Event

Enhancing higher education for sustainable development in Small Island Developing States

An event to lay the groundwork for establishing a higher education for SIDS action network under the HESI.

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30 May 2024

Event

Enhancing Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

30 May 2024 - 8:00 am - 30 May 2024 - 6:00 pm

Location

Room 3, American University of Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda

Rooms :

Room 3, American University of Antigua, St John's

Type :

Cat VIII - Symposia

Arrangement type :

In-Person

This side event, organized in the framework of the Fourth International Conference on SIDS (SIDS4) is designed to enhance the contributions of higher education to sustainable development in SIDS over the coming decade.

The event will lay the groundwork for establishing a higher education for SIDS action network under the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI), building upon the groundwork by the University Consortium for SIDS1.

Participants

Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN DESA; Sai Navoti, Chief, SIDS Unit, Division for SDGs, UN DESA; Emily Wilkinson, Director, Resilient and Sustainable Islands (RESI) ; Kalim Shah, University of Delaware; Naya Sena, University of Tokyo, ECOP Cabo Verde Node (tbc); and members of UNESCO, UNITAR, National Geographic and the Government of Jamaica.

Organizers

Higher Education Sustainability Initiative, through UN DESA, UNITAR and UNESCO-IESALC

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