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Open letter to United Nations and world governments in regard to Summit of the Future and Pact for the Future

KM4Dev, RealKM, & K4DP call for the urgent application of multiple knowledges to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This open letter was published as part of the RealKM-KM4Dev-K4DP knowledge management (KM) and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) campaign. It was signed by more than 130 people from the global KM community. A copy of the RealKM-KM4Dev-K4DP 12 February 2024 submission on the zero draft of the Pact for the Future is attached to the open letter.

Open letter to the United Nations and world governments in regard to the Summit of the Future and Pact for the Future

Bruce Boyes

Bruce Boyes is editor, lead writer, and a director of RealKM Magazine and winner of the International Knowledge Management Award 2025 (Individual Category). He is an experienced knowledge manager, environmental manager, project manager, communicator, and educator, and holds a Master of Environmental Management with Distinction and a Certificate of Technology (Electronics). His many career highlights include: establishing RealKM Magazine as an award-winning resource with more than 2,500 articles and 5 million reader views, leading the knowledge management (KM) community KM and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiative, using agile approaches to oversee the on time and under budget implementation of an award-winning $77.4 million recovery program for one of Australia's iconic river systems, leading a knowledge strategy process for Australia’s 56 natural resource management (NRM) regional organisations, pioneering collaborative learning and governance approaches to empower communities to sustainably manage landscapes and catchments in the face of complexity, being one of the first to join a new landmark aviation complexity initiative, initiating and teaching two new knowledge management subjects at Shanxi University in China, and writing numerous notable environmental strategies, reports, and other works.

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2 Comments

  1. An important requirement for all of us in the KM Field to endorse this and help make the changes

  2. Indeed the multiple knowledges, including indigenous knowledge, will accelerate the attainment of SDGs

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