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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