III Global Symposium Uniservitate

The III Global Symposium Uniservitate will take place on 27 and 28 October in Rome.

Isabel Capeloa Gil, President of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, will be one of the speakers at the opening session of the Symposium, which will take place on 27 October at 8am. This session will also include the participation of Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, Francesco Bonini (Rector of LUMSA), Carmela Di Agresti (LUMSA), Richard Brosse (Portfolio Manager Vital Catholic Thought, Porticus), María Rosa Tapia (Uniservitate programme-CLAYSS) and moderated by Enrique Ochoa (Executive Director, CLAYSS).

On 28 October, at 8am, the Service-Learning experience of UCP will be presented in the session "Service-learning and Global Compact on Education".

In the scope of the Uniservitate Award 2022, the Universidade Católica Portuguesa will receive an honorable mention for the project "Capacitar para proteger", on the second day of the Symposium. The project is part of the CApS project: Universidade Católica and Service-Learning: Innovation and Social Responsibility, which started in January 2020 involving the 4 campi of the University.

The UNISERVITATE Award seeks to promote quality Service-Learning practices carried out by Catholic Higher Education Institutions, recognizing experiences that represent effective contributions to the solution of socio-environmental problems, identified and addressed in solidarity with organizations and community members.

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