【平成25年度 環境人材育成コンソーシアム(EcoLeaD）事業】 日付：平成25年12月14日 イベント：第3回アジア環境人材育成研究交流大会-国際シンポジウム2部 タイトル：サステナビリティリーダーの育成 / Shaping‘ Sustainability’ Leaders 発表者：アウレア・クリスティン・タナカ 氏（国際連合大学高等研究所ESDプログラムリサーチアソシエイト） / Dr. Aurea Christine Tanaka(Research Associate, Education for Sustainable Development Programme, United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies) 詳細：http://www.eco-lead.jp/active/seminar/2013-2/

1. Aurea Christine Tanaka
Education for Sustainable Development Programme
Academic Conference for Environmental Leadership Development
14 December 2013

2. • Background
• Vision
• ProSPER.Net
Leadership Programme
• Future developments

4. Waltz
Tango

6.  One idea:
 How to live sustainably and in harmony with nature
 Where do we learn?!?
 Formal settings, informal settings
 At home…
 How do we practice?!?
 Waste separation at the source
 Do we know why?!?
 When we connect the dots and understand the dimension of our
actions, we give meaning to our attitudes and we do things
consciously and ‘properly’

9. Society/Communities
Sustainability leaders =
Agents of change
Academia
(researchers/
scientists)
Civil Society
(NGOs etc.)
Private Sector
Public Sector
(policymakers)
Sustainability work/research
LP

10.  Interdisciplinary practice
 How do we take the lessons (our knowledge) of dancing waltz and
tango, to dance samba (our common challenges – sustainable
development)?!?
 Applied research and policy development
 How to translate scientific findings into useful, meaningful and
concrete tools or approaches that promote improved livelihood,
especially for the poor?
 Multistakeholder dialogue
 How do we promote an effective dialogue between different
stakeholders?!?

11.  Objectives:
 Offer a capacity development programme for
knowledge management and application through
exposure to local sustainability challenges and diversity
 Test-ground for knowledge application through
observation of partnerships with local government,
community and private sector
 Address the lack of opportunity to further local
sustainable development and influence policy and
decision-makers with participation of different
stakeholders, especially community engagement

12.  Like-minded people: participants from different countries and
backgrounds (multicultural and multidisciplinary environment)
working with sustainability-related research
 Early-career researchers and faculty, late-stage PhD students
(post-doctoral fellows, ProSPER.Net Young Researchers’ School
graduates, ProSPER.Net-Scopus Young Scientist Award winners,
finalists and young panelists), young professionals (NGOs and
private sector)
 Process focus: bring the reality into the classroom with
multicultural, multidisciplinary and diverse background group
using Problem-Based Learning (PBL methodology)
 Group outputs will be collective contribution with possible new
insights for local and own challenges

14. From Australia, Greece (Singapore), India, Iran (Japan), Japan, Kenya (China),
Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and USA

15.  1st pilot in November 2013 hosted by the East West Center
 9-day programme
 Lectures on leadership (adaptive leadership, crisis
leadership), network (analysis and applications), futures
(scenarios), strategic communication, environmental
education
 Leadership challenges related to field visits (examples of
community engagement and insights on types of required
leadership that enable sustainable actions to thrive)
 Panel with senior professionals from international
organization, academia and public sector

16. Community project to restore local
ecosystem through sustainable
agriculture practices
How can the organization generate revenue
for self-sustainability in an under-resourced
area that restores ecosystems and engages
community members struggling with social
problems?

17. High level of expertise but struggle
with community mobilization to
help monitor and protect
extensive areas of coral reefs
How can we connect global-scale
environmental challenges with local
communities in ways that help them take
ownership and action?

18. 1. Learning in a multicultural and multidisciplinary environment:
• realisation of diversity, different ‘language’ and approaches, personal and
cultural traits that influence their interaction with others (and thus affect
cross-sector collaborations, partnerships and engagement with community,
influencing and mobilizing people)
• at the same time, inspiration to continue working with sustainability-related
research and teaching (others are doing the same)
2. Leadership and community engagement:
• different examples of community engagement provided insights on
communication styles and how it can affect project/undertakings outcomes,
possibilities for more applied research, involvement of civil society
3. Interpersonal skills:
• self-awareness and understanding of shortcomings in communicating with
their own communities (work/research related, local communities)
• reflection time needed to analyse own actions and position towards others

21.  More structured group discussion
 More time to use and share expertise among participants and
with local community/partners
 Tailor communication strategies to fit particular interests
 How to attract other stakeholders, especially from public and
private sector

22. www.ias.unu.edu/prospernet