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Solidarity and foundationsThe General FoundationThe primordial aim of the General Foundation is to cooperate in the accomplishment of the targets of University of Valencia. As to its main objectives are supporting education, research, cultural
dissemination, and the overall human development of potential recipients
through different action lines:
The General Foundation is an important cultural tool for Universitat and fulfils its tasks through these centres:
The General Foundation also manages the following programmes:
The General Foundation supports other cultural and social schemes, too:
GENERAL FOUNDATION OF UNIVERSITY
The University-Business Foundation ADEITThe Social Council of Universitat promoted the creation of the Valencian University-Business Foundation as a communication channel between Universitat and its socioeconomic context. In this manner, the Foundation has given way to vast collaboration with companies, institutions and entities. This has created an action line which has brought important progress along and a clear contribution to the enhancement of Universitat functions in society. In addition, the University-Business Foundation develops other tasks such as promoting studies, organising postgraduate and specialisation courses, managing company placements, or participating in European programmes. The agreement currently in force between Universitat and the University-Business
Foundation establishes their joint work in different collaboration
programmes, such as the promotion and distribution of research and
technological development, the organisation and management of postgraduate
and specialisation courses, the coordination of company placements,
the employment and business creation programme, the management of
the employment plans, and the participation in the Leonardo programme
for Universitat lecturer and student exchanges, as well as other
international cooperation projects. University-Business Foundation ADEIT
The Cavanilles Foundation for Tourism StudiesTogether with Universitat d’Alacant and Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, Universitat of València is a member of the Cavanilles Foundation. This organism was set up with the sponsorship of Generalitat Valenciana (Valencian Government) with a view to promoting the study and research of tourism, among other things. The head office is in Universitat d’Alacant, although there are two more offices at University of Valencia and Universitat Jaume I. CAVANILLES FOUNDATION
Solidarity: The South-North Trust
Set up in 1991 with the aim of disseminating the objectives in Article 4 in the Statutes of University of Valencia, the Trust wants to strengthen the commitment of university to add to the intellectual and material development of the different peoples, and to the defence of the environment and peace. The programme goals of the Trust are to promote training, awareness, and commitment from new values, and to implement cooperation actions for development and solidarity with less favoured countries. The South-North Trust takes part in the coordination of the programme and budget 0.7 The ‘Nau’ of Solidarity. These are the action programmes: Fee exemption for studentsOn a yearly basis, the Trust offers funds for enrolment fees for students from developing countries who have kept their nationalities and carry out official studies of either 1st, 2nd or 3rd cycles in the Universitat centres. Application forms can be picked up from the centre offices together with the enrolment envelope. The deadline for submission is that established for enrolment in each centre. The help accounts for 35 or 60% of the total enrolment fee, depending on the academic records and eligibility of the applicant. Cooperation development projectsThe Trust coordinates, advises, and manages cooperation projects initiated by different University of Valencia bodies and the General Foundation. The projects are usually funded by different public institutions through the existing calls where the selected cooperation projects are submitted. By contributing 0.7% of the payrolls of the university members, a pluri-annual development project is implemented. So far the funds have gone to the University of León in Nicaragua. University cooperationIn cooperation with other university organisations and Development NGOs, different activities and awareness campaigns are jointly organised, based on management skills and the articulation of projects and initiatives in which cooperation and development lecturers and specialists take part. The Trust participates in the Solidarity Commission of the Joan Lluís Vives Institute university network and coordinates an academic inter-university project in Prishtina University in Kosovo. TrainingSponsored by Bancaixa, this programme selects lecturers and specialists from other countries every year by means of an international merit and education project tender aimed at departments, institutes and teaching units from University of Valencia. The training offer involves the discussion of cooperation and solidarity topics from global positions, taking into account emerging values and reflections. Attendance to international meetings is also foreseen, like the Porto Alegre Social Forum, or the incorporation of the conclusions of the Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Barcelona or the Aalborg Charter for sustainable cities. The selected candidates develop specific training offers: The Unesco Professorship for Development Studies, through which
visiting lecturers The Mediterranean Professorship organises courses, lectures, and public events on current affairs, as well as on the analysis and mutual knowledge of Mediterranean countries, research and action lines being proposed by the visiting lecturers. The South-North Trust organises an inter-university postgraduate course on Cooperation for Development jointly with the Valencian state universities, the Valencian Agency for Cooperation, and the ADEIT Foundation. The 4th edition of this postgraduate course will start in October 2004. Publications and researchWith the aim of promoting the dissemination of works on South-North matters, a publishing collection was created, La Nau solidària. Several titles have already been published on cooperation from the Valencian viewpoint, human rights, and the analysis of development variables from sustainability viewpoints. Under the name “Manuel Castillo”, the South-North Trust offers three yearly grants to University of Valencia students for research on `cooperation and solidarity, and a Peace Essay Award every three years. For information on the rules, see the Trust’s website. Documentation and informationThe Trust runs a specialised documentation centre, Infosud, with more than 4,000 entries; technical staff provide advice on information access, documentation and literature on cooperation, eco-development, and south-north relations with special reference to Latin America and the Mediterranean region (for information, see the library and documentation centre section in this guide).
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The South-North Trust Solidarity and Culture is a special trust
of the General Foundation of University of Valencia whose
activities focus on university cooperation.
deliver monographic courses, disseminate new research
values, and put forward initiatives for university community members
to work on eco-development matters.