Towards Global and Sustainable Higher Education

The GLORE project funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture strengthened the capacity of four universities of applied sciences in their teaching, research and development activities with developing countries. The focus was on fostering the principles of global responsibility and sustainable development in four partner countries: Nepal, Tanzania, Namibia and Swaziland. The GLORE network institutions were Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (management and general coordination),
Humak University of Applied Sciences, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences and Kajaani University of Applied Sciences. This publications presents the background, activities and results of the project. The articles are written by personnel in the four networking institutions along with their international partners.