- Signatory of the Sustainable IT Charter
Presentation
L’Université de Liège (ULiège), fondée en 1817, est la seule Université publique complète de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (FWB). Son pouvoir organisateur est le Gouvernement de la FWB.
L’ULiège compte onze Facultés (Architecture, Droit, Sciences politiques et Criminologie, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, HEC Liège – École de Gestion, Médecine, Médecine vétérinaire, Philosophie et Lettres, Psychologie, Logopédie et Sciences de l'Éducation, Sciences, Sciences appliquées, Sciences sociales), qui organisent 38 bacheliers, 201 masters, 65 masters de spécialisation, des formations de troisième cycle (doctorat et formation doctorale), l’AESS, le CAPAES, et des formations continues.
Depuis l'élection de sa première Rectrice en 2022, elle dispose d'un conseiller à la Rectrice en Sobriété Numérique, responsable d'un comité de pilotage et groupe de travail instauré en 2022. Une de ses facultés (HEC) est déjà membre de l'ISIT.
Planned commitments and actions
- Raise awareness on Sustainable IT (e.g. information workshop, MOOC, dissemination of good practice guides)
- Enter a Sustainable IT labelling initiative
- Training in Sustainable IT (e.g. attending a training course lasting several days)
- Establish a Sustainable IT Working Group within the organisation
- Communicate to its stakeholders on the actions taken
- Manage my fleet with an inventory by category
- Measure the lifespan of my equipment by type
- Favour the purchase of sustainable equipment (reparability and durability criteria)
- Engage with actors in the reuse sector and/or the social and solidarity economy in the management of the end-of-life of my equipment
- Integrate environmental requirements in my calls for tender and establish a dialogue and measurement elements over the duration of the service with my suppliers
- Encourage diversity among my service providers, particularly in relation to disability issues
- Avoid unnecessary energy consumption e.g. by switching off at night, weekends and holidays
- Plan the archiving and cleaning of data with its teams to reduce their environmental footprint
- Ensure the development of useful and efficient digital services
- Make its digital services accessible to as many people as possible (even in the event of poor connection quality, disability, etc.)
- Facilitate the proper semantic understanding of its digital services in a clear and educational language
- Promote work-life balance by, for example, respecting the right to disconnect and arranging for teleworking measures
- Develop in open source to enable virtuous emulation of its ecosystem
Actions started
- Raise awareness on Sustainable IT (e.g. information workshop, MOOC, dissemination of good practice guides)
- Training in Sustainable IT (e.g. attending a training course lasting several days)
- Establish a Sustainable IT Working Group within the organisation
- Communicate to its stakeholders on the actions taken
- Implementing data governance of your organisation and GDPR compliance or by following the principles of the GDPR in compliance with locally applicable data protection rules locally applicable data protection rules for other countries
- Deployment of a security plan for its digital environments (antivirus, VPN, supplier audits, permanent monitoring)
- Evaluate the robustness of its infrastructures (regular tests) and prioritise European infrastructures
- Engage with actors in the reuse sector and/or the social and solidarity economy in the management of the end-of-life of my equipment
- Measure the energy consumption and impact of my Information System (multi-criteria analysis)
- Avoid unnecessary energy consumption e.g. by switching off at night, weekends and holidays
- Ensure the development of useful and efficient digital services