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In preparation for the International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Nagoya 9 November 2014, and the UNESCO World Conference on ESD, Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 November 2014, IAU prepared a special issue of IAU Horizons on The role of higher education in the post 2015 Development Agenda. Download Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.
IAU work on HESD - by Dzulkifli Abdul Razak
Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) as an extension of the United Nations global agenda on Education for Sustainable Development led by UNESCO has been one of the major themes for IAU. Long before the declaration of the United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (UN-DESD), 2005-2014, IAU was an active participant in not only supporting the agenda but more importantly championing it among its Member institutions and beyond. In fact as early as 1993, IAU held the Ninth Round Table in Kyoto, Japan and endorsed the Kyoto Declaration representing more than 650 of its Member institutions and organisations across 120 countries. The declaration embodies the substance of both the Halifax and Swansea documents (See IAU 1993 Kyoto Declaration on Sustainable Development available on the IAU portal on HESD: www.iau-hesd.net. More in Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.

In preparation for the International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Nagoya 9 November 2014, and the UNESCO World Conference on ESD, Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 November 2014, IAU prepared a special issue of IAU Horizons on The role of higher education in the post 2015 Development Agenda. Download Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.
Where in the World is Higher Education in the Post-2015 Development Agenda? - by Hillig je van’t Land
Through the global network it stands for, through projects, programmes and initiatives, the International Association of University (IAU) supports universities and other higher education institutions in their work, teaching and research as it tries and finds solutions in response to the world’s challenges, locally and globally.
As stipulated in the IAU Iquitos Declaration adopted in Peru in 2014 at the IAU International Conference on Blending higher education and traditional knowledge for sustainable development “It is our shared belief that only with the full engagement of higher education in the post-2015 agenda will it be possible to create the intellectual, economic, environmental and cultural conditions required for a sustainable future for all”. More in Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.

In preparation for the International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Nagoya 9 November 2014, and the UNESCO World Conference on ESD, Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 November 2014, IAU prepared a special issue of IAU Horizons on The role of higher education in the post 2015 Development Agenda. Download Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.
First Insights on the State of Higher Education for Sustainable Development Study - by Clemens Mader
For more than twenty years, higher education institutions from around the world have elaborated and implemented different methods to integrate sustainability into their education, research, operations, and in- and outreach activities. Beginning with the Talloires Declaration in 1990, in addition to other recent declarations like the Rio+20 Higher Education Treaty , as well as the IAU Iquitos statement on Higher Education for Sustainable Development all call for a transformation of higher education in order to better foster sustainable development through an institution wide approach that reflects all of the different roles of HEIs. Today, the UN Sustainable Development Goals which are currently being developed as well as the draft implementation plan of the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development are strengthening their call for engagement of HEIs. More in Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.

In preparation for the International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Nagoya 9 November 2014, and the UNESCO World Conference on ESD, Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 November 2014, IAU prepared a special issue of IAU Horizons on The role of higher education in the post 2015 Development Agenda. Download Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.
Competences for Democracy and Intercultural Dialogue - by Sjur Bergan
For the Council of Europe, education has several purposes: preparation for the labor market – what we mostly hear about in public debate – but equally preparation for democratic citizenship, personal development, and the development of a broad, advanced knowledge base. For democracy to be a key mission of education, we need to be able to indicate the kind of competence students should develop at different levels of formal education. This is the starting point for a new Council of Europe project. The initiative came from Andorra during its Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers and since December 2013 the project has been developed by an international and interdisciplinary expert group. The IAU participates through its Director, Membership and Programme Development, Hilligje van’t Land. More in Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.

In preparation for the International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Nagoya 9 November 2014, and the UNESCO World Conference on ESD, Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 November 2014, IAU prepared a special issue of IAU Horizons on The role of higher education in the post 2015 Development Agenda. Download Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.
Changes to HE Funding is biggest Effect of Crisis - by Ellen Hazelkorn and Emily Fritze
The United Nations has recently declared an end to the recession in Europe and the United States and forecast global economic growth of 3 percent in 2014 and 3.3 percent in 2015, albeit with the usual caveats of uncertainties and risk factors beyond the economic domain. 1 As we emerge from the crisis, to what extent has the economic crisis had an impact on higher education? Was the Crisis, as some predicted, a catalyst for transformative change in higher education – or is it business as usual? Despite the length and depth of the recent global economic crisis, there has been no comprehensive review of its impact, except at a country level. More in Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.

