Social Responsibility in Technology Promotion

Competition in higher education levels is currently an important factor with fundamental relevance and consequences for organisation management, making increasingly necessary the existence of indicators showing not only the quality of teaching and research but also the promotion of social responsibility in young people, encouraging them to actively participate in community development and to solve their problems, making this interaction with the community the third mission of Higher Education Institutions. Aware of its role in society, CASPAE, a Private Institution of Social Solidarity has always valued the creation of networks for the pursuit of its objectives, which necessarily translate into actions and projects concretization, aimed for citizens quality of life. Through projects in co-promotion with the various Organic Units of the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (PIC), the aim is to generate dynamics in a flexible, creative and innovative environment that can reveal a strong potential for creating opportunities in development and research and in achievement of social responsibility in Higher Education Institutions. At the same time, CASPAE promotes its institutional image and ensures that the social responses it implements have the quality and brand of the PIC.