Agenda

Day 1 - Thursday, 16 July, 2009 Opening Session Chairman: Mr. Guang Xia, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China 10:00 - 10:40 Chairman greetings Welcome Remarks - Ministry of Environmental Protection of China Ms. Xiaozhi Song, Vice-director of Department of International Cooperation - Beijing Normal University Prof. Zuoyu Zhou, President, Faculty of Education - Ministry of Environmental Protection of China Mr. Dingding Tang, Director of Sino-Japan Friendship Environmental Protection Center Key Remarks - UNEP Mr. Zhang Shigang, Country Coordinator, UNEP Beijing Office - UNESCO Mr. Joel Bacha (on behalf of Mr. Min Bista, Programme Specialist for Education), Education Consultant, UNEP-Beijing Office Key remarks: Objectives & scope of the regional workshop - IGES Dr. Mee Young Choi, Project Manager/Senior Policy Researcher 10:40 - 10:50 Group Photo 10:50 - 11:00 Coffee Break Session 1 Chairman: Dr. Shi Gen Dong, National Working Committee in China for Education for Sustainable Development 11:00 - 12:45 Regional Education for Sustainable Consumption (ESC) Policy and Its Strategy Introduction of the participants Regional ESC Policy and Its Strategy in the Northeast Asia - UNESCO, Mr. Joel Bacha, Education Consultant - Q & A The Green Growth Approach for Inclusive, Sustainable and Lowcarbon Development in Asia and the Pacific - UNESCAP, Mr. Simon Hoiberg Olsen, Environmental Affairs Officer and Mr. Martin Schweighofer, Consultant, Regional Helpdesk on Sustainable Consumption - Q & A Education and Sustainable Development in a Global Era - UNEP, Dr. Nanqing Jiang, Associate Project Manager & Mr. Shigang Zhang, Country Coordinator - Q & A 12:45 - 13:50 Lunch Session2 Chairman: Mr. Martin Schweighofer, UNESCAP 13:50 - 15:10 National Education for Sustainable Consumption (ESC) Policy and Its Implementation in Japan National Policy and Strategies for Sustainable Consumption - Centred on public education - Cabinet Office of Japan, Mr. Masahiro Sato, Director,,Cabinet Office of Japan and Mr. Yoshifumi Ayusawa, First Secretary, Economic Division, Embassy of Japan - Q & A Inter-Linkages between the Marrakech Process and the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development-Situational Analysis and Policy Implementation in Japan, and Recommendations for the Promotion of ESC - Green Purchasing Network (GPN) of Japan, Prof. Hideki Nakahara, Chair of GPN and Dr. Masahisa Sato, Tokyo City University - Q & A 15:10 - 15:30 Coffee Break Session3 Chairman: Ms. Morgan Strecker, UNEP 15: 30 - 16:45 Consumer Education for Sustainable Consumption Research on ESC: Investigating Policies and Practical Strategies to Influence Consumer Behaviour - IGES, Dr. Mee Young Choi, Project Manager, Capacity Development and Education Project - IGES,Dr. Robert J. Didham, Policy Researcher, Capacity Development and Education Project - Q & A Day-1-Closing & a Brief Guidance of Day-2. - IGES, Dr. Mee Young Choi, Project Manager, Capacity Development and Education Project Day 2 - Friday, 17 July, 2009 Session 4 Chairman: Prof. Eui Soon Shin, Korea Association for Green Campus Initiative/ Yonsei University 09:30 - 11:00 National Education for Sustainable Consumption (ESC) Policy and Its Implementation in Republic of Korea Introduction of Day-2 - IGES, Dr. Mee Young Choi, Project Manager, Capacity Development and Education Project Education for Sustainable Consumption in Republic of Korea - Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, Ms. Hyun Jung Im, Senior researcher, Environmental Management Team - Q & A Education for Sustainable Consumption - Centred on Practical Cases - Consumers Korea, Dr. Myung Hee Ko, Chief, Network Team and Dr. Yun Sook Moon, Strategic Policy Director - Q & A 11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break Session 5 Chairman: Mr. Joel Bacha, UNESCO 11:15 - 12:35 National Education for Sustainable Consumption (ESC) Policy and Its Implementation in China The Current Situation of Sustainable consumption in China - Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, Mr. Yanping Chen, Director of Administration Office & Ms. Helen Guo, Deputy Director of Department of International Cooperation - Q & A The Sustainable Consumption of Green Schools in China - A Case Study on the Campus Environmental Management Project in Green School - Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, Ms. Yang Ke, Project Manager of Green School, Center for Environmental Education & Communication - Q & A 12:35 - 13:50 Lunch Session 6 Chairman: Dr. Mee Young Choi, IGES 13:50 - 14:40 Regional and National ESC Cases Targeting Action for Sustainable Lifestyles - UNEP, Ms. Morgan Stecker, Consultant, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics - Q & A Green Campus Initiative in Korea - Green Campus Initiative (GCI), Prof. Eui Soon Shin, President of GCI/ Dean of University College at Yonsei University - Q & A 14:40 - 15:00 Coffee Break Session 7 Chairman: Mr. Simon Olsen, UNESCAP 15:00 - 16:10 Conclusive Session Conclusive Discussion - Day-1 & 2 Wrap-up, IGES, Dr. Robert J. Didham, Policy Researcher, Capacity Development and Education Project - Open-discussion, Direction of ESC in Northeast Asia - Open-discussion, Direction of Follow-up ESC Project for IGES in Northeast Asia 16:10 - 16:15 Closing Remarks - IGES, Dr. Mee Young Choi, Project Manager, Capacity Development and Education Project Day 3 - Saturday, 18 July, 2009 Strategic Meeting Chairman: Dr. Mee Young Choi, IGES 10:00 - 12:40 Strategic Meeting on Regional Education for Sustainable Consumption Opening Remarks - National Working Committee in China for Education for Sustainable Development Dr. Shi Gen Dong, Excutive Director/Chiarman of Beijing Association of Education for Sustainable Development Open-Discussion - Open-discussion, Follow-up actions of the IGES Workshop on ESC Closing Remarks - IGES, Dr. Mee Young Choi, Project Manager, Capacity Development and Education Project