SDG 17: Partnerships to achieve the goals

UNIVERSEH

Since 2022, UNamur has joined the European UNIVERSEH alliance. In all its aspects (science, engineering, economics, business, social sciences and humanities, patenting and innovation, entrepreneurship, science and medicine, art and culture), and through teaching and research, UNIVERSEH will contribute to the European education area, to economic and industrial growth, to solving key societal challenges, and to making the space sector more sustainable, to ensure that the EU remains a world leader in space.

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Uniservitate

Uniservitate is an organization whose aim is to promote Service-Learning in Catholic higher education institutions worldwide. UNamur is one of thirty universities supported by the Uniservitate network. It therefore benefits from support in institutionalizing Service-Learning. The network is organized into 7 regions: Asia and Oceania, Latin America, North America, North-West Europe, South-West Europe, Central-East Europe and Middle East, and Africa. Each is chaired by a "responsible" institution, a central hub.

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European University Association (EUA)

As a member of the European University Association, UNamur participates in debates and reflections on the role of educational institutions in climate change and sustainability.

More info here.

Kircher network

The University of Namur was founded in 1831 by the Society of Jesus. Jesuit values and educational tradition still guide the University today. These include openness, excellence, sustainability and freedom. It is a member of the Kirche network, a network of higher education institutions linked to the Society of Jesus in Europe and the Near East. The institutions aim to offer a different kind of education. An integral formation of the individual based on the Ignatian charism that promotes four dimensions: utilitas, humanitas, iustitia and, above all, fides.

More info here.

The International Relations Department: projects, partnerships and networks

Philippines studies project

The University of Namur has been chosen by the Philippine government, along with seven other universities worldwide, to promote the various facets of Philippine studies in Belgium and Europe. This program highlights the collaborations that researchers at the University of Namur have developed with several Philippine universities and researchers. It also contributes to the promotion of Philippine studies at an international level. It includes several themes and activities that will run until June 2023, and is also an opportunity to explore new avenues of collaboration at the academic, cultural and political levels. Learn more.

Academic Cooperation

The Academic Cooperation between Rwanda and Belgium celebrates this year 20 years of collaboration and mutual commitment between the universities of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and the University of Rwanda. With the support of the Académie de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur (ARES) and in partnership with the Belgian Development Cooperation, the architects of this cooperation have patiently and tenaciously forged strong links.

Partnerships

The University of Namur has established institutional or faculty agreements with foreign partners. It is also a member of several international associations. More info here.

The networks

• Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)
• European University Association (EUA)
• Federation of European Catholic Universities(FUCE)
• International Federation of Catholic Universities (FIUC)
• International Association of Jesuit Business Schools (IAJBS)
• UNESCO (Palestinian European American Cooperation in Education)
• OECD Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE)

Le Service Vie de la Communauté Universitaire (Vécu)

Le Vécu's mission is to inform and welcome students, with the aim of helping them integrate and flourish during their stay at the university. In the current context, enabling students and staff alike to get involved in civic action and solidarity is one of UNamur's priorities. Learn more.

Heart of the Forest - UbiCast project

For the past two years, UbiCast, supplier of the in-auditorium recording solution deployed at UNamur, has replaced its end-of-year "goodies" with participation in reforestation projects. This year, UNamur is sponsoring 22 trees located on a project plot in Bolivia.

L'Assemblée Générale des Étudiants (AGE)

UNamur collaborates with the AGE to pursue certain policies for sustainable development. For example, the generalization of reusable cups at campus events or biodiversity and conviviality at Bon Pasteur. Learn more about AGE.

Le Forum Universitaire de Coopération Internationale et de Développement (FUCID)

FUCID is a development education NGO active on the Namur campus, offering conferences, awareness-raising trips e.a., with the aim of bringing about sustainable, individual and collective changes in behavior and values at the social, economic and environmental levels, and also developing citizenship and solidarity attitudes. Find out more.

Sustainable education

Numerous initiatives exist within UNamur in education related to sustainable development, in fields as varied as economics, law, computer science, physical, chemical and biological sciences, medical and biomedical sciences, geography, philosophy, history, continuing teacher training, language teaching, North-South cooperation.... Learn more about sustainable education.

Sustainable research

The University of Namur is involved in initiatives to pool research equipment:

• The Technological Platform of Excellence BIOGREEN
• The Research Platform for the Energy-transition

Team mentorship - The career of future PhD holders

Specifically dedicated to future PhD holders, Team Mentorship is an inter-university program that aims to support junior researchers (First Stage Researcher (R1)) from all fields of scientific research in the development and refinement of their professional project, whether in the university (academic) scientific environment or outside it, in the private, public and associative sectors. Find out more.

