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Task force

2011-04-13

Terms of Reference

  • Provide advice on on-going IAU activities and projects in the area of HESD;

  • Propose and elaborate new actions and projects the Association could undertake to mobilize and assist its membership to share information and learn from each other as they develop strategies to:

    • Include SD in curriculum
    • Develop 'greening' policies and practices
    • Launch public information campaigns about SD
    • Conduct research projects that can contribute to knowledge about SD;

  • Advise the IAU Secretariat on requests for partnership and collaboration on SD related projects;

  • Review and consider updating the IAU Kyoto Declaration of principles concerning SD;
  • Bring key HESD news, events and information on important activities to the attention of the Secretariat for further dissemination to the higher education community;
  • Represent the Association on SD related committees and at topical country specific, regional or international conferences;
  • Help raise awareness for HESD in the Members countries and regions.

Members

IAU has been working on Higher Education and Sustainable Development (HESD) since it adopted the Kyoto Declaration on Sustainable Development in 1993. The first Task Force on topics related to Sustainable Development was created in 1997. Since that time IAU undertook several initiatives, contributed to many international conferences and held its own conference on this topic in 2003. Key partners for IAU in this area have been UNESCO, ULSF, UNU-IAS among others. IAU remains active by sitting on various committees (the Ubuntu Committee of peers, reviewing the Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs); the UNDESD Reference Group, etc.)

Task Force Members

  • Chair, Prof. Makoto ASASHIMA Managing Director & Executive Vice-President University of Tokyo, Japan

  • Deputy Chair, Prof. Abdul Razak DZULKIFLI Vice-Chancellor University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

  • Member, Prof. Janyne HODDER President The College of The Bahamas, The Bahamas

  • Secretariat, Hilligje Van't Land, PhD Director, Membership and Programme Development
    IAU Secretariat