The community engagement department in branch campus in Cuenca and Leuven Limburg University in Belgium held a closing ceremony for the first phase of the project titled "Doble Via".

Fernando Moscoso, vice president of our branch campus in Cuenca, explained that the aim of the project is to strengthen the university's internationalization process and present solutions to different problems in society.

"Doble Via" is a project that started 5 years ago thanks to international cooperation between Salesian institutions in Belgium and Ecuador; it focuses on an exchange of experiences: academic, cultural and language. 

UPS students who are involved in the program are majoring in Psychology, Economics, local development, environmental engineering, electrical engineering, electronics and automation, automotive engineering, biotechnology and computing. They have worked on sustainable development goals, factors related to Covid 19, global warming issues, sustainable cities, responsible production and consumption and quality education. 

The objective of the two universities is to contribute to the analysis and proposals of the SDGs in the context of the health emergency - COVID 19, through the exchange of projects between students, UPS and UCLL (University College Leuven - Leumberg ).

Father Juan Cárdenas, President of Universidad Politecnica Salesiana, invited the participants to "continue dreaming that a better world is possible," and he also congratulated the participants in this project, since they are supporting vulnerable groups. 

The Coordinator of the International Health and Social Work Office of the UCLL, Griet t'Servranckx, thanked UPS for its cooperation and patience and stressed that she is very happy with the completion of the new edition of this project.

To conclude, Fernando Pesántez, general vice president of UPS, congratulated the participants (15 from Ecuador and 14 from Belgium) for their work, by working together as a team they have learned to solve real problems that will contribute to creating a truly sustainable planet.