Programme for Intergenerational Coexistence "Vive y Convive"
Programme of Intergenerational Coexistence “Vive y Convive”
The Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Office for Cooperation and Solidarity Action, in collaboration with the Social Attention Area of the “Vive y Convive” Programme of the Caixa Catalunya's Social Project, offers, through this Programme of Intergenerational Coexistence, a solidarity solution to cover the need of company of elderly people from Madrid and the need of accommodation of those UAM students coming from other cities.
Work Team
Cooperation and Volunteering Area
- Local Volunteering
Patricia Rodríguez, Alicia Martín
Phone number: 91 497 35 19/41 40
E-mail: programa.voluntariado[at]uam.es, informacion.voluntariado[at]uam.es, boletin.solidario[at]uam.es, viveyconvive[at]uam.es
- International Volunteering
Carlos Tanarro, Julia Weingärtner
Phone number: 91 497 76 12.
E-mail: voluntariado.europeo[at]uam.es
Rita Pérez
Phone number: 91 497 35 38.
E-mail: voluntariado.odm[at]uam.es
Isabel Méndez, Diana Abad
Phone number :91 497 76 28.
E-mail: programa.discapacidad[at]uam.es
Training, Analysis and Studies Area
Estefanía Molina
Phone number: 91 497 76 14.
Ana Gamba, Daniele Cibati, Hugo Paternina
Phone numbers: 91 497 35 96 / 84 61 / 84 76 / 55 33.
E-mail: observatoriosolidario[at]yahoo.es, master.transformaciones[at]uam.es
Activities
1. To provide the tools and mechanisms needed to direct the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid's commitment as an institution with social responsibility.
2. To develop and promote its own university policy in the field of solidarity, university cooperation for development and care for the disabled.
3. To guarantee a stable institutional structure that should become a reference point for the demands and concerns of all the staff and students in the field of solidarity, providing the necessary spaces for debates and reflections.
4. To promote the participation and awareness of all the staff and students through initiatives related to solidary action, equal opportunities, sustainable human development, the encouragement of critical thinking and the creation of a culture for peace, coexistence and tolerance.
5. To represent and ensure the attendance and participation of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in local and international forums and meetings as a socially committed university institution.
6. To coordinate and propose initiatives, actions and projects related to teaching, training and research, which should let the university show itself as a plural institution committed to solidarity.
7. To guarantee the development of the current legislation and the commitments entered into as a university in the care of students with disabilities, in university cooperation to development matters (CUD), in the promotion of university volunteering, etc.
8. To develop a model of action to encourage networking with other universities and the relations with other state and private institutions which work under the same objectives.
