UiB side event at WHEC2022: A Global SDG Higher Education Institution Benchmarking system

How can universities facilitate knowledge development, as well as new research and education strategies, that can generate the deep-going social, economic, and environmental transformations called for in the UN 2030 Agenda?  

To answer these questions, UNESCO partnered with the University of Bergen to establish the Global Independent Expert Group on the Universities and the 2030 Agenda (EGU2030), consisting of 14 excellent researchers from around the world, across different fields of research. 

The expert groups report: “Knowledge-driven actions: Transforming higher education for global sustainability” calls for a radical shift in current development paradigms. It emphasizes the key role that universities and higher education institutions can play in contributing to the SDGs, by promoting knowledge that comprise a diverse range of traditions, inter-and transdisciplinarity and by creating stronger partnership with societal actors. The report also directs attention to the systemic barriers that have hindered transformation so far. 

An important aim of the report is to spark further discussions on how higher education institutions can be the driving force towards a sustainable future. We aim to do just that by examining one of the 16 specific recommendations of the report. The University of Bergen invites you to join a discussion regarding a new benchmarking system - in a Norwegian context, and in the context of north-south partnerships.