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Course Directors:

Alexios Antypas, Central European University (CEU), Environmental Science and Policy, Hungary Andrey Ivanov, Human Development Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Centre, Slovakia

Faculty:

Jacek Cukrowski, Millennium Development Goals Advisor, UNDP Regional Centre, Slovakia Dan Dionisie, Anti-corruption Policy Specialist, UNDP Regional Centre, Slovakia Dan Dionisie, Anti-corruption Policy Specialist, UNDP Regional Centre, Slovakia Adela Pozder, Jakob Hurrle, Executive Director of the Multicultural Center Prague (a Czech NGO specializing on intercultural relations and the issue of migration) Jaroslav Kling, UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre, PSPD: Poverty reduction Susanne Milcher, Specialist, Poverty and Economic Development, UNDP Regional Centre, Slovakia Maria Olshanskaya, Regional Technical Specialist for Climate Change, UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre, Geoff Prewitt, Poverty Reduction and Civil Society Advisor, UND Regional Centre Daniel Skobla, Poverty and Social Inclusion Officer, UNDP Regional Centre, Slovakia Stephen Stec, Director of the International Law Program, Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) Tamara Steger, Programs Director of CEU Centre for Environmental Policy and Law Massimilliano Montini, Environmental Studies, University of Siena Janos Zlinsky, Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) Aleksandra Novikova, PhD Candidate, PhD in Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University Anna Kaplina, Programme Associate for Energy and Environment Practice, UNDP BRC Demetrios Argyriades, Professor at the City University of New York

The course is the third edition of the summer courses conducted jointly by the Central European University and the United Nations Development Programme alongside with other Human Development (HD) / Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related activities being implemented or managed by UNDP. The course in 2008 will have an explicit policy focus and will bring together practitioners, mid- and high-level policy makers, academia, and civil society activists from countries in the region as well as experts on issues of HD and MDGs, both from UNDP, CEU and other European institutions.

The overall aim of the course is to address the deficits in understanding and applying the concept of sustainable human development to development challenges in the region. It will consist of several mutually reinforcing topics and will be conducted involving wide range of actors - experts from Bratislava Regional Centre, universities in the region, UNDP country offices.


BRIEF DESCRIPTION

In 2008 the course will generally maintain its initial structure addressing major areas sustainable of human development from both academic and policy angle. The experience so far suggests that this combination of theoretical exposure and practical experience makes it unique and interesting for participants not just from Europe and CIS but also beyond the region.

In 2008 the main purpose of the course will be to increase participants' awareness of HD and MDGs and their policy relevance in respective countries. It will consist of two modules - on-line self-learning module in April (fee paying participants should pass this module in June) and in-residence course at CEU in July. The self-learning module intended to familiarize the participants with the major theoretical approaches in the area of sustainable human development. The in-residence module will build on the initial knowledge the participants are expected to have gained from Module 1, will extend it through additional lectures and will bridge it with practical dimensions using the experience of practitioners from the region.

Ideally each day of the in-residence course will be devoted to one topic and will be structured in dual pattern - one part devoted to theoretical aspects of the topic and the second addressing practical dimensions and experience (how theory translates or does not translate into policy practice). Part of the time of the in-residence course will be devoted to developing individual projects related to the topics discusses. The participants will be asked to identify their preferences in advance, during Module 1. After the completion of Module 2 they are supposed to present the results of their individual work.

The selection of participants for the in-residence course will be made on the basis of the results of the test participants will pass after completing Module 1.