2nd Implementation Cycle - Policy Session
30 Apr-11 May 2007
New York
Learning Center
The Learning Center is part of the official programme of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) and runs parallel to the CSD plenary sessions. Its purpose is to provide teaching and training at a practical level on topics of relevance to the specific themes being considered by the CSD, as well as selective cross-cutting themes of sustainable development to further implementation of Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI).
All participants in CSD sessions are welcome to attend the courses, which are offered in three-hour sessions during regular meetings hours (10:00 to 13:00 and 15:00 to 18:00) in the United Nations conference area. Course instructors drawn from a variety of institutions use a wide range of instructional tools and approaches, including small working groups, case studies and lecture formats, and most courses include question and answer periods and interactive discussions. Participants have expressed enthusiasm for the Learning Center and feedback on individual courses has been positive.
| Time |
Presentation |
| Monday, 30 April |
| 3:00-6:00 |
Climate Policy Assessment with Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM)
|
| Tuesday, 1 May |
| 10:00 - 1:00 |
Atelier de sensibilisation et d’information sur les stratégies nationales
de développement durable (NSDS workshop in French)
|
| 3:00 - 6:00 |
Innovative Energy Financing by USAID
|
| Wednesday, 2 May |
| 10:00 - 1:00 |
Legal Strategies for
Climate Change Adaptation by Vulnerable Communities
|
| 3:00 - 6:00 |
Health Effects of Air
Pollution Associated with Energy Use
Watch archived video
|
| Thursday, 3 May |
| 10:00 - 1:00 |
Energy
Efficiency in the Public Sector: Saving Money, Energy and the Environment
Watch
archived video
|
| 3:00 - 6:00 |
Turning Information
into Empowerment, Strengthening Gender and Energy Networking
|
| Friday, 4 May |
| 10:00 - 1:00 |
Smart Grids and Stable Stand-Alone Electricity Systems: Practice and
Implications of using it in Power Supply
|
| 3:00 - 6:00 |
SEA
in Development Cooperation: A Practice-oriented Training
|
| Monday, 7 May |
| 10:00 - 1:00 |
Carbon Sequestation Storage
|
| 3:00 - 6:00 |
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) a tool for better governance and sustainable decisions
|
| Tuesday, 8 May |
| 10:00 - 1:00 |
Putting
monitoring and evaluation to work in sustainable energy projects
|
| 3:00 - 6:00 |
Regulation for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
|
| Wednesday, 9 May |
| 3:00 - 6:00 |
Reorienting Large School System to address Climate Change, Energy, Water and
Waste Management Issues in Broader Context of UN Decade of ESD
|
| Thursday, 10 May |
| 10:00 - 1:00 |
Energy
Efficient Products: Stimulating Demand and Facilitating Trade through
Communities of Practice
|
| 3:00 - 6:00 |
Models
that bridges the Gap between Access to Energy and Microfinance
|
| Friday, 11 May |
| 10:00 - 1:00 |
Partnerships 101: An introduction to effective partnering for sustainable
development
- A joint presentation by Dr. Darian Stibbe, Partnering
Initiative and Mr. Sean Southey, Equator Initiative, UNDP
|
