Hanns Seidel Foundation and Agenda 2030

SDG 12: Target 12. b “Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism.” Led by the Department of Tourism ( DOT), to conduct an inter- agency consultative meeting on barrier- free tourism aimed at reinforcing and improving existing policies and programs that address the needs of the differently abled population in the country, or the persons with disabilities ( PWDs). <

and 4) Clusters of SDGs – The Commission on Higher Education issued CMO 52 in October 2016 defining funding awards to universities for various projects as Pathways to Equity, Relevance and Advancement ( cf. column of June 21, 2019, “ESD and Agenda 2030”).

SDG 16 and its 10 targets.

Part 2 of the major talk presented the 10 targets of SDG 16 namely: 1)

violence and related death rates everywhere; 2) protect from/end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against torture of children; 3) promote the rule of law; ensure equal access to justice for all at the national and international levels 4) combat all forms of organized

- en the recovery and return of stolen assets; 5) substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms; 6) develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels; 7) ensure responsive, inclusive and participatory representative decisionmaking at all levels; 8) broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions in global governance; 9) by 2030, provide universal legal identity for all, including birth registration; and 10) ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms in accordance with national legislation and international agreements (16-a) strengthen relevant national institutions including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime and (16-b) promote and enforce nondiscriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development.

How can universities respond to SDG 16?

The major talk gave examples on how universities and organizations can help strengthen citizen participation through education to promote SDG 16. Basing its approach on the cognitive

contextualizing SDG 16 through the origins of Agenda 2030, what and why the Agenda is for, its 17 SDGs and their 169 targets and its theme of An understanding and application of these acts of government could be arrived at through how the Philippine government departments are crafting measures to respond to the Agenda. of these responses could be generated through the trifold functions of universities — instruction, research and extension. Curriculumwise, co- curricular and extra- curricular activities could include discussions and applications of the SDGs at university level through seminars, conferences, dialogues, workshops, forums, symposia, and inviting experts from among the alumni. Extend this harvest of understanding and application of the SGs in the university’s civic engagement or service- learning activities to catalyze citizenship participation in achieving SDG targets. Particularly for SDG 16, mathematics courses can look into statistics on crime and violence, bribery, scams and corresponding thrust of SGD 16 while comprehensive scenarios and measures to foster peace can very well be curricular and action plans in curricula of criminal justice, political science, law, public administration, and the like. Psychology subjects can deal on child-rearing that nurtures peace and justice. Commerce and business departments can stress economic citizenship. A quite new concept, this refers to “economic and civic engagement to promote sustainable livelihoods, sustain

being, a reduction in poverty and rights for self and others.”