The School of Arts and Design, Woxsen University, in collaboration with Professor Dr. Ambassador Tal Edgars, expert at UNESCO Inclusive Policy lab and Group Executive Chairman at GBSH Consult Group has initiated the South-South Collaboration (SSC) between educational institutions in India and Africa.
The initiative aims to discuss, adopt and reinvent principles of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in the Global South with expert guidance and everyday lived experiences of those in Higher Education Institutions (HEI).
Phase I of the South-South Collaboration invites scholars (anthropology, economics, sociology, design, STEM, etc.), policy experts, financial experts, business professionals, among others to nominate themselves for serving on the SSC’s influential steering committee and as speakers in the roundtable series planned for the first half of 2024.
The roundtable series will focus on sharing case studies, success stories, scholarly analysis of how the HEIs are shaping sustainability practices for a regenerative future, and on the industrial commitment to ESG and SDG. These accounts will shed light on the requirements for SDG and ESG initiatives in the HEI and the industrial world in India and Africa. We invite works on how HEI, governmental, non-governmental and corporate institutions are addressing pollution, hunger, malnutrition in communities across these two countries.
Based on the lessons learnt from the roundtable discussions, the steering committee will meet quarterly to discuss and plan phase II of the South-South Collaboration on capacity building programs in mid-ranked HEIs in India and Africa, facilitated by Woxsen SOAD.
CV (2-3 pages with educational experience, professional experience, awards/recognitions and list of publication and/or projects)
Cover letter explaining how your expertise, collaborators and past project in HEI and/or SDG/ESG can be of value to capacity building program in India and Africa’s Higher Education Institutions. (1 page, single spaced)
Apply: https://forms.gle/n6xmgraNjRZeoCCg7
CV (1-2 pages with list of educational experience, professional experience, presentation and publication and/or projects)
Topic and Abstract for presentation
Apply: https://forms.gle/sMQBj2F5Qf88qyaF9
The ultimate objective of the institution to foster academic collaboration on sustainability across HEI in Africa and India would be enriched by connecting the academic world with industrial complexities. Hence, we strongly urge industrial actors in India and Africa to play a key role in the initiative.