https://padlet.com/wsyafiqa95/vv4cr9cxv0hs Made with a quick smile en-us 2017-09-28 01:55:28 UTC 2025-12-21 13:09:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecoffee.png wsyafiqa95 https://padlet.com/wsyafiqa95/vv4cr9cxv0hs/wish/192017073 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was launched by the United Nation in Sept 2015. It is a set of 17 goals agreed by the international community and articulates the means to achieve the sustainability for the betterment of the society by 2030. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that was before SDGs, focused mostly on the social dimensions of development projects and lacked in the integration of economic, social and environmental factors which resulted to no incentives to promote synergies among the three factors. unlike MGDs, SDGs is an overarching goal that embraces concepts of human rights, inclusive social development, equitable economic development and sustainability. 

The Sustainable Development Solution Network (SDSN) Malaysia Chapter was launched on 10th October 2013. This network enables a massive number of leaders with various background all over the region to participates in ensuring effective structures for decision making and accountability. 

An active member of SNSD Malaysia Chapter, The Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI) of the National University (UKM) takes up the challenge to collate best practices in sustainable development taking place in this country. The aim is tho provide an overview of the various initiatives to achieve SDGs through the publication of a coffee table book. Through the collaboration with University Technology Petronas (UTP), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Malaysian Industry - Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) , the LESTARI team has received a huge number of best practices sharing from various stakeholders including government agencies, academia, private sectors, NGOs as well as the community.

These cases include green campus initiatives and various projects that involves government agencies and industries participant to support this efforts. They also enforces regulations to ensure accountability and transparency, implement monitoring and evaluation mechanism while promoting a human rights - based approach to development. Academia plays the role of identifying appropriate sustainability targets for the country, promoting integral efforts and influencing the government's position as well as international discourse around SDGs implementation. The private sectors play a role in providing services that help cultivate a healthy climate for the society to operate and in ensuring that SDGs will help deliver this. Communities and NGOs play the important role of championing their local - level best practices and promoting it to other communities. ]]> 2017-09-28 11:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/wsyafiqa95/vv4cr9cxv0hs/wish/192017073