Publication of AQU Catalunya's corporate social responsibility annual report for 2019 in Spanish and English
AQU Catalunya produces an executive summary of its corporate social responsibility annual report in Spanish and English every year in order to make known the Agency's activities outside of the higher education system in Catalonia.
A significant new development in the 2019 annual report is that its structure is in accordance with the commitments made by the Agency to corporate social responsibility and sustainable development goals, which are as follows:
- Commitment to the quality enhancement of higher education, which spells out the actions and activities undertaken to improve and enhance the system of universities and higher education in Catalonia (programme review, institutional review of faculties and schools, teaching staff assessment, surveys, etc.). This commitment addresses AQU Catalunya's sustainable development goals:
- Commitment to society, which includes all of the actions undertaken by the Agency to transfer the outcomes of its activities to society (the EUC website platform; events, seminars and workshops; publications; the corporate website; Twitter; etc.). This commitment addresses AQU Catalunya's goals for sustainable development:
- Commitment to good governance, which describes the measures taken by AQU Catalunya to provide adequate solutions for achieving its objectives (Strategic Plan, Code of Ethics, compliance with the ESG, management of experts, internal organisation, etc.). This commitment addresses AQU Catalunya's goal for sustainable development:
- Commitment to alliances, which is clearly the area of commitment that accounts for most of the new features in the Annual Report in that it raises the profile of the Agency's engagement with social agents in Catalonia, Spain and at international level. This commitment addresses AQU Catalunya's goal for sustainable development:
- Commitment to socially responsible and ethical working conditions, which encompasses all of the measures undertaken by the Agency to enhance staff commitment and motivation at work and their ability to embrace change. This commitment addresses AQU Catalunya's goals for sustainable development:
The Report shows how the activities of AQU Catalunya continued to increase throughout 2019, in terms of the number of QA procedures and new activities that were undertaken. One thing that is clearly apparent from the new structure of the document is the alliances that AQU Catalunya has forged with different actors in Catalonia, Spain and at international level in order to give greater visibility and impetus to quality enhancement in higher education.