SDG17
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOALS
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOALS
17.2 Relationships to support the goals
17.2.4 Collaboration for SDG best practice
Through international collaboration and research, review comparative approaches and develop international best practice on tackling the SDGs
Through international collaboration and research, review comparative approaches and develop international best practice on tackling the SDGs
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1. | In Feb until April 2022, UNIMAS organized HACKATHON: The Climate Change - Maker Challenge, Impact of Climate Change at Coastal Villages. The primary concern for coastal communities includes coastal erosion, flooding, saltwater intrusion and inundation. These may destroy critical infrastructure & property, reduce fisheries production and threaten conservation efforts for organisms & coastal ecosystems. Multidisciplinary and sustainable approaches include using AI, IoT, Cloud and enhanced visualisations or insights from other sectors, including entrepreneurship or social innovators, besides co-creating with the communities themselves. Successful Hackathon teams commonly consist of designers, technologists, project managers, and content experts to showcase innovation for the betterment of local communities. This hackathon was also a collaboration with international partners includes ACES, GCRF & UK Research and Innovation. | |||||||||||||
2. | MSYUN is an Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education project that aims to promote Malaysian university campuses as “living laboratories” for sustainability and energy efficiency. As a partner, UNIMAS through its Sustainability Centre, contribute towards significant and impactful roles in transforming the community via various avenues such as knowledge and technology transfer programme, and university social responsibilities programme. | |||||||||||||
