First university in Poland announced the Sustainable Development Goals

06.11.2020

The Warsaw Kozminski University was the first university in Poland to define its own sustainable development program for the years 2020-2030. Thus, the university is expressing its global concern for a better tomorrow for the world. It declares specific actions to improve the fate of people, the environment and the entire planet.

Prof. Aleksandra Przegalińska-Skierkowska is responsible for the strategy and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. She was appointed in September 2020 as Vice-Rector for International Cooperation and ESR (Ethics and Social Responsibility). The team under her leadership has developed six priority Sustainable Development Goals for universities, which include:

  1. High-quality inclusive education and lifelong learning support for everyone.
  2. Equal opportunities for women and girls in all areas of social life.
  3. Promoting an inclusive, sustainable and innovation-friendly industry.
  4. Making the human living environment, including cities, safe places for human life, health and work.
  5. Providing positive patterns of sustainable consumption and production
  6. Providing the means to implement and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

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