“The purpose of the SDG Accord is twofold:
First, it is to inspire, celebrate and advance the critical role that education has in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the value it brings to governments, business and wider society.
Secondly, the Accord is a commitment learning institutions are making to one another to do more to deliver the goals, to annually report on each signatory's progress, and to do so in ways which share the learning with each other both nationally and internationally. An objective is that sector SDG reporting metrics will be presented at the annual UN High-Level Political Forum. ”
The Abdullah Gül University (AGU) has signed the SDG Accord in 2019 (see AGU listed among the Reporting Signatories in the 2020 SDG Accord Report here) in order to highlight the work that has been done in our institution to integrate the UN SDGs in all aspects of our teaching and university life, as well as to commit to continuing further interweaving SDG objectives into our activities at all levels. AGU also participated in SDG Accord data collection campaigns to analyse and evaluate Universities' commitment to UN SDGs.
In the Annual SDG Accord Report 2020, the Abdullah Gül University is recognized as a Best Practice, especially with regards to SDG 13 - Climate Action, for its implementation of the Global Challenges courses in the core curriculum (see page 11 of the report here):
