CEE

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CEE

• International Resource CentreforEducation for
  Sustainable Development

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Partnerships as a Strategy

• From its inception, CEEs activities have been
  rooted in and guided by certain basic strategies
  for maximization of their quality, effectiveness
  and impact
• Partnerships utilizing complementary strengths of
  other organizations are built
• for achieving synergy
• to achieve a greater multiplier effect
• to avoid duplication of effort
• Over the years, CEE has developed linkages with a
  number of national, regional and international
  bilateral and multilateral agencies

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International Linkages

• CEE has
• Partnered projects of relevance at the national,
  regional and global levels
• Developed strategies and establish pilots
• Invited to share insights on
• information support
• technical capacity building
• Co-authored papers
• Memberships and participation in global expert
  teams

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DESD Coming Together

• First international conference of the DESD
  Education for a Sustainable Future, January
  18-20, 2005, at CEE Ahmedabad
• 900 participants
• 48 countries
• 40 Partners

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Partners for ESF
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CEE and DESD

• Produced two films on the international launch of
  the DESD for UNESCO
• Hosts a website on DESD to provide a platform for
  discussion on ESD issuesSupport IDRC
• Tunza Youth Conference
• Founder-Member of World Ocean Network
• Internships in SD
• Learning for MDGs
• Training in E C for SD
• Resource Agency for Training Programmes

International
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CEE and DESD

• Member of the Regional (Asia-Pacific)
  Consultative Group for DESD, led by UNESCO, UNEP
  and UNU
• SASEANEE Secretariat
• Implementing IEC Strategy in 24 countries for
  Montreal Protocol
• SD related EC services to Asia-Pacific Countries
• Node of Indian Ocean Region for the World Ocean
  Network
• Global Communities for Sustainability Project in
  partnership with AAEE

International
Asia Pacific
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CEE and DESD

• Situational analysis of ESD in South Asia for
  UNESCO-Asia Pacific Office
• SAYEN Secretariat
• EE Subject Matter Focal Point of SACEP
• South Asia Focal Point for WASH
• Sub-Regional SD Strategy
• Inputs for Environment Knowledge Hub
• Documentation of Post-disaster rehabilitation in
  South Asia

Asia Pacific
International
South Asia
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CEE and DESD

• Green Teacher Diploma in EE
• Strengthening EE in School Systems
• National Host Institution for UNDP-GEF-SGP
• ENVIS Centre on EE
• Sustainable Development Network Programme
  partner of ENVIS

Asia Pacific
International
South Asia
National
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CEE and DESD

• Initiating and promoting Regional Centres of
  Expertise (RCEs) in ESD with UNU-IAS
• Samvaad Dialogues for Rural Development

Asia Pacific
International
South Asia
Local
National
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Thrust Areas

1. Sustainable Urban Development
2. Waste Management
3. EE for Fragile Areas
4. Biodiversity Conservation
5. Eco-tourism
6. Disaster Preparedness and Rehabilitation
7. Training, Networking and Capacity Building
8. Facilitating NGO and Community Initiatives
9. Initiatives for the UN Decade of Education for
   Sustainable Development
10. Research in EE

1. Education for Children
2. EE in Higher Education
3. Examination Systems for EE
4. Education for Youth
5. Communicating Environment through the Media
6. Experiencing Nature
7. EE through Interpretation
8. Knowledge Management for Sustainable Development
9. Industry Initiatives
10. Sustainable Rural Development
11. Water and Sanitation

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Education for Children

• Designed and developed A Trip with Drip The
  Water Drop, a workbook in English, French and
  Japanese, an interactive CD and a web version of
  the CD for UNEP
• Working on a Green Curriculum Analysis for
  primary schools and organising youth to school
  activities in Maldives and Nepal, to be included
  in the Environment Knowledge Hub for Asia-Pacific
  Support UNEP
• National Organiser in India for the Stockholm
  Junior Water Prize

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Education for Children

• Anandshala schools Improving quality of
  education by innovative teaching learning
  methodologies and improving school
  infrastructure, in
• Gujarat and MP (UNICEF)
• Kashmir (Plan India)
• EE and Action programmes in 60 schools in the
  National Capital Region of DelhiSupport
  Indo-Canadian Environment Facility
• Development and dissemination of local versions
  of Package Learning Materials on Environment
  (PLANET) Partner Asia Pacific Cultural Centre
  for UNESCO (ACCU), Japan

