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<\/a><\/span>Vice Rector for International Relations at the Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University of Elche (UMH), Vicente Micol, helped inaugurate the fifth edition of the University of the Fall, an event consisting of interuniversity development cooperation workshops focused on gender, interculturality, and the Agenda 2030. This latest edition was held at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI), in Castell\u00f3n, on December 1-3, and the event was organized by the five public universities of the Valencian Community in conjunction with the Generalitat Valenciana.<\/p>\nAccompanying Micol at the inauguration were Joan Antoni Mart\u00edn Montaner, Vice Rector for Internationalization and Cooperation at UJI; To\u00f1i Serna Serrano, Autonomous Secretary of Cooperation and Democratic Quality at the Generalitat Valenciana; Carles Padilla Carmona, Vice Rector for Internationalization and Cooperation at the University of Valencia; Jos\u00e9 Francisco Monserrat del R\u00edo, Vice Rector for Internationalization and Communication at the Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia; and Rosa Mart\u00ednez Espinosa, Vice Rector for International Relations and Development Cooperation at the University of Alicante.<\/p>\n
UMH participation at the workshops was evident by its organization of a roundtable on decent work and networks of fair trade for women. The moderator and speaker for this roundtable were, respectively, Juan Jos\u00e9 Ballesta, Development Cooperation and Volunteerism Director; and Antonio J. Verd\u00fa Jover, the director of Prosperity, the UMH Chair of Sustainable Development Cooperation.<\/p>\n
Moreover, the UMH was an active contributor at the workshops, as faculty thereof presented an entertaining and instructive session on responsible consumption. Leading this were Irene Belmonte Mart\u00edn, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Political Science And Public Administration at the Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences of Orihuela, and professor in the Master’s in Development Cooperation; Juana Aznar M\u00e1rquez, secretary of Prosperity, the UMH Chair of Sustainable Development Cooperation; and Lirios Al\u00f3s Sim\u00f3, Associate Dean for Projection of the Bachelor’s in Business Administration & Management at the Faculty of Social & Legal Sciences of Orihuela.<\/p>\n
Several UMH students from various branches of knowledge also attended the workshops. There, during its three days, they delved into different contents from each of the 5 P\u2019s from the Sustainable Development Goals. They were also active participants in workshop roundtables, presentations and other activities along with students from other universities and volunteers from the realm of development cooperation.<\/p>\n