The Sustainability Committee of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) joined the World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development, scheduled for March 4, along with global initiatives that highlight the crucial role of engineers in the development of societies.
The event at FEUP will take place between the 4th and 11th of March, starting with a Poster Competition between the various FEUP Student Groups and a lecture in room B032, given by Ulrike Pisiotis, entitled “Why sustainability competences matter – Introducing the GreenComp framework”. Pisiotis, responsible at the European Commission for developing policies to make sustainability a priority in European education, presented the European sustainability guidelines, highlighting the project “GreenComp“.
Furthermore, a report was presented on the EDS@FEUP project, launched in 2022, which aims to consolidate a culture of sustainability in the FEUP community. This project included teacher training and the preparation of new curricular units of transversal skills, impacting more than 3,500 students by the end of this academic year.
Ana Carla Madeira, coordinator of the FEUP Sustainability Commissioner, highlighted the institution’s commitment to Sustainable Development, predicting an increase in participation numbers in the future.
In Lisbon, the Order of Engineers organized the session “Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable World“, highlighting the crucial role of engineering in responding to global challenges.
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