Técnico’s Studies, Planning and Quality Area (AEPQ) presents a first compilation of the Actions that Técnico performs in contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which, while not exhaustive, illustrates the School’s commitment to the 2030 agenda .
This compilation was prepared based on the assumption that the actions / activities of the School can contribute to the active citizenship of its community and to a greater awareness of the role of each one in the construction of a safer, healthier and more sustainable world.
We encourage the academic community to contribute to the update of this compilation by sending to the email aepq@tecnico.ulisboa.pt action (s) to include and the respective link indicating the SDG to which you contribute (s). Contributions will be included after being validated by the Council for Quality Assurance
We appreciate everyone’s contribution.
Actions that Técnico performs in the contribution to the SDGs
We present a compilation of actions that Técnico carries out in contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals that, while not being exhaustive, illustrate the School’s commitment to the 2030 agenda.
Formal educational
- Doctoral degree in sustainability science – REASOn | REsources, Food and Society
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PhD Program in Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies
Transversal Projects
- Técnico Sustentável Project (Environment – Society – Economy)
Examples of identified actions, classified by Goal (SDG)
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| … we try to ensure that the economic situation is not an impediment to access to higher education and promote awareness in our community. | |
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| … we try to ensure that the economic situation is not an impediment to attendance and experience in higher education and promote awareness in our community.. | |
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| … we guarantee prevention and health care and well-being in our community and we try to ensure that access to health care is not an impediment to attendance and experience in higher education. | |
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| … we promote the quality assurance of the teaching provided at the institution and the identification, capture and dissemination of the best (good) practices of quality management in education. | |
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| … we promote the guarantee of equal opportunities and treatment to the entire academic community in their experience, attendance and work at Tecnico. | |
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| … We make the community aware of the need to make sustainable drinking water and sanitation management available to all.
… We promote research and knowledge on new technologies for water extraction, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies.. |
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Awareness for “conscious” consumption (information written in the bathrooms) Sustainable campus (in Portuguese)
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| …We aware the community to the need for the sustainable use of energy.
… We promote research and knowledge in new technologies that can provide reliable, sustainable and modern sources of energy for all. |
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| … we guarantee decent working conditions in the present and in the future for all workers.
… We work for actions that contribute to a society that is better adapted and structurally capable of leveraging economic development. |
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| … we raise community awareness of the need to build resilient structures, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation.
… we promote research and knowledge in new technologies to build resilient structures, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation. |
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Técnico promotes Technology Transfer, innovation and the creation of start-ups that can have a positive and long-term impact on society. The Tecnico has tools to support entrepreneurship – Program Innovators@Técnico
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| … we promote the awareness of the academic community of the need to reduce inequalities.
… we have developed actions with the aim of reducing inequalities within countries and between countries. |
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Técnico supports students with Special Educational Needs (ENEE), derived from their temporary or prolonged health condition, who attend it and who are covered by the In addition to the existence of groups that aim to promote a more inclusive community, as are examples:
Técnico promotes countless initiatives whose objective is to promote integration and inclusion in the community, as are examples:
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| … we sensitize the community to experience low-impact and sustainable campuses.
.… We promote research and knowledge that contributes to the sustainability of cities and communities. |
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| … … we develop actions that promote sustainable consumption and production patterns.
… we promote research and knowledge in new technologies that enable sustainable production methods.. |
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| … we develop actions that reduce the carbon footprint and reduce the impact of the institution’s activity.
… we promote research and knowledge that contribute to reducing the impact of the activity of families, institutions, organizations, companies and states. |
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| … we promote research and knowledge that contributes to the protection of marine life, the conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. | |
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Scientific areas of ID&I Centers, examples: |
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| … we promote research and knowledge that contributes to the protection and restoration of terrestrial life and promotes the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably managing forests, fighting desertification. | |
| Programmes in the Area of Environment, Energy, Territory Planning and ID&I Centers | |
| … we ensure that the regulations, rules, and internal law of the institution ensure equality, equity, respect and coexistence to and from the whole community.
… we promote the identification, capture and dissemination of the best (good) practices for the transparency of management and management processes of HEIs. |
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Have elected representation of all bodies in the highest governing body of the School and a recognized Student Council.
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| … we promote the establishment of strategic partnerships that frame sustainable development and its objectives in the protocol agenda.
… we promote the identification, capture and dissemination of the best practices in the establishment, protocol for the development of interinstitutional partnerships. |
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Tenico Lisboa is involved in several international cooperation projects, both as coordinator and as a participating institution, which translates its ability to establish partnerships with universities from different countries for the implementation of projects worldwide. Tecnico is a member of several international networks that facilitate the mobility of students and researchers and the development of collaborative programs and projects
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