Sustainable Development Goals in education and in action!

The project was initiated to address the growing need for equipping students and educators with tools to integrate sustainability into entrepreneurial practices. As future innovators, students oft...

The project aimed to integrate sustainability into entrepreneurship education to address global challenges like climate change, inequality, and resource scarcity. It sought to empower students, educators, and professionals to create sustainable business solutions, fostering innovation aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By inspiring individuals to act as agents of change, the project aimed to contribute to a resilient and equitable economy. To achieve this, the project delivered two key outputs. R1: Library of Educational Lectures and Practical Tasks provided educators with comprehensive resources, including lectures, assignments, and best practices. These tools bridged theory and practice, enabling students to design sustainable business models. Simultaneously, the MOOC extended access to free, flexible education, ensuring global audiences could overcome barriers to learning about sustainability and entrepreneurship. Through European university collaboration, the project fostered innovation and adaptability, transforming education to equip the next generation with the skills to address global challenges sustainably.

The project was implemented in accordance with the planned project schedule with only minor changes without affecting the fulfilment of project results and final deadlines. In the planning phase (at the beginning), project plans were clarified and processed in detail. The project team including Project Board was specified and roles and responsibilities were divided. Contracts between the coordinator and each partner were signed. In this phase, the relevant documents for project management were also created. These are the following documents: - Configuration, Change and Quality Management Strategy; - Communication and Dissemination Strategy; - Risk Management Strategy. At the beginning of the project implementation, the Risk Management Strategy was created, within which the project risks were analyzed. This strategy helps the project team respond to risks earlier become problems. For this reason, partial issues have been operatively solved during project implementation. Planned communication and dissemination activities are also taking place in parallel. The main communication channel is the ESDGs! project website and social media channels of ESDGs! and each partners. Activities connected with results (R1 and R2) were following: R1 - Mapping, providing scientific literature review (studies/analysis) – from March to May 2022 (extended by one month due to partners´ discussion about appropriate studies and analysis for literature review at the beginning); R1 - Design and development of course/curriculum – from May 2022 to May 2023 (extended by five months, English version prepared on time but there were higher demands on translation into individual language mutation); R1 - Audiovisual material (learning/teaching material) – from September 2022 to May 2023 (extended by three months due to the connection to the content of individual modules and language mutations – previous activity); R1 – Manual/handbook guidance material (learning/teaching material) – from September 2022 to June 2023 (this activity has started earlier because the content was first discussed on TPM2); R1 – Best practice guidelines/report (studies/analysis) – from March 2023 to January 2024 (extended by three months – the most of the case studies were created on time, but subsequently it was necessary to translate them into national languages); R1 – Pilot of the full-time course at each university – from September 2023 to June 2024 (during the academic year according to the regular teaching schedule at each university); R1 – Questionnaires measuring knowledge of students and impact of the course – from September 2023 to June 2024 (corresponding with the previous activity pilot of the full-time course); R2 – Design and creation of MOOC course – from January 2023 to March 2024 (extended to the end of MOOC course pilot because the MOOC course could be modified after the feedback from participants); R2 – MOOC course pilot – from September 2023 to March 2024; R2 – Questionnaires measuring knowledge of students and impact of the course – from September 2023 to June 2024 (in connection with the MOOC course pilot); R1 + R2 - Evaluation of questionnaires and feedback - from June to October 2024 (including partial changes of results based on feedback evaluation).