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  UNESCO Chair on Sustainability (238), established in 1996 at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain)
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Disciplines related to development.


Objectives
  • To promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation activities focused on the interactions between the economic, socio-political, technologic and ecologic spheres.

  • To develop, within the network of universities, an innovative plan having for objective to prepare the students for the careers and ways of life of the 21st century.

  • To promote a dialogue policy among the various stakeholders (State, local authorities, companies, trade unions, scientific community, NGOs, etc.) and to contribute to the formulation of policies of sustainable development.

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Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Website

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News
July 2-4, 2007 (Spain)-International workshop :"Sustainable management of Water: New Tendencies to the purification, Treatment and Evaluation of Quality”, UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Development ,Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona)
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El workshop, organizado por la Red Alfa-TECSPAR, se realizará entre los días 2 y 4 de Julio en Barcelona y Terrassa.
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Documents
Progress report 2000 (short version)
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Documents
Documents 1st International Conference on the Sustainability Measurement and Modelling( November 2006). Available in Spanish.
La Cátedra UNESCO de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña presenta una obra de consulta on-line sobre la sostenibilidad
Documents International Journal of Sustainability, Technology and Humanism
The first edition of the International Journal of Sustainability, Technology and Humanism includes a selection of the 12 best papers presented at the First International Conference on Sustainability Measurement and Modelling (16-17 November 2006, Terrassa) as well as an article on the principles of sustainability by lecturers of this UNESCO Chair.

Websites
Website of the UNESCO Chair in technology, sustainable development and global changes at the UPC (Terrassa)
Presentation of the Chair, activity fields, training and investigation, virtual library and publications of the chair.
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