11.9.2006 Sustainable Global Technologies programme

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Sustainable Global Technologies programme

The main objectives of the programme  to coordinate research and teaching activities in TKK and between developing countries and TKK  to cooperate e.g. with UN-HABITAT (UN Human Settlements Programme) and UniPid network (Univerisity Partnerships for International Development) Sustainable Global Technologies programme

Sustainable Global Technologies programme  to give education that will meet the demands of globalising world - engineers will be in a key position finding sustainable, lasting and equal solutions for global problems - students of today will face changes in the environment, climate, culture and population that require broadmindedness and readiness for anticipatory actions

Sustainable Global Technologies programme Finland has commited itself to United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): 1.Eradicate extereme poverty and hunger 2.Achieve universal primary education 3.Promote genger equality and empower women 4.Reduce child mortality

Sustainable Global Technologies programme 6.Compat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases 7.Ensure environmental sustainability 8.Develop a global partnership for development 5.Improve maternal health

Sustainable Global Technologies programme  Finland’s role in achieving the above goals is clearly to find technical solutions and aswers  TKK’s strategies include nowadays e.g.:  to offer internationally competitive education and skills for multicultural work  to increase the number of international students and international exchange of finnish students

Sustainable Global Technologies programme  to increase international projects in departments, joint international projects between different departments, and networking with other universities

Sustainable Global Technologies programme The programme was set up to respond to the strategies of the University and to the Finnish development policy

Sustainable Global Technologies programme Yhd State of the World and Development (5 cr)  reading material for three hour lectures is mainly from the book AN EXPLORATION INTO AN URBANIZING WORLD: Interconnections of Water, Food, Powerty and Urbanization by Olli Varis from the Laboratory of Water Resources Engineering.  Other material coming soon!

Sustainable Global Technologies programme  exam consists of the things learned in the lectures and from the reading material  dictionaries allowed in the exam  Please, be involved in discussions with the lecturers, don’t be affraid to speek english!