Sustainable cities are urban-rural environments designed to offer a high quality of life without compromising future resources. These cities integrate green practices such as efficient energy use, accessible public transportation, proper waste management, environmental conservation, and carbon footprint reduction. They promote social inclusion and economic equity, ensuring that all citizens have access to basic services and opportunities. The university seeks to promote smart urban planning and community engagement as key elements in creating resilient cities, capable of adapting and thriving in the face of future challenges.
Heritage, art, culture, and theater are intertwined in the preservation and enrichment of collective identity. Heritage encompasses traditions, monuments, and artistic expressions that define a society's cultural heritage. Art, in its various forms, reflects and celebrates these values, while culture represents the set of shared practices and beliefs. Theater, as an artistic and cultural manifestation, interprets and reimagines heritage, offering a platform for storytelling and exploring the human condition. The university seeks to consolidate this virtuous cycle that keeps historical memory alive and strengthens social cohesion.
Promote the enjoyment and understanding of Ecuador's intangible cultural heritage through the creation and management of theatrical works, thereby fostering the exercise of the population's cultural rights.
Implement a comprehensive management model for the Todosantos Heritage Complex.
Connecting academia, research, and society through the development of urban-architectural projects with a multidisciplinary approach.
Compile in a mediated document the main graphic and textual information about the Morenica del Rosario festival and the spaces where it takes place.
Promote regenerative tourism as a tool for post-COVID tourism activation in the Tenta parish, part of the Saraguro canton, through the implementation of a tourism training program aimed at microentrepreneurs involved in the tourism and production sectors of the region.
Create a Spanish-Quichua lexicon, considering the thematic axes of Vital Dialogues, including ethnographic notes provided by native speakers. These notes will be published on this organization's Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn networks and will be linked to the dissemination of the communication plan of the Scientific Documentation and Archive platform (DYAC).
Create meeting spaces that promote cooperation and ties in the tourism field, which contribute to sustainable territorial development.
Implement a social media plan for the Todosantos Heritage Complex.
Structurally and non-structurally evaluate the Rotary and Plaza San Francisco handicraft markets, and develop an institutional emergency plan.
Promote comprehensive education and mental health among high school graduates through the aesthetic, cultural, and psycho-educational experience of ascending to the sacred geography surrounding Cuenca.
Quality education
Decent work and economic growth
Sustainable cities and communities
