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On this page, you'll find a report on all the actions and activities initiated at the University of Namur in connection with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #15: "Life on Earth".
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Discover all publications related to the sustainable development goal "Decent work and economic growth" on the UNamur research portal.
Social impact and actions
Institutional initiatives
Employment practices
UNamur holds the "HRS4R" label attesting that the university does indeed apply the 40 principles of the Researcher's Charter and Recruitment Code. More info here.
- UNamur is committed to paying its employees a decent wage. Salaries follow scales that are public. More info here.
- Structural teleworking: since the Covid 19 pandemic, teleworking has been implemented structurally.
- UNamur has two unions that represent and defend employees, the CNE and SETCA.
Fight against discrimination
UNamur has signed the Diversity Charter of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. It has also developed a Gender plan and a gender policy ensuring the fight against discrimination.
The Centre Médico-Psychologique (CMP)
The CMP organizes health promotion activities, aimed at students. In particular, it offers free psychological consultations, help with stress management, a medical consultation, "health and well-being" actions, support for students with special needs, meditation workshops, "methodo" lunchtimes for EBS students...
Services d'Aide pour les Enfants et Familles de l'UNamur (Asbl SAPEFUN)
SAPEFUN offers several childcare solutions for staff members' children:
- the crèche "FUNny" approved by ONE (Office de la Naissance et de l'Enfance), which welcomes children aged 0 to 3.
- the "Club Temps Libre", ONE-approved after-school care and vacation center for children aged 2 1/2 to 8.
- Sick Child Home Care Service, accessible to children aged 0 to 12, which is currently on hold.
Sports policy
Sports are certainly a form of relaxation, but to be effective, they must take place in a rigorous context. It must promote spontaneity, bodily development, mental and physical balance.
Le Confluent des Savoirs (CDS) - Printemps des sciences
The Confluent des Savoirs (CDS) organizes the Printemps des Sciences every year, and each year proposes themes linked to the protection of biodiversity.
Examples of topics covered in 2022:
The CDS also organized a one-day conference on global warming at Collège Godinne-Burnot.
More info on the Confluent des Savoirs (CDS) here.
The Biokot
Supported by UNamur, the BioKot is the kot-à-projet (KàP) focused on environmental issues and in particular the greening of the Namur campus. The KàP offers activities such as building insect hotels or bird nesting boxes, making seedlings or cleanwalks.
More info on the Facebook page.
A shelter for stray cats
With the aim of ensuring their care, UNamur has developed a shelter for stray cats, in the heart of the university parking lot. More info here.
Collaborations and partnerships
Farm For Good
Farm for Good is an independent non-profit organization in which farmers hold the decision-making power, and define the major strategic orientations. Its business model is based on a balance between remunerative and non-remunerative activities, to ensure its long-term financial sustainability. Initiated by UNamur researcher Clotilde De Montpellier. Learn more.
LUCID
A joint ARES research project to understand the impact of land use, and particularly corn, on people in the Philippines. Learn more.
Research institutes
Institute of Life, Earth and Environment (ILEE)
Research at the Institute of Life, Earth and Environment (ILEE) fits in with several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined by the United Nations. For example, the impact of multiple stress factors and/or pollutants on both organisms and ecosystems is studied, and solutions are sought to strengthen their resistance and resilience and/or limit harmful products.
In addition, by prospecting and characterizing geological resources and integrating human use over the centuries, from antiquity to the current Anthropocene, ILEE contributes to better sustainable management of natural resources, integrating architecture and art in particular. The transition to more sustainable agriculture is investigated through the concept of ecosystem services, using mapping, modeling and integrated assessment. The consequences of climate change on migrations or interactions between the various agents responsible for the transmission of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases are also at the heart of ILEE's research.
Spin-off
e-biom
Created with the support of SPW Research's FIRST Spin-off program, e-biom is a biological and environmental consulting company associated with a multidisciplinary laboratory is specialized in bio-monitoring, ecological and biological studies. Read more.
Fytofend
Created with the support of SPW Research's FIRST Spin-off program, the company specializes in plant protection using elicitors (natural stimulants of plant defenses). The aim is to become the world's #1 elicitor and meet the challenges of the future. Find out more.