Virtual and global campus The Global Campus of
Virtual and global campus The Global Campus of UNESCO-IHE and Partners - Motivation, Objectives and implementation Andras Szöllösi-Nagy, Stefan Uhlenbook and many, many more 31 May 2013
THE PRESENT Working in Partnership in Education, Research and Capacity Development
ALUMNI NETWORK Since 1957 the Institute has provided postgraduate education to around 14, 500 water professionals from over 160 countries, the vast majority from the developing world.
PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS Mo. U & Joint Education Programme Partners Bilateral partnership agreements with over 50 public and private organizations. They work in support of shared interests in education, research and capacity development.
Selected Partnerships & Networks
Joint MSc Programmes Bilateral programmes Limnology with Egerton & BOKU EM Ecohydrology with Algarve & Lodz & Kiel & Plata EM Flood Risk Management with Dresden & Catalonia & Ljubljana EM Environmental Technology with Ghent & ICTP HI, HE-CEPD, HE-HWR HE-LWD HI WSS, HI, EST HE-CEPD HE-LWD UWEM, Et. Su. D, HE-LWD LWM HE-LWD
Global Research Output – Skinny Africa … Africa produces < 1% of the world’s scientific output Slide borrowed by prof. Graham Jewitt, UKZN, South Africa Copyright SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)
THE FUTURE Global Campus for Water Education and Research
Future: Global Campus of Water Education and Research REFORM PROCESS Participants from Education Conference at UNESCO-IHE, July 2010
Set up of Regional UNESCO-IHE Institutes is currently debated …
PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS Motivation for Education and Research as part of a Global Campus: 1. Attractiveness of the programmes (flexibility, complementarities, international exposure) 2. Synergies: content, sharing of resources, study areas and facilities 3. Increase delivery capacity (affordability), better access to funding 4. Ensure stability and enhance quality of local/regional programmes Mo. U & Joint Education Programme Partners 5. Bilateral Development objectives: more impact / results orientation partnership agreements with over 50 public and private organizations. They work in support of shared interests in education, research and capacity development. • regional/local connectivity • strengthen the science-people-policy linkages
Build a common research and innovation knowledge base
Best education for the next generation of water professionals
UNESCO-IHE Global Campus NOW FUTURE It’s a bit like cloud computing Borrowed from Greet Vink
UNESCO-IHE Global Campus
Global Research Output – Skinny Africa … Africa produces < 1% of the world’s scientific output Slide borrowed by prof. Graham Jewitt, UKZN, South Africa Again, let’s make the skinny Africa fat in terms of research output and capacity! Copyright SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)
Global Campus of Water Education and Research – Challenges and Opportunities • • Improve regional/local representation and connectivity and, consequently, the impact our work Increase delivery capacity at competitive costs Enormous flexibility and attractive programmes Ensure stability and enhance quality of local/regional programmes and fora Upscale capacity development results Sharing of education and research resources Key role of ICT-supported learning Create a digital repository for data and models (e. g. Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), HI lab etc. )
Purpose of 5 th Symposium Thank you for your attention. Stefan Uhlenbrook UNESCO-IHE s. uhlenbrook@unesco-ihe. org
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