THE LATEST FROM THE NGO ECLOSIO Located at the intersection of the university community and civil society, Eclosio, the University of Liège’s NGO, aims to promote the agro-ecological transition, foster the socio-economic integration of vulnerable populations and encourage civic commitment in the face of societal and climate challenges. For 2023-24, we are highlighting three actions that are making a significant contribution to the social and environmental transition. Campus in Action Project: an inter-university exchange to raise awareness of the links between racism and ecology Over a weekend in November 2023, the project brought together 30 students from UMONS and Uni4Coop, a consortium of French-speaking Belgian university NGOs (including the ULiège NGO Eclosio), to gain a better understanding of the common issues linked to racism and ecology, and more specifically to decolonial ecology. The discussions helped to identify ways of getting involved and mobilising in the face of these systemic issues. Participatory methodologies and educational tools, such as the survey of the book ‘L’écologie pirate’ by Fatima Ouassak and the docu-debate ‘Décolonisons l’écologie’ with Daha Diallo (president of the ADEV association and coordinator of OVO in Senegal) helped to mobilise and involve students through collective reflection, as well as workshops led by Francine Beya and Brenda Obimba. MORE INFORMATION Continuing education: «Understanding and managing the human dimensions of sustainable development change projects» From September to December 2023, Eclosio and the University of Liège organised the second edition of this continuing education course, funded by ARES. It brought together 12 participants from several different countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Niger and Senegal. The training aims to support the development of the skills of professionals who manage, steer and support sustainable development projects, by drawing on the human and social sciences. The training is part of an approach based on sharing knowledge and working together to find solutions. This year, the topics covered included the involvement of women in restoring ecosystems, managing natural resources and promoting sustainable and resilient food systems; agro-ecological production; social cohesion and resilience of communities and grassroots organisations; the social and economic inclusion of people with disabilities; networking for nutrition, health and food safety (One Health); the fight against cysticercosis in Madagascar and the introduction of credit systems within agricultural sectors. MORE INFORMATION Fagaru Project The «Network for Nutrition and Health in Senegal» (FAGARU) project, to be implemented between 2021 and 2025 as part of the One Health approach, aims to improve the food situation, particularly for women and children, by connecting health, nutrition and agriculture stakeholders so that they can share their knowledge, skills and experience. The project involves two Belgian universities: ULiège (Nicolas-Antoine Moussiaux, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) and ULB (Philippe Doonen - School of Public Health), two research institutes in Senegal (IRESSEF and ISRA), five students and one doctoral student. In 2023, it led to a number of practical applications, including the creation of farmers’ training fields for high-nutritionalvalue crops grown using agroecology, and a system of village granaries to store the produce from these fields. MORE INFORMATION © A. De Brouwer, Debro’s production © Eclosio 29 | ACTIVITY REPORT SUSTAINABILITY AND TRANSITION AT ULIÈGE | 2023 – 2024
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