Social Responsibility

Three areas of action are distinguished:

the degree programmes and the departments implement social responsibility individually
the activities on social responsibility of all degree programmes and departments are connected to improve the robustness of the theme
the three strategic themes Imagineering, Cross-Cultural Understanding and Social Responsibility will be connected.

The bottom-up approach to accelerate on the theme and to create added value through:

individual development of the themes of social responsibility by associate professors and lecturers
development of the themes within the degree programmes and the research programmes
participation in and contribution to the network, the meeting plaza for social responsibility

The top-down approach is mainly meant to stimulate and facilitate the bottom-up approach:

an annual budget is provided
the network needs an anchor point, a facilitator who organises the exchange of ideas, methods and progress by the associate professors and lecturers involved. The role of the facilitator is:
- to stimulate and to inspire (educational activities, research programme, publications)
- to develop the network structure (meeting plaza) by organising meetings, workshops, presentations
- to contribute to sharing and disseminating knowledge
- to integrate the theme in the NHTV research programme
- to gather information and about the progress of then theme and report to the Board of Directors.
integrating the strategic themes Imagineering, Cross-Cultural Understanding and Social Responsibility.