The Learning Centre is part of the official programme of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) and runs parallel to the CSD plenary sessions. Its aims at providing teaching and training at a practical level, enabling CSD participants to implement Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and other action frameworks in their countries.

Topics covered this year include the CSD-19 themes: Chemicals, Mining, The 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, Transport, and Waste Management (hazardous and solid); as well as cross-cutting issues such as indicators and sustainable development law.

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	10am – 1pm	3pm – 6pm
Monday 2 May	Good practices and partnerships for sustainable waste management Sponsor: Ministry of Environment Sweden, UNEP More information Presentations: Integrated Solid Waste Management Mushtaq A Memon, UNEP Training Manuals on Integrated Solid Waste Management Mushtaq A Memon, UNEP How to use Swedish experiences to improve municipal waste management in Macedonia Catarina Östlund, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency E-Waste Management and Waste Agricultural Biomass Management Mushtaq A Memon, UNEP Marine Litter Mushtaq A Memon, UNEP Global Partnership on Waste Management Mushtaq A Memon, UNEP	Sustainable consumption and production: Learning to live together Sponsors: Partnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living; UNESCO; UNEP; Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea; Swedish Ministry of Environment More information Presentations: To be posted soon Natalie Jeremijenko, New York Univ and XDesign Environmental Health Clinic Sustainable Consumption and Production, Learning to Live Together: Education for Sustainable Living Victoria Thoresen, Hedmark Univ College, Norway Learning to Live Together: Education and awareness-raising for sustainable living Luis Flores Mimica, Consumers International
Tuesday 3 May	Chemicals issues of importance for sustainable development Sponsor: UNEP More information Presentations: Objectives and structure of the learning center Kaj Madsen, UNEP Global Chemicals Outlook Rachel Massey, Univ of Massachusetts Lowell Chemicals: Future Trends in Production and Use. Implications for Chemicals Management Michael Gribble, ICCA Views on Chemicals Management and Sustainable Development in the Future Joe DiGangi, IPEN WHO Chemical Safety Werner Obermeier on behalf of Carolyn Vickers, WHO Chemicals & Children:Evaluation of Environmental Health Risks and Risk Management Strategies David Piper, UNEP Health and Environment Linkage Abiola Olanipekun, Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria The Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions: MEA's on Chemicals Jacqueline Alvarez, The Secretariat for the Stockholm Convention Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead in Paints Jackie Mosby, US Environmental Protection Agency Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead in Paints Abiola Olanipekun, Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria Risk Management Activities on Perfluorinated Chemicals Ana Corado, US Environmental Protection Agency	Mining Industry in XXI: assessing sustainability, global and national governance, and participation of local communities Sponsor: Columbia Univ More information Presentations: Mining Industry in XXI: Assessing Sustainability, Global and National Governance, and Participation of Local Communities João Paulo Veiga, Univ São Paulo, Brazil Scott Martin, Columbia Univ
Wednesday 4 May	No course conducted	Policies for Sustainable Low Carbon Transport Sponsor: SLoCaT Partnership More information Presentations: Bangkok Declaration - Sustainable Transport Goals for 2010-2020 Tom Hamlin, UNDESA for UNCRD Tackling Transport in Africa: The TEST Network Jürgen Perschon, EURIST Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area: Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system Julius Langendorff, European Commission Nationally appropriate mitigation actions as catalysts for environmental sustainable transport Sangji Han, Korean Transport Institute Sustainable Low Carbon Transport Policy: Opportunities for Action Michael Replogle, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy Sustainable Transport Evaluation Andrea Henkel, German Agency for Int Cooperation
Thursday 5 May	10–11:30am Implementing the 10YFP: A global research forum on sustainable production and consumption Sponsor: Integrative Strategies Forum More information Presentations: A global research forum on sustainable production and consumption Jeffrey Barber, Integrative Strategies Forum SCORAI: Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative in the USA and Canada Philip J Vergragt, Clark Univ, USA Questions from Policy Research - An Asian Perspective Lewis Akenji, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies 11:30-1pm Strategic Approach to collaborating with non-government organization and private sector partners to promote SCP in Asia Sponsor: Cx Catalyst More information Presentations: Strategic Partnerships for Sustainable Consumption & Production (SCP) in Asia Vinay Rao, Cx Catalysts Preeti Pincha, Infosys	Preparing the global way forward for mining Sponsor: IGF More information Presentations: Intergovernmental Forum on Mining/Minerals/Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) and UNCSD Patrick Chevalier, Department Natural Resources, Canada Preparing the global way forward for mining Ben Peachey, ICMM Global Way Forward on Mining - Current strategic priorities in WB programs Anwar Ravat, World Bank Working with Companies on Sustainable Development Krista Hendry, The Fund for Peace
Friday 6 May	Reaching globally agreed environmental goals: what do indicators tell us? Sponsor: UNEP/DEWA More information Presentations: The Global Environment Outlook 5: an indicator based assessment Fatoumata Keita-Ouane, UNEP/DEWA Reaching Globally Agreed Environmental Goals - What do indicators tell us? Fatoumata Keita-Ouane, UNEP/DEWA Wildlife Conservation Society: Achieving Environment and Development Goals Using Payments for Ecosystem Services Jane Carter Ingram, Wildlife Conservation Society Environmental Performance Indicators Marc A. Levy, Columbia University	Chemicals and sustainable development: overcoming new challenges Sponsor: Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions; UNEP Chemicals More information Presentations: Overcoming new challenges in chemicals and hazardous wastes management Michael Stanley-Jones, UNEP BC/RC/SL The Basel, Rotterdam And Stockholm Conventions Michael Stanley-Jones, UNEP BC/RC/SL Listing of New Chemicals Under the Rotterdam And Stockholm Conventions Mark Davis, FAO Rotterdam Convention: on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in international trade Christine Fuell, Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention Challenges posed by industrial chemicals Kaj Madsen, UNEP Chemicals The Chemicals in Products (CiP) Project Kaj Madsen, UNEP Chemicals Risk Management Activities on Long-chain Perfluorinated Chemicals Ana Corado, US Environmental Protection Agency Electrical and Electronic wastes Jacqueline Alvarez, Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions: Export, Transit and Import Controls Jacqueline Alvarez, Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention
Monday 9 May	Synergizing resource efficiency with informal sector towards sustainable waste management Sponsor: UNCRD and UN-Habitat More information Presentations: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (the 3Rs) and Resource Efficiency as the basis for Sustainable Waste Management C Mohanty, UNCRD Turning Waste to Resource - Case Studies and Enabling Frameworks Anthony SF Chiu, De La Salle Univ, Philippines Informal Sector in Partnerships for Expanding Waste Management Services Prasad Modak, Environmental Management Centre, India	Freight sustainability: SmartWay Transport Partnership Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency More information Presentations: SmartWay Transport Partnership Buddy Polovick, US Environmental Protection Agency World Bank Case Studies on Green Trucks/Freight Transport Initiatives Georges Darido, World Bank
Tuesday 10 May	Negotiating customs and environmental ministry cooperation on hazardous waste management through inter-ministerial agreements Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency More information Presentations: Negotiating Customs and Environmental Cooperation Bridging the Customs and Environment Gap Deborah Kopsick, US Environmental Protection Agency Background document: Inter-ministerial Agreement Framework	Sustainable Development and Transport: Practical Solutions Sponsor: UIC and ITDP More information Presentations: Improving the sustainability of transport – The rail sector as a case study Henning Schwarz, UIC Sustainable Development and Public Transport Ramon Cruz, ITDP IC