The Baltic University Programme Madeleine Granvik Director

The Baltic University Programme 25 YEARS Anniversary BUP Initiated in 1991 Network of 232 universities 14 countries in the Baltic Sea Basin 1.500 teachers/researchers contributed; 9.500 students yearly; focuses on sustainable development, environmental protection & democracy – Education for Sustainable Development; Secretariat at Uppsala University, Sweden; 14 National centras, centre Directors 3 Associated secretariats International Board

Universities in the network

Education is essential to the success of every one of the 17 new goals In September 2015, 193 world leaders committed to 17 Global Goals for sustainable development to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and protect our planet by 2030.. Education is essential to the success of every one of the 17 new goals

Program for spring/summer 2017 Secretariat Program for spring/summer 2017 EduBalt project – course and work shop March 13-15 Teachers conference in Ukraine, March 19-22 Students conference in Ukraine in April 9-12 Baltic 2030 – From talk to work, final work shop May SAIL for teachers June 10-17 SAIL for students September 2-16

EduBalt - Developing Capacity for teaching sustainable development in the Baltic Sea region   A partnership project: The Baltic University Programme and SWEDESD - Swedish International Centre of Education for Sustainable Development Focuses on the importance of supporting teacher educators in the Baltic Sea region to integrate sustainable development priorities and goals into their teacher education programmes. Universities in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Program for spring/summer 2017 Teachers conference in Ukraine, March 19-22 Sustainable Tourism Students conference in Ukraine, April 9-12 BUP Collaboration in Agenda 2030 Implementation: from Talk to Work

Baltic 2030 – From talk to work The Baltic University Programme, partner

“Governance for Sustainable Development in the Baltic Sea region“ CBSS/BUP Study 2014-2015 “Governance for Sustainable Development in the Baltic Sea region“ Recommendations Strengthened SD ownership – the added value of a macroregional organizations as facilitators of SD action should be acknowledged to a greater extent, especially by national SD stakeholders BSR SD monitoring in selected areas - based on regionally shared targets and indicators. Regional monitoring could for example help to ensure progress on transboundary issues and facilitate a more coherent progress in relation to shared SD goals. Establish regional platforms for mutual learning and sharing SDGs implementation experiences. 1. Macro-regional entities need to be viewed as legitimate governance stakeholders, their position should be acknowledged to a greater extent, especially by national SD stakeholders, as facilitators of SD action. This does not imply that macro-regional stakeholders should be part of related national SD policy processes, but rather that national stakeholders acknowledge more fully the added value of these stakeholders, e.g. in terms of cooperation possibilities. A starting point for strengthening SD ownership in the BSR could be to introduce more regularity in terms of vertical communication and interaction, between macro-regional and national level stakeholders. 3. Regional platforms could facilitate action based on policy lessons learned, mutual exchange of experiences with national and local level implementation, best practices and challenges, regional issues, discussing and finding solutions for joint challenges and transboundary issues. The regional platforms would in particular be essential for the implementation of the SDGs by sharing implementation experiences.

SAIL for Teachers June 10-17 Secretariat Program for spring/summer 2017 SAIL for Teachers June 10-17 SAIL for Students September 2-16

The Baltic University Programme Teacher- and Student Summer Courses on SD 11