The Institute for Culture and Society (ICS), research center in Humanities and social sciences of the University of Navarra, and the Scholas Occurrentes Foundation, promoted by Pope Francis, have signed the agreement 'Scholas Occurrentes-UpToYou'. Through this agreement they will promote actions aimed at Education for peace, Education and inclusion, emotional Education , social integration and training in values.

The initiative has as goal the search for peace through truth and justice, the promotion of diversity, dialogue, respect and cooperation, participation, environmental awareness and the development of virtuous life and integral maturity in children and young people, promoting the culture of meeting.

In this sense, both institutions will promote the renewal of the training of students, teachers, directors, officials and specialists, and the innovation of the educational practices of agreement with these principles and values. The project will also offer expert advice to schools adhering to the scholas.social program and to those working on projects related to peace issues.

Improve Education and community integration.

The ICS will participate through the UpToYou program, from group 'Mente-cerebro', which financial aid adolescents to know and manage their emotions. It is part of the thesis of researcher José Víctor Orón and is financed by the Caja Navarra Foundation.

This program consists of two aspects. The first is the interdisciplinary theoreticalresearch , which draws on the contributions of Neuroscience, Philosophy and Psychology. The second strand implements theoretical reflection in an educational intervention. UpToYou thus unites the university and the school, as is the wish of Scholas. UpToYou has been developed since 2014 in a pioneering way in the Pious Schools (Escolapios) of Tafalla (Navarra) and is present in other parts of Spain, Brazil, Cameroon and Mexico.

Scholas Occurrentes originated in the city of Buenos Aires in 2001, at the initiative of then Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, now Pope Francis. It works with schools and educational communities, both public and private, of all religious and secular denominations.

Aims to transform the world into an inclusive society, improving Education and the integration of communities -focusing on those with fewer resources- with the commitment of all social actors. It links schools and educational networks around the world through technological, sports and artistic proposals.