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IAU Prague Conference, September 10-11, 2003

Education for a Sustainable future

Education for a sustainable future: Shaping the practical role of higher education for sustainable development
Organized by the International Association of Universities (IAU) and Charles University in Prague
CONFERENCE THEMES (rtf, 40 kb)  BACKGROUND PAPER (rtf, 40 kb)

Conference Papers

Opening remarks by the IAU President (rtf, 12 kb) and by the Rector of Charles University (rtf, 12 kb)

Keynote Address
Educating Earth-literate leaders (pdf, 88 kb) by Rolf Jucker, University of Wales Swansea, United Kingdom. Stephen Martins, The Open University, United Kingdom

Thematic Plenary
1.
How can universities contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? (ppt, 288 kb)
Bedrich Moldan, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. 
2. Global Higher Education for Sustainability Partnership (GHESP) (pdf, 84 kb)
Rietje van Dam Mieras,  Open University, the Netherlands, Copernicus-Campus/GHESP
3. Contributing to education for a sustainable future through the curriculum, by innovative methods of education and other means (pdf, 78 kb)
ZiZanotto Malhadas, Federal University of Paraná - Brazil
4. What is the role for higher education institutions in the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development?(pdf, 76 kb)
Daphne De Rebello, UNESCO, Division for the Promotion of Quality Education, Section for Education for Sustainable Development
 
Working Groups
Initial education and training (Bachelors, Masters) (pdf, 328 kb)
Rapporteur: Wynn Calder, Associate Director, University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF)
Teacher education (pdf, 340 kb)
Rapporteur: Peter Blaze Corcoran, Senior Fellow to University Leaders for Sustainable Future (ULSF), and College of Arts and Sciences Florida Gulf Coast University, USA. 
In-service education - lifelong learning (pdf, 340 kb)
Rapporteur: Ratemo Michieka, Director General, National Environment Management Authority, Kenya. 
University research linked to sustainable development (includes Ph.D. level). (pdf, 364 kb)
Rapporteur: Marie-Claude Roland, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France.
“Sustainable university” (university as a corporate entity and its links to the outside world). (pdf, 344 kb)
Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Winkelmann, COPERNICUS-CAMPUS, Europe

Conference General Report (rtf, 116 kb)
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