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Innovative Approaches to Climate Change: Experiences from the United Nations System in South Africa COP-17, Durban, 28

Understanding the interactions between population, environment and development for sustainable human development: PED Nexus Training Programme in South Africa. Innovative Approaches to Climate Change: Experiences from the United Nations System in South Africa COP-17, Durban, 28 November 2011

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Innovative Approaches to Climate Change: Experiences from the United Nations System in South Africa COP-17, Durban, 28

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  1. Understanding the interactions between population, environment and development for sustainable human development: PED Nexus Training Programme in South Africa Innovative Approaches to Climate Change: Experiences from the United Nations System in South Africa COP-17, Durban, 28 November 2011 Jacques van Zuydam, Mark Bryan Schreiner National Population Unit Deputy Representative Department of Social Development UNFPA South Africa Republic of South Africa

  2. Presentation overview: • Background • Partners • Course content • Progress and evaluation • Other developments

  3. Background: • International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) PoA • SADC’s “Maputo Resolution” 2004 • South Africa’s Population Policy and National P&D Strategy 2004 - 2009 • Objectives • Target groups • Approach

  4. Partners:

  5. Course content: POPULATION NEXUS ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT

  6. Pre-Course reading Pre-course evaluation • Main Theme: PED for Sustainable Development Topics • Overview of Key Population, Development and Environment concepts and Linkages; international agreements • Systems thinking • Fish Bank • The role of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in sustainable development • Globalization, trade and sustainable development Competencies in Leadership & Mgt PED Nexus • Theme: Pop & Environment • Topics: • Land tenure & Human Settle • Agriculture & Food Security • Topics • Communication Skills • Conflict Resol, negot &Dec-Making • Change Management • Group dynamics & Teamwork • Talk on what is leadership • Monitoring & Evaluation • Theme: Environment and • Development • Topics • Ecosystems and global change • Ecological Footprint • Resource utilisation • Case study (e.g. Mining) • Theme: Pop & Development • Topics • Pop, gender &dev • Repro Health & Dev • Socioeconomic impacts of • HIV/AIDS Case study & Site visit • Enviro Mgt Tools & Frameworks • EIA • SIA • IDP Post-course Evaluation

  7. Progress and evaluation: • 23 courses, 716 participants since 2005 • Participants from12 SEA countries; 13 global regions • Feeder for the LEAD Fellows Programme • NPU/UNFPA Evaluation in 2006: “... it indeed is succeeding in building capacity in substantive integration of population concerns with sectoral issues.” • PPD 2011: “… assessed to be an innovative practice that is portable, replicable and successful in addressing local development planning and implementation.”

  8. Other developments: • PED in IDP training for municipalities 2008+ • PED Research • PED Newsletter • Provincial PED Networks • P&D Information and Knowledge Service • PED in conferences and seminars • National Climate Change Strategy: Adaptation • Partnerships: south-south, regional and national, incl. scholarships • LEAD IS 2010: Population, Climate Change and Development and its Local Footprint Programme (NMBM, Port Elizabeth) • PPD International Conference 2011: Population Dynamics, Climate change and Sustainable Development and Pretoria Declaration • PPD / UNDP/ UNFPA 2011: Sharing Innovative Experiences Vol19 • NMMU 2012+: Pan-African course on Population, Climate Change and Development

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