Special Lecture

KDI School of Public Policy and Management

 

 

 Dear students,

 

 It is my great pleasure to announce an upcoming special lecture for Monday, October 24. Mark Elder, a director of Governance and Capacity Group at Institute for Global Environmental Strategies [IGES], will be giving a special lecture titled "Rio+20: Issues and options regarding the reform of the institutional framework for sustainable development (IFSD)".

 

▣ Date & Time:  Oct 24, Monday, 12:00 - 2:00               Pizzas will be served for the audience at 12:00 for an half an hour ▣ Venue: Rm. 9701 (Ambassador Hall) ▣ Lecturer: Dr. Mark Elder (IGES)               FYI, please kindly find attachment Dr. Elder’s c.v.              as well as a speech abstract.   ▣ Title: "Rio+20: Issues and options regarding the reform of the

    institutional framework for sustainable development (IFSD)"

   

  For more information, please see the abstract of this presentation below:

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) will

take place in Brazil on 4-6 June 2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of

the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

(UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 10th anniversary of the 2002 World

Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. The

objective of the Conference is to secure renewed political commitment

for sustainable development, assess the progress to date and the

remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major

summits on sustainable development, and address new and emerging

challenges. The Conference will focus on two themes: (a) a green

economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty

eradication; and (b) the institutional framework for sustainable

development (IFSD). In preparation for Rio+20, a series of regional

and subregional meetings are being held, and the Asian and Pacific

Regional Preparatory Meeting for Rio+20 is to be held in Seoul, 19-20

October 2011, organized by UNESCAP.

 

This presentation will explore key issues regarding the institutional

framework for sustainable development, as well as advantages and

disadvantages of various reform options such as strengthening the

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), creating a World

Environment Organization, reforming the Commission on Sustainable

Development (CSD), creating an umbrella organization for sustainable

development, and others. The relation to economic institutions and the

Green Economy and highlights of the Asian and Pacific Regional

Preparatory Meeting will also be discussed.

▣ How to apply

Those who will attend the special lecture, please refer to the information below.
  ① Visit "www.kdischool.ac.kr"
  ② Log in using your ID and password
  ③ Click KDI School "Members"
  ④ Click “Application” on the left side below “My info”
  ⑤ Click “Application for the School Events”
  ⑥ Click “Special Lecture by Dr. Elder (Oct.  24) >”APPLY/MODIFY”
  ⑦ Click “Next(Save)”
  ⑧ Application Period:  ~ Oct. 21 (Fri)

Danah Lee
02-3299-1088, dh_lee@kdischool.ac.kr
Academic Affairs Division