Community of Practice

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

Nurturing a community for peer exchange and learning
The SDG Academy Community of Practice invites global higher education institutions, NGOs, for-profit businesses, and relevant government entities to join a diverse community dedicated to advancing education for sustainable development through peer learning and the sharing of best practices, customized resource development, and opportunities for research and thought leadership.

Scroll down for details about the program's features, engagement options, application process, and fees. 

WHY A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE?

Community has been a key offering of the SDG Academy since 2017, when we first piloted our University Partnership Program, an initiative designed to increase universities’ capacity to teach about sustainable development by integrating SDG Academy content into new or existing academic programs. After successfully running this program for three years, we realized a couple of important things:
  • Every partner has unique needs. 
  • There is value in sharing good practices, challenges, and opportunities among higher education institutions and beyond.
  • There is an opportunity to leverage the expertise of the group and scale the impact of the program!
With this in mind, we set out to create not just a program, but a truly collaborative experience that would not only offer valuable content, but be flexible and community driven, with the chance to create with and learn from all partners in order to advance sustainable development together. Members will have the opportunity to engage with the SDG-focused resources offered by the SDG Academy; personalize these resources for their own needs and institutional contexts; and develop their own resources, communities of learning, networks, and dialogues across the wider Community of Practice.

In addition to accessing the SDG Academy's high-quality educational content on sustainable development via our courses on edX and our SDG Academy Library, examples of engagement opportunities include:
  • Themed webinars on blended learning, localizing content, casework, teaching sustainable development in the disciplines, and more!
  • Town halls with leading voices in sustainable development and related fields.
  • Resource collections such as syllabi repositories, best practice tutorials, and calls for publication that allow partners to showcase and share their work in research and teaching. 

KEY FEATURES

Valuable Content

Access, develop, and disseminate resources to help your learners engage with sustainable development topics

Community-Driven

Connect and create with leading experts from around the world

Customizable Platform

Get the resources, support, and level of investment that best suit your needs

Collaborative Opportunities

Stay informed of opportunities for networking, research, publication, collaboration, and partnerships for sustainable development

TIERS OF ENGAGEMENT

The Community of Practice is divided into three tiers of engagement, allowing members to choose the level of engagement that best suits their needs and budgets!
Member
(mid-tier)
- Access to the SDG Academy Community of Practice group on Mobilize.

- Opportunity to co-create webinars, repositories, guides, case studies, and other publications
 
- Use of the SDG Academy Community of Practice logo to brand and promote your affiliate work

- For Members who want log-in credentials for the SDG Academy Library, we have established a flat fee of 250 USD for a 1-year subscription for this added feature. The fee allows us to cover our costs for hosting and managing the Library for Members who want it while allowing Members who do not need log-in access to opt for free Membership.
Partner
(top-tier)
All of the features of a Member, plus:

- One-on-one pedagogical support from the SDG Academy to integrate online materials into lessons or curricula

- Access to leadership opportunities within the SDG Academy 

- Invitation to participate in the SDG Academy workshop at the annual International Conference on Sustainable Development

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

To join the Community of Practice, all organizations must be committed to achieving sustainable development and be committed to actively contributing to the Community. 

Universities and NGOs who wish to apply as Members or Partners must also be members of SDSN. Click here to check if your organization is already an SDSN member. If not, your institution can apply for memb ership here. (Institutions with pending applications for SDSN membership are still encouraged to apply for the Community of Practice.)
Apply as a Member
Member
Applications to join as a Member are accepted and reviewed by the SDG Academy on a rolling basis. 
Partner
Partners commit to a two-year term, and applications will be accepted every two years. 

Applications to join the inaugural SDG Academy Partner cohort have closed. The next cohort will convene in 2022. In the meantime, please consider joining as a Member.

Questions? Email the SDG Academy at community@sdgacademy.org. 
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