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First Announcement & Call for Papers: "Professional Environmental Education for Sustainable Development: Plugging the Hole"
Professional Environmental Education for Sustainable Development: Plugging the Hole
16–17 November, 2011
1. Background
Water and environmental resources are suffering from
poor management. Environmental protection and pollution control efforts are
scattered and uncoordinated. Despite water scarcity in
Palestinian universities, as centres of knowledge and education, have a huge responsibility. Palestinian Environmental Law and the Palestinian Environmental Policies underline the promotion of environmental awareness and education to be at all levels in the Palestinian society. Universities therefore have to make tremendous efforts to cooperate with all levels of the Palestinian society, to develop solutions, to transfer their knowledge, to help in education and to offer the required training to change attitudes and practices.
2. Objectives
The objective of the Conference is to start to join up the educational gaps between disciplines and organizations, and between all disciplines and the wider goals of sustainability. The conference asks what different disciplines can contribute towards addressing sustainable environmental development, how they can and should connect with related disciplines and how evidence-based environmental policy and educational practices might be developed and implemented.
The event offers all levels of professionals working in the field of environmental science, engineering and related topics a place where they can share effective ideas and methods for the teaching and learning of water and environmental disciplines at all levels. This ranges from practical case studies of community awareness raising to pedagogic studies, knowledge transfer techniques, dissemination or methods of assessing the impact of capacity building.
Environmental activities range from routine monitoring and evaluation to the introduction of recent contributions to the field, on subjects that can be applied widely and encourage active, independent or cooperative learning, from the perspective of national and international professionals.
The conference will have a twofold objective:
(1) explore and get advice on reforms of environmental higher education and development of partnerships with local enterprises and
(2) provide a space for dialogue between stakeholders, to discuss and explore new and innovative methods of treatment, better understanding and assessment of resources and their supporting ecosystems, proper management for conservation and approaches to achieve the dual aim of economic development and ecological sustainability.
3. Participation
The conference will provide the opportunity to bring together scientists, engineers and practicing professionals from government departments, international aid agencies, private institutions, consulting establishments, research institutes and university organizations.
4. Conference Topics
The conference topics will include the following issues dealing with water and environmental education at a broad level:
- Environmental education policies and laws.
- Reforms of environmental higher education
- Development of partnerships with local enterprises on environmental higher education
- Developments in teaching methods, networks and monitoring
- Technological innovations in environmental science and technology
- Interdisciplinary and sustainability concepts in environmental studies
- Climate change and society
- Trends in environmental education
- R&D dissemination - curricula and assessment development
- Networking, exchanges and partnerships for sustainable environmental education
- Higher education and environmental research: Industrial sector relationships
- Environmental science and technology under unstable political environment
- Environmental education projects-case studies
- Environmental education- ecology and health
- Environmental education for sustainable development
- Youth and the environment: attitudes, knowledge and behavior
- Young people and the environment: implications for educational reform
5. Language
The official language of the conference will be English. Translation service will be available from English to Arabic and vice versa.
6. Tours
The conference will organize social and technical
tours if sufficient interest is indicated after the announcement of the conference.
The tours will be for the whole day with lunch and refreshments provided. The
technical tours suggested are
7. Venue
The venue of the conference will be at Birzeit University,
Birzeit, West Bank,
8. Registration
The registration for the conference is free. However, participants should take care for their own travel and accommodation issues.
9. Organizing Committee
The conference forms part of an EU funded TEMPUS project (http://home.birzeit.edu/iews/tempus) and is organized by representatives from the project partners and local water and environmental organizations. The Tempus Project Partners are:
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• Ministry of Higher Education,
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• WEDC,
• Royal Institute of Technology,
10. Scientific Committee
An international and local Scientific Committee consisting of representatives from research development organizations, universities, water and wastewater authorities and professionals, will provide guidelines for the selection of papers to be published.
