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This text highlights Universidad Veracruzana's commitment to society and the environment, focusing on sustainability efforts. The university's reforms, including an educational model based on professional skills and integral training, promote the generation and utilization of knowledge for sustainability. With a master plan for sustainability and various research centers in fields like nanotechnology and climate change, the university acts as a hub for knowledge transfer and societal benefit. Through outreach programs to the productive and governmental sectors, as well as intercultural initiatives, Universidad Veracruzana aims to promote equitable knowledge distribution and support regional development. Core strategies like SUMA for environmental management and programs for education on sustainability underscore the university's dedication to environmental stewardship and community engagement.
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Sustainability: Universitycommitmenttosociety and theenvironment Madrid, June 2011
Veracruz • Synthesis of Mexico: coexistence of economic, social and cultural potentialfacedwithconditions of poverty and marginalization of itspopulation
Schools 1 System of open education 32 Research Centers 2 TechnologyLaboratories 1 AnthropologyMuseum 6 Language Centers Auto-access centers forlanguagelearning 1 Departament of ForeignLanguages 2 Centers for musical initiation 6 Free Art Schools 1 SchoolforForeignStudents 1 Gynaecology and Obstetry Hospital School 4 Intercultural University Centers 8OutreachUniversityHouses 1 Art Gallery 7 Library and InformationServicesUnits
“Progressisnotpossiblewithoutinformation, informationisnotpossiblewithoutknowledge and knowledgeisnotpossiblewithouteducation” Carlos Fuentes “Knowledge: thecurrency of our time”
No globalizationworkswithout a single villagethatdoesn’t The gap betweendevelopment and underdevelopmenttendstogetwider Knowledgeessencially determines thecompetitiveness of individuals, businesses, regions and countries
UniversityCommittment • Contributetobuilding a more equitable and lessunequalsociety of knowledge, relatedtotheproblems of ournations • Supportthegeneration, appropriation and utilization of knowledgeforsustainability • Convertthecreation and transference of knowledgeinto a toolforsociety’sownbenefit
Universidad Veracruzana Reforms • Educationalmodelbasedonprofessionalskills, self-learning and integral training • Technologicalsupportthroughthe use of information and communicationtechnologies • Culture of transparency, accesstoinformation and accountability • Promotion of the social distribution of knowledge • Master plan forsustainability
Universidad Veracruzana is home to 32 research centers and technologylaboratories in varios fieldsincluding • Nanotechnology • Historic-Social Sciences / Anthropology • Neuroethology • Tropical Research • Ecology and Fisheries • Biomedics • Medicinal Plants • ClimateChange
TheUniversityHousesprovide a spaceforuniversityoutreachwheretheprofessional training of ourstudentsispriveleged and thedistribution of knowledgeispromoted Facilitieswith medical services, laboratories and digital centers Social Outreach
Universidad Veracruzana’s Intercultural University • Intercultural Regional Centers • Huasteca (Ixhuatlán de Madero) • Totonacapan (Espinal) • Grandes Montañas (Tequila) • Las Selvas (Huazuntlán municipio de • Mecayapan)
OutreachtotheProductive Sector • Small Business Development Centers • UniversityProgramtoSupportEmployment • ProductiveDiversificationProgram
OutreachtotheGovernmental Sector • Network of MetropolitanObservatories • Veracruz ProgramforClimateChange • Statesystemfor natural protectedspecies • Strategicreforestationprogram in Veracruz • Training programsfor municipal officers
AnthropologyMuseum SymphonyOrchestra Editorial house and universitylibrary International universitybookfair International music festival International jazz festival Arts and Culture
Master Plan forSustainability Corestrategies
CoreStrategy I: UniversitySystemfor Environmental Management (SUMA) A set of strategiestoprevent, mitigate, restore and correctenvironmentalimpactsresultingfromuniversityactivity
Areas of action in priorityissues I Management of specialmaterials and residues II Management of residues, leaks and emissions III Appropriate and efficient use of waterresources IV Appropriateand efficient use of energy V Appropriateand efficient use of office supplies VI Management of greenprotectedareas VII Bioclimatics, constructions and maintainence VIII Management of universitytraffic and transport IX Administration and acquisitions X Management of risks and natural disasters
CoreStrategy II: Communication, participation and education of theuniversitycommunity(COMPARTE) Promoteactionsthatupholdtheuniversitycommunitycommittmenttothediverseprogramsforsustainability of and fromtheuniversity
CoreStrategy III: Environmentaldimensionfor sustainability in education (DISCURRE) Directincorporationintotheeducation in allourtechnical diploma, undergraduate and postgraduatedegreeprogramsoffered at UV Profoundrestructurization of curricula in ordertoorientprogramstowardstheanalysis of howprofessionalexperiences are linkedtotheenvironment and sustainability Foster researchintoproblemsthatobstructstate and nationaldevelopmenttowardssustainabilty