Alianza Shire, awarded at the UPM research awards

The Annual ceremony of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid have awarded Alianza Shire in the category of Public-Private Cooperation Partnership for the Sustainable Development Goals.

The awards were presented on January 28, 2021 at the annual ceremony that this university celebrates on the occasion of the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas.

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In the words of the rector, Guillermo Cisneros, this award was given to Alianza Shire for the impact it has had on an international level, its approach to sustainability and the social impact of its engineering and education activities in the refugee camps in northern Ethiopia.

Likewise, this award was jointly granted to the Botín Foundation for its initiatives in the field of development and sustainability in communities in developing countries.

Video of the awards ceremony: