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1.1. The Challenge of Sustainable The Challenge of Sustainable DevelopmentDevelopment

2.2.Capacity building for Capacity building for sustainable developmentsustainable development

3.3. The Dutch STD ProgramThe Dutch STD Program

4.4. TU Delft in Sustainable DevelopmentTU Delft in Sustainable Development

5.5. Interaction Education and PractiseInteraction Education and Practise

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CULTURE STRUCTURE

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Main Principles of Sustainable DevelopmentMain Principles of Sustainable Development

• fitting of human activities within supporting systems of the earth,

• inter-and intra-generational social justice, equitabal distribution of value,

• participation in decision making from local to international levels

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R&D Design

Contextual Conditions

Outcomes

HYPOTHESES IN AIRP PROJECT

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE

PopulationPopulation 22

ProsperityProsperity 55

Pressure on EcosystemPressure on Ecosystem 22

EcoefficiencyEcoefficiency 2020

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Culture – Structure - Technology

Stakeholders

Optimization Improvement System Renewal

DIMENSIONS OF CHANGE

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Robust trendsRobust trends Terms of referenceTerms of reference

Problem analysisProblem analysis

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MISSIONMISSION

GRADUATES,GRADUATES,

• SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FUTURE SOCIETAL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FUTURE SOCIETAL CONDITIONS,CONDITIONS,

• LOOK UPON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS A LOOK UPON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS A MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY,MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY,

• BE ABLE TO OPERATIONALYSE SUSTAINABLE BE ABLE TO OPERATIONALYSE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIFE,DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIFE,

THE UNIVERSITY,THE UNIVERSITY,

CONTRIBUTES TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN CONTRIBUTES TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ITS RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONITS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

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STUDENT

ATTITUDE

SKILLS

KNOWLEDGE

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ATTITUDE:

• Sustainability

• Cooperative

SKILLS

• Integral approach

• Application oriented

• Systemic

• Communicative

KNOWLEDGE

• Technology

• Culture ( Behavior, Need-orientation)

• Structure (Institutions, Economy etc)

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THREE LEVELS OF EDUCATION

• Basic principles of SD for all students.

• Intertwinement of SD in all regular courses as far as reasonable and meaningful.

• Possibility of specialization in graduation for management supporting functions.

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Graduation in sustainable development.

Final Terms.

•Ability to apply most relevant methods,

•Ability to analyze complex (environmental) problem situations and to develop alternative approaches,

•Ability to design and implement solutions

•Ability to signalize, anticipate and eventually sweep away barriers to solutions

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•For all students Basic course “Technology in Sustainable Development”

•Intertwining in all regular courses as far as reasonable and meaningful,

•SD oriented graduation

STEPS

The Program “TU Delft In SD”The Program “TU Delft In SD”

Backcasting

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SUBSEQUENT STEPS

SYSTEMS RENEWAL: FROM LEARNING TO IMPLEMENTATION

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