COVID-19 has highlighted our collective failure to generate open STI, transfer capacity across nations, and deliver an effective SPI for all nations. The 2023 UN Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) is being prepared by an Independent Group of Scientists appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General and is slated for release in September 2023. The 2023 GSDR will be outlined at this session. The 2023 report aims to build on the 2019 GSDR providing evidence on how science can help decision-makers to accelerate action and overcome recent impediments that stand in the way of progress on sustainable development.
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and their networks need to encouraged by governments, donor agencies and institutions worldwide to focus on open scientific cooperation across borders and build an open SDG knowledge commons that enhances SPI at all level of governance. 2 This session spotlights the institutions working on this mission, including members of the UN Academic Impact; The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN); Members of Mission 4.7, Dag Hammarskjöld UN Library and the OER Dynamic Coalition, UNESCO.
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Agenda
Moderated by Professor Patrick Paul Walsh, Vice President of Education & Director of SDG Academy, SDSN
Presentation of the outline of the UN GSDR 2023: Imme Scholz, Co-Chair of the UN GSDR 2023 and Co-President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation
Presentation of Partnerships around an SDG Global Knowledge Commons for an Effective Science-Policy Interface:
Jayashri Wyatt, Chief, Education Outreach, Department of Global Communications, United Nations
Thanos Giannakopoulos, Chief, Dag Hammarskjöld UN Library
Youth Voice: Brighton Kaoma, Director of SDSN Youth
Q&A