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From 3 to 21 August, during the holiday period, there will be a helpdesk and mail collection service, Monday - Friday, at Building F Reception, Miramarges (Carrer

de la Sagrada Família, 7).

The brand 'Vic, a city with a human dimension,' which was presented in 2015 and implemented over the next four years, created an interface for structuring the entire narrative of the capital of the Osona region, placing the citizen and quality of life at the centre of political debate and society's collective imaginary.

Marine protected areas will be used as a starting point for the management and monitoring of sea turtle nests in the western Mediterranean. That is the basis of the COMING project, the latest initiative led by the BETA Technology Center of the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia, which has just been launched with financial support from the MAVA Foundation.

This week saw the publication of issue 2 of UCampus, the institutional magazine of UVic-UCC, which is available in three languages: Catalan, Spanish and English.

Cities in the Mediterranean region have been facing a gradual increase and concentration in their population and an increase in construction and tourism for decades. The limits on growth that these urban environments have to cope with means that appropriate waste management is crucial in guaranteeing a healthy living environment. Almost 4 million tonnes of waste are generated in Catalonia alone, of which more than a third is organic waste.

Marta Rivera, director of the Chair in Agroecology and Food Systems at UVic-UCC, took part in the debate on "Covid-19, a challenge for planetary health," which discussed the relationship between planetary health and the Covid-19 pandemic.

The University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) ranks twentieth in the latest CyD Ranking, which covers the 76 universities in Spain and was published yesterday by the Fundación Conocimiento y Desarrollo, which compiles it every year.

The first social value report of the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), entitled Anàlisi del Valor Social de la UVic-UCC del curs 2017-2018 [Analysis of the Social Value of the UVic-UCC for the 2017-2018 academic year], has studied and monetised the institution's social value during this period.

About 50 million people worldwide are currently suffering from dementia, and 10 million new cases are identified every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which considers it an increasingly common chronic disease. In this context, a European research project has just been launched which aims to develop ICT tools designed to facilitate everyday care for people with Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia.

Maximising the success of nesting episodes by the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) on Spanish coast is the main goal of a new project involving the BETA Technology Center of the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), which is co-financed by the