National and Regional Training Sessions

National Training Curriculum Year 2

LEAD-China National Training For Cohort 9
June 14-23, 2002 Beijing

Session Objectives

This section of LEAD-China national training aims for Associates to understand and examine the processes of planning and decision making in the framework of sustainable development. Associates will not only be exposed to various components or tools of planning and decision making but also have a chance to understand the existing institutional arrangement. The purpose is to analyze how the decision process and structure affect both decisions and implementation and to see how the basic management and planning tools can be redesigned to best achieve the objectives of the sustainable development at project, national, regional, and international levels.

The specific objectives of this session include:

Understand and examine the decision-making tools and process, i.e. impact assessments, in the premise of the sustainable development.
Prepare Associates for attending the coming international training session, understanding and analyzing the issue of water as a common property in both Chinese and international contexts not only to bring about the awareness but also to explore the solutions to the water crisis faced by the human beings.
Understand and discuss the concept of the sustainable development in the historical approach and the approach of macro social change.

Session Structure

The session is structured to comprise four modules to fulfill the session objectives. Three of them are for LEAD-China Associates of cohort-9 only and one is open to the interested audience from the public. Each of the modules is in the responsibility of a LEAD-China core faculty or the program office administrator. The four modules are:

Decision making (planning) module to understand the role of impact assessments in and the impacts of the existing institutional arrangement on planning and implementation.
Module of water resource as a common property that challenges both China and the globe. At this module the Associates will receive the information of the water resource situation in China and on the globe and be exposed to controversies over China's major water resource policies. They will also discuss and accomplish their country report to be delivered at the coming LEAD graduation session.
Report of Associate case studies. By now Associates of this cohort should complete their group projects, and this module is for Associates to present their projects.

Open forum, open to the public, features dialogues or debate between the experts and audience on the challenging issues of sustainable development.

Course arrangement & time table

Date & Time	Content	Coordinator
June 14, Fri.	Registration	Wang Chengbo
*Module 1 Impact Assessment as Planning Strategy*
June 15 Sat. 08:30 - 12:00	EIA, an essential component & major methodology of planning process Concepts and evolution of EIA types of EIA for various purpose methods environmental impact identification environmental impact forecast EIA in China - a case analysis to reflect policy, institutional and technical effects or constraints on implementation New trend of EIA	Lu Yonglong*, Deputy Director of Planning at CAS
June 15 Sat. 14:00 - 17:30	Research Methodology Brief introduction Format and procedures Difficulties and problems Case analysis Q & A	Prof. Bai Nansheng
June 16 Sun. 08:30 -12:00	Water Resource as Common Resource from the Perspectives of Economics	Prof. Sheng Hong, Unirule Institute of Economic
June 16 Sun. 14:00 - 17:30	Economic impact assessment to plan project or program Background, evolving process and role in planning Components of economic impact assessment and indicators Economic impact assessment in China - a case analysis to reflect the policy, institutional and technical effects or constrain on implementation New trends, debates and practice of EIA at international level	Ma Zhong, professor of economics at China People's University
June 17 Mon. 08:30 - 12:00	Ecological Impact Assessment in planning Background, purpose, evolution, role & indicators of ecological impact assessment in planning Case study of ecological agriculture model - a strategy of sustainable development Case analysis to reflect the ecological impact assessment practiced in China. Indicators of sustainable agriculture New trends of ecological impact assessment Download PowerPoint Slides (827K)	Zhang Renwu*, ecologist at Ministry of Agriculture
June 17 Mon. 14:00 - 17:30	Panel Discussion on Energy Planning and Demand Side Management	Zhou Fengqi*, energy expert at Energy Research Institute, SDPC
June 18 Tues. 08:30 - 12:00	Social Impact Assessment Background, evolving process and role in project/program planning Goals, methodological boundaries, components and indicators of SIA Comparison of SIA in China and in developed countries - case analyses to reflect the policy, institutional and technical effects or constraints on implementation of SIA Trends and practice of SIA and its relations to sustainable development strategy	Cheng Shulan, professor of rural development at China People's University.
*Module 2. Water Resource as a Common Property*
June 18 Tues. 14:00 - 17:30	Population consideration and analysis in planning Concepts and objectives Population project - a methodology of planning Case analysis to reflect population study and analysis in policy making and planning in China New Trends, debate and practice of population issue in the sustainable development framework	Zhai Zhenwu*, demographer at China People's University
June 19 Wed. 8:30 - 12:00	Water Resource - challenges faced by China and the World Water resources, use, conservation and pollution in China, and analysis of the national cases. The Chinese policies deal with the water resource. Water resource situation on the globe and international disputes over the water - country cases. International agreements and protocols deal with the water resource	Prof. Zhang Yue, Ministry of Water Resource
June 19 Wed. 14:00 - 17:30	Debate over the mega-project of South-North Water Transfer - two different perspectives	Song Guoqing, & Wang Xiaoqiang,
*Module 3 Associate report of their group projects*
June 20 Thu. 8:30 - 12:00	Presentations of Case Study Projects by group or by individual	Dr. Li LL, NPD Mr. Wang CHB Associates
June 20 Thu. 14:00 - 17:30	Country report preparation	Dr. Li LL, NPD Mr. Wang CHB Associates
*Module 4 Open Forum*
June 21 Fri. 8:30 - 12:00	Analysis of poverty in China	Mao Yushu*, Economist with Unirule Institute of Economics
June 21 Fri. 14:00 - 17:30	Pilot Zones of Rural Reform in China	Wen Tiejun Editor-in-chief, Reform Journal
June 22 Sat. 8:30 - 12:00	Analysis of the major ideologies started in the last century - the causes of their origination, evolution, impacts on the global change.	Zhu Houze, former Secretary General of Guizhou province
June 22 Sat. 14:00 - 17:30	Situation and challenge of NGOs in China	Li Lailai, NPD Ms. Shannon Ellis, CSP Coordinator
June 23 Sun.	Departure	Wang CHB & Yin JH

* indicates the person is LEAD-China core faculty member.

Venue

Beijing Dangdai Service Center (Changqiao)

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