Annual Report 2004

The E-Learner, the GVU Newsletter

The Year Ahead

The African University Network (AFUNET)

GVU was actively involved in developing plans for this net- work in order to enhance the capabilities of African universi- ties to take advantage of the opportunities associated with the emergence of the global information society. AFUNET serves as a practical response to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Plan of Action.

In 2005, GVU will implement the 2-year GEDS Development Management Masters degree programme offered by AUC.

GVUwill implement and run the Environment InformationMan- agement semester course at theUniversity of Pretoria, SouthAfri- ca, in collaboration with the University of St. Petersburg, Russia. The GEDS Environment Information Management Masters degree programme will be further developed at the Univer- sity of Pretoria.

Organisational development

On the threshold of entering into an operational phase, GVU initiated further development activities focusing on formal- ising charters, governance issues and funding aspects.

GVU will offer a second online tutor course starting in August 2005 and consider potential new Master degree programmes.

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