MODULE 1 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE AFRICA CHALLENGE

Scientific Director, Prof. Guido D’Urso – Academic Tutor, Dott. Massimiliano Borrello (massimiliano.borrello@unina.it)
Università Federico II di Napoli
VIRTUAL CLASSROOM LINK
Module Description

The introductory module is focused on the Agenda 2030 and the SDGs implementation in Africa. The analysis of SDGs current status in the continent, with special attention to the
management of natural resources and cultural heritage, will be carried out by adopting a retrospective and a prospective approach, investigating the root causes of unsustainability
in specific cases. With the support of examples, the lectures will be developed on the following topics:

- Understanding the current status of SDGs in Africa, with detail focus on Eastern Africa;

- Understanding the complexity behind sustainability by identifying the three dimensions of sustainability (environmental, social, and economic) and how they are
interconnected and represented in the SDGs;

- Identifying the main characteristics of the local, regional, and global contexts and define possible actions for the achievements of the SDGs.

Module ILO’S

After taking this Module the student will be able to:

- Understand core concepts of sustainable development

- Understand the role of sustainable development in the economy, society, environment and governance

- Gain knowledge of the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) and relevance to public policy
Agenda
Lectures, materials and
Coordinator: GUIDO D'URSO (Università Federico II Napoli)
activites
Title Lecturer Date/Time (Addis Ababa) 26 SSD

1 Sustainable Development and the Status of SDGs in Africa 10

Guido D'Urso Universita' Federico II Napoli

Walk-through the Masters’ topics 07.02.22 Monday - 17:00-19:00 2 AGR/08 - ICAR /03
Emanuela Colombo Politecnico di Milano

Sustainability: concepts, definitions, limits of the three pillars approach. The Bio-Circular
1.1 Massimiliano Borrello Universita' Federico II Napoli 09.02.2022 Wednesday 17:00-19:00 2 AGR/01
economy model

Understanding the complexity behind sustainability -

1.2 Governing the Commons: Natural resources, Environment and Institutions (The Tragedy of the Tiziana Pagnani Universita' Federico II Napoli 11.02.2022 Friday 17:00-19:00 2 AGR/01
Commons)

1.3 Understanding the current status of SDGs in Africa, with detail focus on Eastern Africa Guido D'Urso Universita' Federico II Napoli 12.02.2022 Saturday 10:00-12:00 2 AGR/08

1,4 Energy Access for Sustainable Development in African Context Adedoyin Adeleke Politecnico di Milano 12.02.2022 Saturday 12:00-14:00 2 ICAR /03

2 The Complexity of SDGs 10

2.1 Data sources for quantifying SDGs in the different contexts Guido D'Urso Universita' Federico II Napoli 14.02.22 Monday - 17:00-19:00 2 AGR/08

Understanding the complexity behind sustainability - A Critical Analysis of differents Sustainable

2.2. Tiziana Pagnani Universita' Federico II Napoli 16.02.2022 Wednesday 17:00-19:00 2 AGR/01
Development Projects (Part 1)

Agricultural-environmental aspects of sustainability - Part 1 (Global Drivers and Megatrends in

2.3 Albino Maggio Universita' Federico II Napoli 18.02.2022 Friday 17:00-19:00 2 AGR/02
Agri-Food Systems; Urbanization, Agriculture, and Smallholder Farming)

Agricultural-environmental aspects of sustainability - Part 2 (Climate Change Impacts on

2.4 Agriculture, Next Generation of Precision Agriculture and Prospects for Breakthrough Albino Maggio Universita' Federico II Napoli 19.02.22 Saturday 10:00-12:00 2 AGR/02
Technologies)

2.5 SDGs and Cultural Heritage: from Cultural Landscapes to the Intangible Cultural Heritage List Camilla Insom Università La Sapienza Roma 19.02.22 Saturday 12:00-14:00 2 M-DEA/01

3 Possibile Actions for the achievements in SDGs 6

Understanding the complexity behind sustainability - A Critical Analysis of differents Sustainable

3.1 Tiziana Pagnani Università Federico II Napoli 21.02.22 Monday - 17:00-19:00 2 AGR/01
Development Projects (Part 2)

Identifying the main characteristics of the local, regional, and global contexts and define possible
3.2 Albino Maggio Università Federico II Napoli 23.02.2022 Wednesday 17:00-19:00 2 AGR/02
actions or the achievements of the SDGs - CASE STUDIES

Identifying the main characteristics of the local, regional, and global contexts and define possible
3.3 Albino Maggio Università Federico II Napoli 25.02.2022 Friday 17:00-18:00 1 AGR/02
actions or the achievements of the SDGs.

3.4 Water management Guido D'Urso Università Federico II Napoli 25.02.2022 Friday 18:00-19:00 1 AGR/08

Activity and exam

4 Case Study Presentation and Evaluation

4.1 The Agenda 2063 : the 7 Aspirations - presentation by the students. All 05.03.2022 Saturday 10:00-14:00 4
Lecturer’s biography

Prof. Ing. Guido D’Urso; durso@unina.it

Civil Hydraulic Engineering degree cum laude at University of Naples (Italy), Phd Environmental Sciences at Wageningen Agricultural
University (the Netherlands). He has been Full Professor of Water Management and Remote Sensing at Dept. of Agricultural Sciences of
the University of Naples Federico II since 2009. He’s Delegate of Rector for International Cooperation and Development. In the last few
years, he has been Coordinator PhD Course on “Agricultural Sciences” of University of Naples Federico II and Coordinator of GuluNap
Project between University of Naples Federico II and Gulu University (Uganda). He has been working since the early ‘90s on the
development of new methodologies for the interpretation of Earth Observation data for studying water management in agriculture and for
spatial analysis of hydrological processes. He has participated to several international research projects in the field of remote sensing for
water management, as documented by more than 100 publications on scientific journal, congress proceedings and specialized books.

