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Development of Interdisciplinary Program on Climate Change and Sustainability Policy- CLIMASP”

Development of Interdisciplinary Program on Climate Change and Sustainability Policy- CLIMASP”. Report of Progress Jerash University. Report of Progress. In this brief report of progress we will explain; How much of the work is complete What part of the work is currently in progress

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Development of Interdisciplinary Program on Climate Change and Sustainability Policy- CLIMASP”

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  1. Development of Interdisciplinary Program on Climate Change and Sustainability Policy- CLIMASP” Report of Progress Jerash University

  2. Report of Progress In this brief report of progress we will explain; • How much of the work is complete • What part of the work is currently in progress • What work remains to be done • What problems and unexpected things have arisen • How the project is going in general

  3. Introduction The project aim is to integrate interdisciplinary CLIMASP courses into existing undergraduate disciplines to provide undergraduate students from different majors the flexibility to select courses to enhance their interests in climate change. The Tasks; The following tasks were requested; • Identifying staff to be involved and setting-up the institutional design team. • Mapping and analyzing barriers and drivers to multiple-stakeholders’ involvement. • Participating in the national training workshops. • Identifying the courses mapped to be considered in CLIMASP program (course mapping). • Categorization of the potential courses in terms of the three key areas. • Other related tasks; lab, equipments, …. etc.

  4. How much of the work is complete; Task 1; Identifying staff

  5. Task 2;Mapping and analyzing barriers and drivers to multiple-stakeholders’ involvement Barriers and Drivers to Multiple-Stakeholders' involvement were mapped and analyzed; • The survey was conducted • The interviewed stakeholders include; • University: students, staff, administrators; • Government agencies: Jerash governorate, Higher education institutions accreditation committee, Jerash Agriculture Directorate, Civil Defence Directorate, Royal Environment Protection Administration and Ministry of Education. • Associations: Farmers Union, Agricultural Engineers Association. • Civic society: Handicap International, Charitable Organization. • Out of 19 questionnaires only 15 were considered. • The results were summarized in one template (presentation 2).

  6. Task 3;National training workshops; Jerash university team; • participated in the first CLIMASP national training workshop; The University of Jordan/ 19th and 20th March 2014. • Now the team is participating in the second CLIMASP national training workshop; The Hashemite University/ 16th , 17 and 18th June 2014. Task 4 & Task 5;Course Mapping & Categorization; (Presentation 3) • The courses mapped to be considered in the CLIMASP program were identified. • 45 courses were identified and categorized in terms of the three key areas; (Presentation 4) • - Climate Change, Environment and Society; • - Climate Change, Economics and Public Policy; • - Climate Change, Sciences and Technology.

  7. Task 6;Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Lab

  8. Task 6;Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Lab

  9. What part of the work is currently in progress? • Allocating a special office for CLIMASP team; the office will be allocated temporarily in the university's Counseling , Training and Continuing Education Center. • Awareness Campaigns; Preparations are taking place to create awareness campaigns targeting students by Heads of academic departments under supervision of the deans in cooperation with the CLIMASP in the university as well as the Department of Admission and Registration Unit. • Revision of Study Plans and Courses Involved: teams were selected in each academic department to revise study plans in cooperation with CLIMASP team in the university (nearly 40% of the plans ; already revised). • Communicating Ministry of Higher Education; concerning study plans modifications. • Planning the initial structure of the interdisciplinary CLIMASP courses integration into existing disciplines.

  10. What work remains to be done? Much work to be done; • Study plans modifications. • Course curriculum development • Developing and implementing syllabus and course modules • Implementing the project • Feedback

  11. What problems and unexpected things have arisen? • Our late involvement is the most important challenge but we are doing our best. How the project is going in general? The project is at the beginning . So far every thing is OK.

  12. Thank You

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