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Roadmap

Announcement: an opportunity to apply for 'Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap' on-line course commencing with an introductory workshop to be held in CEDARE

Objective: Help industrialists, researchers, public employees

and policymakers understand the challenges of the

transformation towards the Green Economy (GE)

Training structure: Orientation Session + On-line Training

Orientation Session Duration: 1 day

Date: 9th of April 2014 Time: 11:00 am – 3:30 pm

Venue: CEDARE

Certification of Completion of the on-line course

will be provided by ESCWA

Course Participants are expected to bring with them their laptops

for course related instruction

Training

Announcement

By CEDARE

Note: Attending the

orientation session is

mandatory for

taking the online

course

Developed to help industrialists and

policymakers understand the challenges

of the transformation towards the Green

Economy (GE), and to see its potential

opportunities.

It is an online course preceded by an

introductory orientation session

held at CEDARE on the 9th of April

Platform is used for the online training is

www.greengrowth-elearning.org/lms/

Course Objective

The Green Growth on-line e-Learning

facility is an interactive and self-paced

learning tool, where participants are

coached by an online trainer, and have

access to an on-line reference library on

Low Carbon Green Growth and the

Economics of Climate Change.

Certificates are issued upon successful

completion.

Training is targeted towards the main

stakeholders in the transition to Green

Growth; policy makers and officials,

NGOs, academics, business owners,

managers, and other private-sector

decision markers.

What is the Green Growth on-

line e-Learning Facility?

4 modules following an overview of the

challenges and opportunities:

1. Track 1: Improving the quality of growth

and maximizing net growth

2. Track 2: Changing the invisible structure

of the economy: closing the gap between

economic and ecological efficiencies

3. Track 3: Changing the visible structure of

the economy: planning and designing eco-

efficient infrastructure

4. Track 4: Turning green into a business

opportunities

Online- Modules

Introduction:

A global “Green New Deal” was hailed as best road to recovery from the financial and economic crisis of 2008-2009. Indeed, “Green

Investments” made up most of the “stimulus packages” that were deployed to help deal with the crisis. This was essential in a context

of resource constraints, where further economic development requires a transformation of the economic system towards more

sustainable patterns of consumption and production. The transformation involves both “visible” and “invisible” structure of the

economy. Improvements in resource efficiency will need to be made both to the “invisible structure” of transport, building and energy

systems, and the “invisible structure” of markets, governance, regulations and lifestyles.

This “Low Carbon Green Growth” is an opportunity for the countries of the ESCWA region. The Green Economy (GE) does not

require a trade-off between the ecology and economic growth. Rather, it offers a way to optimize resource use, away from the

“traditional” wasteful and polluting practices of the “Brown Economy”. This approach will help exporters in the ESCWA region to

move closer towards the Green Economy (GE), and thus remain competitive with their trading partners in the European Union (EU).

The Green Help Desk Egypt

This on-line training and preceding orientation Session are part of the activities of the Green Help Desk Initiative

spearheaded by ESCWA in partnership with CEDARE in Egypt. As part of the project “Strengthening regional capacities in

the ESCWA region on developing green production sectors”, ESCWA has created “Green Help Desks” in selected Member

Countries. The Help Desks support capacity-building and information-sharing among all national stakeholders to promote

green production, with a special focus on those sectors that can represent an added value in each member country.

The Green Help Desks including that of Egypt aim to support the production sectors – particularly small and medium

enterprises (SMEs) – to engage in the emerging green economy by developing their products and/or their production

processes to become in line with the principles and objectives of sustainable development.

Activities

Collect and disseminate information on Green production sectors (green growth and green business) opportunities

with specific focus on policy tools that beneficiaries can tap on, including conducting surveys on financing schemes,

regulations, and national and international support policies for green production;

Facilitate networks of experts and institutions in that are specialized in Green Productive Sectors related issues;

Organize training of trainers and technical training and workshops for selected beneficiaries on green developments,

energy efficiency, sustainable production and consumption, climate change mitigation and adaptation, cleaner

production, etc.

Orientation Session Schedule

Agenda

11:00 – 11:30 Welcome & Introduction

Overview of the challenges and opportunities Module 1: Key Concepts / Background information

11:30 – 12:15 15 min. presentation + 30 min online:

Module 2 - Track 1: Improving the quality of growth and maximizing net growth

12:15 – 1:00 15 min. presentation + 30 min online

Module 3 - Track 2: Changing the invisible structure of the economy: closing the gap between economic and ecological efficiencies

1:00 – 1:30 Coffee Break

1:30 – 2:15 15 min. presentation + 30 min online

Module 4 - Track 3: Changing the visible structure of the economy: planning and designing eco-efficient infrastructure

2:15 – 3:00 15 min. presentation + 30 min online

Module 5 - Track 4: Turning green into a business opportunities

3:00 – 3:30 Closing the orientation session; discussion of case histories relevant to each participant

How to Apply for the Training?

This on-line training is free of charge courtesy of ESCWA and in cooperation with CEDARE

There are a limited number of applications: 15 participant only

Selection will be based on early submission of application forms

Application forms are found attached to the email of invitation

Please fill in the application form and send it before the deadline of 30th of March to shbous@cedare.int

Please also send to the same email an updated CV along with the application form

Course Participants are expected to bring with them their laptops

for course related instructions

Focal Point: Mrs. Sina Hbous, CEDARE: 2 El Hegaz St. CEDARE Bldg, Heliopolis,P.O Box:1057 Cairo, Egypt Tel: (020)2- 24513921/2/3/4 (Ext. 616)

Thank you and Hope to see you on the 9th of April