2. UA is a community @ a local community
What has the UA been doing at the community during its 40
years of existence?
What is the next step and why is it important?
Project UA@Local.Community
6. UA@local.community for 40 years
UA was born in 1974!
Since the beginning its mission included:
•create knowledge that benefits the individuals and the
society;
•being an actor for the regional development
What has been the involvement with the community?
Some examples!
7. Promoting innovation and well-being
I&D at the Campus
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PT Inovação (IT)
Nokia Siemens (IT)
Sapo
Services and measures to promote cooperation
• UATEC, GrupUNAVE, IDAD, FJJM…, portfolios, Gabinete UniversityOrganizations
Supporting and being supported by the region:
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Aveiro Digital with PT Innovation and the region
Projects with CIRA – Comunidade Intermunicipal da Região de Aveiro
Case study for the QREN Observatory
8. Promoting learning and science valorization
Some projects
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PmatE – Projecto Matemática Ensino
Fábrica de Ciência Viva
Biologia na Noite
CAMBADA, Micro-rato
Olimpíadas de Química
Research Day
Academia de Verão
Campus Junior
Tecla - Torneio Estudantil de Computação multi-Linguagem de Aveiro
Concurso electrónica "Met'Água"
Projecto ÍCARO
Horizontes da Física
9. Promoting culture
Languages courses
GrETUA (teatro experimental)
Centro de Estudos de Jazz
Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras
10. Campus: modernity
Open museum of Portuguese contemporary architecture
(2 PRITZKER)
Sustainable campus (accessibility, energy efficiency,
biodiversity
1100 beds (students and staff)
Volunteerism
12. What to do next!?UA@Local.Community
More visibility (at least for the general community members)
Physical presence in the surrender community
13. Place: Park of Sustainability
Needs: defined together (citizens, local authorities and university
staff)
Actions:
•Social participation and inclusion
•Health and well-being
•Economy
14. Target groups
•Adults with low literacy levels
•Educative community
•Persons with chronic diseases and their families
•Older persons
•All the population …
15. Pilot-Projet / Some activities: 2013-2014
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Ecology and sustainability: nature and biodiversity
How to do an Herbarium?
A nest for a little bird!
Birds in the air!
Trees and math's!
Scientific memories.
Natural paints.
Natural cosmetics.
Walking by the park.
16. Pilot-Projet / Some activities: 2013-2014
2. Social sustainability: civic participation, health and
well-being
•Portuguese language for adults
•Instrumental English
•Community “parliaments”
•How to manage diabetes
•Intergenerational games in the park
•Practicing Chi Kung
•Workshops on ageing well
•Young persons and civic participation
17. Pilot-Projet / Some activities: 2013-2014
3. Economic sustainability: economy and innovation
Workshops:
•Social Innovation
•Managing projects
•Financial literacy
•Publicity: tendencies
•Challenges from the European integration!
18. Some FINAL REMARKS:
In Aveiro the City and the University are together!
Finding innovative ways of promoting each and
everyone well-being and civic participation!
What we want? First we want to do it better. And if
possible we want to do more.
The basis of this proposal is that …
The topics that I will address are:
UA: a community in itself
It has a population of students, staff
Services: restaurant, bank, book shop, …
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Side by side with other communities
And using the map which is at this workshop program
All these communities are part and compose the city of Aveiro
“my city”, where I was borned, where I live, and which I love
UA is at the local community since its birth: 40 years ago, in 1974
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