Call for projects Fairest Faculty

Since last academic year (2024-2025), Ghent University has given the faculties a degree of autonomy in organising activities during Ghent University's Fair Trade Week.

Following a successful previous edition, we are continuing this project under the guidance and supervision of the Green Office. This year, the week has been renamed “Sustainable and Fair Trade Week at Ghent University” and will take place from 23 to 27 March 2026.

The aim is to introduce students and staff to Fair Trade and sustainability from their own faculty environment. We believe that the faculty is closest to the needs and requirements of its staff and students and that the organised activities will therefore have more impact and support.

Possible suggestions for events are:

• A Fair Trade debate with relevant actors
• Screening of a Fair Trade documentary (Slay, The True Cost, Made in Bangladesh, etc.)
• Organising a tasting session with Fair Trade products
• A swap event with a substantive introduction
• Organising a fair faculty run with sponsorship going to a good cause

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Some themes for inspiration:

• Ecological and fair travel (Planet Service Learning, Community Service Learning)
• Fair and sustainable ICT (e.g. collaboration with Elektronics Watch, Fair ICT Flanders, Catapa, Working Group on Fair and Circular ICT (Ghent University))-
• Exchange economy, exchange of services and goods. E.g. the Torrekens in the Brugse Poort
• Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Palestine ... (the less “visible” and visible conflicts)
• Development... aid?
• Sustainability and Fair Trade in the medical world
• Climate emotions, e.g. with a speaker such as Tine Hens.
• Food, e.g. the protein shift, sustainable cooking/sustainable shopping trolley, seasonal consumption.
• Collective action and activism, e.g. a lecture on Radical Flank Theory.
• The (un)sustainability of second-hand clothing, e.g. with a speaker such as Sarah Vandoorne.

Professors, researchers, lecturers, ATS staff and students affiliated with Ghent University can submit an application for this call, provided that:

• They remain affiliated with the institution for at least the planned duration of the project
• They are the (co-)organiser of the initiative

A budget holder will be appointed for each initiative by the central administration. This budget holder is the person authorised to enter into financial commitments on behalf of the institution. The promoter is responsible for the implementation of the initiative. Several initiatives may be submitted per faculty. Please note: the budget of €1,500 is allocated per faculty, not per proposal.

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