Greetings from the UN System Staff College and its Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development in Bonn!
Please find below a few Sustainable Development (SD) Knowledge Highlights, including information about our courses and free-of-charge offerings.
The 2030 Agenda is nationally-led and nationally-owned. At the same time, it calls for a whole-of-society effort if we want people to think and act differently, taking all dimensions of sustainable development into account when they make every-day decisions. It is the role of the UN System to support Member States’ efforts, as they engage diverse partners and stakeholders. In fact, stakeholder engagement is key to bring out the capacities and knowledge of all actors, including the ones who have traditionally not had a seat at the table. Since 2016, UN Member States have given the United Nations Systems a clear direction of travel, demanding that UN entities work together more efficiently and more effectively across all areas of work of the United Nations System so that it can support countries with one voice. On 31 May, Member States have adopted a resolution, based on concrete reform proposals put forward by the UN Secretary General António Guterres, who declared that “[the resolution] sets the foundations to reposition sustainable development at the heart of the United Nations.”
At the UN System Staff College we are supporting these efforts towards a transformed UN, based on a “new generation of UN Country Teams” and a “reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system.” In order to address the new learning needs and widen spaces for diverse actors to contribute to implementing the 2030 Agenda, the UNSSC Knowledge Center for Sustainable Development is offering a range of targeted trainings, which you can find in our portfolio. You can learn more about the reform here.
Speaking about reaching difficult societal goals, during our recent UN Country Teams Leadership course, we had the privilege to host the New York Times bestselling author Mark Murphy, who underlined how important it is for individuals to set hard goals for themselves if they are to successfully contribute to the wider organizational and societal objectives.Read his blog here.
Below you can find our courses and free of charge offerings as usual, as well as the latest tailored training we have delivered for Turkish SDG focal points and experts from diverse Turkish Ministries and the Turkish Statistical Commission.
Interested to learn and know more? See how we can help you!
Take one of our upcoming courses
Unleashing the Power of the Private Sector in Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Online, 22 Jun – 27 Jul 2018
Private sector engagement is imperative for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to succeed. UNSSC is launching a first of its kind online course on private sector engagement in implementing the 2030 Agenda.
UN Summer Academy: Bringing the 2030 Agenda to life, Bonn, Germany, 27 – 31 Aug 2018
This engaging five-day programme fosters rich interaction on issues relevant to the work of the UN and its partners to concretely implement the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement. It will feature panel discussions, solution oriented workshops (AppLabs), and an excursion, as well as a share fair and a boat trip.
Paris Agreement on Climate Change as a Development Agenda, Online, 10 Sep – 19 Oct 2018
This joint UN Climate Change – UNSSC online course offers a holistic and integrated approach to climate change and demonstrates the interlinkages and interdependencies between sustainable development and climate change to make informed policy choices towards low-carbon and climate resilient sustainable development.
Building Partnerships for Sustainable Development, Bonn, Germany, 18 – 21 Sep 2018
This course equips UN staff with knowledge and understanding about building partnerships working with different emerging and ‘non-traditional’ development partners: philanthropic foundations, the private sector, academia; key elements of partnering: ethics, due diligence, rules of engagement and biases; partnership frameworks and cases.
Foundational Course on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Online, 24 Sep – 26 Oct 2018
An online course that introduces participants to key conceptual and practical aspects of sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda, while covering issues of means of implementation, localisation of the agenda, and review and follow-up framework.
All upcoming UNSSC courses
Browse through all of the College’s offerings and find a programme that suits your learning requirements.
Free-of-charge offerings and opportunities
We are hiring!
We are looking for an individual contractor to support the UNSSC Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development to support us in administrative tasks. The deadline for applications is 24 June 2018.
Explainer video on Sustainable Development
Watch our explainer video on ‘Understanding the Dimensions of Sustainable Development‘, available in English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, and Chinese.
UN Summer Academy 2017 Summary
Thinking about joining this year’s Summer Academy? You may wish to revisit the summary of the 2017 UN Summer Academy, on the theme ‘Localising the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’. For more information click here.
We also stand ready to design and deliver tailor-made learning programmes to meet the specific needs of UN entities, governments, sustainable development networks, and other partners. If you’d like to develop a customised training for your UN country team, agency or organisation please send us an email.
Learn more about the UNSSC
Our Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development
Have a look at our brochure and course portfolio to find out more about our knowledge centre in Bonn. For print versions of the brochure, kindly email sustainable-development@unssc.org
Our Learning Approach
Find out more about the Knowledge Centre’s capacity development approach in teaching the 2030 Agenda by reviewing our Learning Approach.
Source: Notification UNSSC Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development, 13.06.2018