ITC CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES: JOINT EDUCATION PROGRAMS, NICHE DRS. TOM LORAN EDUCATION MANAGER

 Education in ITC  Structure of education programs  Joint education programs  Tailor-made Training  Institutional strengthening and cooperation ITC CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES 2

NEW SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE Core business of ITC  In-house programs on the use of Geo-information and Earth Observation  Technician diploma  Professional Master degree  Master of Science degree  PhD  Also derived courses with a large degree of flexibility 3

 Full degree programs  Full time in ITC  Staggered over a number of years  Combined with Distance Education  Flexibility in thesis research  Joint education  Short courses  Distance Education COURSE MODALITIES IN ITC 4

 Master of Science Degree course  Post-Graduate Diploma course  Professional Master course COURSE MODALITIES IN ITC Block 2 IFA Short Course 1SC 4 Tailor made Block 1 Block 3Block 4 SC 2 SC 5 SC 7 Certificate Block 2 PGD MSc Master Block 2 Project SC 3 5

Joint Education programs  Master of Science Degree  China, Ghana, India, Indonesia, EU, Sweden  Periods of stay  Technician Diploma  Ghana, Tanzania COURSE MODALITIES IN ITC 6

TAILOR-MADE TRAINING  Variable Duration (days, weeks, months)  Flexible Contents  Varying target groups, policy levels (Training of Trainers)  Locations optional (Netherlands, region, host country or combination)  National and regional partnerships  Contents to be determined  Existing ITC modules  Tailor-made components  On-the-job training  Follow-up support 7

TAILOR-MADE TRAINING Contextual contents Spatial Planning Framework Participants experiences Country specifics Case studies, Field visits Environmental policy and planning Environmental analysis, EIA, SEA Protected areas and National Parks Biodiversity, conservation Coastal management District Health Planning Transportation planning Urban environment Settlement upgrading Natural hazards, disaster management Thematic contents Remote Sensing Participatory methods Local level spatial planning Land management, Land administration Tools, Techniques Social Tenure Domain Model 8 GIS

TAILOR-MADE TRAINING Trunk contents (0.5 day) Tools, Techniques (0.5 day) Case studies and Demo’s (1 day) Contextual contents (1 week) Tools, Techniques (2 weeks) Local Planning Officer (3 weeks) Line Agency (3 weeks) Planning Management Environment Technology Natural Resources Governance 9

Netherlands Program for Institutional Strengthening of Post-secondary Education and Training (NPT, ) Netherlands Initiative for Capacity development in Higher Education ( NICHE, present)  Water  Food Security  Sexual and reproductive health and rights  Security and rule of law NICHE PROGRAM Low incomeFragile statesEconomic growth Aid Mali, RwandaAfghanistan, Burundi, Yemen, South Sudan, Palestinian territory Transition Benin, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Uganda Bangladesh, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya Trade Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Germany, France, Gulf states, India, Iraq, Japan, Maleisia, Mexico, Nigeria, Ukraine, Poland, Rumania, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, Vietnam, UK, USA, South Korea 10

Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Development Projects  Staff training (formal and tailor-made)  Training of Trainers  Curriculum development  Education management, quality assurance  Long-term cooperation with National University of Rwanda  Capacity building in Land Administration, Guatemala INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION 11

 University of Twente as entrepreneurial university  Entrepreneurial skills  Focus on research, design but also on business development  Public-Private Partnerships  Institutional capacity development  Focus on labor market  Private sector development  Blended learning, more flexibility  G4AW, NICHE DEVELOPMENTS IN EDUCATION 12

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FACULTY ITC Mandate for National and International Education Dedicated to International Students from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America Overall 210 students 72 Nationalities Target group 14

ITC is offering programs in the following domains:  Geo-Informatics  Land Administration  Urban Planning and Management  Water Resource and Environmental Management  Natural Resources Management  Forestry, Agriculture, Environment  Applied Earth Sciences  Earth Resources Exploration, Natural Hazards and disaster management DOMAINS 15