Global Master’s in Development Practice Secretariat at Earth Institute, Columbia University

The Global Master’s in Development Practice Secretariat was established in response to one of the core recommendations of the International Commission on Education for Sustainable Development Practice funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The year-long Commission was co-chaired by John W. McArthur, CEO & Executive Director of Millennium Promise, and Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and comprised of 20 eminent sustainable development experts and practitioners. Based at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, the Secretariat serves as the umbrella organization overseeing all Global Master’s in Development Practice (MDP) programs and activities worldwide. The Secretariat manages the global network of MDP programs, the network’s first global online course—Global Classrooms: Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Development--and is developing an open source repository for the MDP curriculum and other teaching materials.