Climate Action and Sustainability Development Workshop at AUCA

April 14, 2022

Modernizing Curriculum towards the Goals of UN SDGs for Central Asian Universities-Climate Action and Sustainability Development Workshop from June 12-19 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan June 12-19, 2022- Six speakers from 5 US universities and 10 panelists from 9 Central Asian (CA) universities will present and participate in a hybrid workshop. This workshop is designed to enhance teaching and learning capacities by modernizing curriculum and developing jointly taught courses in priority UN SDGs (Climate Action and Sustainable Communities) at CA universities and to increase related research capacities at partner universities through the creation of regional knowledge hubs.

Five essential courses on the foci will be co-developed by panelists from US and CA partner universities to develop suitable curriculums for CA universities: Global Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Research Design, Applied Ecology and Adaptation, and Land Cover and Land Use Science. Two additional related topics “Climate Intervention” and “Building collaboration via joint or dual-degree program” will also be introduced.

The six speakers from the US are well known professors and experts in their fields. They all have extensive teaching, research, and mentoring experiences. They are active members of Ecological Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Intergovernmental Program on Climate Change, and authors of books and research papers in SDGs related goals.

“Modernizing Curriculum towards the Goals of UN SDGs for Central Asian Universities-Climate Action and Sustainability Development Workshop” will take place from June 12-19, 2022, in a hybrid mode (in-person and zoom). The in-person venue is at American University of Central Asia 7/6 Aaly Tokombaev Street in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan with limited space. For more information, please visit https://www.auca.kg/en/workshop_home/.

To register, please fill the form here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFcDgmSGKdDKewIZYWCVYsAZjrq6PJ2FhJd85a032b2CdVoA/viewform?usp=pp_url>.

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