Meeting of the UniGR Council at the University of Liège
The seven partners of the Université de la Grande Région met at the Château de Colonster (ULiege campus) to take stock of current collaborations and outline the future of the consortium.
As a public university open to the world and is anchored in the scientific, cultural and economic development of its region, the University of Liège relies on its three pillars: teaching, research and civic engagement.
ULiège trains responsible citizens who are provided with cutting-edge knowledge and critical thinking, are able to share knowledge and can push forward an increasingly complex world.
ULiège develops and promotes excellence in research, multidisciplinary and direct engagement with its instruction.
Global exposure is a top priority at the University of Liège. The institution offers a wide range of international mobility opportunities to students, researchers and staff, enabling them to enhance their cross-disciplinary skills and language knowledge.
ULiège: an experience of daily living. Located in 3 cities and 4 campuses, the university is a key player in terms of the environment and mobility.
A new three-year agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
The Director of the Brussels Liaison Office of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in Brussels, Rodrigo de Lapuerta, and the Rector of the University of Liège, Pierre Wolper, have renewed the three-year partnership agreement between the two institutions, an agreement first signed in October 2017. This agreement followed on from the bilateral collaborations initiated since 2016 by the FAO with the Faculty of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech.
During the first three years of their partnership, the University of Liège and the FAO worked together throughout the African continent on zoonoses, the link between climate change and migration, rural youth, agriculture, sustainable energy, deforestation, pests and diseases, and food security. FAO also shared field experiences with the students enabling them to work on antimicrobial resistance, forest management and zoonotic diseases.
Through these partnerships with higher education and scientific research actors, FAO continues its work to reduce hunger and malnutrition in the world.
The seven partners of the Université de la Grande Région met at the Château de Colonster (ULiege campus) to take stock of current collaborations and outline the future of the consortium.
ULiège and its partners FOREM and IDELUX are inaugurating a sustainable housing technology platform on the Arlon campus to meet the needs of the wood and construction sectors.
Coordinated by the University of Liège, the project aims to continue to position the Greater Region as a European model for the efficient management of technological resources and waste.