Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, organised a World Café under project PRECIUS on Friday, the 31st of March 2023, at the department building. Sixteen environmental engineering professionals attended the World Café and played active roles in different rounds of discussion. The World Café was to connect environmental engineering professionals by exchanging experience and knowledge related to innovative sustainable competences in supply chain management systems in Public Sectors.
The team from the University of Aveiro - Myriam Lopes, Ana Paula Gomes, Sara Moreno Pires, Helder Relvas and Santosh Bhandari - welcomed the participants. The World Café started with a brief introduction to competences and innovative sustainable solutions. Later, the team of Aveiro explained the World Café method, and a shared understanding of the process became apparent. Then, the team of Aveiro divided the participants into three tables for discussion. The questions on the tables were as follows:
- What do we need to invent sustainable solutions?
- What are the competences to co-create innovative sustainable solutions in the supply chain?
- Which competences are needed for innovative sustainable solutions for the public sector?
The moderators wrote the participant’s responses on paper during the table discussions. After the three rounds of discussion among the participants, the voting round started, where each participant voted for the best answer to each question. The moderator shared the result, and the formal World Café was closed. Participants perceived the event as an excellent opportunity to share ideas with other environmental engineering professionals.
