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LEAD (acronym for Leadership for Environment and Development,LEAD project in China is called LEAD-China) headquarters is located in the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London . The Imperial College aims at cultivating middle aged and young leaders who are interested in both economic development and environment protection. LEAD conducts "leadership in sustainable development" training course and recruits associates in over 60 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and North America. It currently has over 1000 fellows and associates.
In order to meet the demands of young people who are interested in sustainable development, LEAD-China office will holds the third "Leadership in Sustainable Development Training Course" on September 8th of 2003. The training will last for 5 days from the 8th to 13th.
The participatory training course will provide discussion and exchange opportunities for the participants through exercise, special topic discussion, and capacity building. The main theme of of this training course will be "Water Resource Management". Well know Chinese water resource experts will be invited to the training course to discuss the institutional arrangement and institutional innovation of Chinese Water Resource Management System with the participants.
After all the requirements are met, LEAD-China will award each associate a diploma signed by Mr. Qu Geping (the chairman of the board of director of LEAD-China).
Deadline of applications: September 5th, 2003
Cost of training:
- RMB 2000 (includes room and board during training).
- RMB 1500 (not includes room and board during training).
Qualification:
Anyone who is interested in sustainable development and has a BA or BS degree or equivalent.
Application Method:
Mail your application to the following address or send e-mail to and the training fee should be sent to the following address at the same time.
Pu Xiaoxia, Echo Jiao Institute of Environment and Development 7 West Chang'an boulevard 3rd floor of Northern Building Compound of Beijing Academy of Culture and History Beijing 100031, P.R.China
Application Form:
English Application Form
Visit this web page to gain more information at http://www.lead.org.cn/
Training Location:
Milu Park International Exchange Center #4 Wanyuan Street Beijing Economic-technological Development Area Contact:Sun Xiuling Phone:010-87964566-1009 Mobile Phone:13611031240 Click here to see the map to Milu Park (rather large picture, 252kb,Please wait) |
Contact Information:
Echo Jiao, Pu Xiaoxia, Rebecca Zhu Tel: 86-01-66012437, 66012148, 66012434 Email: Web Site: http://www.lead.org.cn
1. Objectives
By now, the Associates have been exposed to different perspectives of sustainable development – demography, ecology, economics, energy, environment science and systems approach. This session will continue to facilitate the accomplishment of LEAD learning objectives – vision development and skill building with varieties of exercises going throughout the process. The session will pick “Water, a Common Goods” and “Megacities and Rural Development” as the themes, around which the learning is conducted. It is designed to for Associates:
- To have a better understanding of sustainable development in disciplinary perspectives, and to transcend the conventional disciplinary boundaries.
- To build the skills of systems thinking and cross culture as the integrated approaches to complex sustainable development issues.
- Taking “water, a common goods” as a theme, to understand the water resource management mechanism practiced in China and explore the institutional innovation for sustainable water resource use.
- Taking “megacities and rural development” as a theme, to assess the impacts of urbanization to rural development, and to identify the logic relationship between them.
2. Session structure & output
The session has five modules as inputs to vision development and skill building:
Module 1 |
Title |
Transcend the disciplinary boundaries – vision development (1) |
Activities |
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Module 2 |
Title |
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Systems thinking to complex sustainable development issues – skill building (1) - Cross culture to build a common communication platform – skill building (2)
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Activities |
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Module 3 |
Title |
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Water resource (common goods) management in China – understanding institutional arrangement practiced in China - Megacities and rural development – assessing the impacts of urbanization to rural development
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Activities |
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Module 4 |
Title |
Open forum for debate – vision development (2) |
Topic |
Sustainable development and a transparent decision making platform for equal dialogue and participation – Approach of multi-stakeholders dialogue |
Activities |
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Module 5 |
Title |
Debriefing and reporting |
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Topic |
4 discussion questions: - (to be decided)
- (to be decided)
- (to be decided)
- (to be decided)
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Activities |
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Carousel exercise - Working group reporting (as the session outputs)
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3. Methodology
The workshop will take the interactive and participatory approach. Working groups is a basic format of participation, complemented by presentation in plenary. Role-play games will be used to further encourage the participation and facilitate the understanding process.
