UNESCO Regional Strategic Coordination Meeting

“Science to Enable and Empower Asia Pacific for SDGs”, Jakarta, Indonesia,

30 July – 1 August 2018

Presentation by: Prof. Dr. Arief Rachman, MPd

Executive Chairman, Indonesian National Commission forUNESCO, Ministry of Education and Culture

Get To Know

Indonesia – georaphical spread

CULTURAL DIVERSITY

more than 300 ethnic groups live in Indonesia speaking not less than 700 languages and dialects

Mega bio diversity ... Flora ...

Mega bio diversity ...fauna

Some facts about Indonesia• Islands: 17.508 islands (archipelago country) surrounded

by a lot of oceans and seas.

• This makes our country vulnerable to earthquakes andTsunamis. In 2004 Aceh was hit by Tsunami and tookhundreds of life and serious destruction.

• Capital City: Jakarta (GMT + 7)

• Population: 240.271.522 (July 09 est.) 4th mostpopulous nation in the world

• Area: 1,919,440 sq km

• Independence: Declared 17 August 1945

• National language: Indonesian.

• We have 500 ethnic/regional languages and dialects

Religion:

Islam, Christian, Catholic, Hindu, Buddha,Konghucu

Preamble to the 1945 Constitution

• “to protect all the people of Indonesia,

•improve public welfare,

• educate the life of the people and

•participate toward the establishment of a world order based on freedom, perpetual peace and social justice.”

Pancasila as the Ideology of theIndonesian People

There are five Principles of Pancasila :

• First Principle. Belief in the One and Only God;

• Second Principle: A Just and Civilized Humanity;

• Third Principle : Indonesian Unity;

• Fourth Principle: The Principle of Democracy Guided by

Wisdom through Deliberation / Representation;

• Fifth Principle: Social Justice for the Whole of the

Indonesian People.

Why sustainable development?

• Population growth: 6.889 billion (2010 est)

• Limited natural resources

• Energy crisis - esp fossil fuel

• Water crisis: scarcity of usable water & pollution

• Food crisis:

• Environmental crisis: global warming

• Globalization

• Democracy, human right, civil society

• Increase public awareness on sustainable development

UNESCO Major Programme II Natural Sciences

• Strategic Objective 4:Strengthening science technology and innovation systems and policies –nationally, regionally andglobally.

Strategic Objective 5:Promoting international scientific cooperation on critical challenges to sustainable development

Main Line of Actions on Sciences

•Main Line of Action 1Harnessing Science Technology I and knowledge forsustainable development

•Main Line of Action 2Advancing science for sustainable management of natural resources, disaster risk reduction and climatechange action through IHP, MAB and IGGP

Five trends in Asia and the Pacific Region

• The New World Water

•Urbanization and Sustainable Development

•Climate Change

•Rising Inequalities

• The Fourth Industrial Revolution

SDGs Relation to the 5 Trends

:SDG 13 :Climate Change

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (in line with the United Nations Framework Convention on ClimateChange)-SDG 6 :Water

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water andsanitation for all• SDG 1:Poverty

• End poverty in all its forms everywhere

• SDG 10:Reduce inequality within and among countries

UNESCO Contribution through Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)

Science, technology and innovation (STI) are universally recognized as key drivers for poverty eradication and essential components for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) .

UNESCO supports countries’ efforts to reform and upgrade national STI system and governance.

The role of UNESCO in STI policy is threefold:

1. a technical adviser on policy development and implementation;

2. a standard –setter for national policy reform and a catalyst for regional

3. and International cooperation.

Contribution of UNESCO Natural ScienceProgramme to SDGs• UNESCO contributes to the overall implementation of Sustainable Development

Goals

• By providing policy assistance to support developing countries in strengthening their scientific and technological capacity, and

• To help Member States design effective policies, based on the best available knowledge, including local and indigenous knowledge systems

• Through IHP UNESCO contributes to ensuring availability and sustainable management of water,

• Through its Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB).

UNESCO promotes the sustainable use of terrestrial

ecosystems, including sustainable forest management,

combating desertification and halting biodiversity loss