Progress of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at Universities: UNAN-Managua case

Abstract

Universities have a fundamental function in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be the necessary foundation for the social and profesional future in which the goals for the development of societies are recorded.

UNAN-Managua is in a new stage, taking an active role, aimed at Nicaraguan society and its communities, influencing the participation of social actors to contribute and benefit development. The university has assumed the commitment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda and has integrated them into the work carried out from its substantive functions, for the strengthening of the University-Society link.

To achieve the results presented in this article, the methodology of quantitative and qualitative was used, of the information provided by the programs and projects executed by the different Academic Units of UNAN-Managua, which are complying with the SDGs of the Agenda 2030.

The results of the study carried out in the different Faculties, POLISAL, Institutes, Research Centers and Laboratories create a vision on the areas of incidence towards economic, social and environmental sustainability from the institutional work towards the achievement of the SDGs of the 2030 Agenda in the next ten years.