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EE in Higher Education

• Infuse understanding of sustainable development
  and orient students towards natural resource
  management in Rural Higher Education Institutes
  (RHEIs) enhance institutional mechanisms
  Facilitated by Field Studies Council
  (FSC)Supported by Big Lottery Fund (UK)
• Hosted meets for Vice-Chancellors and deans on
  ESD Support Association of University Leaders
  for Sustainable Future and UNU-IAS
• Member, Working Group, Global Higher Education
  for Sustainability Partnership Resource Project

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Education for Youth

• Founder Secretariat of South Asia Youth
  Environment Network (SAYEN)Support UNEP
  Regional Office of Asia and Pacific (ROAP)
• Organised the Tunza International Youth
  Conference 2005, with over 140 youth leaders from
  about 50 countries Partners CEE, UNEP, Bayer
  AG, MoEF and others
• Developing the Sub-regional Sustainable
  Development Strategy for South Asia A Youth
  PerspectivePartner UNEP

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Education for Youth

• Developed and operating Prakriti, an EE Mobile
  Resource Centre, run by youth volunteers to
  create awareness on emerging environmental
  issuesPartners Bayer AG and Gujarat Gas
  Corporation Ltd
• Documented case studies on Involving Youth in
  Water Conservation for Energy Conservation as
  part of South Asia Regional Initiative
  (SARI)/EnergyPartners USAID, Winrock
  International and Winrock International India

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Education for Youth

• Documenting Learnings from Tsunami, a project
  involving youth in India, Sri Lanka, Maldives and
  IndonesiaSupport Oxfam America
• International Internship on Disaster Management
  Support SAYEN, UNEP, Bayer AG (2005-06)
  SDC (2006-07)
• Internships at UNEP
• Internships on ESD

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Communicating Environment through the Media

• Video Resource Centre of Television Trust for the
  Environment (TVE)
• Dissemination of video programmes on ED
• Production and local language versions
• Support TVE International, TVE Asia Pacific,
  TVE Japan
• Childrens Environmental Education Television
  Project Development of Drakhi video film and
  other support materials Collaboration with U.S.
  Fish and Wildlife Services, Syracuse University

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EE through Interpretation

• Collaborated with US Fish Wildlife Services for
  developing Indias first Interpretation Centre at
  Kanha

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Knowledge Management for Sustainable Development

• Producing books and booklets, organising debates
  and seminars, linking with ESD experts, etc. to
  promote ecologically sensitive paradigmsPartner
  SDC
• Hosting and managing LEAD India Platform
  (Livestock, Environment and Development),a
  multi-donor supported global initiative anchored
  in FAO, Rome
• Gujarat partner of LEAD Advocacy Network (LAN)
  which carries out knowledge-based advocacy on
  livestock-environment-development issues
  Support SDCs CALPI programme

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Knowledge Management for Sustainable Development

• Capacity building in the use of fisheries stock
  assessment tools and management
  guidelinesPartners Marine Resources Assessment
  Group, UK, SCALES Inc UK and Field Studies
  Council, UKSupport Department for International
  Development (DFID), UK
• Collaborated in developing a resource book on
  Natural Resource ManagementOne Sun Two Worlds
  An Ecological Journey Support UNESCO New Delhi

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Industry Initiatives

• UNEP OzonAction Branch
• Implementing an integrated information, education
  and communication (IEC) strategy in 24 countries
• Developed a comprehensive information package for
  phasing out ODS, which became a model for
  countries in South Asia
• Established 18 pilots to demonstrate the
  feasibility of using non-ozone depleting solvents
  
• Member of the Global Core team of experts
• Developed guidelines for sectoral assessments

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Industry Initiatives

• Demonstrated cleaner production methods to
  address textile processing waste minimization in
  Tirupur Partner UNIDO and SIDBI
• Guided improvement of energy efficiency of
  several energy-intensive applications in 10 small
  and medium enterprises Partner UNDP
• Evaluated barriers faced by countries in
  South-Asia on the adoption of the Resource
  Allocation Framework (RAF)Partner GEF

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Sustainable Rural Development

• Training, capacity building and facilitating
  rural people for safe water and sanitation,
  sustainable livelihood generation and quality
  education in the tribal areas of south
  GujaratFacilitated by FSCSupport Big Lottery
  Fund (UK)
• Won World Banks first ever India Country Level
  Development Marketplace award (in a competition
  against 1500 entries) for Gram Nidhi Project for
  promoting eco-enterprises in villages

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Sustainable Rural Development

