October 16, 1945, was the founding date of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Every year on this day, people around the globe gather to honor this important milestone as World Food Day and to rededicate ourselves to the international campaign underway to achieve, by 2030, the sustainable development goal of Zero Hunger. Join […]
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egg – enter•grow•go in collaboration with the French Institute in Greece Digital live event of egg – enter • grow • go & the Embassy of France in Greece | Connecting with the innovative ecosystem in France, a collaboration with the French Institute in Greece. egg – enter • grow • go is a premium
As part of the InnoWise Challenge Lab program, we are organizing complementary trainings aimed at further building the start-ups capabilities. Mentors and experts are more than welcome to join. Based on the doodle distributed among the startups, the following dates have been selected for each training: IPR_Basic training. EU HelpDesk. Friday 23/10/2020, from 10:00 to
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JOIN US on our next webinar, 14th October 2020 (12-13:40 CET), where we are going to tackle the topic of Circular, green, and alternative procurement. The main goal of the event is to dive into the concept of circular and green procurement and it’s a contribution to the maintenance of closed energy and material loops
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The third meeting of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Shipping and Ports Initiative took place on Wednesday the 30th of September 2020. In this session, we focused on Circular Economy and Energy Transition. We truly appreciated all your inside views and comments. Our ultimate goal is to co-design a sustainable future vision and identify technological solutions and portfolios of financing
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Syros field work 14-17 September 2020 The Climate-KIC MEDfreeSUP team visited the Cycladic island of Syros in order to get a deeper understanding of the local context related to the use of Single-Use-Plastic items in the island. Following a fructuous meeting with Mr. Nicolaos Emm. Leivadaras, the mayor of Syros, at the city council, the
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Today the First Greek meeting of our newly founded Climate-KIC project on Single-Use-Plastic issues: MEDfreeSUP took place online. Learn more about the project: – http://www.unsdsn.gr/medfreesupeit-climate-kic – https://www.athenarc.gr/en/eit-climate-kic-greece-hub-running-programmes
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Please join the Kozmetsky Center, St. Edward’s University for their conference “Exploring Private Sector Contributions to Sustainable Development Among EU & aspiring EU Member Nations of South Eastern Europe” Sept 28-29 via ZOOM Webinar co-sponsored with the Center for Europe & Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies at Univ of Texas, Austin in
Join Prof. Phoebe Koundouri on 28/9 @ 16:40 for a discussion on “What is the Green Growth Agenda and what are its implications for the organization of the economy and public policy in the field of economic regulation?” at the conference: “Sustainable development and competition law Towards a Green Growth regulatory osmosis”, organized by Hellenic
In 2015, 193 countries adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity, for people and the planet. The transformation that is needed to make this vision a reality is enormous in scale and complex. Universities are well-positioned to support this transition. They develop new technologies, business models, and governance
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The UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the use of ICT in education is now accepting candidatures. The theme of the 2020 edition is the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance the continuity and quality of learning. In the context of the education crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this focus is all the more
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On 25th September 2019, Antonios Alevizos MA PhD C., Deputy Manager of UN SDSN Greece, spoke about the SDGS to the Stavraki Primary School of Ioannina and other eight (8) schools from Greece and Cyprus via a platform which is supported by the Tipping Point in Education, a NGO that connects Schools from all over the country
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On 24/9 @ 15:00 Prof. Phoebe Koundouri gave a speech on “The Energy Transition” at the 16th SDSN Leadership Council Meeting which took place online. 16th SDSN Leadership Council Meeting Virtual, September 24th & 25th, 2020 The Energy Transition Speakers: · Phoebe Koundouri, Chair, SDSN Greece · Elena Crete, Networks Manager, SDSN
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Developed by Optima-X and Enso XL Maritime Accelerator in partnership with the broad maritime industry, research institutes, universities, capital providers and the valuable assistance of the Greek public sector, The Research and Innovation HUB in the Maritime & Ocean space builds on our strategic long terms plans to develop Greece’s next growth phase as a
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CICan’s SDG Toolkit for Canadian Colleges and Institutes: A practical guide to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in post-secondary institutions is a brand-new guide made available to all post-secondary institutions as an open educational resource (OER). The purpose of this inventory is to identify emerging best-practices in post-secondary settings across Canada that integrate the SDGs.
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Read the 2nd CE BEACONS Newsletter! Learn more about this project: http://www.unsdsn.gr/ce-beacons-eit-climate-kic Please find the latest newsletter below
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Universities and other higher education institutions have a critical role in helping society achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through their research, learning and teaching, campus operations and leadership. One of the most important ways they can contribute to this is to support students and other learners within their sphere to develop the necessary knowledge,
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Join Lydia Papadaki , Manager EIT Climate-KIC Hub Greece, on 23/9 @ 13:25- 13:45 EEST for her speech on “Circular Economy and Smart Specialisation Strategy: The case of Greece” at the Webinar “Importance of the interplay between energy and circular economy”, which will take place online. We are pleased to invite you to participate in
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join Prof. Phoebe Koundouri on 23/9 @ 15:00- 17:00 (EEST), for a discussion on “SDG Challenges in Post COVID-19 Era” at the web- conference “The changing world order & its implications for multilateralism & its stakeholders, Exclusive High-Level Side Event to UN General Assembly”, organised by Nizami Ganjavi International Center Web-conference THE CHANGING WORLD ORDER
EU Green Deal 2020 Brokerage event 12-16 October 2020 Water Europe invites you to join the 2020 Brokerage event on the EU Green deal Call of Horizon 2020. Our online event will introduce you to the Green Deal call for proposals, present insights and expectations from the European Commission while offering a unique international networking
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