Decision Making for Sustainability

Sep 30 2008 12:30
Sep 30 2008 14:30
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Glasgow, United Kingdom
University of Glasgow

The next CRADALL/DACE seminar will be held in collaboration with the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park at their HQ in Balloch. It is a lunchtime seminar on ‘Decision Making for Sustainability’ taking place from 12.30-2.00pm on Tuesday 30 September 2008 in the John Muir Suite at Carrochan, in Balloch.  The seminar will be led by Susan Geertshuis, Professor of Lifelong Learning and Director of The Centre for Continuing Education at Auckland University. She will describe an innovative award winning project that has been progressed in New Zealand aimed at improving decision making in relation to the use of national resources

This invitation has been extended to each of the Park’s community councils and community development trusts, the Community Partnership directors, the ACC, the NPA Board and NPA staff, and as well, of course, to colleagues within the University of Glasgow, and the CRADALL and PASCAL networks. It promises to be a stimulating seminar.
 
The National Park will be providing lunch so please book your place well in advance by emailing: [email protected]  or telephone 01389 722678
 
This opportunity has been facilitated by Kate Sankey, NPA Board Member and Vice Chair of the Community Partnership, who is an associate of the PASCAL Observatory based within The Department of Adult and Continuing Education at the University of Glasgow.

The Seminar in summary
Susan will describe a partnership between Auckland University, New Zealand’s Ministry for the Environment and Local Government New Zealand which aims to improve decision making in response to sustainable environmental challenges. The Resource Management Act (RMA) is the tool with which the government aims to manage the sustainable use of New Zealand’s national resources. Plans and policies developed within the RMA are administered through consent hearings which are heard by panels comprising elected councillors or independent commissioners. A need to offer a training programme that improved the quality of decision making was identified by the Ministry and work on the project began in 2004. Beginning with an initial conception based on knowledge of the Act the programme was informed by good adult learning principles and by research into decision making. A professional development scheme has been developed and delivered to over 700 decision makers who are recognised as demonstrating the competencies required by hearing panel members or chairs. The project has won awards in New Zealand, Australia and the United States and is a good example of using a research base to design effective learning. It is also an excellent example of an effective partnership between a university and a government agency.

More information can be found through the following link:

http://www.mfe.govt.nz/rma/practitioners/good-decisions/index.html

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