Notification of acceptance: September 2017 CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR COURSES Course period: 10 January - 12 July, 2018 Our courses are designed to prepare the participants for This 6-month course covers environmental management their tasks of environment-related planning, coordination as an integrated interdisciplinary field. The curriculum is and management within ministries, agencies and local organized in modules comprising issues of conservation governments as well as NGOs of their home countries. and restoration ecology, water and atmosphere, soil and The participants have several years of course relevant land resources, sustainable urban and regional develop- professional experience. ment, waste management and circular economy, renewable energy and energy efficiency. The lectures are given by professors of Technische Universitt APPLICATION & PARTICIPATION Dresden as well as experts from various national and international institutions. A multitude of excursions are ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Apply via online-application-platform during the applica- also part of the course to illustrate environmental problems and exemplify successfully integrated environ- tion periods for each course: TRAINING PROGRAMME mental management practices. Participants are required to carry out a profound research on a specific environ- www.cipsem-apply.de FOR DEVELOPING AND EMERGING ment related subject and present the results of this Our International Steering Committee selects 21 work in a symposium at the end of the course. participants for every course. COUNTRIES Objectives: Participants acquire the ability to develop Participants stay in our comfortable private studio interdisciplinary strategies for sustainable development and to take appropriate measures for an environmental apartments and receive a stipend of 450 Euro per month to cover basic living expenses. Flights, health 2017/18 courses protection that takes ecological, socio-economic and insurance etc. are provided. Our course office provides cultural aspects into account. manifold assistance.
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Educational, Scientic and Cultural Organization 71ST SHORT COURSE ON ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT 72ND SHORT COURSE ON SOIL & LAND RESOURCES FOR 73RD SHORT COURSE ON RESOURCE EFFICIENCY - BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (SC72) CLEANER PRODUCTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT (SC73) application: 20 February 2017 - 13 April 2017 application: 01 March - 02 May 2017 application: 01 March - 02 May 2017 course period: 30 August - 26 September 2017 course period: 11 October - 03 November 2017 course period: 15 November - 08 December 2017 In a time of global biodiversity loss and climate change Water and soils are limited and endangered resources. It Cleaner production in the framework of green with rising pressures on ecosystems and the services is estimated that at least a quarter of the usable earth economy and circular economy aims at environmental they provide for human well-being, our societies are in surface is affected by strong degradation to an extent protection, pollution prevention and sustainable develop- urgent need to improve the management on the which is substantially reducing the potential production of ment through conservation of resources, reusing, and human-biosphere interface. The course will cover biomass for food, feeding as well as for resources for recycling in order to minimize pollution from the source important ecosystem assessments, introduce partici- materials and bioenergy. In the context of a growing and reduce overall waste per unit output. At the same pants to a range of different methodologies from the world population this is a serious threat. While the world time, productivity and competitiveness are being natural and social sciences methodologies of assessing population in the past four decades grew from 3 to over improved. This is essential for the ultimate goal of and valuing ecosystem services in different societal 7.4 billion people, the agricultural area increased by only decoupling economic growth from increased resource contexts and convey basics of biodiversity and ecosys- 8%, mainly through the transformation of forest into use and further environmental degradation. This interdis- tem governance. This knowledge is crucial for the arable land. Land consumption through urbanization is ciplinary, participatory short course offers solid conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, ecologi- further reducing the fertile cultivation area while changing background knowledge combined with workshops and cal restoration, and the continued provision of ecosys- rainfall patterns and temperature distributions will pose site visits. It will provide an overview of social, legal, tem services for human well-being. It is essential for additional challanges in many parts of the world. policy, economic and technological aspects of circular public and private decision-making and part of the economy and sustainable waste management. The agendas of many institutions including intergovernmen- Objectives course will provide an overview of social, legal, policy, tal organisations, federal, state, and local governments, Participants will deal intensively with the connections economic and technological aspects of circular economy non-profit environmental protection and further advocacy between land use and nutrient cycles in the context of and sustainable waste management. organisations, as well as business and private consulting water catchment areas and at a global level. They will be firms. enabled to develop concepts for soil and water protection Objectives as an integral part of sustainable land management. After completion of the course, the participants are able Objectives: Material flows are considered at the landscape level and to create new concepts and ideas for sustainable This course will train participants in important concepts at a global scale and illustrated by means of a practical resource management based on reduction, reuse, and and methods in the field of biodiversity conservation and case study. Thereby, the influence of energy generation recycling of materials (3Rs). Thereby the entire produc- ecosystem services research and governance. The and integrated waste management is elucidated. tion process and life cycle of the products is taken into combination of participatory methods, expert knowledge Integrated water resource management and climate account. Participants are expected to adapt new ideas and methods to design, implement and monitor sound strategies in land management are also discussed on the and concepts for a sustainable resource economy. After management strategies at different scales provide the basis of case studies. the course, the participants are able to develop new necessary tools to approach the impacts of biodiversity ideas and concepts for a sustainable resource manage- loss in the context of ecosystems and the services they Target Groups This short course is designed for managers and decision- ment. They consider "waste" as a raw material and are provide. Participants will be introduced to state-of-the-art able to contribute actively to the development or ecological theory and learn to apply this knowledge makers with a strong occupational background in environ- nmental protection foccusing on soil and land use (e.g. in advancement of sustainable resource management in within a socio-economic framework. their home countries. agriculture and forestry, geography, soil science, water Target Groups: management, regional planning, etc.). A first university This course is designed mainly for managers and degree (BA, BSc, e.g.), good communication skills in Target Groups decision-makers with a biodiversity-related background. English language and the nomination by the delegating This course is especially targeted at specialists at upper To be eligible for this training course, a first university institution are mandatory managerial level and decision makers with tasks of degree (BA, BSc, e.g.) is absolutely indispensable as environment-related planning, coordination and manage- Participants successfully completing this course will be awarded a ment. Participant should have several years of course well as the ability to communicate actively and efficiently Certificate of Certificate of Proficiency in Soil & Land Resources for in English. The nomination by the delegating institution relevant professional experience. The nomination by the Sustainable Development. is a mandatory prerequisite. delegating institution is mandatory.
Participants successfully completing this course will be awarded a
More details: www.tu-dresden.de /cipsem Participants successfully completing this course will be awarded a Certificate of Proficiency in Integrated Water Resource Manage- Impressions from previous courses: Certificate of Proficiency in Resource Efficiency - Cleaner Produc- ment and Health. tion and Waste Management. >> www.cipsem.wordpress.com