• Creating Tool Libraries to supply basic
  implements to poor farmers in GujaratSupport
  Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction-ADB and
  Commissionerate of Rural Development
• Environment Agency (EA) for 2 World Bank
  supported projects Andhra Pradesh District
  Poverty Initiative Project and Andhra Pradesh
  Poverty Reduction Programme in 22 districts
• Responsible for designing and implementing the
  Environmental Management Framework (EMP) to
  ensure that neither livelihoods nor environment
  is compromised

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Sustainable Rural Development

• Communication Support for Participatory Forest
  Management in Himachal Pradesh. Partner
  Himachal Pradesh Forest DepartmentSupport
  Department for International Development (DFID),
  UK
• Drought Proofing Programme in GujaratPartner
  Saline Area Vitalization Enterprise, Gujarat
  Support UNDP

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Water and Sanitation

• School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE) in
  several states of India Activities include
• development of district action plans and
  monitoring systems
• development of educational packages
• consultation workshops
• master trainer and teacher training
• demonstration and implementation
• rapid assessment and baseline surveys
• Support UNICEF

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Water and Sanitation

• Community-Managed Regional Water Supply and
  Sanitation Project
• Implementation Support Agency in 100 villages of
  Gujarat
• Communication and training material development
• Support Royal Netherlands EmbassyFacilitated
  by WASMO
• Setting up WatSan Classrooms in four cities of
  Madhya PradeshSupport UN Habitat

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Water and Sanitation

• Strengthening IEC to support the Water,
  Sanitation and Hygiene for All (WASH) campaign in
  South Asia. Partner Water Supply and Sanitation
  Collaborative Council (WSSCC), Geneva
• Community Mobilisation for Identifying Key Issues
  in Drinking Water Supply and Evolving Water
  Safety PlansSupport UNICEF, Lucknow
• Educational and training programmes for
  fluorosis-affected villages in Amreli
  districtSupport Royal Netherlands Embassy

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Sustainable Urban Development

• Integrated slum improvement through slum through
  innovative documentation and preparation of a
  Comprehensive Development Plan. Won UNCHS Global
  100 award in 1998-99 Support NORAD
• India Urban Initiatives
• Mumbai draft strategy and communication on SWM
  and compiling best practices
• Kolkata management plan and communication
  strategy for East Kolkata Wetland
• Support USAID

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Sustainable Urban Development

• Member, Advisory Committee, Resource Centres on
  Urban Agriculture and Food Security - Cities
  Farming for the Future (RUAF-CFF) Programme,
  South Asia

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Waste Management

• Pilot project in slums for production of fuel and
  manure from human wasteSupport NORAD
• Developed, translated and disseminated an
  educational kit on Biomedical Waste
  ManagementSupport World Health Organisation
• Built and operates a Common Treatment Facility
  for biomedical waste in GulbargaSupport
  Indo-Norwegian Environment Fund
• Implemented a project for Achieving Action in
  Waste Management in 4 pilgrimage citiesPartners
  MoEF, UNDP-GEF, GTZ-ASEM and municipalities

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Waste Management

• Pilot project on an effective system of household
  waste segregation and collection. Formed
  consortium for implementation in three
  settlements in Delhi Support Japanese
  International Cooperation Agency (JICA),
  Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)
• Eco-friendly Recycling Unit (ERU) a loom for
  converting dry domestic waste to value added
  products. Won Plasticon Award 2005 for Innovation
  in Recycling Technology.Support NORAD
• Environmental Youth Enterprises set up ERU in
  Tamil NaduSupport UNEP

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Waste Management

• Survey, capacity building and implementation for
  integrated SWM Support AusAID, USAID
• Designing, administering, monitoring and
  evaluating course curriculum on solid waste
  managementPartner Infrastructural Professionals
  Enterprise (IPE) Support World Bank Institute
• Member, Curriculum Development Committee,
  International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
  International Waste Manager qualification

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Biodiversity Conservation

• Darwin Initiative Project Conserving Indias
  Biodiversity through NGO Training and Projects
  with Local CommunitiesSupport Department of
  Environment, Govt of UK
• Facilitated by FSC
• Collaboration in Snow Leopard Conservation
  Programme, with WII and International Snow
  Leopard Trust, Snow Leopard Conservancy
• Conservation Education Strategy for Rajaji and
  Kanha National ParkFacilitated by Wildlife
  Institute of IndiaSupport UNDP

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Biodiversity Conservation

• Rhino and Tiger Conservation Education in 100
  schools in 4 Protected Areas in the North
  EastSupport US Fish and Wildlife Services
• Tiger Conservation through Integrated
  Conservation, involving community members, school
  students and teachers, youth, forest dept
  officials, NGOs. Support Save the Tiger Fund of
  the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, USA
• Community Driven Natural Resource Management for
  Biodiversity Conservation in Dudhwa National
  ParkSupport Keidernan Nature Conservation
  Fund, Japan

