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3rd Implementation Cycle - Review Session
5-16 May 2008
New York

In-session Activities

Learning Center

the learning center photographThe Learning Center is part of the official programme of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) and runs parallel to the CSD plenary sessions. Its purpose is to provide teaching and training at a practical level on topics of relevance to the specific themes being considered by the CSD, as well as selective cross-cutting themes of sustainable development to further implementation of Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI).

the learning center photographAll participants in CSD sessions are welcome to attend the courses, which are offered in three-hour sessions during regular meetings hours (10:00 to 13:00 and 15:00 to 18:00) in the United Nations conference area. Course instructors drawn from a variety of institutions use a wide range of instructional tools and approaches, including small working groups, case studies and lecture formats, and most courses include question and answer periods and interactive discussions. Participants have expressed enthusiasm for the Learning Center and feedback on individual courses has been positive.

Time Location Presentation
Monday, 5 May 2008
15:00 - 18:00 Conf. Room B Grassroots Women’s Innovations to Securing Land and Housing Rights: A Tool for Sustainable Development. by Huairou Commission [summary]
Tuesday, 6 May 2008
10:00 - 13:00 Conf. Room B How to Efficiently Manage Food Production Systems under Water and Land Constraints by Government of Israel  [summary]
15:00 - 18:00 Conf. Room B Innovative Agriculture Financing in Africa by USAID [summary] The Value Chain Approach for Economic Growth with Poverty Reduction by USAID [summary]
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
10:00 - 13:00 Conf. Room B Designing Integrated Financing Strategies for Combating Desertification by Global Mechanism of UNCCD [summary]
15:00 - 18:00 Conf. Room B La revue par les pairs de a Stratégie Nationale de Développement by OIF [in French] Summary [English] [Français]
Thursday, 8 May 2008
10:00 - 13:00 Conf. Room B SAT: A Model for Building Capabilities for Sustainable Rural Development by Bahá'í International Community [summary]
15:00 - 18:00 Conf. Room B Addressing Rural Poverty through Rural Finance by Southern New Hampshire University [summary]
Friday, 9 May 2008
10:00 - 13:00 Conf. Room B Linking Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change: Processes, Policies and Actions by UNCCD [summary]
15:00 - 18:00 Conf. Room B Innovative Technologies for Sound Decision-making in Water Resources Management by IAEA  [summary]
Monday, 12 May 2008
10:00 - 13:00 Conf. Room B Integrated Learning Tools for Gender Advocacy in Agriculture and Rural Development by WOCAN [summary]
15:00 - 18:00 Conf. Room B Strategic Environmental Assessment as a tool for Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Management by GTZ  [summary]
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
10:00 - 13:00 Conf. Room B Land Policy, Administration and Management by Ms. Jacqueline da Costa  [summary]
15:00 - 18:00 Conf. Room B An Approach to Capacity Development for IWRM by UN-Water　[summary]
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
15:00 - 18:00 Conf. Room B Access to Readily Available Extension, Educational, and Research Information and Resources by USDA and CAB International [summary]
Conf. Room 6 A Global Tool Box to Manage Water and Nutrients for Agri-Communities by American Society of Agronomy  [summary]
Thursday, 15 May 2008
10:00 - 13:00 Conf. Room B Using International Standards to Enhance the Quality of Agricultural Training and Education for Sustainable Development by CGIAR [summary]
Conf. Room 6 Smallholders Farmers, Agrodiversity and Climate Change by UNU [summary]
15:00 - 18:00 Conf. Room 6 Business Model for Farmers Marketing, Supply and Credit Cooperatives by USDA [summary]
Friday, 16 May 2008
10:00 - 13:00 Conf. Room 6 Breakthrough Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture, Land, Drought and Rural Development by State University of NY at Stony Brook [summary]