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COPERNICUS AllianceEuropean Network on Higher Education
for Sustainable Development
Mario Diethart, Clemens Mader, Maik AdomssentUniversity of Graz, Leuphana University
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The vision of the COPERNICUS Alliance is to promote the role of sustainable development in European higher education to improve education and research for sustainable development in partnership with society.
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Vision
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The Responsibility of Higher Education Institutions
• As the location of academic education,
bearing responsibility for the students and their professional and moral quality as future leaders in society and economy.
• As major contributors to research,
tackling questions arising with the transition of societies around the world towards more sustainable development.
• As significant societal actors,
shaping their local, regional and national environment and important partner of other stakeholders, and society at large, for a sustainable future.
Graz Declaration (2005)
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Therefore the COPERNICUS Alliance aims to be an innovation network consisting of universities, NGOs, public institutions, higher education entities and individual members.
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Goals
• Network: to exchange and enhance knowledge on Education for Sustainable Development between European higher education and student organizations that work for sustainable development
• Policy: to promote Higher Education for Sustainable Development in European policy
• Service: to disseminate tools for sustainabilityintegration in higher education
• Outreach: to promote sustainable developmentin European higher education
• Representation: to represent European Higher Education for Sustainable Development in international committees on Education for Sustainable Development
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Background & Development
• strongly connected to COPERNICUS Charta that was developed by the European Rectors‘ Conference
in 1993 and signed by 326 universities until 2005
• Thessaloniki Declaration of VCSE partners 2008• COPERNICUS Alliance founded/relaunched in 2009• kick-off meeting July 2010 in Graz
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Management & Structure
President Board
•Elected President 2009/10: Prof. Dr. Friedrich M. Zimmermann, University of Graz, Austria
•Elected Vice-President 2009/10: Prof. Dr. Gerd Michelsen, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
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12 Members (as of November 2010)
• University of Graz; Austria• University of Music and Performing Arts Graz;
Austria• University of Technology Graz; Austria• Medical University Graz; Austria• Modul University Vienna; Austria• WU Vienna University of Economics and Business;
Austria• University Innsbruck; Austria• Leuphana University Lüneburg; Germany• University of Bremen; Germany• Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava;
Slovakia• London South Bank University; UK• University of Gloucestershire; UK
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Working Groups
• Innovative Teaching & Learning• Implementation of Sustainability in Universities• Student Involvement • CA Management• Policy Lobbying• Outreach• COPERNICUS European Interdisciplinary Research
on Sustainability (CEIDROS)
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Working Groups – Example
“COPERNICUS European Interdisciplinary Research on Sustainability”
In a plan milestones and actions are defined according to a rationale:
“[…] provision of research partnership for sustainability research across Europe”
“Kick off meeting at Bristol supported by interdisciplinary global eco-justice project. Review remit – discuss themes and make decisions about futureroles and tasks; Develop first funding bids – outlines and teams”
“Initial survey of research networks for sustainability in the EU and plan of how to link with them/inform them of the COPERNICUS network and agenda”
“Formation of wider group with advisors/participants from EU funding councils etc.”
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Working Groups – Website
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Next Steps
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Ongoing work within working groups (collaboration via “elgg” platform)
Meetings at conferences and spreading information (e.g. at the “5th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education”; World Sustainable Development Teach-In Day 2010)
Annual meeting in 2011
New members are welcome anytime
Workshop in Brussels in 2011
Updated COPERNICUS Charta
3-LENSUS database
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Thank you for your attention!
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