Prof. Albino Maggio; almaggio@unina.it

Albino Maggio is Professor of Agronomy and Crop Science at the University of Naples Federico II – Italy. He graduated at the
University of Napoli Federico II in 1989. He then joined as visiting scientist the U.S. Salinity Laboratory of Riverside CA-USA and
subsequently he received his Ph.D. from Purdue University IN-USA (1998). In 2000, he moved back to Italy as Senior Scientist at the
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development. In 2004 he joined the faculty of the
University of Naples Federico II, Department of Agriculture, where he is now the reference person for the Division Biology and Crop
Production and the coordinator of the PhD program in Sustainable Agricultural and Forestry Systems and Food Security. He is an
expert on crop responses to environmental stresses and resource use efficiency in agricultural systems. In recent years he has also
worked on forward look analyses of food systems. As Seconded National Expert at the Joint Research Centre of the European
Commission in 2014, he coordinated the foresight exercise Global Food Security 2030: Assessing trends with a view to guiding future
EU policies (https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/2b22bc57-6177-4b12-8c78-e9fe02d6e86e/language-en) and more
recently with the FAO analysis Agriculture & Food Systems to 2050: Global Trends, Challenges and Opportunities.
Massimiliano Borrello (PhD); massimiliano.borrello@unina.it
Massimiliano Borrello is Researcher at the University of Naples Federico II (UNINA, Italy), Department of Agricultural Sciences. He
has a MSc degree in Agricultural Economics and Policy (Centre of Advanced Training, Italy) and a PhD in Improvement and
Management of Agricultural Resources and Forests (UNINA). He is professor of Circular Economy in the MSc in Agricultural
Economics and Policy (Centre of Advanced Training, Italy) and has been invited as lecturer of Regenerative Industrial Design (doctoral
programs of the Corvinus University, Hungary). He is member of the SESS (Social-Ecological Systems Simulation Centre, Denmark).
His current research interests focus on sustainability transitions in the agri-food sector and circular bio-economy innovations. His research
interests are also related to consumer attitudes and behaviors towards sustainable supply chains and business models. He has collaborated
in several research projects and has been PI of a project concerning consumers’ acceptance of fungus resistant grapes funded by the
International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). He is author of 20 articles in ISI/Scopus journals.

Tiziana Pagnani (PhD); tiziana.pagnani@unina.it

Tiziana Pagnani is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Agricultural Economics at the University of Naples Federico II (Italy), Department
of Agricultural Sciences. Her academic qualifications include a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Department of Agricultural
Economics of University of Naples, Federico II, a M.Sc. in International Development Studies (with a specialization in Economics of
Development) at the Wageningen University and Research, a M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics and Policy at the University of Naples,
Federico II and an Advanced University Degree in Environmental and Development Economics from the School of Economics and
Business Studies of Roma Tre University. She has an in-depth knowledge in development economics and experience in econometric
analysis. Her current research interests are related to nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions, agrobiodiversity and integrated pest
disease management.
Camilla Insom (PhD); camilla.insom@uniroma1.it
Camilla Insom is Research Fellow in Iranian Studies at the Department of Classics - DiSA - of Sapienza University of Rome. Her research
topics include transnational education and international cooperation in higher education and its application to international scenarios.
Camilla received her PhD from the Department of Asian, African and Mediterranean Studies of University of Naples "L’Orientale"
University of Naples in 2020, with a thesis on the Kurdish Qadiriyya in Iraqi Kurdistan. In 2018/2019 she was Research Fellow at the
Institute of Regional and International Studies of the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. From 2017 to 2019, she participated in the
cooperation project “Safeguard and Enhancement of Cultural Heritage in Iraqi Kurdistan” of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation and DiSA, and has been a member of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Iraqi Kurdistan of Sapienza
University since 2013.

Adedoyin Adeleke; adedoyin.adeleke@polimi.it

Adedoyin Adeleke is a research fellow within the UNESCO Chair in Energy for Sustainable Development at the Department of Energy,
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy and the Founder-cum- Executive Director of the International Support Network for African
Development (ISNAD-Africa) in Ibadan, Nigeria. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo
University, and a multidisciplinary master’s degree in Energy Studies from University of Ibadan, both in Nigeria. Through doctoral
research, Adedoyin is developing a framework for impact evaluation of energy access on the SDGs in the context of developing countries.
He is in the 2018 40 Under 40 list of Changemakers in the global solar energy industry (Renewable Energy World, USA) and also the
first African to be named in 30 Under 30 list of Changemakers in Environmental Education (North America Association for
Environmental Education, USA). He is among the Top 100 Shakers and Movers in e-learning in Africa as rated by Bob Little Press and
Public Relations, United Kingdom. He is initiated diverse social impact programmes with footprint in 22 African Countries. He is a
recipient of various scholarships, grants and fellowships from diverse institutions and organisations across the globe