National Training Curriculum Year 2

LEAD-China National Training For Cohort 6
July 29  - August 13, 1998

 
Objectives

By this stage, the associates have earned to analyze problems and identify possible solutions. The year-two training aims to develop skills to select, evaluate, and implement plans in order to bring about change. To that end, this national session is designed to

  • Help the associates understand leadership is not a place but a process, whereby institutional planning and management can be redesigned to make economy and ecology both prosper.
  • Introduce concepts, theories, methods and tools of planning, decision making, and related implementation; the focus is on the analysis of opportunities vs. constrains and benefit vs. risk in the existing social, institutional and legal mechanisms for making change.
  • Illustrate the intricate and interactive processes in decision making, which may deal with inter-discipline, inter-sectoral, different level, multi-country, and various stakeholders' interests.
  • Establish strategically new thinking and paradigms toward an equity world both in time and in space.
  • Build up the associates' capacity in decision making, problem solving and conflict negating for environment/development issues.

 

Timetable

Time&Date Topic/speakers
I. OPENING

July 29, Wed
8:30-12:00 am

Opening:
1. Mu Guangfeng, deputy director of Department of Pollution Monitoring and Control, the State Environmental Protection Administration: Keynote address: environment protection and sustainable development
2.Li Lailai: Introduction to LEAD
3. Ye Weizuo: Associates' rules
2:00-5:30 pm Business and Environment Protection - Why does business care about environment protection?
1.James Porter, Director of Environment, Safety and Health, PPG Industries, Inc.
2. Si Zhi Zhong, Counselor (Development) of Canadian Embassy
Planning Framework and Assessment
7:00-9:00 pm Wang Yiming, Research Fellow at the Academy of Macro-Economic Institute, State Development and Planning Commission:
Planning and the role of the State Development and Planning Commission
- Changing role of the State plans
- Key bodies and structure function in macro-economic management
- Policy-making at three stages: case analysis
- Policy implementation in new background
- changing relation between center and local government in policy implementation

July 30, Thurs.
8:30-12:00 am

Zhang Kunmin, former Deputy Director of the National Environment Protection Agency
- Concept and formulation process of environment laws
- Overview of China's environment laws
- History of environment laws in OECD countries
- Protocols and agreements for environment protection
- Enforcement and compliance of environment laws
2:00-5:30 pm He Jin, Chief of Social Division, UNDP Beijing Office:
Role of the international organizations in the national efforts towards the sustainable development - cases of the World Bank and UNDP

July 31, Fri.
8:30-12:00 am

1. Bai Nansheng, Senior Research Fellow of Rural Economic Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture:
Economic Impact Assessment
- Investment project assessment
- Indicators for finance/economy assessment
- Risk analysis
- Decision making method

2. Li Lailai, LEAD-China NPD:
Social Impact Assessment
- Definition, background and strategy/ methodology
- Case¨CSocial impact of the policy of relaxation oil mining in Northern Shannxi profince

2:00-5:30 pm Zhang Renwu, Senior Research Fellow, Environment Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture & LEAD-China core faculty:
Ecological Impact Assessment
- Basic concept and methodology
- Case studies:
1.ecological impact assessment of comprehensive control of soil erosion
2.comprehensive assessment of eco-economic benefit on Loess Plateau
Aug. 1, Sat. Field trip to Miyun County: by Zhang Rw
Aug. 2, Sun Off

Aug. 3, Mon.
8:30-12:00 am

Wang Guocheng, Research Fellow from Chinese Association of Game Theory for Economics:
Decision making science
- Features of modern decision making ¨Cintroduction to game theory
- application of game theory for the reform
2:00-5:30 pm Chen Guangwei, Senior Research Fellow at Chinese Academy of Sciences & LEAD-China academic coordintor:
GIS and remote sensing
- computer and information times
- data management system
- GIS' application
- advance in remote sensing technique
- case analyses

Aug. 4, Tue.
8:30-12:00 am

Ye Wenhu, Professor of Center of Environment Studies, Peking University:
Environmental impact assessment
- definition and concept
- objectives and criteria
- content, procedure and method
- current situation and problems
- essence, tasks and direction
Planning Process and Implementation
2:00-5:30 pm Ye Wenhu, Professor of Center of Environment Studies, Peking University:
Environmental planning
- concept and relation to other planning
- types and related underlining theories
- principles and technical methods
- current difficulties and prospect

Aug. 5, Wed.
8:30-12:00 am

Wang Bangzhong, China Meteorology Administration
Wang Zonglai, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
FCCC, negotiation and implementation
- introduction to FCCC and COP
- China's principles for FCCC
- briefing on previous COPs
- scientific principles and national interests
Forums: New thinking & paradigms in dealing with new challenges

Aug. 5, Wed.
2:00-5:30 pm

Video show on best resource utilization

Aug. 6, Thurs.
8:30-12:00 am

Liang Congjie, Chair of Friends of Nature and member of the Chinese Political Consultative Conference:
Role of NGO in China's environment protection campaign
- Establishment of Friends of Nature
- Its relations with the government
- Its activities - success and challenges
- Growth of NGO in China
2:00-5:30 pm He Chuanqi, Chief of Financing and Planning Division, Chinese Academy of Sciences: Knowledge innovation system
Aug. 7, Fri.
8:30-12:00 am
Feng Zhijun, Member of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress:
- Knowledge economy & modern management
2:00-5:30 pm Li Xiguang, the Xinhua News Agency:
- China's environmental situation in foreign reporters' eyes
7:00-9:00 pm Li Xiaoyun, Professor, Beijing Agricultural University
- Community development
Aug. 8 Sat.
8:30-12:00 am
1. Ma Zhong, People's University:
- Environmental economics
2. Sun Weiyan, President of University of International Business and Economics & member of China Council of International Cooperation for Environment and Development
- Trade and environment
2:00-5:30 pm Ni Weidou, Vice-President of Tsinghua University:
- Issues and challenges to the higher education in China
Aug. 9, Sun. Off
Aug. 10, Mon.
8:30-12:00 am
1. Ye Weizuo:
- Ancient Chinese philosophy
2. Li Shenzhi, LEAD-China board member:
- Globalization and challenges
2:00-5:30 pm Xu Guanhua, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology:
- Science and technology in sustainable development
Aug. 11, Tue
8:30-12:00 am
Wang Huijiong, Research Fellow, the Development Research Center of the State Council:
- Asian financial crises and China's economic policies
Roundup: LEADers' visions and obligations facing China's 'Laid-off'
2:00-5:30 by Fan Min from Peking University
Aug. 12-13
Wed.-Thurs.
Preparations for Regional Session '98 by Li Ll, Ye Wz

 

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