High Level Course on the MDGs at Sapienza Universita’ di Roma – NEW!

The DESA Millennium Development Goals Report has become the main textbook of this year’s MDG Course at the Sapienza Universita’ di Roma. Academicians and scholars with senior expertise in building and design, physical planning, poverty analysis, health, education, economics, food production, statistics, sustainable development, energy, gender, demography, anthropology and development cooperation are delivering an intensive course for a select group of 27 graduates from Italy, other European countries and Sub- Saharan Africa on Sustainable Development and the Millennium Development Goals . The course, which will end on 28 May, is the preparatory stage for a summer Millennium University studio hosted by UN-HABITAT on the site of the Lake Victoria Water and sanitation Initiative (LVWATSAN). The studio’s aim is to study development activities designed to attain the MDGs in a Sub-Saharan location characterized by severe water, sanitation, and environment problems.

Sapienza, founded more than seven hundred years ago by Pope Boniface VIII, is now the largest university in Europe. In 2008, Sapienza has designated itself a “Millennium University” to mark its commitment to training and research in development studies to advance knowledge and know-how in the MDG attainment process.

The course is designed and led by Pietro Garau, former UN staff member and co-chair of the Millennium Project’s Task force on Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers.

Full information on the course and the overall project, Millennium University Studio Team (MUST), can be found at http://w3.uniroma1.it/sapienzamillenniumcourse/

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