In the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB)

UNamur, like the 5 other FWB universities, is present on various ARES commissions:

• CAR | Commission d'aide à la réussite
• CCD | Commission de la Coopération au Développement
• CDD | Commission développement durable
• CESI | Commission de l'Enseignement Supérieur Inclusif
• COFOC | Commission de la Formation Continue et de l'Apprentissage tout au long de la vie
• COM | Commission de la mobilité des étudiants et du personnel
• COVEDAS | La Commission Vie Etudiante, Démocratisation et Affaires Sociales
• CRI | Commission Relations Internationales

UNamur, like the other 5 FWB universities, is present on various "Gender" committees and networks:

• Gender contact persons
• Comité Femmes et Sciences
• CoGES | Commission Genre en Enseignement Supérieur de l'ARES
• GAS | Groupe Genre, Activité, Santé
• Réseau Sophia | Réseau belge des études de genre

Le Conseil économique, social et environnemental de Wallonie (CESE)

UNamur is represented in various Pôles of the CESE, as are the other 5 FWB universities.

Science Policy Pole: the Science Policy Pole is an advisory body responsible for issuing opinions on Science, Research and Innovation Policy at the request of the Walloon Government or on its own initiative. It deals with issues concerning Science Policy, Research and Innovation in the Walloon Region, at the initiative of the Walloon Government. Find out more.

Housing Pole: the Housing Pole is a consultative body responsible for issuing opinions, making observations, suggestions, proposals or recommendations on housing matters at the request of the Walloon Government or on its own initiative. Find out more.

Le Réseau Scité

Le Confluent des Savoirs (CDS) is UNamur's center for scientific culture and knowledge dissemination. Providing accessible knowledge, inviting scientists to bridge the gap between their research and the general public, means creating or restoring a dialogue between science and society, and addressing today's issues and challenges. The CDS is one of the players in the Réseau Scité: the inter-university network linking the five science dissemination units of the FWB Universities. Learn more.

STEAMULI

Space for activities in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics in collaboration with various partners active within the Province of Namur (including UNamur) with the particular aim of arousing the interest of young people, and particularly girls, in STEM subjects. Find out more.

Namur Europe Wallonie (NEW)

Namur Europe Wallonie (NEW) is an association of which UNamur is a member, whose aim is to develop a territorial and institutional marketing policy aimed at promoting Namur as the Capital of a creative, collaborative, innovative and sustainable region, and in this context to include it in appropriate international networks where necessary. Learn more.

Get Up Wallonia!

The Get up Wallonia! dynamic was born out of the emergencies linked to the Covid-19 crisis and aims to prepare the future of the Region and its citizens. After a citizen consultation in November 2020 and the work of Task Forces made up of experts in the field, institutional players and social partners, the Strategic Council submitted its report broken down into 51 actions and 18 measures. Our Rector, Annick Castiaux, is a member of this Strategic Council. Learn more.

Ville de Namur - CADNamurois

To support it in defining and implementing a more environmentally sustainable and socially just agri-food policy, the Ville de Namur has set up its Conseil agroalimentaire durable (CADNamurois). This assembly aims to be a space for dialogue, reflection and proposals on everything to do with food and agriculture. It brings together key players in the sector, and can also welcome citizens interested in the topic via working groups that will be set up. UNamur is one of them. Learn more.

The Green Deal

With the Green Deal and collaboration with Happy Hour Market, UNamur is committed to making campus food sustainable and local. UNamur's project kots Biokot(biodiversity), Kotélocal(short circuits) and CoKot (solidarity meals) work in collaboration with the Ceinture Alimentaire Namuroise, Happy Hour Market and Paysansans-Artisans on this same issue.

Reinette & Co

UNamur has a significant fruit heritage on the Domaine d'Haugimont. This heritage, soon to be a century old, is a marvellous example of how Man, Animal and Plant have been working together for decades. This orchard-grazed ecosystem is an ancient agro-ecological model that meets many of the environmental, societal and climatic challenges of the future. As such, it must be preserved, redeveloped, enhanced and used as a laboratory for life, production and awareness-raising. A partnership with Reinette & Co has been set up to achieve these goals.

Parc National de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse

With its expertise in geology and biodiversity conservation, UNamur is one of the partners of the new Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse National Park designated by the Walloon Government. Alongside the other players and supporters of the project, UNamur will make its knowledge and experience available to enhance and preserve this exceptional natural heritage.
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Awareness-raising actions

Chaire Notre-Dame de la Paix

Conference cycle 2022-2023 | Commons and common good(s): an articulation for a new model of society?

Conference 2023-2024| 60 years of pacem in terris: is there still a place for peace today?

Chaire 2024-2025 | Caring for people, the living, the earth - Health in transition for the common good

Printemps des Sciences 2024

Conference | Space exploration: sustainable?