By Edna A. Bagadiong
VIRAC, Catanduanes, June 17 (PIA) -- Catanduanes State University (CSU) will host the International Research Forum on Local Governance and Accountability in Environmental Protection, Disaster Risk Reduction Management and Sustainable Development on August 15-17, 2013.
The three-day activity aims to discover the participatory mechanisms and civil society interventions for environmental Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) and sustainable development.
The event has the following objectives: Shares best practices of transparency and accountability in the local management of wastes, DRRM, and sustainable development; present the achievements by local efforts to address local garbage problems;
Share experiences, knowledge and information on DRRM management systems as practiced in some communities and present concepts and ideas on the role of local governance and accountability in sustainable development through environmental protection and DRRM.
The symposium has the following subthemes: LGUs and the local garbage problems; surviving disasters; DRRM of agricultural crops and forest resources; academe-LGU partnership in governance and accountability, the sustainability of development in disaster-prone areas and gendered dimensions of environmental protection and disaster risk reduction management.
The target participants are faculty-researchers/ professors of State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and Private Schools, LGU officials, NGOs, researchers on Local Governance, Sustainable Development, and Climate Change-Related Risks and Disaster Management.
A registration fee of P10,000 inclusive of accommodation, conference kit, book of abstracts, certificate of participation, and food for the duration of the conference shall be required per participant.
Interested participants may contact the following: Dr. Estrella S. Placides, CSU Professor IV (09053366851); Dr. Lily P. Custodio, CSU Graduate School Dean (09182096564); and Dr. Maria S. Tugano, CSU Extension Services Director (09053831320). (MAL/EAB-PIA5/Catanduanes)
VIRAC, Catanduanes, June 17 (PIA) -- Catanduanes State University (CSU) will host the International Research Forum on Local Governance and Accountability in Environmental Protection, Disaster Risk Reduction Management and Sustainable Development on August 15-17, 2013.
The three-day activity aims to discover the participatory mechanisms and civil society interventions for environmental Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) and sustainable development.
The event has the following objectives: Shares best practices of transparency and accountability in the local management of wastes, DRRM, and sustainable development; present the achievements by local efforts to address local garbage problems;
Share experiences, knowledge and information on DRRM management systems as practiced in some communities and present concepts and ideas on the role of local governance and accountability in sustainable development through environmental protection and DRRM.
The symposium has the following subthemes: LGUs and the local garbage problems; surviving disasters; DRRM of agricultural crops and forest resources; academe-LGU partnership in governance and accountability, the sustainability of development in disaster-prone areas and gendered dimensions of environmental protection and disaster risk reduction management.
The target participants are faculty-researchers/ professors of State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and Private Schools, LGU officials, NGOs, researchers on Local Governance, Sustainable Development, and Climate Change-Related Risks and Disaster Management.
A registration fee of P10,000 inclusive of accommodation, conference kit, book of abstracts, certificate of participation, and food for the duration of the conference shall be required per participant.
Interested participants may contact the following: Dr. Estrella S. Placides, CSU Professor IV (09053366851); Dr. Lily P. Custodio, CSU Graduate School Dean (09182096564); and Dr. Maria S. Tugano, CSU Extension Services Director (09053831320). (MAL/EAB-PIA5/Catanduanes)
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