HBKU CPP welcomes Sustainability Summit participants

HBKU CPP welcomes Sustainability Summit participants

Doha – The Plateau Maslaha initiative at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) College of Public Policy (CPP) hosted participants from the Global Innovation in Sustainability Summit (GISS), on March 4, 2023, for a special UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-themed creative workshop.

Plateau Maslaha invited more than 40 students to the Minaretein building, where they met with Dr. Leslie Pal, Founding Dean, CPP, and Logan Cochrane, Associate Professor CPP who presented his recent book on Sustainable Qatar. They also had the opportunity to engage with young Qatari SDG ambassadors in attendance including Eman Alobaide and Noura Al Sahli.

Dr. Evren Tok, Associate Dean for Community Engagement, CPP, and main organizer of the event, then conducted a special creative workshop with the participants, which saw the group divided into teams and assigned a specific SDG. The teams then collaborated with local Arabic Arabic calligraphy artist Abdul Kareem, to design and craft six canvases featuring creative interpretations of the SDGs,

The finished artworks were then put on display at Qatar Academy Al Wakra, the venue of the GISS 2023.

“We were proud to offer this year’s GISS participants the chance to engage with the UN’s SDGs through the lens of art and creativity. Art in all its