Abdelkader
Laarabi,
Abdelrahman Tamimi, Palestinian Hydrology Group,
Amer Kanaan,
Amer Marie,
Assimacopoulos Dionysis, National Technical
Alfred Abed Rabbo,
Brian Reed, WEDC,
Dima Nazer,
Fahoom Shalabi, Ministry of Higher Education,
George Kurzom, Ma’an
Hafez Shaheen,
Hammou
Laamrani, IDRC,
Hilmi Salem,
Henk
Lubberding, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education,
Ibraheem
Attyia, Ministry of Health,
Issam
Al-Khatib,
Jamil Harb,
Jan-Erik Gustafsson, Royal Institute of
Jawad
Shqerat,
Jene Helal – Applied Research Institute –
Joachim Paul,
Heinrich Böll Stiftung, ,
Khaled Qahman, Environmental Quality Authority,
Maher Abu Madi,
Maria Mandaraka, National Technical
Mark Zeitoun,
Marwan Haddad,
Marwan G.
Ghanem,
Michael Mason,
Mike Smith,
WEDC,
Mohamad
Al-Masri,
Mutasem
El-Fadel, American
Nabeel Al-Jolani,
Nidal Mahmoud,
Numan Mizyed,
Omar Zimmo,
Ralf Klingbeil,
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
Rashed Al-Sa`ed,
Salah Yasin,
Saed Khayat, Ministry of Higher Education,
Samah Jabarie,
Sameer Shadeed,
Subhi Samhan, Palestinian Water Authority,
Uraib Sayrafi,
Walid W.
Yousef Amro,
Zaher Barghothi, Ministry of Agriculture,
11. Publications
Papers received will be reviewed and only accepted ones will be presented at the conference. The conference proceedings will be published in a special issue of Birzeit Water Drops.
12. Important Dates
First call for abstracts: 12 November, 2010
Abstract submission: 10 March, 2011
Notifying accepted abstracts: 10 April, 2011
Full papers submission: 15 July, 2011
Notifying accepted papers: 15 August, 2011
Papers presentations: 16-17 November, 2011
Printing conference proceedings: 01 June 2012
13. Invitation to Submit a Paper
Papers are expected to make an original contribution to the conference topics. Authors who are interested in presenting a paper should send an abstract for refereeing. Received contributions will be selected by the Conference Scientific Committee to cover different areas, methods, approaches and cases. Abstracts should have a maximum of 300 words. Each abstract should incorporate the following information: Title; author’s(s’) full name(s), affiliation, address and means of contact (phone, mobile phone, fax, E-mail).
Abstract submission form including all specifications and guidelines can be downloaded from the (Call for Papers) menu at the Conference website (http://home.birzeit.edu/iews/tempus). Abstracts and later paper submissions should be sent by e-mail to the following address: environmentalconference@gmail.com
For further information please contact:
Dr. Ziad Mimi, Chairman of the Conference, Institute
of Environmental and Water Studies,
Email: zmimi@birzeit.edu, Telephone: +972-2-298 2120 (or +970)
| Contact information |
Dr. Ziad Mimi, Chairman of the Conference, Institute of Environmental and Water Studies, Birzeit University, Palestine
(email: zmimi@birzeit.edu ; environmentalconference@gmail.com) Phone: +972-2-298 2120 (or +970) |
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| News type | CallForPaper |
| File link |
http://home.birzeit.edu/iews/tempus/index.php/professional-environmental-education-for-sustainable-development-plugging-the-hole-first-announcement-a-call-for-papers |
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| Source of information | EU funded TEMPUS project of Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine |
| Keyword(s) | Sustainable Development, climate change, ecology, Environmental education for sustainable development |
| Subject(s) | HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER QUALITY |
| Relation | http://www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/events/2011/11/professional-environmental-education-sustainable-development-plugging-hole |
| Geographical coverage | Palestine, |
| News date | 09/12/2010 |
| Working language(s) | ARABIC , ENGLISH |
