February 12, 2025
Read moreDr. Črtomir Tavzes, InnoRenew CoE researcher and Aleš Oven, Senior advisor to Rector at the University of Primorska, participated at the 8th consultative conference about the knowledge platform: “Greening Higher Education”.
The conference started with an opening address by Mr. Urban Kodrič, Acting Director-General at the Higher Education Directorate and Mr. Andrej Gnezda, Director General at the Directorate for Climate Policy.
After the presentation of eVodnik, an online tool for greening of higher education and the presentation of the Green Deal Plan for universities, the first panel discussion took place. Dr. Črtomir Tavzes participated in the discussion about approaches for greening the higher education curriculum. Later, Aleš Oven presented the activities and efforts of the University of Primorska in a panel discussion on promoting more sustainable approaches to mobility in higher education.
The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation organised the conference to discuss interesting practices, challenges and opportunities for transformative approaches in two important segments of higher education greening – curriculum and mobility.
The Knowledge Platform is an initiative of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation to establish a more sustainable framework for keeping stakeholders regularly informed about current European initiatives, as well as for collaboration, co-creation and exchange in the fields of higher education, research and innovation. In this way, they aim to strengthen the co-design and joint implementation of policies in these fields, to support the integration of the Slovenian higher education, research and innovation area into the European space, to effectively promote synergies between the fields and to build together a knowledgeable society that can make a significant contribution to the well-being of citizens.