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18 février 2016

Barcelona Resilience Week

http://www.guninetwork.org/sites/all/themes/guninetwork_html5/logo.pngThis event will be held on March 14-18th, 2016, at the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site, and organized by the City Council of Barcelona, UN-Habitat- City Resilience Profiling Programme and BCN Urban Resilience Partnership. See more...

18 février 2016

6th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education - Let's build transformative knowledge to drive social change

http://www.guninetwork.org/sites/all/themes/guninetwork_html5/logo.pngThis edition is focused on Knowledge, Engagement & Higher Education. The Conference will provide visibility and will critically examine one of the most significant trends: the growth of the theory and practice of engagement as a key feature in the evolution of higher education. See more...

18 février 2016

Knowledge, Engagement and Higher Education: Contributing to Social Change

http://www.guninetwork.org/sites/all/themes/guninetwork_html5/logo.pngThe report is a product of three years research, consultations, academic seminars and an international conference. The report and the associated conference Let’s Build Transformative Knowldege to Drive a Social Change has been a collective project of hundreds of women and men from more than 60 nations. See more...

18 février 2016

Knowledge, Engagement and Higher Education

http://www.guninetwork.org/sites/all/themes/guninetwork_html5/logo.pngThe creation and dissemination of relevant knowledge could contribute to transforming the paradigms and beliefs established in social, economic and political systems and to moving to creative and innovative way of thinking and imagining news realities. Knowledge could help in raising ethical awareness and facilitating the civic commitment of people and professionals. See more...

17 février 2016

Sustainability » 5th International Barcelona Conference in Higher Education

http://www.guninetwork.org/sites/all/themes/guninetwork_html5/logo.pngGUNi joins the work on the contribution of higher education to sustainability currently being carried out by international agencies, special programmes of the United Nations, networks and institutions of education in the world with the conviction that the greatest challenge of higher education consists in putting the knowledge at the service of social transformation, a process which at present means moving toward sustainability. The 5th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education will analyze how higher education in the world is transforming itself to contribute to the articulation of the paradigm of sustainability and how to identify aspects of this transformation in order to discuss and agree upon the ways of action on which one has to advance. See more...

17 février 2016

Higher Education's Commitment to Sustainability: from Understanding to Action

http://www.guninetwork.org/sites/all/themes/guninetwork_html5/logo.pngThe publication presents the current situation and its implications, analyzing the link between sustainability and higher education. It shows a map of how the regions are advancing with regard to the subject; complemented with trending topics, networks' experiences and good practices. The publication also includes a study to identify the main barriers that prevent the transformation of higher education institutions towards contributing to the sustainability paradigm, and highlights possible solutions. See more...

17 février 2016

Higher Education's Commitment to Sustainability

http://www.guninetwork.org/sites/all/themes/guninetwork_html5/logo.pngHigher Education Institutions can play a significant role in building a sustainable paradigm. They may help in facing local and global challenges, facilitating society to answer major global challenges. Their vision and action could be reinforced with a role review towards the creation and distribution of socially relevant knowledge in education and research, and in relationship with communities. See more...

17 février 2016

Human and Social Developpment » 4th International Barcelona Conference in Higher Education

http://www.guninetwork.org/sites/all/themes/guninetwork_html5/logo.pngGUNi held its 4th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education on 31 March and 1-2 April 2008. More than 450 people from nearly 80 countries participated in this event, which fostered a reflection on the role of higher education to meet the challenges set by the society of the new millennium. See more...

17 février 2016

Higher Education: New Challenges and Emerging Roles for Human and Social Development

http://www.guninetwork.org/sites/all/themes/guninetwork_html5/logo.pngThis Report analyses the latest knowledge, research, experiences and practices to rethink and propose new routes for the interchange of values between higher education institutions and society. This may be achieved through reconsidering the role that is assigned to higher education in terms of its contribution to human and social development in economic, political, social, human, environmental and cultural spheres. See more...

17 février 2016

The role of higher education for human and social development

http://www.guninetwork.org/sites/all/themes/guninetwork_html5/logo.pngThe role of higher education institutions is today's world immense, complex and vital. A wide range of challenges and opportunities is emerging, with many political, economic and social implications. Perhaps most significant are the challenges associated with shifting perspectives of knowledge itself, which are strongly influencing the role and the responsibility of universities in society. Universities are well positioned to link the local and the global and this gives them considerable access to and influence over change process in  may societies. It may enhance their potential to contribute to human and social development through the promotion and facilitation of citizen participation and involvement in these processes. See more...

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