Funding for Geospatial Education Development Project Coordinated by the University of Turku

The GeoICT4e project coordinated by the University of Turku is one of the project receiving a HEI ICI funding to support the co-operation between higher education institutions in Finland and the developing world.

The GeoICT4e project coordinated by the Department of Geography and Geology at the University of Turku received the largest funding of nearly €2 million to develop socially innovative geospatial education at Tanzanian higher education institutions. The co-operation project between three Finnish and five Tanzanian higher education institutions aims to change the functionality of the education to produce problem-solving geospatial experts for the digital labour markets of the future.