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MSc Environmental Partnership Management
Description/achievement of initiative

The MSc in Environmental Partnership Management is a globally unique program to provide future leaders with the skills and tools needed to develop the green economy. It responds to the gap for skilled graduates who can work across civil society, business and government in building partnerships for sustainable development. The MSc is the only internaitonal program that specifically focuses on SDG 17 and the creaiton, management and upscaling of partnerships for the SDGs.

Implementation methodologies

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/degree-programmes/82/environmental-partnership-management/

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

We work closely developing the skills and confidence of MSc students to develop partnership programs in their home countries delivering the SDGs.

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

This partnership is governeved via the mechanisms of the University of Aberdeen and the School of Geoscieinces. We partner directly with a range of UN, UK and local govenrments, busniness and civil society partnerhsip initiavies to promote hands on, skills based partnership education and devleopment. https://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/degree-programmes/82/environmental-partnership-management/

Partner(s)

University of Aberdeen
Progress reports
Goal 17
17.14 - Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
17.16 - Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the sustainable development goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
17.17 - Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships

Data, monitoring and accountability
09/2020
An annual trained cohort of graduates who are experts in creating and managing partnerships.
Staff / Technical expertise
Dr Potts and Dr Niewiadomski are FT staff coordinators of this program.
Other, please specify
Scholarships and guidance available form the MSc website.

Basic information
Time-frame: 09/2016 - ongoing
Website
Partners
University of Aberdeen
Countries
Contact information
Tavis Potts, Dr, tavis.potts@abdn.ac.uk
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