Activities in the month of March are framed by several policy documents and initiatives.
The Strategic Framework Global Engagementwas launched in 2022 following an intensive institution-wide reflection. Among other things, the Strategic Framework focuses on updated perspectives on international partnerships, decolonisation and critical global citizenship. The university chooses to evolve from a narrow focus on poverty in the Global South to a broad focus on multidimensional sustainability and justice challenges.
In 2023, the five Flemish universities signed the VLIR-JA declaration of commitment around ethnic cultural diversity and inclusion in higher education. It concretises the efforts universities can take to further promote ethnic-cultural diversity and inclusion within the fields of student affairs, education, human resources and research at the 5 Flemish universities.
The Palestine-Israel websiteaims to bring together all information on collaborations, impact on well-being and contributions to the public debate.
The Diversity & Inclusion Policy Plan to be launched in 2025 gives the most complete overview possible of the ambitions and concrete efforts UAntwerp intends to make in the coming years in the field of diversity and inclusion and builds on the many efforts around diversity and inclusion already made in previous years.