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Sustainable Global Technologies
programme
http://global.tkk.fi
[email protected]
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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)
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 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
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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
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5. Improve maternal health
6. Compat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development
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 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
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 to increase international projects in
departments, joint international projects between
different departments, and networking with other
universities
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The programme was set up to respond to the
strategies of the University and to the Finnish
development policy
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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!
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 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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