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The University fully realises the idea of lifelong learning, also included in our program slogan: blisko – międzynarodowo – przez całe życie (nearby – international – lifetime). Bearing in mind the important role of the University in educating society, we teach children, youth and seniors and promote the right attitudes among the society.

What is more, the University's research and teaching staff popularise knowledge and science through expert statements for the media. They comment and explain the social and economic processes and phenomena in the fields of economics, finance, insurances, management, IT and communication, administration or broadly understood business.

Examples of campaigns and projects:

  • University Social Responsibility Declaration

The University of Economics in Katowice is a signatory to the University Social Responsibility Declaration. The official signing of the declaration took place as part of the second day of the Congress of Social Responsibility of Science in Kraków. On September 17, 2019, the USR Declaration was signed by the Vice-Rector for Science and Academic Staff, prof. Barbara Kos, Ph.D.

‘University representatives (...) have committed themselves to spread academic values and popularize science among the public’, summed up Jarosław Gowin, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Science and Higher Education. The declaration was initiated in 2017. Then 23 universities joined it. The University Social Responsibility Declaration constitutes a voluntary commitment of universities to promote the idea of sustainable development and social responsibility in educational programs, scientific research, and management and organizational solutions of universities. The purpose of the Declaration is to build a broad social awareness regarding the role of universities in shaping conditions for sustainable social and economic development of the country. The declaration contains 12 principles that universities should follow to meet the highest management standards, manage resources more efficiently, develop academic staff and build the prestige of the university as a knowledge generator and creator of new ideas.

Download the content of the University Social Responsibility Declaration

It is worth mentioning that as part of the work of the university social responsibility working group, they have prepared a publication entitled ‘Social responsibility – importance for universities and implementation methods’ containing examples of good practices. The UE Katowice employees were also involved in its creation, in particular Katarzyna Haśnik – director of the Bureau for Scientific Research and Projects, Alicja Bronder from the Editorial Team of the UE Katowice Publishing House, and Anna Losa-Jonczyk – assistant at the Department of Communication Design and Analysis.

  • Support for the National Receipt Lottery

The University officially supports the National Receipt Lottery (NLP) as the first higher education facility in Poland. By joining this pro-social campaign, UEKat encourages to support fair competition and entrepreneurs, and to participate in the Lottery. The NLP is one of the educational campaigns of the Ministry of Finance. Its aim is to make the Poles aware of their great role in fair trade. By taking receipts people support fair entrepreneurs and fair competition. Remembering about them during shopping, at a restaurant, hairdresser’s or mechanic brings benefits not only to consumers, but also improves the way the country works.

  • The conference inaugurating the Social Economy Week

On 19 June 2017, a conference titled "Tools and instruments for building the image of social economy entities in public space” was held under the Honorary Patronage of HM Rector of the University of Economics in Katowice.

The conference took place at the seat of the Advanced Information Technology Center (CNTI). The invited persons are associated with the social economy sector in the Silesian Voivodeship – interested in its promotion and growth, including representatives of social economy entities, Social Economy Support Centres, local government units, NGOs, the world of science, business, and social aid and integration institutions. The event was an opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience between participants and speakers, who discussed the development directions and practical solutions for social economy entities, in particular in relation to building their image in public space. The conference also contributed to the strengthening and development of inter-institutional cooperation between the entities operating in the social economy sector and in its environment.

The conference opened the Social Economy Week in the region. The event was co-financed under the project "Cooperation pays off – coordination of the social economy sector in the Silesian Voivodeship".

  • The "Social Entrepreneurship” subject and the "Social Economy” game

The 5th semester of the Entrepreneurship and Finance (full-time and part-time undergraduate studies) major includes classes on the subject of "Social Entrepreneurship"; the "Social Economy" board game is also used during the classes, prepared by the Silesian Voivodeship Regional Centre for Social Policy (established under the "Cooperation pays off – coordination of the social economy sector in the Silesian Voivodeship” project, co-financed by the European Union from the European Social Fund.

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