Braille for the sighted

Southeast Asia Sustainability Network (SEASN)Sustainability Assessment Methodology (SAM)

SECOND PHASE AIMS TO PRODUCE TALENTS WITH A GLOBAL CITIZEN MINDSET

APEX FIRST PHASE IS TO LAY THE FOUNDATION

ENABLER

Human Governance, Financial Sustainability, Research and Innovation, Global Citizens,

Academic, Services, and Institutional Positioning

Agenda

The Future, Uniqueness,

Sustainability, Humanity, University, Change and Sacrifice

Prominence, Eminence, Relevance

and Dominance

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ESD Sustainability Integration in

USM Curriculum Laboratory

workshops on sustainability

implementation at the workplace for non-

academic

Centre for Innovation and Productivity in

Public Administration (PIPPA)

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the elective course on sustainability, WSU 101 (Sustainability: Issues,

Challenges and Prospects)

MASTERS PROGRAMMES: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Community Medicine-Environmental Health, Sustainable Development Science and Environmental Journalism, Environmental Science, Sustainable River Management, Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Tourism Development.

‘Pimpin Siswa Lestari’ (PSL), (sustainable undergraduate leader)

Sekretariat Kampus Sejahtera (Campus Well-being Secretariat) ‘White Coffin’ (Styrofoam food containers) and ‘Say No to Plastic’

USM Volunteer Corps‘Briged Bencana’ (Disaster Brigade), A total of 165 volunteer-based programsparticipation of 5000 students.

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES BY RESEARCH; Master of

Science (Sustainability), Master of Arts (Sustainability)

and Doctor of Philosophy (Sustainability),

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One of the key thrust in promoting sustainability has been working closely with local and global community through various knowledge transfer programs

1. The Disabled People cluster addresses the issues of people with disabilities, 2. the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) cluster focuses on up-skilling SMEs46. 3. The 3C cluster (Corporate Conscience Circle), consisting of a team of multidisciplinary staffs and

students working to promote enhanced CSR (corporate social responsibility) and USR (university social responsibility).

4. The University Community Engagement (UCE) Cluster facilitates collaboration between USM staffs, students, as well as alumni for meaningful university community engagements. CLUSTER

GLOBAL NETWORKS via the Asia-Pacific University-

Community Engagement Network (APUCEN), South East

Asia Sustainability Network (SEASN), Global Higher Education Network (GHEN), Regional Peace

Education for Sustainable Development Network (percent)

and Asian Local Knowledge Network (NS).

DISASTER MANAGEMENT & DRM

(a) Training for capacity building – ‘Disaster Risk Management for Sustainable Development Capacity Building - Malaysia, Vietnam, Lao PDR and Cambodia’

(b) ‘Kelantan Flood Disaster Management Conference, Kelantan, Malaysia’

(c) Workshop on Hospital Disaster Resilience

(d) Project for community based resilience building

TERIMA KASIH