SEARCH FRANCE WHO ARE WE ? ACTIVITIES MEDIA CAREERS CONTACT US Reception Careers Relations between schools and universities Student solidarity award Student Solidarity Prize 2016 JUNE 23, 2016 Back to my selection Four student associations awarded the 2016 Veolia Student Solidarity Awards On June 23, Antoine Frérot awarded the Veolia Student Solidarity Prizes to four student associations to reward their innovative and solidarity projects, in connection with the areas of action of the Veolia Foundation. The 2016 winners: ► The 1st Prize was awarded to Smart Cycle : this association of students from the Institute of Business Administration in Aix-en-Provence (France) has created an innovative application - web and mobile - of participatory and solidarity-based recycling ( Crowd Recycling ), which makes it possible to develop local solutions for the recovery of urban waste. The Smart Cycle solution geolocates the objects that their owners wish to give or exchange. It then uses databases, community platforms and social networks to connect the various stakeholders, thus forming a true collaborative community. ► On 2 e Price returns to collective international student exchange Rural of Tsinghua University (Beijing), for his project of domestic anti-arsenic filter. It was tested in two villages in Shanxi Province, China, a rural area where arsenic levels in water are high. This filter has proven its effectiveness with an absorption rate of 92% of the arsenic concentration in the water. The results of this experiment were published in the scientific journal Chemosphere . ► Finally, the 3 th Price was awarded ex-aequo to two student associations working for development assistance: Africa Lights of Centrale-Supélec and Solidarité Etudiants en Médecine (SOLEM) from the Paris Descartes Faculty. Lights of Africa promotes access to electricity through the use of renewable energies. Collaborating with an association of Cameroonian students from the University Institute of the Coast (Douala, Cameroon), Lights of Africa will improve lighting and air conditioning in two orphanages located in the south of the country (Akonolingua and Nkolandom), and two dispensaries, located in the west of Cameroon (Bangang-Chefferie and Bandjoun). SOLEM , in collaboration with Voisins Solidaires Togo (VST), will expand a public health center located in the village of Segno, in southern Togo. This will improve the care of pregnant women and access to biological analyzes for seven villages with 20,000 inhabitants. Created in conjunction with the Veolia Campus, the Student Solidarity Prize aims to encourage the initiative and involvement of higher education students in the service of projects of general interest. The prize rewards innovative approaches contributing to sustainable development, and falling within one of the Foundation's three areas of intervention: Development Assistance, social link and support towards employment, protection de l'environnement et de la biodiversité. Critères de sélection et dotation ⇒ 7 critères de sélection : la qualité du dossier de candidature, le professionnalisme de la démarche proposée, la faisabilité et l’impact du projet, les synergies recherchées par l’association, l'aide demandée pour les dépenses d'investissement et de formation, l’implication de ressources locales pour pérenniser le projet. ⇒ Une dotation de 14 500 € répartie entre les associations lauréates, qui bénéficient aussi de l’appui et des compétences d’un parrain collaborateur de Veolia. Le Jury Un jury composé de 7 membres représentant Veolia et l’enseignement supérieur - Thierry Vandevelde, Délégué général de la fondation Veolia ; - Dominique Boizeau, Directrice de la communication de la fondation Veolia ; - Brigitte Durand, Directrice de la promotion des métiers, Veolia ; - Lubena Krivtcheva, Directrice des ressources humaines de Veolia en Bulgarie. - Jean-Paul Roumegas, sous-Directeur des affaires internationales, des relations institutionnelles et de la culture au CNOUS (centre national des œuvres universitaires et scolaires) ; - François-Xavier Théry, Director of development and companies at Montpellier Business School; - Marie Waltzer , Director of Development at the University of Cergy-Pontoise. Find out more: → The Veolia Foundation → The winners of the 2015 edition Sitemap Legal Notice Credits © 2018 Veolia