HumAct é um projeto de 3 anos financiado pelo Programa Erasmus+ Capacity Building para o Ensino Superior e é coordenado pelo ISCTE –Instituto Universitário de Lisboa., tendo como parceiros: a Universidade Nacional e Kapodistriana de Atenas, Universidade de Cabo Verde e a Universidade de Santiago, de Cabo Verde e a Universidade Pedagógica, Universidade de Pungué e Universidade de Rovuma, de Moçambique. O principal objetivo do projeto é aumentar a capacidade das instituições de ensino superior na área da Ação Humanitária (AH) em relação a mudanças climáticas e deslocamentos nos países parceiros, especificamente em Cabo Verde e Moçambique, em colaboração com instituições dos países do programa, como Grécia e Portugal.  Os objetivos específicos são:   • Aumentar a resposta do ensino superior no que diz respeito a conteúdos relevantes pra a AH  • Promover a investigação de docentes e alunos relativamente a AH  • Desenvolver as estratégias pedagógicas dos docentes • Fortalecer o envolvimento das comunidades   

Population growth, increased prosperity and rapid urbanization are bringing global demand for natural resources to a point increasingly beyond the Earth’s carrying capacity. Together with climate change, those pressures are causing significant environmental degradation in many parts of the planet. Latin America is particularly vulnerable. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) constitute urgent calls and drivers for higher education to be part of future generations of engaged citizens aware of their role in creating fair and healthy societies. The Change the Climate project addresses three main needs: environmental management at all levels of higher education activities, integration of environmental management with sustainability strategies and institutional quality management, and customized strategies for sustainability in education. The project’s main goal is to increase Latin-American University’s contribution to Sustainable Development, through the implementation of environmental systematic practices and quality processes in alignment with the UN SDGs, improving the management and operations of higher education institutions.  The project will deliver tools and guides for environmental impact analysis and SDGs mapping in campus operations and educational activities. An environmental management system will be implemented in each partner university decreasing their environmental impact; sustainability awareness will be assessed thoughout the academic communities; strategies for sustainability in higher education will be developed for curricula improvement; and a common open online course on sustainability will be created in English, Spanish and Portuguese. The project’s impact will reach stakeholders beyond the project partnership at local, regional and national levels contributing to behavioural change for sustainable futures.

This project, supported by Portugal 2020 funds, aims to support BRU-Iscte institutional capacities in submitting applications to European competitive funding, namely within the Horizon 2020 programme. With this support, BRU-Iscte has drafted a strategic plan for 2019-2022 with regards to the submission of applications to competitive European funding schemes in areas of key interest for BRU research activities.