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Geneva Tsinghua Initiative for the Sustainable Development Goals
Description/achievement of initiative

PARTNERSHIP The Geneva Tsinghua Initiative (GTI) is a partnership between the University of Geneva, with its strong ties to Genevas international organizations, and Tsinghua University, Chinas top university with its main campus in Beijings high-tech corridor, and another in Shenzhen, heart of the Chinese manufacturing ecosystem.

Implementation methodologies

PRINCIPLES The GTI adopts a modern approach to open innovation characterized by: - a focus on challenge-based learning inspired by real-world problems. - collaboration through multidisciplinary and multicultural teams. All the GTI educational activities are designed with international exchange as a key component, between Switzerland and China, but also towards a network of labs in other parts of the world that address the SDGs, called United Labs for the Global Goals.

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

MoU between University of Geneva and Tsinghua University

Partner(s)

Geneva University Tsinghua University International Organizations in Geneva
Progress reports
Goal 1
Goal 2
Goal 3
Goal 4
Goal 5
Goal 6
Goal 7
Goal 8
Goal 9
Goal 10
Goal 11
Goal 12
Goal 13
Goal 14
Goal 15
Goal 16
Goal 17
from January 2016
SDG Accelerator (short-term support for spin-off projects)
July-August 2017
SDG Summer School
start September 2015
Open Seventeen (online coaching programme)
start September 2017
SDG Master Programme
Staff / Technical expertise
Staff from the two partners universities. Mentors from the international organizations

Basic information
Time-frame: April 2016 - 2030
Partners
Geneva University Tsinghua University International Organizations in Geneva
Countries
Contact information
Francois Grey, Professor, francois.grey@unige.ch
United Nations