ENHANCING ATTRACTIVENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT HIGHER EDUCATION

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ENHANCING ATTRACTIVENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT HIGHER EDUCATION

• Seminar on
• Experiences in S Korea, Japan and the EU
• Yonsei University, Seoul, 30.11.-01.12.2009

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WELCOME NOTEPROF DR MU CHOON LEE
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WELCOME NOTEPROF DR THOMAS B FISCHER
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THINKING BEHIND PROJECT

• Environmental Assessment and Management (EAM) is
  often perceived as being taught in similar ways
  throughout the world. This is opposite to
  subjects such as planning or policy making which
  have more of a country specific focus. As a
  consequence, EAM related higher education
  programmes are frequently assumed to have an
  international, rather than national, or local,
  appeal. However, contrary to this perception,
  there is currently very little evidence that this
  is indeed the case. The main aim of this seminar
  is therefore to identify similarities and
  possibly also differences in EAM related higher
  education in S Korea, Japan and the EU.

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OVERALL RATIONALE

• A better understanding of EAM related higher
  education should ultimately help
• - prospective students to choose the right
  programme
• - universities / other teaching institutions to
  offer attractive programmes
• - public and private sectors to recruit suitable
  graduates
• - the economy and society at large to use
  resources efficiently, both, in terms of costs
  for higher education and in terms of delivering
  according to actual needs
• - the environment to be effectively managed and
  protected

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MAIN PROJECT OUTPUTS

• - creation of a TwoEA-M network (You)
• - setting up of a TwoEA-M webpage
  (www.twoeam-eu.net)
• - production of a handbook (guidebook) on EAM
  related higher education MA programmes in the
  EU
• - testing the international usefulness of EAM
  related higher education teaching materials
  produced during the PENTA project
  (www.penta-eu.net) eg EA Lecturers Handbook
• - Three East Asian conferences (South Korea,
  China, Malaysia)
• - production of a report on regional specific
  EAM interests and educational requirements
• - A main European final TwoEA-M conference
  (Austria)

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PROJECT DETAILS

• - 2-year European Commission funded project
  (December 2008-November 2010) follow-up to
  previous PENTA project (2005-2007)
• - 3 main European project partners (University
  of Liverpool, University of Bratislava, ANIDEA)
• - 4 East Asian partner institutions (Yonsei
  University, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
  Nankai University, University of Technology
  Malaysia)
• - wider TwoEA-M network members

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OBJECTIVES OF SEMINAR

• To obtain an overview of where (eg what Faculty,
  Department, School), how (eg modules offered
  subjects taught), and in what time scale higher
  education EAM programmes are offered in S Korea,
  Japan and the EU, focusing in particular on the
  post-graduate (ie MA) taught level
• To obtain an indication for the international
  usefulness of EAM related higher education
  teaching materials
• eg EA Lecturers Handbook provided to the
  audience
• To enhance co-operation of higher education
  institutions that teach EAM related (MA)
  programmes in S Korea, Japan and the EU

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• DAY 1
• 915 Registration Coffee and Tea
• 1000 Start of the seminar Welcome by Prof Dr
  Mu Choon Lee
• 1015 Prof Dr Thomas Fischer (chair of seminar)
  Welcome rationale and objectives of the TwoEA-M
  project and of the seminar
• Short Survey (Interactive communication system)
• 1045 Dr Paola Gazzola Results from a PENTA
  workshop on EA higher education in India and
  other South Asian countries effectiveness and
  shortcomings
• 1110 Dr Urmila Jha-Thakur European EA related
  higher education in Europe An overview
• 11351150 short break
• 1150 Prof Dr Sang-Don Lee EA ( Planning and
  Management) related higher education in S Korea
  An overview
• 1215 Prof Dr Harashina EA ( Planning and
  Management) related higher education in Japan An
  overview (where and how/in what context is it
  taught what is the curriculum)
• 1240-1400 lunch break
• 1400 Min-Dae Park Professional education for
  an EIA a technical expert
• 1425 Dr Shigeo Nisihikzawa Japanese EA (
  Planning and Management) related higher
  education what are the main sources/ references
  for teaching and what is lacking?
• 1450 SWOT analyses of S Korean, Japanese, and
  European EA ( Planning and Management) related
  higher education four Groups 10 S Koreans x 4
  4 Japanese 6 Europeans
• 1550- 1620 Coffee and Tea Break
• 1620-1730 Rapporteurs from the four groups
  presenting on their SWOT analyses questions,
  discussion

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• DAY 2
• 930 1000 Coffee and tea
• 1000 Dr Hens Runhaar Dutch EA ( Planning and
  Management) related higher education a SWOT
  analysis
• 1025 Dr Ingrid Belcakova Central and Eastern
  European EA ( Planning and Management) related
  higher education a SWOT analysis
• 1050 Prof Mu Choon Lee Teaching EA at a Korean
  University Experiences and Challenges
• 1125 1140 short break
• 1140 Dr Ralf Aschemann teaching EA at an
  Austrian University experiences and challenges
• 1205 Dr Kong-jang Cho EIA education of the
  Korea Environment Institute
• 1230 1330 lunch break
• 1330 Work in groups Are EA ( Planning and
  Management) related higher education requirements
  fundamentally different in different world
  regions?
• 1430 1500 Coffee and Tea Break
• 1500 Presentation of group results questions
  and discussion criticism on seminar what could
  have done better?
• 1600 Questions on seminar (Interactive
  communication system)
• 1615 Conclusions and final comments drawing
  seminar to a close.
• 1700 END

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SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS
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QUESTIONS?