Ambassador Chien remarked that all of Taiwan’s universities need to synergize with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, to elicit positive global impacts and ensure university sustainable development through the dimensions of university governance, environmental sustainability and the social interest. It is hoped that Taiwan’s universities will place their utmost interest in university governance, while concomitantly giving due regard to environmental sustainability and the public interest and civic society, while harmonizing with the UN SDGs, and serving as leaders of their initiatives, to greatly broaden and expand their influence and international visibility.

 

On May 28^th, the International University Sustainability Trends and Impacts session attracted 151 faculty and students from 74 universities

 On June 4^th, the University Sustainability Report session attracted 149 faculty members and students from 75 universities

Minister of Education Wen-Chung Pan thanked the teachers for their investment in education  during the opening speech

Chairman Ambassador Eugene Chien encourages national universities to expand their influence and integrate with the UN Sustainable Development Goals

(From the left) Nanhua University Chief Executive Officer Yao-Ming Hong, Hungkuang University Vice President Hung-Yee Shu, Chairman Ambassador Eugene Chien, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology Leader Chia-Rung Lee and Taiwan Corporate Sustainability Award Secretary-General Yung-Shuen Shen

The lecturers answered participants’ questions during the discussion session