1. Education for Sustainable Development: UNU and UNEP efforts Mahesh Pradhan UNEP/ROAP, Bangkok pradhan@un.org

2. Structure Environmental Education and Training UNU efforts UNEP efforts Proposed short course Proposed curriculum guidelines Regional consortium Conclusion

3. EE&T Evolution: Sanitary/Public Health Engineering -> Environmental Management -> Sustainable Development IEEP -> ESD WSSD -> Decade of ESD, 2005-2014

4. UNU Environment and Sustainable Development - one of two priority Programme Areas Focus on Global Governance and Climate Change, Land and Natural Resources, Water, Sustainable Industrial and Urban Development, Water, etc. Global Virtual University – e-Learning for Sustainable Development: launched in partnership with UNEP in 2003

5. UNEP IEEP, in collaboration with UNESCO Regional environmental training networks – LAC and AP NETTLAP – tertiary network –Thematic focus: environmental economics, coastal zone management, and toxic chemicals and hazardous waste management –National partnerships

6. Proposed short course Target Group: mid-senior level officials Holistic approach – economic, social and environment Practical tools Forward looking July 2004 at the UNEP-Tongji IESD Replicated/Disseminated to other institutions in the Asia-Pacific

7. Curriculum Design Bachelors and/or Masters level Practical implications of SD as a whole-system paradigm Sustainable Development in Asia-Pacific context How to reconcile economic, social and environmental imperatives for SD Tools and methods – multistakeholder processes, modelling and scenario analysis, etc.

8. Regional Consortium Develop proposals for joint implementation “Inclusive” Consortium Pilot regional course Joint degree programmes Regional initiative for ESD Decade

9. Summary Environmental Education and Training UNU efforts UNEP efforts Proposed short course Proposed curriculum guidelines Regional consortium Conclusion