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4th Certificate Programme on Environmental Management and
Governance
Background and Scope for Certificate
Programme
The Institute of Governance Studies (IGS), BRAC University is going
to offer its 4th Certificate Programme on Environmental Management
and Governance jointly with the Centre for Natural Resource Studies
of the University of Manitoba, Canada. The main purpose of the
certificate programme is to sensitise and enhance the capacity of
participants on key environmental governance issues related to
natural resources and environment management. The certificate course
will be an intense programme which will provide opportunities to the
participants to be trained with key concepts of environmental issues
and concerns, management system, environmental governance,
implementation methods and procedures.
The curriculum for this programme has been designed to offer
exposure and training on theoretical knowledge on key issues,
supplemented by case studies where appropriate, to make the
programme as practical as possible.
The Programme Curriculum
The certificate programme is designed to be a four month long
programme with twenty-five participants. Faculty members from BRACU,
other private and public universities in Bangladesh, practitioners
of environmental governance and faculty members from University of
Manitoba will be the resource persons for the programme.
Under the Certificate Programme, the following modules will be
offered:
Module 1: Management for sustainable
development
This course attempts to introduce participants to key environmental
concerns both at the local and global level. These concerns stems
from cross-scale (regional, national, sub-national, local) and
various types of sources (public sector, private sector) through
which environment and development facets interact with each other.
It aims to train the participants with the concept and need for
sustainable development, the various actors and the tools for
effective governance for sustainability.
Module 2: Environmental
governance
The course introduces the concept of governance and builds into the
problems and issues of natural resources and environmental
governance. It aims to acquaint the students with the various actors
involved with the governance using case studies where appropriate.
Module 3: Policy regimes for natural
resource and environment management
This course aims to introduce the students to the policy-legal
regimes for natural resource and environment management with
particular focus on Bangladesh. It discusses the legal regimes and
the compliance of national laws regarding natural resources and
environment management. This course also gives an overview of the
Bangladesh country strategy documents prepared as compliance of
international treaties.
Module 4: Field study and Experiential
Learning
The field study course is divided into two parts. The first part
will consist of classes on EIA and SIA tools and techniques. This
component aims to introduce the tools needed for implementing
projects pertaining to natural resource and environment management.
The second part will involve the actual field study where students
will be required to apply their knowledge from other courses in the
programme as well as what they have learned about EIA.
Admission requirements
For admission into the Certificate Programme, a candidate must meet
the following requirements:
a) The candidate must have
At least a three years Bachelor's degree or a Masters degree in any
discipline with no third division/class (or no CGPA below 2.0) at
any level. The requirement for a three years Bachelor's
degree/third-division may be relaxed for a candidate who has a post
graduate certificate or diploma course in addition to a Bachelor's
degree or who has at least 10 years of job experience and passes an
assessment test, subject to the approval of the BU Academic Council.
b) Prospective students are required to attend an interview.
Fees structure
The total cost of the programme is Tk.36,000 which will have to be
paid at enrolment. Each student will be awarded a bursary of Tk.
6,000 during the programme.
Important time and dates
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Tentative Venue:
Institute of Governance Studies, SK Center (5th - 7th Floor), GP,
JA-4, TB Gate, Mohakhali,
Dhaka 1212
Application form:
Download from here and send back via post or email to:
Md. Harun-Or-Rashid
Research Associate/ Lecturer
IGS, BRAC University
SK Center (5th - 7th Floor), GP, JA-4, TB Gate, Mohakhali,
Dhaka 1212
www.igs-bracu.ac.bd
Tel: +88-02-8810326, +88-02-8810306
Email: mha...@bracu.ac.bd
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