UN Academic Impact

What is UNAI?

The UNAI is a global program that promotes the collaboration between the United Nations and higher education institutions throughout the world. The United Nations set 10 basic principles in the fields of human rights, literacy, sustainability, and conflict resolution, and the higher education institutions engage in at least one initiative a year to support these principles.

OGU initiatives

Osaka Gakuin University joined the UNAI in January of 2019 and is determined to engage in initiatives in the field of education, academic research and social contribution.

OGU will focus on the following basic principles in particular.
Principle 5: A commitment to building capacity in higher education systems across the world.
Principle 10: A commitment to promoting inter-cultural dialogue and understanding, and the “unlearning” of intolerance, through education.

The United Nations Academic Impact is informed by a commitment to support and advance ten basic principles:

  1. A commitment to the principles inherent in the United Nations Charter as values that education seeks to promote and help fulfil;
  2. A commitment to human rights, among them freedom of inquiry, opinion, and speech;
  3. A commitment to educational opportunity for all people regardless of gender, race, religion or ethnicity;
  4. A commitment to the opportunity for every interested individual to acquire the skills and knowledge necessary for the pursuit of higher education;
  5. A commitment to building capacity in higher education systems across the world;
  6. A commitment to encouraging global citizenship through education;
  7. A commitment to advancing peace and conflict resolution through education;
  8. A commitment to addressing issues of poverty through education;
  9. A commitment to promoting sustainability through education;
  10. A commitment to promoting inter-cultural dialogue and understanding, and the “unlearning” of intolerance, through education.
UNAI: https://www.academicimpact.jp/
OGU initiatives: https://en.academicimpact.jp/osaka-gu/

Contact

Osaka Gakuin University/Osaka Gakuin Junior College
International Center
Tel: +81-6-6381-8434
E-mail：inoffice@ogu.ac.jp

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