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Advancing Sustainable Higher Education Transformation in Europe

Join our European higher education network for sustainable development. Transform institutions for sustainable development through partnership. Support research, policy, and capacity building. Engage with global initiatives and conferences. Visit our website to learn more!

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Advancing Sustainable Higher Education Transformation in Europe

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  1. The COPERNICUS Alliance – European Network on Higher Education for SD: Systemic and Institutional Transformation towards Sustainable Development

  2. 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).

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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)

  7. 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

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