DAAD SDG Partnerships Project “Implementation of the SDGs – A Comparative Approach in India, Nepal and Germany (ING)”

 

The DAAD supports university partnerships in areas related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). These partnerships aim to contribute to sustainable development in the spirit of the SDGs and to the establishment of high-performing and globally engaged universities in both the partner countries and Germany.

The Brunswick European Law School (BELS) – Faculty of Law at Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, in cooperation with Kathmandu University – School of Law (Nepal) and Symbiosis Law School Pune (India), is strengthening teaching, research, and university management at the partner institutions through this project. The goal is to consolidate existing cooperation structures between the participating universities and to establish new, sustainable partnerships.

In the long term, the SDG partnerships aim to contribute to sustainable development and the establishment of efficient and open-minded universities in the partner countries and in Germany. In addition, German universities are expected to develop expertise in development cooperation and to build development-related academic networks among the participating universities and institutions.

Since the SDGs are considered “soft law” and the three project universities in India, Nepal, and Germany are all law schools, the project focuses on the effective legal implementation of the SDGs. In addition to economic and social aspects, the different national approaches to implementing the SDGs in the project partners’ countries (Germany, India, and Nepal) will be analyzed and compared.

Each year during the project period, an exchange program or an “SDG Partnership Semester” will be held at one of the partner universities, involving topic-related teaching, research, and activities focused on the SDGs.

Further information about the DAAD SDG Partnerships can be found at the following link.

 

Contact Person:

Dr. Ruth Areli García-León, M.Sc., M.M.

Project Coordinator

Tel:  + 49 5331 939 33540

Fax: + 49 5331 939 33542

E-mail: r-a.garcia-leon@ostfalia.de