| Venue: The training workshop will be held at SDPI or in a local hotel in Islamabad. |
Introduction
Environmental governance is referred to the way people and the government manage the environment for socio-economic development that is sustainable. Appropriate national policies, legal, regulatory and institutional framework must create linkages between various aspects of good governance and this can only be done when strategic environmental issues are integrated with economic and social development programs. Does the existing environmental policies and regulations facilitate good governance? Are various stakeholders aware of the essentials of environmental governance? How the globalization impact our national environmental practices and procedures? and are we prepared to implement the required changes. This workshop will analyse the above issues and provide answers to relevant questions.
Who should attend the workshop?
Officials working in various departments of environmental protection, planning and development, agriculture, public health, engineering, population planning, irrigation and power, forestry, wildlife and fisheries will benefit from this training. Civil society organizations involved in environmental issues will find this workshop very useful.
Objectives
The overarching aim of this workshop is to enhance participants’ capacity to understand policies, regulatory procedures and institutional mechanism that govern the environment. The other objectives are to enable participants to:
- Understand the linkages between the environmental governance and sustainable development;
- Learn about the various components of a framework for environmental governance;and
- Evaluate proposals and policies for the above framework.
Methodology
It will be an interactive workshop, each day will build on the preceding day and would aim at providing the participants with a solid understanding of environmental governance framework. To complement this, individual and group exercises will be organized. In addition, case studies will illustrate all aspects of the workshop. Participants will receive a workshop manual and related legislative and regulatory documents.
Medium
of instructions
English will be the medium of instruction.
Contents
- Analysis of national environmental policy
- Appropriateness of national environmental laws
- Environmental regulations in Pakistan and their implementation
- International environmental agreements and how they impact us
- Environmental institutions in Pakistan: strengths and weaknesses
Methodology
It will be an interactive and experiential learning workshop comprising informal lectures, presentations and group exercises. Participants will also undertake a field visit and carry out an EIA of an ongoing/planned project.
Resource
person
Dr. Muhammad Irfan Khan is an environmental scientist by training with vast experience in environmental assessment. He has been a World Bank consultant for carrying out Strategic Country Environmental Assessment. He served as Environmental Specialist in Kotri Study III-Environmental Concerns of the four provinces for Federal Flood Commission of the Ministry of Water and Power. Currently, he is leading the environmental impact assessment team of undeveloped structures project in four offshore oil fields of Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is also associated with Islamabad Serena Hotel as Environmental Management Consultant. He has been conducting similar training workshops for local and multinational corporate sector on Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Management System, Environmental Audit and Environmental Governance.
Dr. Khan, a PhD degree holder from the University of London, has a diploma from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London in Environmental Science. A certified Environmental Auditor from the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, London, he has been a full grade member of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management of United Kingdom, and member of the European Federation of Environmental Professionals. Writing on issues of environment, trade and politics, he has authored a number of research papers and articles that have been published nationally and internationally. He has a number of national and international awards to his credit.
Deadline for registration
Completed Registration forms should reach the Program Support Officer via fax or mail latest by 26 December 2006. The institute will confirm registration upon receipt of fee by a fax/email. Please use a separate registration form for each nominee. Please note that seats are limited and applicants will be registered on a first come, first served basis. Registration will close if all the seats are taken up before the last date.
Registration fee
Rs
10,000
per participant.
Discount
- 25% discount is available to the following:
- SDPI members
- HRDN members on each nomination
- Students registering through their institutions
- Other organizations registering two or more persons
- PEP partners are eligible for 50% discount on each nomination
Withdrawal requests will be processed
as under:
| 10
or more days before workshop |
Full
refund |
| Nine
to four days before workshop |
75 percent
refund |
| Three
days before workshop |
50 percent
refund |
| Two
or less days before workshop |
No refund |
Cancellation/postponement
SDPI reserves the right to cancel or postpone
the workshop if circumstances require. In such an event, SDPI will ensure
that registered participants are informed as soon as possible. SDPI will
also refund registration fees according to our refund procedures.
Award
of certificates
- Trainees successfully completing 85 percent of the instructional sessions will be awarded completion certificates.
- Trainees who for genuine reasons are unable of complete 85 percent attendance but attend 60 to 84 percent instructional sessions will be given partial attendance certificates.
- Trainees attending less than 60 percent of instructional sessions will be given letters specifying the sessions that they attended.
Time
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (daily)
Further information
For further details, please contact Program Support Officer at tel. 92-51-2278134 or fax: 92-51-2278135.
Registration form
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