The UNWE and SDSN Bulgaria hosted the ENGAGE.EU Third International Scientific Conference for Young Scientists on the Responsible Production and Consumption: Current Issues and Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals /Goal 12/.
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The major objective of the Conference is to bring together early stage researchers /e.g. junior lecturers, postdoctoral students and postgraduate researchers/ who are part of ENGAGE.EU partner universities and who are interested in the current status and challenges of the UN SDGs. The event aims to facilitate the communication and future collaboration between the representatives of these target groups as well as to attract the stakeholders among the SDSN Bulgaria member universities. Participants have the opportunity to meet in person or online in an international forum with a strong presence of colleagues with similar interests and to present their current work or completed studies.
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Prof. Dr. Venelin Boshnakov, Dean of the Applied Informatics and Statistics Faculty and Coordinator of the ENGAGE.EU scientific activities at the UNWE, greeted the attendees on behalf of the Rector of the UNWE Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dimitrov and emphasized that the UNWE for the third consecutive year hosts the ENGAGE.EU International Scientific Conference for Young Scientists, this time is in cooperation with SDSN Bulgaria. Prof.Boshnakov reminded that last year the theme of the Conference was also related to the Sustainable Development Goals but the focus of the reports and discussions was Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth: Current Issues and Progress. The theme of the current Forum - Responsible Production and Consumption: Current Issues and Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals /Goal 12/ - is extremely important in the context of the green transition because it will provide an opportunity for young scientists to exchange ideas and discuss issues related to the green production, sustainable consumption, circular and green economy.
Prof. D.Sc. Michail Musov, Co-Chair of SDSN Bulgaria and ENGAGE.EU Institutional Coordinator for UNWE, pointed out that our university is proud to be part of the European University Network ENGAGE.EU and to host this special event aimed at young scientists and researchers. He drew attention to the actuality of the topic and expressed his conviction that the papers and discussions would contribute to the search and finding of solutions for sustainable development.
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| Prof. D.Sc. Michail Musov and Prof. Dr. Venelin Boshnakov /from the left to the right/ |
The work of the Scientific Conference was organized in two days. Moderators of the event were Prof. Dr. Venelin Boshnakov and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Svetla Boneva, Dean of the International Economics and Politics Faculty of UNWE.
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The keynote speaker on the first day of the Conference was Prof. Dr. Bistra Boeva, lecturer at the International Economic and Business Department.
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The thematic areas within the Conference Programme were related to the clean production, policies to separate the economic growth from the resource use and environmental degradation, minimizing the exploitation of natural resources throughout the production and consumption process, circular economy, sustainable business models, re-manufacturing, recycling or recovering products and materials, policies promoting the sustainable production, green economy, encouraging the innovation to reduce energy consumption and overall pressure on natural resources, sustainable consumption, minimizing the use of toxic materials, waste and pollutants generated by mass consumption, policies promoting the consumption of environmentally friendly products with biodegradable components and lower energy costs.
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