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British Council Seminar:
Environmental Governance: Principles and Practice
Bath, England
October 10-14, 2004
Para 8.2 of Agenda 21, the United Nations' Programme of Action for Sustainable Development
Environmental governance comprises the principles of access to environmental information, participation and justice. As the world becomes ever more globalised and answers for social and environmental justice are sought, understanding environmental governance is becoming increasingly important.
This international seminar tackles the complexity of environmental governance as it relates to development, politics and economics. It offers a unique opportunity for organisations and individuals from around the world to discuss the principles of environmental governance and its practical application to major issues such as climate change and civil participation.It also provides the opportunity to discover how environmental governance can act as a tool for sustainable development, environmental protection and poverty alleviation at local, national and international levels in the developed and the developing world.
Main topics include:defining and exploring environmental governance,
economic and political incentives and barriers,
practical application of environmental governance,
environmental citizenship and participation,
climate change and climate justice
During the seminar plenty of time will be given for dialogue and exploration of 'real life situations'. For that purpose all participants will get the opportunity to raise their own environmental governance concerns.
Everyone attending the seminar should therefore come prepared for a lively programme of presentations and dialogue and for the development of action plans. Early applicants will stand the best chance of being asked to present their case study to the seminar.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS SEMINAR?The seminar is aimed at policy makers in government, non-governmental organisations and business; local, national and international agencies and other bodies implementing or influencing issues of environmental information, planning, participation, climate change and environmental justice. It is also of interest to those working in development, poverty alleviation, law, media and non-governmental organisations with an environmental governance remit or project. EVENT DIRECTOR
Maria Adebowale LLM is the founder and director of Capacity Global, which works on issues of social and environmental justice. Capacity is also the UK NGO co-ordinator for Partnership for Principle 10 (PP10), a coalition of governments, international organisations and civil society groups committed to delivering environmental democracy.
Maria specialises in access to social and environmental justice, participation and human rights and has written a number of papers and reports in these areas. She is a former Commissioner for the UK Sustainable Development Commission. ASSOCIATE EVENT DIRECTOR
Christoph Schwarte LLM is a German lawyer who has been working with Capacity Global since it was founded and has contributed to various projects as an Associate. He worked with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) from 1998-2004, and has published a number of papers on environmental law and policy. CONTRIBUTORS*
Chris Church Co chair, Northern Alliance for Sustainable Development
Alan Knight Director, Kingfisher plc
Jona Razzaque Lawyer, Foundation for International Environmental law and Development (FIELD)
Paul Toyne Director, Article 13
Godber Tumushabe Chief Executive, Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE), Uganda
*Subject to change PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE
Sunday 10 October
Afternoon Arrival and registration
Evening Opening dinner Monday 11 October
Morning Introductions
Keynote speech followed by questions and answers
Setting the policy context: participant discussion
Afternoon Principles and practice of environmental governance followed by questions and answers Participants' forum: raising the issues Tuesday 12 October
Morning Climate change and environmental governance followed by questions and answers Plenary debate
Afternoon Participants' forum: addressing selected issues
Wednesday 13 October
Morning Panel debate: Understanding the economics and politics of environmental governance
Participants' forum
Afternoon Free afternoon
Morning Panel debate: International and national initiatives followed by questions and answers Plenary discussion
Afternoon Participants' forum: action planning, evaluation and review
Evening Closing dinner Friday 15 October
Breakfast and departure For further information please see
http://www.britishcouncil.org/seminars-science-0467.htm
or contact Julia Winborn at yellowteam.seminars@britishcouncil.org
Tel: 00 44 1865 302713 Fax: 00 44 1865 516590