Post Graduate Programme
COOPERA(C)TION
Knowledge and skills for sustainable cities in the Global South 2016-2017

Milano, Italy
• Laboratory of International Cooperation
• DAStU | Department of Architecture and Urban Studies
• School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering | Politecnico di Milano  
APPLICATION DEADLINE | 26.01.2017   

COOPERA(C)TION | KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
IV EDITION 2016-17
The fourth edition of the Post Graduate Programme COOPERA(C)TION, starting in March 2017, offers to new generation of experts the chance to acquire skills and knowledge that will help them to develop an integrated and multidisciplinary approach to planning, design and management of urban settlements and territories in contexts with a high level of social, economic, territorial, and landscape vulnerability.
 
The Course will be held at Politecnico di Milano | Leonardo Campus 

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
The post-graduate programme "Cooper(a)ction: knowledge and skills for sustainable cities in the Global South" aims to spread a new culture of international cooperation among students, scholars and professionals of spatial planning, architecture, urban design and land management. The programme aims to raise awareness about the need of a global urban knowledge and to nurture a tendency to find common solutions to deal with the challenges posed by the major environmental, social and cultural changes brought about by globalization in cities and territories.

The programme implements such a philosophy through a multi-disciplinary project drawn on the current lines of study, field researches and experimental projects on the Global South produced internationally. The program covers a wide range of topics, including: new forms of socio-spatial inequality; spatial conflicts; informal urbanization; informal economies; strategies for slum up-grading; inclusive urban management; building techniques for informal contexts; projects for the protection and enhancement of cultural heritage in the territories in crisis; technologies of access to primary resources; risk assessment, mitigation and management; new technologies for development and social innovation; capacity building; empowerment and local governance. The education and training proposal is complemented and reinforced by seminars of international experts, talks of key-note speakers and geographical and thematic focusses, such as a specific module on African urbanism.

The program will be conducted through lectures and applied workshops given by a large, multidisciplinary and international group of professors, researchers and experts on cooperation, in partnership with international organizations, institutions and associations. 
In particular, the training activities are divided into: 
• Lectures: critically oriented lectures on the urban emerging issues and main lines of research and intervention in the Global South. The lectures are set up as follows: General knowledge of the issue; Presentation of case studies / experiences related to the considered issue; Presentations of texts / research / projects / good practices. 
• Laboratories: application of analysis, evaluation, planning and design methods and techniques to international case studies with the support of tutors. 
• Individual study.
• Project work: final project work conceived and developed with the support of tutors and done individually or in small groups. 
• Seminars on Specific topics/experiences.

THEME MODULES
MODULE 0 Global Challenges and Sustainable Urban Development: Concepts, Geographies and Emerging Issues  
MODULE 1 Facing Rapid Urbanization and Socio-Spatial Inequalities: the Approaches to Urban Planning and the Governance Strategies 
MODULE 2 Housing Quality in Informal Context. Problems, Approches and Building Techniques 
MODULE 3 Vulnerability and Territorial Risks. Integrated Strategies of Mitigation and Adaptation 
MODULE 4 Water-Energy-Food Nexus 
MODULE 5 Protection and Enhancement of Cultural Heritage Amid Conservation and Development

COSTS OF THE COURSE
Full fee: € 1.400,00 
The reduced fee of € 700,00 is applicable to PhD students or to the students (with a university Diploma) who are attending a Degree Course.

IMPORTANT DATES
• January 26, 2017 | Deadline for application form submission
• January 31, 2017 | Beginning of the selection process
• March 10, 2017 | Presentation of the Course
• March 31, 2017 | Drafting the Final Report
• May 12, 2017 | Drafting the Final Report
• July 14, 2017 | Drafting the Final Report
• October 27,2017 | End of the lessons
• November 3, 2017 | Drafting the Final Report

OTHER INFORMATIONS
Eligibility: The post-graduate course is reserved for candidates with a university Diploma. Both the old and the new Italian system Degree (be it in Architecture, Engineering, Urban Planning, Design, Sociology, Economics and other scientific subjects) are valid. Foreign candidates in possession of an equivalent qualifications from their university systems will be considered eligible. Simultaneous enrolments in a Post-graduate Course, a Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to a Master of Science) programme and a Doctoral Programme are also considered compatible.
Credits: The Course is equal to 15 University Credits (CFU). 
Crtificates: Certificate of Post Graduate Programme "COOPERA(C)TION | KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH"
Students' compulsary attendance: above 70%.

SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR 
• Agostino Petrillo 

CO-DIRECTOR - EDUCATIONAL COORDINATION 
• Paola Bellaviti 

SCIENTIFIC COMMETTEE 
• Agostino Petrillo - DAStU, Politecnico di Milano 
• Gabriele Pasqui - DAStU, Politecnico di Milano 
• Emanuela Colombo - Dip. di Energia, Politecnico di Milano 
• Anna Caterina Delera - DAStU, Politecnico di Milano 
• Maria Cristina Giambruno - DAStU, Politecnico di Milano 
• Giuliana Costa - DAStU, Politecnico di Milano 
• Antonella Contin - DAStU, Politecnico di Milano 
• Gian Luca Brunetti - DAStU, Politecnico di Milano 
• Antonio Tosi - DAStU, Politecnico di Milano 
• Paola Bellaviti - DAStU, Politecnico di Milano 
• Marcello Magoni - DAStU, Politecnico di Milano 
• Camillo Magni - DAStU, Politecnico di Milano 
• Francesco Chiodelli – Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) 
• Maria Chiara Pastore – DAStU, Politecnico di Milano

IN COLLABORATION WITH:
• Polisocial - Politecnico di Milano
• UNESCO - Chair in Energy for Sustainable Development
• UNESCO - Chair in Architectural Preservation and Planning in Heritage Cities
• UNESCO - Chair in Urban and Regional Planning for Sustainable Local Development
• ASF - Architecture Sans Frontières
• ISF - Engineers Without Borders Milano

INFO & CONTACTS
Laboratory of International Cooperation Website  
Tel: 02.2399 5517 – fax 02.2399 5454
E-mail: cooperazione.internazionale.dastu@polimi.it
• Prof. Paola Bellaviti 
Tel:  +39 02 2399 5476
E-mail: cooperaction-dastu@polimi.it