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Sharing of Experiences from Asia: UNEP TU IESD
MESA University Programme4-9 May 2006Nairobi
Mahesh PradhanUNEP/ROAP
Bangkokpradhan@un.org
Outline Background
Asia Pacific UNEP ROAP Tongji U
IESD RUC Activities IESD Key features
Lessons Learnt
Background Asia-Pacific
Diverse, challenging Sub-regional
UNEP/ROAP 46 countries 4 strategic approaches
Promote regional cooperation Strengthen environmental community Identify and respond to emerging issues Leadership by example
UNEP TU IESD
TU – 100th anniversary in May 2007 Reputed for env. engineering IESD - New institute: Platform across
faculties (no walls) Established in 2002: 3 core areas
Education Research Outreach
mind
body
soul
land
air
water
social
economy
environment
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT SD
RUC Founding Members: inclusive consortium
Tongji U (Secretariat – China) AIT (Thailand) Griffith U (Australia) UNSW (Australia) Wollongong (Australia) NTU (Singapore) Yale (America) UNU (Japan)
RUC Charter Joint activities:
Education Research outreach
Activities Education
Masters – September 2006 Doctoral - 2007 Undergrad - 2008
Research - Applied, at least 2 members of Consortium:
Yangtse river Eco-housing – Chongming island eWastes - Suzhou
Outreach Annual Leadership Programme
Human, Environment, SD RCE with UNU SIDS Training
IESD Bye Laws:
Governance, Operations, Org, Finance, Business Plan, 2006-2010 Donors:
Ministry of Education: 400K Ministry of Commerce: 50K Bayer: 1,000K over 5 yrs HSBC: 100K per annum Italy: 200K UNEP: 100K (seed funding)
Lessons learnt Consortium approach
International character Regular communications Joint activities and research
Business Plan Governance, finances, future orientation
Donors Regular fund raising meetings
Partnerships RUC Int’l orgs: UNEP, UNU, UNESCO – Interagency Donors: Bayer, HSBC, Governments
Conclusion Background
Asia Pacific UNEP ROAP Tongji U
IESD RUC Activities IESD Key features
Lessons Learnt
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