17. Partnerships for the Goals
Data for the indicator 17.1 Research into partnership for the goals (17.1.1 Proportion of output co-authored with low or lower-middle income countries and 17.1.2 Partnerships for the goals: publications) is being collected via Scopus.
17.2 Relationships to support the goals
17.2.1 Relationships with regional NGOs and government for SDG policy
Soil Science Laboratory (Department of Agriculture) is a member of GLOSOLAN (Global Soil Laboratory Network).
The Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN) was established in 2017 to build and strengthen the capacity of laboratories in soil analysis and to respond to the need for harmonizing soil analytical data. Harmonization of methods, units, data and information is critical to (1) provide reliable and comparable information between countries and projects; (2) allow the generation of new harmonized soil data sets; and (3) support evidence-based decision making for sustainable soil management.
The work of GLOSOLAN supports the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and the mandate of FAO on food security and nutrition.
17.2.2 Cross sectoral dialogue about SDGs
17.2.3 International collaboration data gathering for SDG
At the UNWTO Symposium on Country Experiences and 3rd Meeting of the Expert Group for Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism, Professor Peter Hackl, an internationally acknowledged expert on statistics (Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria), and Dr. Hatzimarinakis Stavros (Laboratory of Research and Tourism Satellite Account, University of Patras) presented the experimental TSA results on the Greek Tourism Direct GDP for the period 2010-2020. The symposium took place in Madrid on December 15 2022. The presentation was invited as good practice in applying the methodological approach suggested by UNWTO to estimate TDGDP in cases of limited data, a situation common to many countries starting or without a TSA, such as the case of Greece.
More information and materials can be found on the UNWTO website https://www.unwto.org/events/symposium-countries-exp-3rd-meeting-eg.
The results have been published in Journal of International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) (https://content.iospress.com/articles/statistical-journal-of-the-iaos/sji220081)
17.2.4 Collaboration for SDG best practice
17.2.5 Collaboration with NGOs for SDGs
The Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory (Department of Civil Engineering) in collaboration with the Regional Government of Western Greece undertook a research program related to the protection against river flooding with emphasis in the area of Ancient Olympia.
The Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory (Department of Civil Engineering) in collaboration with the Regional Government of Western Greece undertook a research program related to the protection against coastal erosion in the areas of Vrachnaiika-Tsoukalaiika.
The Laboratory of Greek Language and Culture of the University of Patras has collaborated with the Association of Greek-Ukrainian Friendship "Faros" during the summer of 2022. The Laboratory provided Greek language course fee free to Ukrainian war refugees who have been settled in the region of Patras with the aid of the "Faros" association. The provision of the language course serves the Goal 4 of SDGs especially 4.4. and 4.5 as the knowledge of Greek language would enable the refugees (vulnerable group) to better integrate to Greek society and find a job. Furthermore, the attendees were women, who are more vulnerable than men when in refugees' status, thus we provided a chance to smooth out the differences between genders (Goals 5 and 10).
The Laboratory of Greek Language and Culture of the University of Patras also collaborated in 2022 with the local Shelter for women victims of violence. We aid a woman, hosted in the Shelter, to study the Greek language and take part in the exams for the Greek language certification, an important certificate when applying for job. The SDGs served are the same as the above mentioned.