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Education for Sustainable Development: UNU and UNEP efforts

Education for Sustainable Development: UNU and UNEP efforts. Mahesh Pradhan UNEP/ROAP, Bangkok pradhan@un.org. Structure. Environmental Education and Training UNU efforts UNEP efforts Proposed short course Proposed curriculum guidelines Regional consortium Conclusion. EE&T.

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Education for Sustainable Development: UNU and UNEP efforts

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  1. Education for Sustainable Development: UNU and UNEP efforts Mahesh Pradhan UNEP/ROAP, Bangkok pradhan@un.org

  2. Structure • Environmental Education and Training • UNU efforts • UNEP efforts • Proposed short course • Proposed curriculum guidelines • Regional consortium • Conclusion

  3. EE&T • Evolution: Sanitary/Public Health Engineering-> Environmental Management -> Sustainable Development • IEEP -> ESD • WSSD -> Decade of ESD, 2005-2014

  4. UNU • Environment and Sustainable Development - one of two priority Programme Areas • Focus on Global Governance and Climate Change, Land and Natural Resources, Water, Sustainable Industrial and Urban Development, Water, etc. • Global Virtual University – e-Learning for Sustainable Development: launched in partnership with UNEP in 2003

  5. UNEP • IEEP, in collaboration with UNESCO • Regional environmental training networks – LAC and AP • NETTLAP – tertiary network • Thematic focus: environmental economics, coastal zone management, and toxic chemicals and hazardous waste management • National partnerships

  6. Proposed short course • Target Group: mid-senior level officials • Holistic approach – economic, social and environment • Practical tools • Forward looking • July 2004 at the UNEP-Tongji IESD • Replicated/Disseminated to other institutions in the Asia-Pacific

  7. Curriculum Design • Bachelors and/or Masters level • Practical implications of SD as a whole-system paradigm • Sustainable Development in Asia-Pacific context • How to reconcile economic, social and environmental imperatives for SD • Tools and methods – multistakeholder processes, modelling and scenario analysis, etc.

  8. Regional Consortium • Develop proposals for joint implementation • “Inclusive” Consortium • Pilot regional course • Joint degree programmes • Regional initiative for ESD Decade

  9. Summary • Environmental Education and Training • UNU efforts • UNEP efforts • Proposed short course • Proposed curriculum guidelines • Regional consortium • Conclusion

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