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The COPERNICUS Alliance – European Network on Higher Education for SD: Systemic and Institutional Transformation towards Sustainable Development. Vision.
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The COPERNICUS Alliance – European Network on Higher Education for SD: Systemic and Institutional Transformation towards Sustainable Development
Vision • …is to promote the role of sustainabledevelopment in European higher education to improve education and research for sustainabledevelopment in partnership with society. • 20 active member institutions plus app. 40 affiliated institutions through project cooperation (UE4SD).
Systemic transformation of HE for SD • To contribute to a sustainable transformation in society, higher education institutions need to transformthemselves. • HE transformations need to take place in exchange and cooperation with policy and practice. • The COPERNICUS Alliance supports sustainability in higher education and research through: • Capacity building & professional development • Research • Policy development Mader, Rammel, 2015
Background • CRE COPERNICUS Charta, developed by the European Rectors‘ Conference in 1993 • By 2005 the Charta was signed by 326 universities, who voluntarily committed themselves to meet a 10-point action plan • In 2009 the CA modified its structure towards an NGO with institutional memberships • In 2012 the CA led the process for the Rio+20 Treaty on Higher Education to call for systemic and institutional transformation
Global HESD Study 2014 • Groups of source for engagement: • students & community • Environmental management, QM, administration • Faculty, research and teaching staff • Effectiveness for scaling activities by • Capacity building (3,3) • Shared leadership (3,3) • Student organizations (3,2 // 2,5 S-A) • Sustainability campus office (3,1 // 3,9 N-A) • Internal awards (2,7) Financed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy
Activities • Rio+20 Treaty on Higher Education - presented at United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development “Rio+20” (2012) • “University Educators for Sustainable Development (UE4SD) • European Project with 52 partners from 33 European countries • Online training and exchange: April 21st 2015, “Innovative • teaching for sustainable development in higher education”, Katja • Brundiers, Arizona State University, US, • CA Micro Fund to support capacity building among members • COPERNICUS Alliance Conference and AGM: • Madrid, 24-25 November 2015 (Sust. Assessment and Eval. in HE) • Publications: Sustainable Development and Quality Assurance in Higher Education (Fadeeva, Galkute, Mader, Scott, 2014) • Strategic Partnerships with GUPES, IAU, UNU-IAS, • Observer to the UNECE Steering Committee on ESD, the RCE Ubuntu Committee, at UN conferences (Rio+20, UNESCO World Conference on ESD)
www.copernicus-alliance.org Looking forward to work with you! Dr. Clemens Mader President, COPERNICUS Alliance office@copernicus-alliance.org mader@leuphana.de Leuphana University of Lüneburg, D University of Zurich, CH www.copernicus-alliance.org