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4th Implementation Cycle: Review Session
3 - 14 May 2010
New York

In-session Activities

Learning Center

the learning center photographThe Learning Centre is part of the official programme of the Commission on Sustainable Development and runs parallel to the CSD plenary sessions. It is intended to educate on various facets of sustainable development at a practical level, enabling CSD participants to implement Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) and other action frameworks in their countries. Course instructors will use a wide range of instructional tools and approaches, including small working groups, case studies and lecture formats. Most courses include question and answer periods and interactive discussions.

the learning center photographAll CSD participants are welcome to attend the courses, which are offered in three-hour sessions during regular meetings hours (10 am to 1 pm and 3 pm to 6 pm) in the conference room D of the North Lawn Temporary Building.

Time Location Title/Sponsor Trainers
Monday, 3 May
10:00am - 1:00pm   No Course Scheduled

 
 
3:00pm - 6:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Les achats publics durables: concept, enjeux et modalités de mise en œuvre

Sponsor: Institut de l'Energie et de l'Environnement de la Francophonie (IEPF)
Daniel Ziegerer
Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests & Landscape

Farid Yaker
UNEP DTIE

Tuesday, 4 May
10:00am - 1:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Transport Policy Options

Sponsor: Sustainable Low Carbon Transport Partnership


3:00pm - 6:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Mining and sustainable development: are they compatible realities?

Sponsor: Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Forum
Fernanda Diez
International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)

John Groom
Anglo American plc.

Mamadou Barry
The World Bank

Ben Aryee, Patrick Chevalier
Natural Resources Canada

Wednesday, 5 May
10:00am - 1:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Mining, people and the land

Sponsor: Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Forum
John Groom
Anglo American plc.

Assheton Carter
Patrick O’Neil
William Bulmer

3:00pm - 6:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management

Sponsor: SAICM/IOMC
Matthew Gubb
UNEP Chemicals-SAICM Secretariat
Thursday, 6 May
10:00am - 1:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Mercury: A Global Concern

Sponsor: UNEP Chemicals
Per M. Bakken &
Matthew Gubb &
Desiree M. Narvaez
UNEP Chemicals

3:00pm - 6:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Greening the Waste Economy: The Life-cycle approach to Hazardous Waste Management

Sponsor: Basel Convention Secretariat
Miroslav Bobek &
Jana Jirátová
Czech Republic

Matthias Kern
Secretariat of the Basel Convention

Friday, 7 May
10:00am - 1:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
The Nine New POPs – Ridding the world of Persistent Organic Pollutants

Sponsor: Stockholm Convention Secretariat
Reiner Arndt
Germany

Fatoumata Keita Ouane
Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention

3:00pm - 6:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Mining best practice and hazardous mine site assessment and monitoring - The Western Balkans as a case study

Sponsor: UNEP-UNDP
Philip Peck
Lund University, Sweden

Andjelka Mihajlov
EDUCONS University, Serbia

Snezana Dragojevic &
Stewart Williams
UNDP Montenegro

Pier Carlo Sandei
UNEP

Christina Stuhlberger
Zoï Environment Network

Monday, 10 May
10:00am - 1:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Education and Learning for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP): supporting business and community development

Sponsor: United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies
René Van Berkel
UNIDO

Zinaida Fadeeva &
Alberto García-Mogollón
UN University

Roger A. Petry
University of Regina, Canada


3:00pm - 6:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Enhancing Sustainable Consumption and Production through Environmental Fiscal Reform – A training tool for stakeholder mobilization

Sponsor: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Juerg Klarer
Aequilibrium Consult

Anuschka Hilke
GTZ Sector Project Rioplus

Kerstin Imbusch
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

Tuesday, 11 May
10:00am - 1:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Promoting Sustainable Consumption and Production through sustainable Entrepreneurship.

Sponsor: Swedish Ministry of the Environment
Michael Kuhndt
Fisseha Tessema
Swedish Ministry of the Environment

3:00pm - 6:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Mercury Reduction in Artisanal Gold Mining

Sponsor: US
Maryanne Bailey
US EPA

Wednesday, 12 May
10:00am - 1:00pm No Course Scheduled

 
3:00pm - 6:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Sustainable Consumption and Production: Applications to the Sound Management of Chemicals, Sustainable Chemistry, and eco-efficient use of Resources

Sponsor: The Dow Chemical Co.
Martina Bianchini &
Greg Bond
The Dow Chemical Company

Thursday, 13 May
10:00am - 1:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
A New Global Sustainability Standard for Products

Sponsor: People 4 Earth
Martine Bloquiaux
Co-founder and President

Geri Kantor
Sustainability Manager, US, People 4 Earth

 
3:00pm - 6:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Innovative financing for sustainable consumption and production

Sponsor: USAID
Karen Juckett &
John Wasielewsky
USAID

Friday, 14 May
10:00am - 1:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to Design and Deliver Extension Knowledge in Developing Countries

Sponsor: USDA National Institute on Food and Agriculture, USA
Carol Kramer-LeBlanc &
Dan Cotton &
Kristen Davis
USDA

Asterio Saliot &
Pamela Mariquita G. Mappala & Antonieta J. Arceo
Agricultural Training Institute, Philippines

3:00pm - 6:00pm Conf Room D
NLB
Mining and Sustainability

Sponsor: International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)
R. Anthony Hodge &
John Atherton &
Kathryn McPhail &
Fernanda Diez
ICCM

Keith Slack
Oxfam America