ISSN 2360-7963
Abstract
Inner Development Goals (IDGs) (2021) initiative offers the set of capacities, qualities and skills that individuals and organizations need for the creation of the sustainable society and contribute significantly to effectively work with SGDs as require dealing with increasing complexity. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) play crucial role in guiding the stakeholders, making a proper connection between generations and creating the vision for the future. The main aim of this work is to analyze how inner capacities incorporated in IDGs framework can deconstruct the conceptual meaning to the surrounding world for a better shift toward sustainability taking into consideration the mediating role of higher education as a piloting sector in developing countries. To derive some concrete results the study employs a confirmatory factorial analysis method with the data collected through online questionnaire with representatives from different stakeholders to gain insights if those institutions are engaged in adopting IDG framework as a core element in capacity building for the creation of sustainable solutions and SDGs fulfilment. The research process identified some clear action plans and future vision for the questions about what, how, who, when and what now to proceed with regarding the selected ambition of the educational sector as policy instrument for Inner Developmental Goals.
Keywords: inner development goals, SDGs, sustainability, policy instrument, ecosystem mapping