Statement on the DANA

Solidarity initiatives

• Blanquerna-URL with the people affected by the DANA
  The university community of Blanquerna-URL wants to express its support to these territories and especially to all the students, alumni, faculty and members of the PTGAS of Blanquerna-URL who have been affected by the devastating floods. For this reason, it opens the following channels of attention and collaboration.
• La Salle-URL for those affected by the DANA
  La Salle-URL joins the pain of all those affected by the DANA and adheres to the emergency campaigns that have been launched both from La Salle-URL and from other entities. You can consult here the different ways of collaboration and collection of basic necessities. 
• IQS-URL joins the initiative of the Society of Jesus in the face of the DANA emergency
  The institution is calling for collaboration in the DANA Emergency initiative of the Society of Jesus in Spain. Donations will go to organizations specialized in emergencies that will be responsible for the collection, storage and distribution of basic necessities.
• ESDI-URL community sympathizes with those affected by the DANA
  The ESDI School of Design-URL (affiliated center) offers personal and psychological support and informs about ways of collaboration to meet the needs of those affected.
• The Borja Institute of Bioethics-URL expresses its condolences to the families of those affected and appeals to collaborate with a donation through the website of Sant Joan de Déu Solidaridad.
• Cáritas Diocesana de Barcelona «DANA EMERGENCY: Barcelona with the people affected»
  Through the emergency page of the Caritas website you can make a donation individually or, as a university, creating a challenge to share with your community.

URL COMMUNICATIONS DURING THE STATE OF ALERT

Due to the risk situation in some Catalan counties, the Generalitat de Catalunya published on November 3rd a resolution establishing certain restrictions for the activation of the Special Emergency Plan for Floods in Catalonia (INUNCAT). This resolution includes the suspension of educational, sporting and university activity, as well as activity in centres attached to universities and university research centres in these counties.

In this sense, the activity of the University Institute of the Ebro Observatory-URL was affected and, on November 4th, the centre organized its community to avoid displacements.

In coordination with the Department of Research and Universities and in accordance with the restrictions on mobility and the suspension of educational activities decreed by the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Ramon Llull University established on November 4th the following common criteria:

• That the University's centres apply flexibility to avoid displacement of students, teaching and research staff, and technical management, administration and services staff residing in the affected areas.
• That the teaching staff take into account, in relation to teaching activities, that students travelling from the affected areas may have problems attending classes.
• Teachers should postpone assessment activities whenever possible. If this is not possible, students who are unable to travel will be assessed at a later date.

The URL also adhered to the CRUE communiqué (November 1st) for the support and solidarity with the victims of the DANA  and the communiqué of the Xarxa Vives d'Universitats (October 31st) in relation to the devastating effects of the DANA.

The same November 4th, following the statement of @emergenciescat alert for torrential rains and asking to avoid mobility during the following hours, at les 12.16h, the URL suspends face-to-face classes for the rest of the day.