Departmental Impact

No Poverty

• Training/programs to improve access to basic services
• National/International participation in policy making to end poverty

Zero Hunger

• Program on student food insecurity/hunger
• Interventions to target hunger among students and staff
• Access to local farmers and food producers on food security and sustainable agriculture/aquaculture knowledge, skills/ technology
• Events for local farmers and food producers to connect and transfer knowledge
• Access to  university facilities to local farmers and food producers

Good Health and Well-being

• Health outreach programs/projects in the local community on hygiene, nutrition, family planning, sports, exercise etc.

Quality Education

• Public access to educational resources (computers, library, online courses/ lectures)
• Public events hosted (public lectures, community educational events)
• Educational outreach activities (in local schools/ community including tailored lectures or demonstrations)

Responsible Consumption and Production

• Policy, process or practice on waste disposal - Covering hazardous materials

Peace, Justice and Strong Institution

• Provision of  specific expert advice to local, regional or national government
• Provision of outreach, general education, upskilling and capacity building to policy and law makers on economics, law, technology and climate change
• Focused research in collaboration with government departments
• UVAS focused research in collaboration with government departments
• Provision of neutral platform and ‘safe’ space for different political stakeholders (to come together to frankly discuss challenges)

Partnerships for the Goals

• Involvement in national government/ or regional non-government organizations, SDG policy development
• Initiation /participation in cross sectoral dialogue about SDGs (conferences involving government or NGOs)
• Participation in international collaboration on gathering or measuring data for the SDGs
• Review / comparative approaches and develop international best practice on tackling the SDGs through international collaboration and research
• Collaboration with NGOs to tackle the SDGs (student volunteering programs, research programs, development of educational resources)
• Publication of SDG reports - per SDG either individually or within an annual report

Life on Land

1. Events to promote conservation and sustainable utilizations of land/ forests and wild land
2. Policy to ensure that food on campus is sustainably farmed
3. UVAS working to maintain current ecosystems' biodiversity,  both plants and animals, especially ecosystems under threat
4. Educational programs on ecosystems (wild flora and fauna) for communities
5. Educational program/outreach for local or national communities on sustainable management of land for agriculture and tourism
6. Policy to ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems associated with the university, in particular forests, mountains and drylands
7. Policy to identify, monitor and protect any IUCN Red Listed species and national conservation list species
8. Inclusion of local biodiversity into any planning and development process
9. Policy to reduce the impact of alien species on Campus
10. Collaborate with the local community to maintain shared land ecosystems
11. Water discharge guidelines and standards to protect ecosystems, wildlife, and human health and welfare
12. Policy on reducing plastic waste on campus
13. Policy, process or practice on waste disposal covering hazardous materials