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1 11.9.2006 Sustainable Global Technologies programme http://global.tkk.fi susanna.siitonen@tkk.fi

2 11.9.2006 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

3 11.9.2006 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

4 11.9.2006 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

5 11.9.2006 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

6 11.9.2006 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

7 11.9.2006 Sustainable Global Technologies programme  to increase international projects in departments, joint international projects between different departments, and networking with other universities

8 11.9.2006 Sustainable Global Technologies programme The programme was set up to respond to the strategies of the University and to the Finnish development policy

9 11.9.2006 Sustainable Global Technologies programme Yhd-12.3080 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!

10 11.9.2006 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!


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