Participants committed to sustainability-driven entrepreneurship
25 Experts and representatives of business, higher education institutions and non-governmental organisations met at the Impact Hub Vienna for an intensive dialogue on sustainable entrepreneurship.
This conference was part of a series of four events of the Alliance of Sustainable Universities in Austria. The initiators – the Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy and the management bodies of the universities – aimed at a dialogue between economy, education and society. Sustainable Entrepreneurship was chosen as one of the four subject areas, besides energy, mobility and distributive justice.
The focus of this dialogue series is on the global challenges, such as climate change, scarcity of resources or social polarisation. In this context, exchange, mutual learning and cooperation shall enable the participants to jointly tackle these challenges and multiply the effect through their networks.
CASE was presented as one of the key inputs, highlighting competence and personal development as well as cooperation of universities with business and society. As one outcome of the conference, the transfer of know-how in both directions within cooperations represented a central element. This refers particularly well to the context of teaching and learning.
Another outcome of the dialogue was the necessity of integrating the social partnerships – a specific regional aspect in Austria as they play a key role in political processes. Furthermore all agreed to orientate sustainability activities according to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
