Propuesta para la integración de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) en la Universidad Santo Tomás Sede Bogotá

Abstract

This project was made to assume the challenge of supporting the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development on the Universidad Santo Tomás which aims for society to be oriented towards a better future (Algora Weber, 2019), through the formulation of a proposal to integrate the sustainable development goals (SDGs) with the university functions of the Universidad Santo Tomás Campus Bogotá.

To achieve this objective the proposal is developing a methodology having as a base the guide named “Getting started with the SDGs in universities”, created by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Australia/Pacific.

Initially, a review of the state of the art was carried out to get to know the seriousness of the SDGs, and in which ways the universities can apply them, secondly a diagnosis was made to recollect and analyze the information related to actions and activities that the university develops to support and contribute to the SDGs, this phase was subdivided in four steps, firstly the interest groups were determined, then a search of information in different websites was made, having in mind the interest groups, the institutional mission and vision, as the mission and vision of undergraduate and graduate programs and the objectives of the processes of the university: once the information is collected, a workshop of interaction with the people in charge of every area was organized in order to socialize the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals and complement the results obtained from the former step, and finally, the information was classified and an Excel array where the areas and the SDGs were related was used. After this phase was over, indicators were established, with the final purpose of determinate the percentage of fulfilment of the SDGs, the Time Higher Education indicators were the base of these indicators and next a qualitative analysis was made to determinate the goals with most and least percentage of accomplishment. It was evidenced that the SDGs with more percentage of fulfilment are Quality Education and Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, and the one with the least fulfilment is Life Bellow Water, due to a lack of investigations or actions to support it. To end, the proposal of integration of the SDGs was presented.