Sharing of Experiences from Asia UNEP TU IESD.ppt

Sharing of Experiences from Asia: UNEP TU IESD MESA University Programme 4-9 May 2006 Nairobi Mahesh Pradhan UNEP/ROAP Bangkok pradhan@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 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 Thank you for your attention ! * * mind body soul land air water social economy environment HUMAN ENVIRONMENT SD *