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Capacity Development Needs for Water Education & Approaches and Implementation Schemes
The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre, in partnership with Capacity Building International (InWEnt)
, Colombo Plan Staff College (CPSC) and the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) conducted an International Expert's Workshop on "Green TVET and Education for Sustainable Development" from 12 to 17 September 2010 in Germany.
The first part of the workshop focuses on Capacity Development Needs for Water Education within the context of the changing world of work which took place from September 12th to 15th 2010 in Munich during the 2010 International Trade Fair (IFAT) for Water, Sewage, Waste and Raw Materials Management which more than 2,620 companies from more than 44 countries participated to showcase key developments in the waste disposal, recycling, raw-materials management and service sectors. The second part of the International Expert's Workshop on "Green TVET and Education for Sustainable Development" took place from September 16th to 17th 2010, in Magdeburg. The focus was on Approaches and Implementation Schemes in Theory and Practice in the context of ESD.
Overall, the workshop aims to strengthen the role of TVET in fulfilling the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UN DESD) in relation to promoting and supporting the development of skills and technical and institutional capacities within the water supply and sanitation sectors. The focus was to review current trends and international discourse for TVET and Water Education; to examine country perspective of best practices in reorienting towards Green TVET in support of DESD; to assimilate innovative and applied technologies in water sector for TVET; and to formulate policy directives and strategies for building capacity in reorienting towards Green TVET and Water Education in pursuit of ESD. In order to foster South-South and North-South cooperation through the intergovernmental collaboration, the participants from 18 different countries, which included: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Fiji, India, Korea, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Mongolian, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Kenya, Cote’d Ivoire, Gambia and Germany, were invited to attend the workshop.
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UNESCO-UNEVOC at the IFAT Entsorga 2010 in Munich
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Picture: Participants during a study tour.
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