19 Dec 2019

Mr. Zia Shefaie Vice Chancellor for Admin and Finance

Mr. Zia Shefaie Vice Chancellor for Admin and Finance

Mr. Zia Shefaie Vice Chancellor for Admin and Finance

(Kateb University)

Kateb University and the SDGs: Past, Present, and Future

Universities have a critical role in the achievement of the SDG by its unique position within society. They can take active parts in attaining the SDGs through education & training, research, operations and governance, and external leadership.

Afghan Universities can play an active role in attaining the SDGs through incorporating SDGs as part of their curriculum in Afghanistan, mapping SDGs in their researches, embedding SDGs in their operations, governance and cultures, and working together and with other SDG stakeholders helping Afghanistan to achieve the SDGs.

Having diverse educational disciplines has enabled Kateb to be an interdisciplinary university with possibilities to focus on all three pillars of the SDGs. Kateb has established four research centers in the area of Economics, Health, Social Science and computer science for doing research and publishing research papers.

Relevant to SDGs, Kateb University has established Kateb Research Institute to particularly focus on SDGs.

Kateb University has also gained achievements related to the SDGs. These achievements are as follows: 1.      124 Master›s students graduated in the field of Development Economics

  1. It hosted a Workshop on SDGs conducted by Ministry of Economy and Executive Committee on SDGs; and more than 260 students and teachers participated.
  2. Three SDGs workshops have been conducted by the university in order to increase students› awareness about SDGs
  3. A conference was arranged on Surficial Water Management in which Minister of Energy and Water, Minister of Government for Disaster Affairs and Head of Water Resource Center at Kabul University were the speakers and panelist.
  4. KU facilitated the first ever international medical conference where 10 medical researchers presented their researches.
  5. It initiated SDG conference (Todays

‹conference) using its own resources in order to bring together Universities and research institutions to work together on SDGs

  1. A total of 151 Master theses published related to SDGs in areas of Economics, Social and Environmental issues.
  2. A total number of 14 ISI (International Scientific Indexing) papers published in impact factor international journals pertaining to SDG3
  3. 30 books have been published in the areas of health, education, economics, human rights and peace

Moreover, Kateb has served as a platform to support Afghanistan development through providing scholarship grants to students, paying for the teachers who taught students in deprived

provinces, providing free legal services to women and children at Katebs’ Law Clinic and free educational services to orphanage.

Kateb University has future plans for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in Afghanistan. These future plans are:

  • Kateb University has future plans for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in Afghanistan. These future plans are:
  • building the capacity of faculties to incorporate SDG courses as part of Kateb Curriculum in consultation with international partners
  • doing research on SDGs with contribution of AREU, George Mason University, SDSN and Monash Development Institute.
  • embedding SDGs in Kateb Operations and policies to implement SDGs in routine activities of Kateb University
  • providing affordable health services for staff and students of Kateb University through Kateb Hospital. In partnership with international and national partners will do the following:
  • Reporting the conference to be published in SDSN Newsletter on September 1, 2019.
  • Releasing a policy note with AREU
  • Writing SDGs shadow report together ACBAR and other partners
  • Creating Data Center with TRENDs
  • Managing the SDGs regional conference with Middle East Universities
  • Arranging sectorial dialog in coordination with UNDP to discuss role of business and private sector in attaining the SDGs.
  • Submitting four concept papers to SDGs stakeholders to work SDGs in Universities in the area of curriculum, research, operations and partnership.

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