The collection of Sustainable Programmes

Welcome to the Generators for Sustainable Development (GSD) project’s collection of sustainable programmes. In this compilation, we highlight a number of innovative initiatives that exemplify the GSD Project’s commitment to promoting sustainability across sectors. Join us as we explore these impactful programmes, each contributing to a more sustainable and equitable future.

Smart Environment

Smart Environment

The Module “Efficiency, productivity, and wellbeing through conscious environmental choices” has been conceived and developed in the framework of the ESG SMART ACADEMY, a complete, modular, flexible and customisable online training programme offered by Smart Revolution on the ESG parameters. The acronym ESG refers to the areas of Environment, Social and Governance, three fundamental dimensions for verifying, measuring, controlling and supporting a company’s or organisation’s commitment to sustainability.

Fresh News Cafe

Fresh News Cafe

The Fresh News Cafe is a virtual inclusive learning space developed by English teachers of English Course Department at Folkuniversitetet Uppsala through Design-Based Thinking in the GSD project. It serves disadvantaged learners, particularly students with migrant backgrounds, and their parents. The project combines English language learning, social sustainability and media literacy in an intergenerational setting, promoting critical thinking and communication through the analysis of current news on Padlet.

SDG Explorer Programme

SDG Explorer Programme

The SDG Explorer programme was developed to create a learning format that increases awareness of sustainability on both a personal and professional level and can also serve as a starting point for developing one’s own ideas in the field of sustainability (SDGs). For this reason, a three-day course format was introduced to create a blended learning environment consisting of both theoretical and practical content.

GroUp

GroUp

Our project, titled “GroUp – Design Thinking Innovation Challenge” (‘Gro’ for Groningen University and ‘Up’ for Uppsala University) unites students from Uppsala University in Sweden and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands in a collaborative innovation challenge.

The endeavor was selected for its contemporary relevance— working with the mental health of university students, working with the career paths of university students and building trust in science. We choose topics where a diverse group of students can collaborate together and create conceptual solutions within this short time phrame.

#LearnersAsLeaders

Learners as Leaders

AONTAS, in partnership with Development Perspectives, delivered an advocacy programme for learners on Development Education with a focus on Sustainable Development Goals.

Participants examined and advocated for the needs of adult learners in the field of development education and created content for a #LearnersAsLeaders campaign. They were also critically reflected on their learning journey.

SwedeQuest

SwedeQuest

The project is SwedeQuest, a board learning game aimed at helping migrants and refugees learn Swedish through interactive play.

Background: The game was conceived as a creative solution to language barriers faced by newcomers in Sweden, addressing the need for a fun, engaging method for learning Swedish that also fosters faster integration into society.

SMART Travel Security

Travel Security

The Module “Introduction to the Travel Security” has been conceived and developed in the framework of the ESG SMART ACADEMY, a complete, modular, flexible and customisable online training programme offered by Smart Revolution on the ESG parameters. The acronym ESG refers to the areas of Environment, Social and Governance, three fundamental dimensions for verifying, measuring, controlling and supporting a company’s or organisation’s commitment to sustainability.

The module at stake refers to the Governance area or SDG8 – Decent Work and it aims at providing an efficient solution to respond to employers’ duty of care as well as to the legislations 81/2008 and 231/2001, which already provide for the employers’ criminal and administrative responsibility for the protection and safeguarding of their personnel on business trips abroad, and to the more recent ISO 31030 on Travel Risk Management (TRM).

It has a duration of eight hours, divided into 2 sections of four hours each, and it is delivered online.

Ambassador for mobility

Ambassador for Mobility course

The Ambassador for Mobility course was developed as part of the SASSI LLC project. The project addresses the importance of optimising Europe’s labour resources for economic competitiveness and prosperity, in particular by extending working lives across the lifespan. Demographic ageing is identified as a key factor in the need to increase labour force participation in the EU. In order to maintain social support systems in an ageing population, age-friendly policies and practices are needed to facilitate the integration of older workers into the labour market. The SASSI LLC project aims to raise awareness of the need for career guidance in later life, stimulate action and provide skills development support for aspiring ‘olderpreneurs’ to contribute to the economic and social well-being of older workers.

GroUp

GroUp

Learners as Leaders

AONTAS, in partnership with Development Perspectives, delivered an advocacy programme for learners on Development Education with a focus on Sustainable Development Goals.