New Global Virtual University at UNEP/GRID-Arendal to promote environmental and development education. Snippet: In an agreement signed today at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs granted NOK 15 million (US$2 million) to the creation of a new United Nations University (UNU) branch at UNEP/GRID-Arendal: the Global Virtual University (GVU). ... The GVU will offer education for the common future, providing scientific knowledge supporting the prudent management of the environment and help map out national and regional pathways to sustainable development. ... The courseware will be developed in a collaborative, global network of academic institutions, and the studies will be on-line and decentralised, with a focus on the developing countries. ... “GVU will expand our already existing international network of universities and excel our capacity in e-learning”, says Ernst Hakon Jahr, Rector of Agder University College.
