Learning Events: Sustainable Development Strategies

The Sustainable Development Strategies learning activities, including courses, policy services and workshops, are delivered to selected World bank regions.

• Activities: Global
  • An Electronic Roundtable, May 30-July 16, 2001, Discussion space
    
• Activities: Africa
  • Environmental Governance and Consensus Building for Sustainable Natural Resources Management - Kaduna, Nigeria, March 8-12, 2004
  • Atelier sur la Gouvernance Environnementale et la Recherche de Consensus dans la Gestion des Ressources Naturelles - Ouagadougou, 17-21 novembre 2003
  • Gouvernance Environnementale et la Recherche de Consensus dans la Gestion des Ressources Naturelles: Atelier de Formation de formateurs - Dakar, 9-13 juin 2003
• Activities: East Asia & the Pacific
  • Strategic Environmental Assessment Distance Learning Course
  • Sustainable Urban Development and Management Course
  • Pre-ministerial Planning Meeting, Jakarta, Indonesia, April 2-3, 2001
  • Ministerial Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia, September 11-13, 2000
• Activities South Asia
  • Conflict resolution and natural resource Management - Bhopal, India, April 2-6, 2001

 

Institutional Strategies for Policymakers
The Sustainable Development for Policymakers workshops and courses are built around the integration of environmental, social and economic issues related to growth and poverty reduction strategies. Training focuses on helping participants apply institutional concepts and sustainable development strategies to their personal or local situations. Case studies address these multi-dimensional concepts of sustainable development in a dynamic world.

Transforming Institutions for a Sustainable Future
For people to thrive, assets (physical, financial, human, social and environmental) must thrive. Because many assets are complementary and not substitutable, they need to be managed responsibly if development is to be sustainable. The objective is to help participants become aware of catalysts for changing destructive behavior patterns that have worked in different institutional settings - - villages, cities, national government and at the global level. This course discusses the following topics:

• What is "sustainable development" in a dynamic world? Is the current development path "sustainable?"
• How can we promote institutions that find and implement sustainable solutions?
• What is the impact of asset distribution on the quality of institutions?
• How can a balance between traditional knowledge and modern technology help break vicious cycles of overty and degradation?
• What is the role of science and information?

Consensus Building for Natural Resources Management

The Consensus Building for Natural Resources Management component explores the types and sources of conflicts surrounding natural resources, examines appropriate mechanisms that address these situations and can lead to consensus building, particularly at the community level; and strengthens skills of participants in appropriate tools and methods to address conflicts in natural resource management.