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Evaluation of the Environmental Training Network for Latin America and the Caribbean and recommendations

Evaluation of the Environmental Training Network for Latin America and the Caribbean and recommendations. Outline Environmental Training in UNEP’s 2010-2011 and 2012-2013 Programmes of Works Current Situation of the Training Network Main activities in 2010-2011

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Evaluation of the Environmental Training Network for Latin America and the Caribbean and recommendations

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  1. Evaluation of the Environmental Training Network for Latin America and the Caribbean and recommendations

  2. Outline Environmental Training in UNEP’s 2010-2011 and 2012-2013 Programmes of Works Current Situation of the Training Network Mainactivities in 2010-2011 Proposal of Activities for the Environmental Training Network for 2012-2013

  3. EnvironmentalEducation in UNEP’sProgrammes of Work2012-2013 • A new project is being redesigned as part of the 2012-2013 Programme of Work approved at the 26th session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environmental Forum held between 21 and 24 February 2011 in Nairobi • The project will concentrate around three pillars of the UNEP Environmental Education Strategy draft, namely: Education, training and networks

  4. CurrentSituation of theEnvironmental Training Network • The document “EVALUATION AND NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING NETWORK” (http://www.pnuma.org/forodeministros/17-panama/htmlldocumentos.htm), submitted by UNEP at the Seventeenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean (Panama, Panama; 26 - 30 April 2010) made recommendations • The Seventeenth Forum of the Ministers of Environment did not take a decision on the Environmental Training Network

  5. Main Activities carried in 2010-2011 • In partnership with , the Regional Workshop for Latin America on Monitoring and Evaluation Processes of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) (2010) • SupportedTheCropperFoundation: • Regional Workshop for the Caribbean • on Education for Sustainable • Development (2011) • Jointly with the University of West Indies: Mainstreaming environmental issues and sustainability in English-speaking Caribbean Universities (MESCA)

  6. Main activities in 2010-2011 (cont'd .) • Memorandum of Understanding with the Sustainable Rural Development Programme (SRDP) of the German Development Cooperation Agency– GIZ in Peru (2011) • Distribution of Environmental Training • Network publications • Global High-Level Meeting for Planning, Consultation, Exchange and Learning for Leading Universities in the framework of the proposal for UNEP’s Global Universities Partnership on Environment and Sustainability (GUPES, 2011)

  7. Proposal of Activities for the Environmental Training Network for 2011-2012 Focusing on the priority themes Latin American and Caribbean Strategy for Sustainable Development (ILAC); Indentifying mutually complementary and mutual support among the activities of the ETN, PLACEA, PANACEA and the activities of the ITC agencies; Promote environmental education through virtual means in various languages ​​(Spanish, English and French);

  8. Proposal of Activities for the Environmental Training Network for 2011-2012 (cont'd .) Promoting mainstreaming environment and ecosystem management in University research and teaching in different disciplines, and on knowledge management; Building alliances with sub-regional organizations, the private sector, community organizations to foster environmental policies with the support of the academia; Continuing to participate and technically assist of regional Congresses of Environmental Education organized by countries;

  9. Proposal of Activities for the Environmental Training Network for 2011-2012 (cont'd ) • Seeking to extend the trust fund of the Environmental Training Network and pursue payment of contributions by countries; • Adopting the proposal for the establishment of a Consultative Committee of Focal Points that will allow for a more continuous process of consultation and decision-making; • This committee would include, at the same time, representatives of the ITC and other agencies that collaborate in a concrete manner. The Committee would meet virtually with the support of electronic tools

  10. Proposal of Activities for the Environmental Training Network for 2011-2012 (cont'd .) Furthermore, supporting universities in the region to participate actively in the Global Universities Partnership on Environment and Sustainability (GUPES) and the Initiative “Mainstreaming Environment in Latin America and Caribbean Universities” (MESCA ) in line with the regional priorities and needs and with a view toward South-South and triangular cooperation

  11. Yourguidanceishighlyappreciated THANK YOU! Isabel Martínez ProgrammeOfficer

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