Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI)

HESI+10 Global Forum 

Role of higher education in building back better from COVID-19 and advancing the 2030 Agenda  

Register now here! 

The Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) is an open partnership between several United Nations entities and the higher education community launched in the run up to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 in 2012).  

Each year, HESI organizes a global forum as a special event to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) to highlight the critical role of higher education in achieving sustainable development.

This year, the HESI+10 Global Forum, held on 6 July 2022 as a virtual event, will place a particular focus on deepening the understanding of the challenges and opportunities the higher education community can play in building back better from the COVID-19 while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in line with the theme of HLPF in 2022. 

Three open webinars on topics related the theme of HLPF will be held in the lead-up to the forum. The output of the webinars will feed into the discussions of the forum.  

• Webinar 1: Transformation of higher education post COVID-19,
  27 April, 09 - 10.30 AM (EDT) 
• Webinar 2: Integrating Sustainable Development Goals into higher education,
  31 May, 09 - 10.30 AM (EDT) 
• Webinar 3: Inspirational higher education initiatives for SDG 4, 5, 14 and 15,
  21 June, 09 - 10.30 AM (EDT) 

The HESI+10 Global Forum and the webinars are open to all relevant stakeholders. 

Registration is now available here: https://forms.office.com/r/D3vH9sBBQp 

Please, find more information on the HESI+10 Global Forum and the webinars here: https://sdgs.un.org/topics/education/hesi