In preparation for the International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Nagoya 9 November 2014, and the UNESCO World Conference on ESD, Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 November 2014, IAU prepared a special issue of IAU Horizons on The role of higher education in the post 2015 Development Agenda. Download Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.
Quality education at all levels of the education system is the key to enabling humanity to face present and future challenges (Higher) Education for sustainable development (HESD) is considered as one of the avenues for success hence the continued efforts by IAU to support HESD through targeted projects and initiatives, information gathering and dissemination, networking and exchange throughout the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development.
Today, initiatives are being launched and have been launched by international organizations such as ACU or IAU, by various UN organizations such as UNESCO, UNDP, UNDESA, UNGC to help craft the next steps: the new development agenda and related education policies. Higher education has to continue to play its fundamental role in this agenda and related policies and in enabling individuals and countries to achieve them. More in Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.

In preparation for the International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Nagoya 9 November 2014, and the UNESCO World Conference on ESD, Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 November 2014, IAU prepared a special issue of IAU Horizons on The role of higher education in the post 2015 Development Agenda. Download Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.
On September 19, 2014 during the 26 th Annual Conference of the Magna Charta Observatory at Uppsala University, Sweden, the IAU Secretary General chaired a Workshop on Ethics in Education and Research, featuring the IAU-MCO Guidelines for an Institutional Code of Ethics for Higher Education (http://www.iau-aiu.net/content/complete-list).
The MCO conference theme: University Integrity Society’s Benefit brought together university leaders, students and faculty members and was held, for the first time outside of Bologna University and did not include the traditional ceremony of signing the Magna Charta Universitatum, which will from now on take place only every other year in Bologna. More in Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.

In preparation for the International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Nagoya 9 November 2014, and the UNESCO World Conference on ESD, Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 November 2014, IAU prepared a special issue of IAU Horizons on The role of higher education in the post 2015 Development Agenda. Download Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.
THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION: MOVING BEYOND MOBILITY, University of Siena, 28-30 October 2015.
Conference organised under the patronage of CRUI
Internationalization of higher education is in the spotlight of government decision and policy- makers, university leaders and other higher education stakeholders – as well as a theme of numerous international conferences! It is perceived as a process that has a profound impact on higher education – bringing about new ways of learning, teaching, undertaking research, building partnerships and equipping graduates to be more capable and successful citizens of the globalized world. More in Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.

In preparation for the International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Nagoya 9 November 2014, and the UNESCO World Conference on ESD, Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 November 2014, IAU prepared a special issue of IAU Horizons on The role of higher education in the post 2015 Development Agenda. Download Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.
NEW PLANS FOR THE IAU GLOBAL MEETING OF ASSOCIATIONS IN MAY 2015
NEW THEME: SOCIAL INNOVATION: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
IAU and the African hosts of the 6 th edition of the IAU Global Meeting of Associations (GMA), scheduled for May in West Africa, have agreed to postpone the GMA in Africa until 2017. Instead, IAU welcomes new partners for this GMA: the Inter- American Organization of Higher Education (IOHE-OUI) and the host institution, Université de Montréal, both Members of the Association who have agreed to collaborate with IAU to organize this GMA in Montreal. The dates for the 6 th GMA remain 7 and 8 May, 2015.
However, the new location has inspired the partners to focus on a new theme: Social innovation: challenges and perspectives for higher Education , which will call on the various national, regional and international university associations, networks and groups to explore how universities are involved in social innovations, how they link up to governments, civil society and industry to develop new solutions to social problems. More in Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.

In preparation for the International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Nagoya 9 November 2014, and the UNESCO World Conference on ESD, Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 November 2014, IAU prepared a special issue of IAU Horizons on The role of higher education in the post 2015 Development Agenda. Download Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.
World Conferences organized by UNESCO and other UN Agencies often become reference points in the development of a new vision, a new dynamic and a new momentum in a particular sector. The IAU hopes that the 2014 UNESCO Conference on Education for Sustainable Development coming up in Nagoya, Japan will be just such a turning point in the efforts to transform all educational endeavours so that they contribute fully to sustainable development. There is no other process more likely to achieve the post-2015 Development Agenda objectives (whatever they may finally be) than education. And, as education is a continuum, higher education, based on research and impacting on all other levels of education is of utmost importance. As noted in the series of articles that constitute the ‘In Focus’ section, the complexity and the interconnectedness of issues that need to be addressed simultaneously call for research, for the development of new curriculum that is value-based, more inter- or multidisciplinary, more contextually embedded and relevant, more socially responsible and more future oriented. More in Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.