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'TEAM INVOLVED IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS PUBLICATION LIST OF FIGURES, TABLES AND MAPS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS PUBLICATION ABOUT THE AUTHORS GUNI PRESENTATION UNESCO'S INTRODUCTION UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY'S INTRODUCTION UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA BARCELONATECH INTRODUCTION A POEM FOR THE GREAT TURNING EDITORS' INTRODUCTION: KNOWLEDGE, ENGAGEMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIAL CHANGE PART I. THE CONTEXT I.1 Global challenges I.2 Rio+20: 'The Future We Want.' The first global agenda of the XXI century I.2.1 Rio+20: dynamics, governance and sustainable development goals I.3 The world we imagine I.4 Personal transformation and the consciousness revolution. Conscious life design in the holistic-biocentric evolutive model I.5 Higher education in the world: main trends and facts I.6 Timeline of the main statements of community university engagement PART II. GLOBAL ISSUES ON KNOWLEDGE, ENGAGEMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION II.1 Community university engagementengagement PART III. RESEARCH ON KNOWLEDGE, ENGAGEMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION III Community university engagement initiatives: trends and progress PART IV. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IV.1 Moving beyond the ivory tower: the expanding global movement of engaged universities IV.1.1 Global networks on community university engagement IV.2 Knowledge, engagement and higher education in Africa Inside View IV.2.1 Community university engagement in South Africa Inside View IV.2.2 Knowledge, engagement and higher education in Eastern Africa Spotlight Issues IV.2.3 Theatre for development in support of health service delivery in rural Nigeria Spotlight Issues IV.2.4 Implementing the third mission of universities in Africa: contributing to the millennium development goals Spotlight Issues IV.2.5 Women's empowerment and community engagement IV.2.6 Networks on community university engagement in Africa IV.2.7 Good Practices IV.3 Knowledge, engagement and higher education in the Arab States Inside View IV.3.1 The

THE GLOBAL UNIVERSITY NETWORK FOR INNOVATION (GUNi) is composed of more than 208 members including Higher Education UNESCO Chairs, higher education institutions, networks and other institutions that are highly committed to innovation in higher education. GUNi was set up by UNESCO, the United Nations University (UNU) and the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) Spain, which hosts the secretariat. GUNi's mission is to strengthen the role of higher education in society contributing to the renewal of the visions, missions and policies of higher education across the world under a vision of public service, relevance and social responsibility. See more at: http://www.guninetwork.org/

GUNi has previously published four issues of the Higher Education in the World report
(2006, 2007, 2008, 2011).