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EE for Fragile Areas

• Developed an Environment Education Kit of
  Desertification in Hindi, which includes a
  teachers guide, case study series, cartoon book
  and posterPartner UNESCO
• Coorg An Alternative Model
• Established and operating Kodagu Heritage
  Interpretation Centre
• Formation of Kodagu Model Forest Trust, a
  federation of the Sacred Groves Committees.
  recognized as part of the International Model
  Forest Network based in Ottawa, Canada
• Support NORAD, IDRC

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EE for Fragile Areas

• Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR)
• Using alternative media to make women aware about
  importance of NTFPs and genetic resources
• Village level and regional workshops for training
  women on sustainable use of NTFPs
• Publications for conservation of NDBR
• Compilation of traditional environmental songs
• Support UNESCO
• Founder member and Indian Ocean node of the
  World Ocean Network (WON)

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Ecotourism

• Supporting software implementation for Endogenous
  Tourism Project in Assam village. Support UNDP
  and Ministry of Tourism, Government of India

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Facilitating Community Initiatives

• National Host Institution for the UNDP-GEF Small
  Grants Programme Identifying, facilitating,
  servicing and monitoring NGOs across the country.
  Partners UNDP-GEF-SGP, MoEF
• UNDP GEF SGP also has a MOU with Planning
  Commission as country co financing through MoEF
• Organised UNDP GEF SGP Regional Workshop for Asia
  and Pacific which had around 50 participants from
  about 25 countries.
• Facilitating NGOs in pilgrimage cities on solid
  waste managementPartners SGP, GTZ, MoEF

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Training, Networking and Capacity Building

• Conducted for 10 years, an 8-month residential
  Training in Environmental Education (TEE) to
  develop a cadre of motivated young environmental
  educatorsSupport Commonwealth Secretariat,
  London
• Secretariat of the South and Southeast Asia
  Network for Environmental Education (SASEANEE)
• EE and Training Subject Matter Focal Point for
  South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme
  (SACEP)

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Training, Networking and Capacity Building

• Offers a Distance Learning Programme to empower
  teachers and educators with requisite knowledge
  and skills to effectively transact EEPartner
  Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
• Conducted regional and sub-regional level
  projects to strengthen and support adult
  environmental education, in South AsiaPartner
  Asian South Pacific Bureau for Adult Education
  (ASPBAE)
• MOU with Bernheim Research Forests and Arboratum,
  Kentucky, U.S.A. for exchange of personnel in the
  field of Nature Education and Interpretation
  Programmes

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Training, Networking and Capacity Building

• International advanced training programmes
• Annual Training in Education and Communication
  for SD (TECSD) Partners IUCN, UNEP, UNESCO and
  WWF
• Education for Environment and Sustainability in
  Formal EducationCollaboration Ramboll Natura
  AB, Sweden and Regional EE Centre, South
  AfricaSponsor Swedish International
  Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)

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Disaster Preparedness and Rehabilitation

• Rebuilding Hope GujaratSupport Ford
  Foundation, Intermon Oxfam, UNDP, Tata Relief
  Committee, JBCPL
• Rebuilding Lives Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh,
  PondicherrySupport Intermon Oxfam
• Rebuilding Trust Kashmir Support from Plan
  India, German Agro Action, Oxfam-GB, CARE India

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Research

• Launching in 2007, the Journal on Education for
  Sustainable Development (JESD), with an editorial
  board comprising experts and eminent ESD
  practitioners from around the world.

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Has MOUs with

• AAEE
• NAAEE (draft)
• National Wildlife Federation, USA
• Project Wild
• UNDP-GEF-SGP
• University of Central Lancashire, UK
• World Resources Institute, USA

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International Presence

• The expanding scope and geographical coverage of
  CEEs projects and programmes have led to the
  development of an emerging institutional profile
  in the South Asian and Asia Pacific region.
• CEE Australia set up in 2001
• CEE Sri Lanka set up in 2004

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Memberships

• Director, CEE, is
• Trustee of the Earth Charter International
  Council
• Vice Chair of the IUCN National Committee for
  India
• Past Chair of IUCN-Commission on Education and
  Communication for South and South East Asia
• Member, Presidents Advisory Group, IUCN
• Member, Science Sub-Commission of the Indian
  National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO
  (INCCU)

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Memberships

• CEE is a member of
• IUCN-The World Conservation Union
• North American Association for Environmental
  Education
• Asian South Pacific Bureau for Adult Education