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The second stage was called Principles, Diagnosis and Guidelines (PDG), which
included research scholarship students on the team through an integrated and multidisciplinary scientific initiation project, as well as new undergraduate students,
masters and volunteer teachers divided in three working groups. In this phase, much
debate regarding PDG with the community of PUC-Rio took place with the participation of about 200 students and teachers during the XXII Environmental Week (EW)
of PUC-Rio in 2016. From the meetings held, the “sensitivity diagnosis” surveys and
new discussions were conducted.
The third step was called Goals and Projects (GP). At this stage, the campaign
for dissemination and the call for collaborative participation was intensified. The
virtual participation environment and working groups continued active, as well as
the general meeting for discussion of the PDG established in the second stage and
the proposal of the goals and projects that occurred in the EW of 2017 (about 200
participants again). The fourth and last step, called Indicators and Monitoring (IM),
focused on the preparation of indicators and strategies for monitoring or follow-up
of the implementation of the agenda and updating its goals and projects.
In its final format, currently being revised for publication, the Agenda comprises
three volumes. The first one is the Social and Environmental Agenda itself, which
includes Principles, Diagnosis (summary), Guidelines, Goals, Indicators and Strategies for Monitoring and Governance. The second one presents the portfolio of projects
to be executed and managed to reach the goals, according to the collective construction of the community. The separation of this volume from the first one was strategic
to guarantee the durability of volume one and to allow for the dynamic updating
required for the project portfolio. The third volume is a record of the whole process, acting as the work’s calculation memory, including the theoretical discussions,
the complete diagnosis and additional information about the whole complementary
process to the Agenda.
The collaborative and inclusive work of reviewing and expanding the PUC-Rio
Agenda has as its background four fundamental topics: (i) understanding the document as a management tool able to collaborate for effective governance of sustainability in the university; (ii) the importance of a curriculum that addresses social and
environmental issues; (iii) the need to carry out and disseminate scientific research
on the themes of the Agenda and dedicated to socio-environmental sustainability;
and (iv) the development and monitoring of projects related to the sustainability of
the campus and collaborate to achieve the established goals. These topics focus specially on the challenges and opportunities of the new PUC-Rio Socio-environmental
Agenda.
In order to reach its objective, this article is divided into two chapters and presents
a preliminary conclusion regarding the experience of PUC-Rio in the implementation
of the sustainability in the campus. The first chapter shows a theoretical review of
global concepts and resolutions that surround universities as potential centers for
promoting sustainability. The second chapter shows and discusses the obstacles and
opportunities found in the implementation of the PUC-Rio Socio-environmental
Agenda.
M. F. C. Lemos et al.
The second stage was called Principles, Diagnosis and Guidelines (PDG), which
included research scholarship students on the team through an integrated and multidisciplinary scientific initiation project, as well as new undergraduate students,
masters and volunteer teachers divided in three working groups. In this phase, much
debate regarding PDG with the community of PUC-Rio took place with the participation of about 200 students and teachers during the XXII Environmental Week (EW)
of PUC-Rio in 2016. From the meetings held, the “sensitivity diagnosis” surveys and
new discussions were conducted.
The third step was called Goals and Projects (GP). At this stage, the campaign
for dissemination and the call for collaborative participation was intensified. The
virtual participation environment and working groups continued active, as well as
the general meeting for discussion of the PDG established in the second stage and
the proposal of the goals and projects that occurred in the EW of 2017 (about 200
participants again). The fourth and last step, called Indicators and Monitoring (IM),
focused on the preparation of indicators and strategies for monitoring or follow-up
of the implementation of the agenda and updating its goals and projects.
In its final format, currently being revised for publication, the Agenda comprises
three volumes. The first one is the Social and Environmental Agenda itself, which
includes Principles, Diagnosis (summary), Guidelines, Goals, Indicators and Strategies for Monitoring and Governance. The second one presents the portfolio of projects
to be executed and managed to reach the goals, according to the collective construction of the community. The separation of this volume from the first one was strategic
to guarantee the durability of volume one and to allow for the dynamic updating
required for the project portfolio. The third volume is a record of the whole process, acting as the work’s calculation memory, including the theoretical discussions,
the complete diagnosis and additional information about the whole complementary
process to the Agenda.
The collaborative and inclusive work of reviewing and expanding the PUC-Rio
Agenda has as its background four fundamental topics: (i) understanding the document as a management tool able to collaborate for effective governance of sustainability in the university; (ii) the importance of a curriculum that addresses social and
environmental issues; (iii) the need to carry out and disseminate scientific research
on the themes of the Agenda and dedicated to socio-environmental sustainability;
and (iv) the development and monitoring of projects related to the sustainability of
the campus and collaborate to achieve the established goals. These topics focus specially on the challenges and opportunities of the new PUC-Rio Socio-environmental
Agenda.
In order to reach its objective, this article is divided into two chapters and presents
a preliminary conclusion regarding the experience of PUC-Rio in the implementation
of the sustainability in the campus. The first chapter shows a theoretical review of
global concepts and resolutions that surround universities as potential centers for
promoting sustainability. The second chapter shows and discusses the obstacles and
opportunities found in the implementation of the PUC-Rio Socio-environmental
Agenda.