DIASDGES: A project for design and implement Teaching-learning activities for training in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in an integrated way with engineering studies subjects

Abstract

[EN] The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of people around the world. In 2015, all United Nations Member States approved 17 Goals as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, an initiative that establishes a plan to achieve the Goals established within 15 years. Currently, progress is being made in the development of this SDG initiative in many places, generating and implementing actions, strategies and policies to achieve the 17 SDGs. Nevertheless, tackling the challenges of the SDGs will require new knowledge, new ways of doing things, making tough choices between competing options, and in some cases profound transformations. Of course, this directly involves Universities, as organizations that promote technological and social progress through research, discovery, creation and adoption of knowledge. However, are college students aware of all this? They are who, in the near future, must develop and support the strategies and actions necessary to meet these objectives. Without them and their support, it is practically impossible to achieve these goals. Therefore, it is essential that university students know the SDGs and their contents. And of course, it is necessary that they are also aware of the importance they have, both for the present and for the future, and of the role that they can play in achieving those objectives, both personally and professionally.