The aim of the Blanquerna Impulsa Awards is to raise awareness of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (2015-2030), to foster knowledge of them among the educational community and encourage the involvement of its members.
These awards give recognition to projects or activities that take place in the school environment and include an initiative designed to raise awareness and contribute to a common roadmap for all the inhabitants of the planet.
The objective of the Fifth Blanquerna Impulsa Awards is to promote and publicize the best projects implemented during the 2022-2023 academic year for each of the categories, and meet the requirements established in these regulations within the thematic area of the three goals "Zero Hunger", "Quality Education" and "Climate Action".
Boys and girls who are studying the 4th year of compulsory secondary education, the 1st or 2nd year of baccalaureate, or a vocational training cycle, at any educational center in Catalonia, Andorra and the Balearic Islands, can submit projects for the awards. Since the 3rd edition projects have been accepted from educational centers all over Spain that are interested in competing for the Awards.
The winning projects in each category will receive two prizes: – a prize for the school, and – a prize for each member of the winning group. Each center will receive a diploma certifying its participation.
Any public, private or state-assisted school teaching ESO, baccalaureate or middle and higher level vocational training can enter for the awards.
Yes. For the fifth edition of the Awards, entries must have a direct link to the goals of "Zero Hunger", "Quality Education" and "Climate Action" (Sustainable Development Goals 2, 4 and 13).
No. They must be from the same center and a representative of the teaching staff must supervise the project they submit.
They can be from the same year or from different levels as long as they are students in the 4th year of ESO, 1st or 2nd year of Baccalaureate or are following a middle or higher level vocational training cycle at the same school.
The maximum number of authors per project is four students. If a center enters for more than one category, the students participating must be different. The only person who can appear in more than one category is the member of staff designated by the center to supervise the project.
Registration to participate in the awards opens on October 1, 2022. The documentation required must be submitted from February 3, 2023. The closing date for submitting documentation is May 14, 2023.
There is no closing date for registration. It should be noted, however, that registration must be completed before the necessary documentation for the entry is submitted, the closing date for which is May 14, 2023.
This is not essential. A school can submit an activity it has already carried out in previous years, within the time limits established by the regulations.
As indicated in the regulations, a school can submit up to three initiatives, as long as they are in different categories.
The names of the winning schools and students will be announced during the awards ceremony on June 20, 2023.The short-listed candidates will be notified on May 31, 2023.
For any other queries or problems that may arise, please contact the awards organizers (<[email protected]>, tel. 932533058).
The SDGs have gained enormous momentum in recent years because, unlike other campaigns, like the MDGs that preceded them, they address all countries, not just the most vulnerable. Moreover, they emphasize the links between the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development and call for the explicit involvement of companies, civil society, the third sector and, of course, the university.
Blanquerna-URL invites institutions and the business world to support projects that go beyond each organization, so that together we can bring about a more sustainable world.
The Blanquerna Impulsa Awards seek to create a network of companies, universities and schools, in line with the spirit of the last SDG, number 17, which urges us to: "Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships."
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