TY - CHAP
T1 - Nurturing the Seeds of Sustainability Governance
T2 - Rio+25 Brazilian Higher Education Institution Case Study
AU - Maruyama, Ursula
AU - Prado, Patricia
AU - Trigo, Aline
AU - Trigo, Jose
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Once Brazil hosted United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 (UNCED, Rio Earth Summit), as well as Rio+20 Conference, the country has shown an important role in promoting United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda. Brazilian innovations in terms of public policies are also regarded as contributions to economic, social and environmental dimensions in sustainable development integration. In this context, the Brazilian Ministry of Environment created the Environmental Agenda in Public Administration—‘A3P’—to encourage public managers to incorporate sustainable principles enhancing institutions activities. In terms of sustainability, higher education can introduce new trends in the domains of education, research, and extension. However, understanding the Environmental Agenda in Public Administration requires a more careful analysis of information, stakeholder dynamics, public management and conflict of interest. To illustrate the debate, this chapter presents Cefet/RJ, a centennial higher education institution in Rio de Janeiro and discusses the implementation of its ‘A3P’ sustainable agenda in 2017, 25 years after Rio 92 Earth Summit. Thus, Cefet/RJ Rio+25 integrates teaching, research and extension environmental projects. This scenario represents a set of initiatives regarding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to assess public governance focusing on higher education. This chapter aims to be useful to those who are interested in governmental and sustainable developmental issues.
AB - Once Brazil hosted United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 (UNCED, Rio Earth Summit), as well as Rio+20 Conference, the country has shown an important role in promoting United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda. Brazilian innovations in terms of public policies are also regarded as contributions to economic, social and environmental dimensions in sustainable development integration. In this context, the Brazilian Ministry of Environment created the Environmental Agenda in Public Administration—‘A3P’—to encourage public managers to incorporate sustainable principles enhancing institutions activities. In terms of sustainability, higher education can introduce new trends in the domains of education, research, and extension. However, understanding the Environmental Agenda in Public Administration requires a more careful analysis of information, stakeholder dynamics, public management and conflict of interest. To illustrate the debate, this chapter presents Cefet/RJ, a centennial higher education institution in Rio de Janeiro and discusses the implementation of its ‘A3P’ sustainable agenda in 2017, 25 years after Rio 92 Earth Summit. Thus, Cefet/RJ Rio+25 integrates teaching, research and extension environmental projects. This scenario represents a set of initiatives regarding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to assess public governance focusing on higher education. This chapter aims to be useful to those who are interested in governmental and sustainable developmental issues.
KW - A3P
KW - Environmental governance
KW - Higher education institution
KW - Sustainability
KW - Sustainable development goals
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071857204&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-15604-6_10
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-15604-6_10
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85071857204
SN - 9783030156039
T3 - World Sustainability Series
SP - 151
EP - 166
BT - World Sustainability Series (WSUSE)
A2 - Filho, Walter Leal
A2 - Salvia, Amanda Lange
A2 - Pretorius, Rudi
A2 - Brandli, Luciana
A2 - Manolas, Evangelos
A2 - Alves, Fatima
A2 - Azeiteiro, Ulisses
A2 - Rogers, Judy
A2 - Shiel, Chris
A2 - Do Paco, Arminda
PB - Springer
CY - Switzerland
ER -
