Goal 6. Clean Water and Sanitation
Initiatives
Initiatives undertaken by AASTMT can significantly promote conscious water usage by employing various strategies such as spreading Education and Awareness, help in community behavioral change, as well as increases collaboration and partnership. By combining these strategies, AASTMT can create a comprehensive approach that not only educates and raises awareness but also empowers individuals and communities to actively participate in conscious water usage, contributing significantly to sustainable water management.
AASTIANS Go Green (2020- Present)
From the headquarters of the Academy at the Smart Village, AASTIANS Go Green is an initiative that started in 2020 till present which exhibited a series of awareness and activities events with AAST and the community serving all SDG goals. This initiative is part of the Academy's social responsibility and in line with the cooperation agreement signed with His Excellency Major General Mahmoud Shaarawy, the Minister of Local Development, and His Excellency Professor Dr. Ismail Abdel Ghaffar Ismail, the President of the AASTMT.
The launch of the Green Project for Arab Youth at the Arab Academy in Smart Village on El Dostor news paper
The launch of the Green Project for Arab Youth at the Arab Academy in Smart Village on Almasry Al Youm news paper
The launch of the Green Project for Arab Youth at the Arab Academy in Smart Village on El Watan news paper
“Towards a Green Sustainable Future” (2022- Present)
The Committee for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) has launched an initiative to educate teachers and school students at different levels of the development of the SDGs set by the United Nations. This is within the framework of the Academy's social responsibility and its positive impact on the surrounding environment. This initiative can be summarized in three main stages:
- Addressing 7 schools in Alexandria as a first stage this year to join training workshops for teachers and students to raise awareness of the SDGs.
- Following up with the schools on the implementation of what has been learned in the workshops at the school level and supporting these schools financially and logistically to implement initiatives to save energy and water as a first stage.
- Holding a competition among these schools at the Academy's headquarters in order to identify the schools that succeeded first in developing their institutional performance after implementing the SDGs and presenting success stories in each.
The initiative includes several axes and goals for sustainable development and aims to implement them in the schools participating in the initiative and with the participation of more than one group of society. First, the initiative improves the quality of education in schools, introduces smart component and supports the application of students’ ideas. Secondly, the ideas proposed and developed by the participating schools include water and energy fields, which are included in SDG 6 and SDG 7. Third, the initiative works on these two axes and applies them as this will have a great impact on reducing the risks of climate change and achieving sustainability in participating cities and communities, which is in line with SDG 11 and Goal 13. Finally, participation in cooperation between the AASTMT and various schools and institutions contributes to achieving and developing partnership with them and is directly related to SDG
"Engineers for a Sustainable Egypt (2021-present)
“Engineers for Sustainable Egypt” initiative started in 2021 promoting all SDG goals, training for faculty members. Specialized training courses offered by the “Engineers for Sustainable Egypt” initiative to the Business Information Systems Department - Smart Village - AASTMT, began in light of the directives of His Excellency the President of the Academy, Prof. Dr. Ismail Abdel Ghaffar Ismail Farag, organized and coordinated by A.M.D. Ahmed Al-Sadawi, Deputy Education Officer, Head of the Business Information Systems Department - Smart Village, and member of the Scientific Advisory Council for the initiative.
The training aims to spread the culture of sustainable development, exchange experiences in the fields of sustainable development, qualify specialized cadres, and qualify certified trainees in the field of sustainable development, within the framework of cooperation between the initiative and the department, which will continue to conduct practical training workshops for students of the department and college on defining and applying the goals of sustainable development, in line with the state’s vision. Egyptian 2030.
"Engineers for a Sustainable Egypt" Initiative on AASTMT page
Spinoffs:
The Spinoffs initiative was first created in 2020 and new companies were directly created from the research and program at EC-AASTMT. The initiative primarily targets all SDG goals such as SDG 1, SDG 2, SGD 6, SDG7, SDG 9, SDG 11, SDG 12, and SDG 13. Defined as register companies set up to exploit intellectual property that has originated from EC-AASTMT. AAST supported number of university spin offs from either from the youth incubator – Rally competition, where an advisory board headed by AAST president formed for this reason. The Target is to have “256 “startups in the next two years, till 2023. AAST EC launched the Youth incubator to support university startups. Also AAST has a TICO office, Technology Innovation Commercialization Office, that support in having spinoffs and startups.
70 agricultural startups with two agribusiness development incubators on al Bawabah news paper
EC-AASTMT Spin-Offs on AASTMT Entrepreneurship Center webpage
EC-AASTMT Spin-Offs 2021-2022 on AASTMT webpage:
70 Emerging Agricultural Companies in "Tanmeya Wa Tatweer" Incubator on AASTMT webpage
"Tanmeya Wa Tatweer" Winners
