BUP: towards applied sustainability

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BUP towards applied sustainability

• Summary from parallel session 4
• by Siarhei Darozhka
• 19.10.2006

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University Industry by Lennart Nilsson, KTH

• University Board and external members
• Research
• Industrial Professorship
• Education - study visits
• - developing of teaching
  methods
• (video cases)
• - course projects
• - thesis projects

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Baltic 21 Process and University by Risto Veivo,
UBC

• Role of BUP to promote SD in education and
  society
• Shared challenges shared solutions strong
  networks
• Good project with BUP (SUPERB, BUUF)
• Realising common initiatives and commitments
  (e.g. Aalborg commitment)

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University City cooperation by Per G. Berg,
SLU

• Advantages for both parties University and City
• Important task for all sector of society
  long-term sustainable development and its
  implementation in the real life

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University City cooperation, Polish case
by Tomasz Bergier, Krakow

• Education aims within cooperation
• Social aspects
• Building up sustainability in small pieces
• Involving citizens

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3 Proposals from the session 4

• Lars Ryden setting up the Centres for
  promotion sustainable development, national
  language materials preparedness, competence
  development measures
• Lennart Nilsson national seminars for
  University-Industry negotiation on sustainable
  development
• Christine Jacobsson Sustainable Agriculture
  Course Package focuses to different issues of
  sustainable development

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Other comments and proposals

• Kaunas University of Technology Andrius
  Guzavicius
• Sodertorn University- Thomas Lunden

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Road to sustainability