CIFAL Malaga - Introduction to the SDGs - training package
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.
This introductory course on SDGs will provide the base to start learning more about SDGs and how they are managed on the local scale. The aim of the course is to raise awareness and enthusiasm on how to implement them.
- Acquire the necessary knowledge of SDG as the basis of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations
- Learn the involvement of SDG at government, non-governmental, private and public levels
- Make citizens, students, teachers, political and social leaders be familiar with the possibility of reaching a sustainable world for the present and future generations
Module 1: From Millenium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals
1. Background: From MDG to SDG
2. Open Working Group (OWG)
3. Synthesis report
4. Differences between MDG and SDG
Module 2: 17 goals to change the world
1. Five main areas
2. Every SDG, one by one
3. 17 SDG, 169 targets, 236 indicators
Module 3: No one will be left behind strategies
1. 2030 Agenda challenges
2. Specific strategies to reach these objectives
3. How to quantify and measure
4. How to supervise the SDG
5. How much will it cost to implement the new Agenda of Sustainable Development?
6. Individual, institutional and company leadership for SDG implementation
Module 4: 6 years of progress and 9 years ahead
1. Goals reached globally in the past 5 years
2. European indicators
3. Latin America indicators
4. Decisive decade: pandemic challenges
5. Consequences and opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic on SDG
6. Examples of relevant strategies in the first five years of the SDG
This course program is based on a 4-module format that allows working in theoretical and practical activities, suitable for public and private entities.
e-Learning: The course is internet-based, moderated by a CIFAL Malaga expert on SDGs, asynchronous, and places emphasis on online discussions and self-paced learning. The participants will be primarily responsible for their own learning over the duration of the course. The course will consist of the following components:
- Compulsory and optional reading material, intended to teach the basic concepts and principles of the module's subject-matter;
- External links to additional books, articles, documents, and websites related to the modules;
- Quizzes and case studies at the end of each module. To be eligible for the course certificate, a passing grade of 80% on the final quiz is required;
- The course includes a tutoring system through the virtual platform Forum or e-mail, so that the student can contact the teacher of the course without any problem in case of any doubt
- A Community Discussion Board is also available for participants to post questions or comments visible to the instructor and other participants.
All sectors of society: everyone who is interested in learning about SDG for a personal or professional matter
- Participants will be eligible to receive a certificate of completion after the successful completion of the course.
- The course is offered in Spanish.
- We highly recommend credit card or Paypal payments.
- We recommend the following as a minimum in hardware and software to take our e-Learning courses.
Platform: electronic device (mobile phone, computer or tablet)
Hardware: 64 MB of RAM, 1 GB of free disk space
Software:
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- Adobe Acrobat Reader or Foxit Reader
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla
- Firefox
- Edge
- Safari (11.0 version or later version)
- For more information, please consult the CIFAL Malaga website or contact info [at] cifalmalaga.org (info[at]cifalmalaga[dot]org)