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Rural Environmental Management

Target Group
The course is for managers and field officers who are presently involved in environmental projects or development programmes with a potentially strong emphasis on rural environmental issues. It has a focus on environmental policy and aims at creating an enabling orientation to environmental management.

 

Entry Profile
Three years of professional experience and preferably 6 months experience from a Danida supported programme. Computer literacy.

 

Topics
- Environmental Policies, Planning & Management
- Typology of Human Interventions, Impacts on the Environment, and Potential Solutions
- Environmental Assessments and Economic Valuation
- Decentralised Environmental Management and Community Development
- Mainstreaming Poverty Issues & Gender Aspects in Environmental Management
- Participatory Methods and Communication Tools in Environmental Management
- Environmental Education
- Financing Sustainable Environmental Management
- Logical Framework Approach as a planning tool
- Monitoring and evaluation

 

Course Goals
Participants are able to:
- Examine and carry out environmental analyses and use decision-making tools and concepts.
- Analyse different perspectives in rural environmental management projects to strengthen environmental management processes.

Duration
6 weeks

Course Structure
The course will be centred on lectures, case studies, environmental management issues, and will enable the sharing of best practices from participants' countries and Denmark. The learning approach is participatory and learner-centred; thus the responsibility for developing and acquiring applicable skills will be shared by course participants and facilitators in a supportive learning environment.

Part of the course will be an Individual Implementation Assignment. This assignment must originate in an activity that is:
- In line with project/programme development objectives
- Realistic in terms of implementation and funding
- Within the participant's own area of responsibility

A superior must approve that the participant develops a solution to the problem during the stay in Denmark.

The course contains exposure to Danish environmental organisations through excursions and a training attachment to a municipality, regional office or other organisation involved in environmental management.

Funding

The Course is co-funded by the Danida support Fellowship Programme. After selection of course participants, the Danida programmes/projects are charged a non-refundable amount of DKK 2,500 per participant per tutorial week.

Total funding needs are DKK 15,000 per participant. This includes study fees, accommodation, allowances, insurances and international transport.

Course dates
To be announced.

Place of Study
COWI (www.cowi.com)

 

More detailed course description, see here (2008 folder)

The full course schedule can be seen here: 2009 and 2010

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