WDC project nominated for NST Sustainability Award

The global concept of sustainable development is built on the necessity of striking a balance between the satisfaction of the current needs of humankind and protection of the interests of future generations, including their need for the safe and healthy environment.

To raise awareness of the global devastation of the world's vital natural and non-renewable resources, as well as to make their contribution to an improvement in the quality of life on the planet, members of the Nobel family of a Swedish descent made the decision to establish the Nobel Sustainability Trust (NST).

The NST founders believe that the economic and social health of civilization largely depend on the availability of energy, and a sustainable approach to agriculture, forestry, industrial manufacturing and water reclamation. This requires substantial intellectual and financial efforts.

The objective of the NST is to provide assistance in this very direction.

In accordance with the partnership agreement between the Kiev Polytechnic Institute named for Igor Sikorsky and NST, the Igor Sikorsky KPI was identified as the NST Representative in Ukraine, and work of the Secretariat of the National Nomination Committee has been organized at this university.

The National Nomination Committee of Ukraine includes noted scientists who enjoy prestige and confidence in academic circles, and their scientific interests are within the realm of the NST mission. Among them are Boris Paton, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) and Head of the Committee; Anton Naumovets, First Vice-President of the NASU; Mikhail Zgurovsky, Rector of Igor Sikorsky KPI; and Sergei Sidorenko, corresponding member of NASU.

The meeting of the National Nomination Committee of Ukraine on the NST Sustainability Award was held under the chairmanship of Boris Paton on February 20.

The Committee reviewed the results of the examination of works submitted by Ukrainian institutions and scientists to participate in the national stage of the first 2018-2019 competition for the NST Sustainability Award, particularly the Institute of Cybernetics under the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics, etc.

After considering the results of the examination by experts, the Committee has decided to nominate the local project "Development of the Online Platform for Systems Analysis and Scenario Planning of Sustainable Development for Countries and Regions of the World in the Context of Quality and Security of Human Life" for the next stage of the review and selection of top nominees. This project was drawn up by the World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development (WDC).

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