Annual Report 2007

 UNU-GVU delegation together with Professor Abdel Kadir, met with HE Professor Hany Hilal, Min- ister of Higher Education and Sci- entific Research, in Cairo.

Mainstreaming Environment & Sustainability into African Universities (MESA) Programme During 2007, UNU-GVU, in collaboration with UNEP and other UN Institutions and partners, continued to support the MESA Programme, a partnership designed to mainstream environment and sustainability concerns into the teaching, research community engagement and management of universities in Africa. The partnership offers a wide range of activities that include: an Edu- cation for Sustainable Development (ESD) Innovations short course developed and implemented by partners to strengthen capacity to establish ESD innovations in universities; seminars for university leaders; a biennial conference providing an opportunity for universities to report on ESD innovations associated with the universi- ty’s triple mission of research, teaching and community engagement, and to engage in North-South dialogue; and pilot programmes linking universities, communities with business and industry in sustainable development partnerships. The MESA Programme, which strengthens UNEP’s special focus on Africa, is considered a major contribution to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).

 MESA workshop. The MESA network consists of 64 uni- versities all over Africa.