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Universities and the Millennium Development Goals: Down from the Ivory Tower Education for Sustainable Future Prague, September 10, 2003. Bedrich Moldan Charles University Environment Center. Millennium Development Goals. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Universities and the Universities and the Millennium Development Millennium Development
Goals: Down from the Ivory Goals: Down from the Ivory TowerTower
Education for Sustainable FutureEducation for Sustainable FuturePrague, September 10, 2003Prague, September 10, 2003
Bedrich MoldanBedrich Moldan
Charles University Environment Charles University Environment CenterCenter
Millennium Development Goals
1.1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hungerEradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2.2. Achieve universal primary educationAchieve universal primary education
3.3. Promote gender equality and empower Promote gender equality and empower womenwomen
4.4. Reduce child mortalityReduce child mortality
5.5. Improve maternal healthImprove maternal health
6.6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseasesCombat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7.7. Ensure environmental sustainabilityEnsure environmental sustainability
8.8. Develop a global partnership for developmentDevelop a global partnership for development
Goal 1: Poverty and Hunger Goal 1: Poverty and Hunger (1)(1)
Targets:Targets:
• Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income proportion of people whose income is less than is less than $$1 a day1 a day
• Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from proportion of people who suffer from hungerhunger
Challenges for Challenges for Universities I: Poverty and Universities I: Poverty and
HungerHunger• Oriented researchOriented research• Definitions and causes of povertyDefinitions and causes of poverty• Economic, social and environmental Economic, social and environmental
contextcontext• Ways of combating hungerWays of combating hunger
Goal 2: Education (1)Goal 2: Education (1)
Targets:Targets:
• Ensure that, by 2015, children Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of be able to complete a full course of primary schoolingprimary schooling
Challenges for Challenges for Universities II: EducationUniversities II: Education
• Teacher educationTeacher education• Innovative methods (formal, non-Innovative methods (formal, non-
formal, informal education)formal, informal education)• New technologies (including ICTs)New technologies (including ICTs)
Goal 3: Gender Equality (1)Goal 3: Gender Equality (1)
Targets:Targets:
• Eliminate gender disparity in primary Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably and secondary education preferably by 2005 and in all levels of by 2005 and in all levels of education no later than 2015education no later than 2015
Challenges for Challenges for Universities III: Gender Universities III: Gender
EqualityEquality• Analysing and addressing root Analysing and addressing root
causescauses• Gender studiesGender studies• Promoting women (science, Promoting women (science,
university positions)university positions)
Goal 4, 5, 6: Human Health Goal 4, 5, 6: Human Health (1)(1)
Targets:Targets:• Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and
2015, the under-five mortality ratio2015, the under-five mortality ratio• Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990
and 2015, the maternal mortality ratioand 2015, the maternal mortality ratio• Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse
the spread of HIV/AIDSthe spread of HIV/AIDS• Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse
the incidence of malaria and other major the incidence of malaria and other major diseasesdiseases
Challenges for Challenges for Universities IV: Human Universities IV: Human
HealthHealth• Shifting research prioritiesShifting research priorities• Addressing emerging issuesAddressing emerging issues
Goal 7: Environmental Goal 7: Environmental Sustainability (1)Sustainability (1)
Targets:Targets:• Integrate the principle of sustainable Integrate the principle of sustainable
development into country policies and development into country policies and programs and reverse the loss of programs and reverse the loss of environmental resourcesenvironmental resources
• Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe without sustainable access to safe drinking waterdrinking water
• Have achieved, by 2020, a significant Have achieved, by 2020, a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellersmillion slum dwellers
Challenges for Challenges for Universities V: Universities V: Environmental Environmental SustainabilitySustainability
• More attention to urgent issues like More attention to urgent issues like WEHAB (water, energy, health, WEHAB (water, energy, health, agriculture, biodiversity)agriculture, biodiversity)
• Urban issuesUrban issues
Goal 8: Global Partnership Goal 8: Global Partnership (1)(1)
Targets:Targets:
• Develop further an open, rule-based, Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, nondiscriminatory trading and predictable, nondiscriminatory trading and financial systemfinancial system
• Address the special needs of the least Address the special needs of the least developed countries (e.g. debts problems)developed countries (e.g. debts problems)
• Address the special needs of landlocked Address the special needs of landlocked countries and small island developing countries and small island developing statesstates
Goal 8: Global Partnership Goal 8: Global Partnership (2)(2)
Targets:Targets:• In cooperation with developing countries, In cooperation with developing countries,
develop and implement strategies for develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youthdecent and productive work for youth
• In cooperation with pharmaceutical In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countriesessential drugs in developing countries
• In cooperation with the private sector, In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new make available the benefits of new technologies, especially ICTs technologies, especially ICTs
Challenges for Challenges for Universities VI: Global Universities VI: Global
PartnershipPartnership• Partnership in education and science Partnership in education and science
in addition to the stated targets like in addition to the stated targets like trade, finance and new technologiestrade, finance and new technologies
• Focus on the least developed Focus on the least developed countriescountries
Challenges for Challenges for Universities VII: General Universities VII: General
IssuesIssues• Policy-relevant knowledge Policy-relevant knowledge
(e.g. indicators)(e.g. indicators)• Place-based sciencePlace-based science• Interdisciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity and
transdisciplinaritytransdisciplinarity• New contents of traditional New contents of traditional
disciplinesdisciplines
ConclusionConclusion
Millennium Development Goals represent Millennium Development Goals represent a novel approach, a truly new “Global a novel approach, a truly new “Global Deal“, in particular by setting Deal“, in particular by setting quantitative targets for the development quantitative targets for the development at the global level. The most important at the global level. The most important institutions, including intergovern-mental institutions, including intergovern-mental organizations and transnational corpo-organizations and transnational corpo-rations, are taking challenges of the MDG rations, are taking challenges of the MDG very seriously. Universities should be in very seriously. Universities should be in the fore-front of this world-wide effort.the fore-front of this world-wide effort.