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 4th "Leadership in Sustainable Development Training Course" on January 8th of 2004. The training will last for 6 days from the 9th to 15th.

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 "Food Security". Well know Chinese Food Security experts will be invited to the training course to discuss the challenge that China faces in the food security field and food security development trend 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: January 8th, 2004

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
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:

Contact Information:

Pu Xiaoxia, Rebecca Zhu
Tel: 86-10-66012148
Email:
Web Site: http://www.lead.org.cn

1. Session Objectives

By the stage, the associates have finished two national training sessions, two distance learning events, one regional training session in Thailand and one international training session in Brazil and have understood the complexity of sustainable development issues under national, regional and international contexts using case analysis methodology. 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.
• Increase personal capacity to deal with the complicated issues related to sustainable development in reality, in which they are always a dilemma, through the stakeholders dialogue skill and sustainable livelihood module learning.
• Prepare Associates for attending the coming international training session, understanding and analyzing the issues of food security and related field in both Chinese and international contexts not only to bring about the awareness but also to explore the possible solutions to them.

2. Session Structure

The session is structured to comprise three modules to fulfill the session objectives. Each of the modules is in the responsibility of a LEAD-China core faculty or the invited guest speaker. They 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 food security as a common challenge faced nationally and internationally. At this module the Associates will receive the information from experts at technological and academic levels and explore the possible solution to the issue.

Skills building module to focus on the stakeholders dialogue skill and sustainable livelihood style.

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

Course Arrangement & Time Table
（9 – 15 January, 2004）

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