Creation of the RELIEF network and renewal of a partnership between HES-SO and USMB

July 17, 2018, 12:00 p.m. - July 17, 2018 1:00 p.m.

To close the 4th International Summer School on Renewable Energy, which will take place from July 8 to 17 in Chamonix, two agreements will be signed on Tuesday, July 17 at 12 noon at the Chamonix Music School, 381 Rue du Lyret, 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France. 

Signing of the RELIEF network agreement (Network for Exchange and Liaison between French-speaking Higher Education Institutions)

Building on shared values and several years of collaboration, particularly in the organization of French-language international schools,the Université Québec à Trois Rivières (UQTR), the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO), and the University of Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB) have created the RELIEF network (Network for Exchange and Liaison between French-speaking Higher Education Institutions).

The signing by Luciana Vaccaro, Rector of HES-SO, Daniel McMahon, Rector of UQTR, and Denis Varaschin, President of USMB, marks the commitment of the three institutions to continue their current activities while developing new collaborative projects with other partners, depending on the projects. In this context, the RELIEF network has just organized its first seminar on renewable energies in Senegal, bringing togetherthe École Supérieure Polytechnique de Dakar,the Université Gaston Berger, andthe École d'ingénieur 2IE in Burkina Faso.

Signing of agreement between HES-SO (University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland) and USMB

The signing of this agreement renewal reaffirms the importance of the ties between the two institutions and the actions they carry out jointly.

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Contact: Laurence Vignollet, Vice President in charge of international relations at USMB