4. Training arrangement
Time |
Activities |
Coordinator |
8 Sept. M |
Registration |
Echo Jiao |
9 Sept. Tu |
0820-0830 |
Opening |
Li Lailai (NPD) |
Module 1: Transcending disciplinary boundaries – vision development (1) |
0830-1000 |
Sustainable development in the perspective of economics - Working group presentation
- Question and answers
- Debate with the economist
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Prof. Mao Yushi (LEAD-China board member and core faculty) |
1000-1030 |
Break |
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1030-1200 |
Sustainable development in demographic perspective - Working group presentation
- Question and answers
- Debate with the demographer
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Prof. Zhai Zhenwu (LEAD-China core faculty) |
1200-1330 |
Lunch |
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1330-1500 |
Ecology and sustainable development - Working group presentation
- Question and answers
- Debate with the ecologist
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Prof. Zhang Renwu (LEAD-China core faculty) |
1500-1530 |
Break |
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1530-1700 |
Sustainable development and environment science - Working group presentation
- Question and answers
- Debate with environment scientist
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Prof. Lu Yonglong (LEAD-China core faculty) |
10 Sept. W |
0830-1000 |
Energy and sustainable development - Working group presentation
- Question and answers
- Debate with energy expert
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Prof. Zhou Fengqi (LEAD-China core faculty) |
1000-1015 |
Break |
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Module 4: Open forum for debate – vision development (2) Topic: Sustainable development and a transparent decision making platform for equal dialogue and participation |
1015-1130 |
Presentation: Role of media in macro social change of the Chinese society – retrospective and prospective (Du Daozheng, former Director of the State General Administration of Press and Publication) |
Li Lailai |
1130-1200 |
Discussion with the speaker |
1400-1530 |
Presentation: Sustainable development and a transparent decision making mechanism featuring negotiation and equal participation (given by Li Rui, former member of the Central Advisory Committee of the Chinese Communist Party) |
Li Lailai |
1600-1700 |
Discussion with the speaker |
Module 2: Systems thinking, an integrated approach to complex sustainable development issues – skill building (1) |
11 Sept. Th. |
0830-1000 |
- Working group presentation
- Discussion and application as an analytical tool
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Li Lailai |
1000-1030 |
Break |
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1030-1200 |
- Introduction to some valuable system thinking skills
- Application of systems thinking in Fish Bank game
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Prof. Zou Xinqing (LEAD-China board member) |
1200-1330 |
Lunch |
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1330-1745 |
(Prof. Zou continued) |
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Module 2: Cross culture, to build a common communication platform – skill building (2) |
12 Sept. F |
0900-1200 |
Legal framework for natural resource management in China |
Prof. Qu Geping (Chairman of LEAD-China Board) |
1200-1330 |
Lunch |
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1330-1530 |
Urbanization and rural development in China |
Prof. Li Tie (Director of China Reform Center on Small Town) |
1530-15:45 |
Break |
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1545-1745 |
Structure and process of water resource management in China |
Dr. Yu Qiyang, (Ministry of Water Resource) |
Module 3: Management of water resource (common goods) in China – understanding institutional management & Megacities and rural development |
13 Sept. Sa |
0830-1030 |
Presentation and exercise |
Li Lailai |
1030-1100 |
Break |
1100-1200 |
Continued |
Module 5: Debriefing and Reporting |
1330-1530 |
Carousel exercise to discuss the 4 learning questions (to be decided) |
LEAD-China training team |
1530-1630 |
Working group preparing presentation based on the results of carousel exercise. |
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1630-1730 |
Working group presentation (5 minutes each) |
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1730-1745 |
Wrap up |
Wang Chengbo | |