Sharing experiences for South – South leverage: Integrating population and environment issues for sustainable development Jacques van Zuydam National Population Unit, Department of Social Development Republic of South Africa PPD International Conference Yogyakarta, Indonesia 26 – 27 October 2010 Presentation overview: • Background • Partners • Course content: Leadership Training in Sustainable Development: The Population Environment Development Nexus • Progress • Evaluation • Other developments 1
Background: • ICPD PoA • SADC’s “Maputo Resolution” 2004 • Population policy and national P&D Strategy • South – South collaboration • Target groups Partners: 2
Course content: POPULATION NEXU EXUS DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT Pre-Course reading Pre-course evaluation Main Theme: PED for Sustainable Development Topics • Overview of Key Population, Development and Environment concepts and Linkages; international agreements • Systems thinking • Fish Bank • The role of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in sustainable development • Globalization, trade and sustainable development Competencies in leadership & Mgt PED Nexus Topics Theme: Environment and • Communication Skills Theme: Pop & Development Development Theme: Pop & Environment • Conflict Resol, negot &Dec-Making Topics Topics Topics: • Change Management • Pop, gender &dev • Ecosystems and global change • Land tenure & Human Settle • Group dynamics & Teamwork • Repro Health & Dev • Ecological Footprint • Agriculture & Food Security • Talk on what is leadership • Socioeconomic impacts of • Resource utilisation • Monitoring & Evaluation • Case study (e.g. Mining) HIV/AIDS Enviro Mgt Tools & Frameworks Case study & Site visit • EIA • SIA • IDP Post-course Evaluation 3
Progress: • 18 courses at 5 universities, 465 participants since 2005 • 86 Participants from 13 SEA countries and 5 other PPD members • Feeder for the LEAD Fellows Programme: +- 60 persons • Gender parity in enrolment • Used in LEAD regional training in Senegal and Pakistan • Spin-off courses: PED in IDP training for municipalities 2008+ PED @ University of Dar-es-Salaam 2010+ LEAD IS 2010: Population, Climate Change and Development: 200 participants, many PPD member countries NMMU: Africa Population, Climate Change and Development training course 2011+ Evaluation: • Comprehensive, independent evaluation in 2006: “it indeed is succeeding in building capacity in substantive integration of population concerns with sectoral issues” • PPD “best practice case study” 2010: ”innovative … unique way of interactive teaching methodology … raising awareness … various policy and planning settings … portable and replicable ” “…participants grasped the idea … and have developed the skill to integrate them into policies and programmes … this outcome has been accomplished” 4
Other developments: • PED Research • PED Newsletter • Provincial PED Networks • P&D Information and Knowledge Service • PED in conferences and seminars • National Climate Change Strategy: Adaptation • Partnerships: regional and national • PPD scholarships • PPD “best practice” case study • Port Elizabeth / Eastern Cape “Local Footprint Programme”: awareness, capacity building, dialogue, strategy 5
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