打印活动信息

Strengthening the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development (IFSD)

种类

Course

位置

Web-based

日期

1 5月 2013

待确认

期限

6 Weeks

项目领域

Environment, Climate Change, Environmental Governance and Law, Governance

网址

http://www.unitar.org/egp/strengthening-institutional-framework-sustainable-dev…

价格

US$600.00

活动协调人email

envgov@unitar.org

背景信息

The course will run in the first half of 2013. The exact dates will be confirmed.

Since the 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, the institutional framework to address environment and sustainable development challenges has witnessed a steady growth in the number of institutions and agreements, with more than 500 multilateral environmental agreements currently in existence. Yet the continuing deterioration in the natural resource base and ecosystems, global climate change and persistent poverty raise doubts about the capacity of the institutional framework to address these challenges. The 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) reaffirmed the need to strengthen the institutional framework for sustainable development (IFDS) and initiated specific action to foster more effective and coherent institutional responses.

活动目标

Participants will learn about the current institutional architecture concerned with sustainable development, emerging policy issues requiring an effective institutional response, and political challenges to advance reform as reflected in the negotiations leading up to, and during the Rio+20 Conference.

学习目标

After completing the course, participants will be able to:

Explain sustainable development challenges demanding effective international institutions
Outline key milestones of developing and reforming international institutions concerned with environment and sustainable development
Chart and analyze the current international IFSD
Recognize linkages between international, national and sub-national sustainable development governance
Analyze key policy issues relevant for the Rio+20 negotiations and beyond
Assess options to strengthen the institutional framework for sustainable development

内容和框架

The course is composed of 5 modules:

Module 1. Global Context and Emerging Challenges
Module 2. Current Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development
Module 3. Interface of International and National Sustainable Development Governance
Module 4. Policy Issues Emerging From Rio+20
Module 5. Options for Institutional Reform

方法

The course pedagogy is adapted to professionals in full-time work. Participants are provided with the opportunity to learn through various experiences: absorb (read); do (activity); interact (socialize); and reflect (relate to one’s own reality). The total number of learning hours is 40 over a 6 week period. During weeks 1-5 the reading of an e-book is complemented by a range of learning activities and experiences that include interactive exercises, discussion forums, and an applied case study. Week 6 is reserved for wrap-up and completing course assignments.

目标受众

The course targets groups and individuals that are interested in obtaining a general understanding about international sustainable development governance and latest developments. They include:

Civil servants in national Ministries, provincial departments and local authorities
Diplomats from Permanent Missions and Ministries of Foreign Affairs
Environmental managers in private sector and civil society organizations
Faculty, researchers and students
Interested citizens

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