Achieving Excellence in Sustainable Development Goals …
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2 SDG 17: Partnership for the Goals
SDG 17: Partnership for the goals, aims to strengthen the means of implementation
and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development. To cultivate partnership for the goals, JSC actively promotes SDGs advocacy, community outreach,
research and training across the nation and across the ASEAN region by ways of
workshops, seminars and training courses. Notably, “The ASEAN ministers workshop 2017 on SDGs” was conducted on 25–26 April 2017 at Sunway University
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. The aim is to provide a regional platform for the nations of
Southeast Asia to share and improve national strategies, and to formulate a regional
mechanism to implement the UN SDGs. The Workshop seeks to empower ASEAN
members to improve their development plans and reorder their implementation priorities to achieve SDGs. More than one hundred participants took part in this workshop,
including several ministers, senior government officers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the public.
“The Executive training course on leaders in sustainable development: Empowering leaders to elevate the region to the forefront of global SDG achievement” was
conducted on 30–31 October 2017 in Sunway City, Selangor, Malaysia. The world’s
leaders have, in 2015, committed to adopt the UN 2030 Agenda and to collectively
pursue the 17 SDGs and 169 targets (United Nation 2015). Two years on, these leaders
are exploring all prospects of making the achievement of the SDGs a reality within
their national boundaries and beyond, as they confront national and transnational
concerns that stand in their way. Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University
led a team of top experts in Sustainable Development practices to teach this course.
This course will equip leaders in Malaysia and countries in the ASEAN region and
beyond, with the insights and customised approaches for sustainable development
programming, policy interventions and multi-stakeholder collaborations. The goal
is to galvanise sustainable development that will safeguard the well-being, peace
and prosperity in their respective constituencies for generations to come. A total of
more than 40 participants took part in this training course, more than the anticipated participation. “Leaders in sustainable development” will allow top leaders to
gain clarity on their roles in bringing about meaningful change. They will be guided
by world-class faculty, led by Professor Jeffrey Sachs, and assisted by best-in-class
practices in the field of sustainable development. Upon completion of the program,
they will become a part of a global network of the latest knowledge and ideas in the
fast-growing field of sustainable development. They will grasp new perspectives and
develop a solid appreciation of the key opportunities for countries and organisations.
They will gain access to institutional frameworks and tools that can be immediately
applied to SDGs. They leverage upon a collaborative environment that promotes
partnerships between participants from the public and private sectors.
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2 SDG 17: Partnership for the Goals
SDG 17: Partnership for the goals, aims to strengthen the means of implementation
and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development. To cultivate partnership for the goals, JSC actively promotes SDGs advocacy, community outreach,
research and training across the nation and across the ASEAN region by ways of
workshops, seminars and training courses. Notably, “The ASEAN ministers workshop 2017 on SDGs” was conducted on 25–26 April 2017 at Sunway University
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. The aim is to provide a regional platform for the nations of
Southeast Asia to share and improve national strategies, and to formulate a regional
mechanism to implement the UN SDGs. The Workshop seeks to empower ASEAN
members to improve their development plans and reorder their implementation priorities to achieve SDGs. More than one hundred participants took part in this workshop,
including several ministers, senior government officers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the public.
“The Executive training course on leaders in sustainable development: Empowering leaders to elevate the region to the forefront of global SDG achievement” was
conducted on 30–31 October 2017 in Sunway City, Selangor, Malaysia. The world’s
leaders have, in 2015, committed to adopt the UN 2030 Agenda and to collectively
pursue the 17 SDGs and 169 targets (United Nation 2015). Two years on, these leaders
are exploring all prospects of making the achievement of the SDGs a reality within
their national boundaries and beyond, as they confront national and transnational
concerns that stand in their way. Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University
led a team of top experts in Sustainable Development practices to teach this course.
This course will equip leaders in Malaysia and countries in the ASEAN region and
beyond, with the insights and customised approaches for sustainable development
programming, policy interventions and multi-stakeholder collaborations. The goal
is to galvanise sustainable development that will safeguard the well-being, peace
and prosperity in their respective constituencies for generations to come. A total of
more than 40 participants took part in this training course, more than the anticipated participation. “Leaders in sustainable development” will allow top leaders to
gain clarity on their roles in bringing about meaningful change. They will be guided
by world-class faculty, led by Professor Jeffrey Sachs, and assisted by best-in-class
practices in the field of sustainable development. Upon completion of the program,
they will become a part of a global network of the latest knowledge and ideas in the
fast-growing field of sustainable development. They will grasp new perspectives and
develop a solid appreciation of the key opportunities for countries and organisations.
They will gain access to institutional frameworks and tools that can be immediately
applied to SDGs. They leverage upon a collaborative environment that promotes
partnerships between participants from the public and private sectors.