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Sustainable development

Innovation and social responsibility  

To support the societal growth by providing our expertise with responsibility and reciprocity, in a multi-stakeholder perspective to collaborate with nonprofit entities on local issues and to inform institutional decision makers on global issues.

Proximity innovation

Politecnico di Milano aims to contribute to societal growth in a logic of responsibility and reciprocity through innovative forms of collaboration between the University and the local community, bringing its expertise and innovative content to more vulnerable contexts, activating programmes of co-learning and co-production of knowledge.

  • SDG 4: Quality education
  • SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities
  • SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
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Collaboration with the nonprofit sector

Politecnico di Milano recognises the nonprofit sector's fundamental social and economic role and believes that, for the pursuit of its mission of sustainable development and social innovation, it is essential to build and enhance a structured system of collaboration with the most dynamic stakeholders of the nonprofit sector.

  • SDG 10: Reduced inequalities
  • SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities
  • SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
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    goals

Science diplomacy

Politecnico di Milano aspires to be a leading player in science diplomacy, both in the sense of science for diplomacy - science as a strategic axis in international cooperation - and science in diplomacy - the University as a driver of informed policies for sustainable development with a global impact.

  • SDG 16: Peace, Justice and strong institutions
  • SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
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    goals