17.4.3 Education for SDGs in the Wider Community


  • SVU has one from three main sectors in higher administration which is Society service and environment development sector.
  • SVU participate with many programs in collaboration with the government and no-governmental organizations in attempt to engage a large audience and to bring knowledge and expertise to society on the importance of implementing all the SDGs.
  • SVU has a wide plan every year for  outreach activities can take several  forms,  such  as  school presentations,  workshops,  public  talks  and  lab  visits,  etc.  The objective  of  outreach  is  to  explain the  benefits  of  implementing the Sustainable Development Goals  to  a  larger  public. Outreach implies an interaction between the sender and the  receiver  of  the  message,  there  is  an  engagement  and  a  two-way  communication between the university and the public.

The following link provides detailed aims and vision to achieve Education for SDGs in the Wider Community and Egypt vision 2030 for SDGs.

http://www.svu.edu.eg/ar/sector/community/

The sector is mainly depending on the academic staff and the research associate through outreach  activities  such  as  school visit, presentations,  workshops,  public  talks  and  lab  visits,  university hospitals that provide clinical service to the public and training to the clinical, etc.

The objective  of  outreach  is  to  explain the  benefits  of  implementing the SDGs  to  a  larger  public. Outreach implies an interaction between society and university as center of experience.

The detailed strategic plan for the sector in academic year 2020/ 2021 is attached in the following link and it covers most the SDGs.

http://www.svu.edu.eg/ar/sector/plan/

Executive Plan link

Examples of Education for SDGs in the Wider Community through SVU :

A cooperation protocol between the university and the Rowad 2030 project.

The Rowad 2030 project aims primarily to stimulate the spirit of innovation and spread the culture of self-employment and entrepreneurship among all society, especially the youth who represent the mainstay for achieving the hopes and aspirations of the state, noting that the project identifies activities that help establish an integrated system of innovation, through a number of events, including organizing workshops and training courses to qualify students and youth in various fields of work.

Details : here

Eligibility: Anyone is eligible to attend to workshops

    • Public service and engineering consultant
    • Offer several training courses to engineers and technicians for industrial and engineering applications
    • Target : Engineers and Technician
    • Courses : here

Faculty of medicine

Organize different workshops, training, health welfare to society and students in campus

Strategic plan in 2021/2022 here for SDGs wider community reach.