March 2025

On March 28, UNAVEX hosted its 5th Virtual Exchange (VE) Day, themed “Design in the Ecological Transition.” The plenary address was given by Prof. Ezio Manzini, Honorary Professor at Milan Polytechnic. He emphasized that “often, the challenge is not about creating new inventions but about better applying existing technologies to local conditions.” Following his presentation, […]

On March 20, UNAVEX hosted the 4th Virtual Exchange (VE) Day under the theme “Social and economic sustainability”. The plenary speech was delivered by Mr. Evans Njewa, representing the focal Point for the Government of Malawi. Following his presentation, Mr. Njewa answered students’ questions. The event was chaired by Dr. Julie Metta-Versmessen from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL).

The UNAVEX  project will be presented as oral presentation at the EGU General Assembly 2025 (Vienna, Austria) in session EOS2.5 “From real-world data and perception to climate change education: A call to action” (see session details: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/52056). The title of presentation is “Virtual Exchanges and Climate Education as a Tool for European Partnership Development for

On March 14, UNAVEX hosted the 3rd  Virtual Exchange (VE) Day under the theme “Ecological sustainability”. The plenary speech was delivered by Prof. Daniel Olago, University of Nairobi. Following his presentation, Prof. Olago answered students’ questions on ecological services. The event was chaired by Dr. Solomon Derese from the University of Nairobi. Initially, over 2,000

On March 7, UNAVEX hosted the second Virtual Exchange (VE) Day under the theme “Sustainable Development in Politics.” The plenary speech was delivered by former President of Finland, Mrs. Tarja Halonen. Following her speech, President Halonen answered students’ questions on equality and SDG goals. Mrs. Halonen addressed the importance of social justice in our societies.