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Orientation Seminar on
Environmental Management Tools for Decision Analysis

Seminar Guide

The objectives of this Seminar are as follows:

1. To enable local officials, policy makers and urban managers to appreciate the nature of environmental decision making and some of its basic approaches
2. To provide participants with an overview of five key environmental management tools, namely: Environmental Technology Assessment, Environmental Risk Assessment, Environmental Profiling, Environmental Management Systems, and Rapid Urban Environmental Assessment for decision making; and
3. To familiarize participants with the UNEP-IETC's Training Workbook on Environmental Management Tools as a resource for conveying the perspectives, approaches and coverages of the five EM tools to local officials and/or development managers.

B. Targetted Participants

This seminar and the accompanying Training Workbook are intended for the local leader or government official, and in fact for all individuals involved in development efforts at the national, sub-national or local level.

It particularly targets those who make decisions or influence policy that can affect the environment, and who can benefit from an orientation to environmental perspectives and decision tools to help them meet present development needs without compromising the needs of future generations.

The ideal number of participants is 30, to achieve maximum benefit from the Orientation.

C. Overall Approach

The Seminar begins with an introductory activity that will provide an experiential learning on ecology, environment and its basic concepts and the role of decision making tools. Insights and reflections on the experiential activity are complemented with inputs from a general lecturette, followed by a more indepth look at each of the tools.

The main references for this Orientation Module are the Overview Paper and Technical Papers provided in Part I of the Training Workbook. Supporting slides are also provided with a Trainer's spiel. The duration of the Orientation is approximately one and a half days.

D. Trainer's Implementation Plan

Total Training Duration : 1.5 days
Number of Facilitators : 1-2 professionals

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