SDGs Arab Universities Initiative (SDGsArabUNi) is part of the World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) global initiative Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Universities Initiative (SDGsUNi). SDGsArabUNi aims to bring together universities and research institutions from all Arab countries in a global forum to collaborate and reconnect with the discourse of Sustainable Development (SD).
SDGsArabUNi will work closely with Arab universities and research institutions to address the following key issues in their contribution to their countries’ efforts to achieve the United Nations Agenda 2030 and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): first how Arab universities and research institutions see the role of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in service of the Agenda 2030 and secondly, how do Arab universities reflect the SDGs in their own teaching and research activities?
SDGsArabUNi aims to critically examine a number of issues relating to the role and relevance of universities and research institutions to the contemporary discourse of Arab’s sustainable inclusive knowledge-based development such as the role of universities in supporting and enhancing the process of economic and social development in Arab countries; identify all major obstacles that Arab universities face in their countries and most importantly how can these obstacles best be overcome; and what is the new role(s) of the Arab universities in the post Covid-19 era. SDGsArabUNi will therefore help universities and research institutions in Arab countries to play a critical role enabling their countries reap the benefits form the global growth in the knowledge economy particularly for the country’s Digital Natives (Youth).
SDGsArabUNi also aims to improve the teaching and research within Arab universities to help achieve Agenda 2030 and 17 SDGs by addressing the significant demand for evidence-based research across the Arab world. SDGsArabUNi is therefore aims to provide practical recommendations and actions to help transform the way Arab universities conduct and use research to achieve the SDGs, and the way Arab universities access and benefit from the global data freely available for use by leading international organizations such as the United Nations, World Bank, etc.
