Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law

"Training the Trainers" Course - Syllabus

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TEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL
IUCN/APCEL/UNEP Course on Capacity-Building
for Environmental Legal Education in the Asia and Pacific Region
(8 June - 3 July 1998, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore)
Funded by: ADB - Asian Development Bank, NUS - National University of Singapore
Supported by: UNU - United Nations University, UNITAR - United Nations Institute for Training and Research & Others
Venue: Conference Room F
Faculty of Business Administration
National University of Singapore
10 Kent Ridge Crescent
Singapore 119260
Course Schedule
Week One (8-13 June 1998)
TEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL CONTEXT
Sunday, 7 June 1998 - Arrival of Participants
  • 18:30-20:30 Welcome Reception for participants - YMCA Conference Room 102/103
  • Day 1 - Monday, 8 June 1998

  • 09:00-10:30    Opening Ceremony & Reception - Kent Ridge Guild House
  • 10:45-11:15    Introduction to the Course - Prof Nicholas Robinson
  •                            Participants’ "Country Reports" on the State of Environmental Law in their Countries
  • 11:15-12:30    Panel: Why teach Environmental Law? How to "Introduce" it in a crowded curriculum with

  •                          scarce resources - Prof Nicholas Robinson
  •                            Overview of Environmental Law Teaching in the Asia-Pacific Region - Prof Koh Kheng Lian
  •                            Survey of Teaching Methodologies for Environmental Law - Prof Ben Boer
  • 12:30-14:15    Lunch
  • 14:15-14:45    Overview of the State of the Environment in the Asia-Pacific Region - Prof Ben Boer
  • 14:45-15:30    Regional Commentators:
  •                             South Asia - Prof AK Saxena
  •                             SE Asia - Mr Mas Achmad Santosa
  •                             Pacific - Ms Rita Morris
  •                             North Asia - Prof Nicholas Robinson, Prof Ben Boer
  • 15:30-16:30    Tea Break
  •                        Four Break-Out Discussion Groups to discuss Participants’ views of needs & priorities for

  •                            environmental legal education in Asia-Pacific Region, selecting one participant as
                               rapporteur
  • 16:30-17:00    Reports by 4 Rapporteurs
  • 19:30              Opening Dinner - Pinetree Town & Country Club
  •                            Dinner for Participants & Resource Persons for informal discussion of the Course & what

  •                               Participants would like to cover

    Day 2 – Tuesday, 9 June 1998

  • 09:00-10:30    Group Socratic Discussion: The Role of Science, Technology, Economic Approaches &

  •                             Mechanisms, in Developing, Implementing & Teaching Environmental Law
                               - Prof Ben Boer, Prof Charles O Okidi
  • 10:30-10:45    Tea Break
  • 10:45-12:15    Overview of the Legal Framework & Systems through which Environmental Law Functions

  •                            - Prof Ben Boer
  • 12:15-14:00    Lunch Break and Library Tour
  • 14:00-15:30    Panel Discussion on Comparative Environmental Law: Processes
  •                             Overview of Methodology & Heritage Case Study - Prof Ben Boer
  •                             Panel:
  •                                 Land Use Planning Systems - Dr Malone-Lee Lai Choo
  •                                 Pollution Control Regimes - Prof Charles O Okidi, Prof Nicholas Robinson
  • 15:30-15:45   Tea Break
  • 15:45-1700    Panel Discussion on Comparative Environmental Law: Jurisdictions
  •                            Overview of Methodology for a National Synthesis of the Field

  •                                - Prof Nicholas Robinson, Ms Nicola Atkinson
  •                                     Panel:
  •                                         India - Prof AK Saxena
  •                                         Indonesia - Mr Mas Achmad Santosa
  •                                         China - Dr Song Ying
  •                                         Pacific - Ms Rita Morris
  • Day 3 – Wednesday, 10 June 1998

  • 09:00-10:30    Sustainable Singapore: A Model for Industrial-Urban Cities? - Prof Koh Kheng Lian
  •                           Overview of Singapore’s Laws for Planning, Air & Water Pollution Control, Waste

  •                             Management and Administration - Assoc Prof Lye Lin Heng
  • 10:30-10:45    Tea Break
  • 10:45–12:00    Presentation of Selected Country Reports
  • 12:00-13:00    The Role & Methodology of Field Trips as a Means of Teaching Environmental Law &

  •                             Administration  - Prof Ben Boer
  • 13:00-14:00    Lunch Break
  • 14:00-16:30    Field Trip: Visit to Ministry for the Environment - Prof Koh Kheng Lian
  • 18:30              Bus pick-up participants to proceed to Ang Mo Kio Library
  • 19:15              "Forestry & Fires in Indonesia" - Video-talk - Prof Jeffrey Sayer, Director General, Center for

  •                              International Forestry Research (IFOR) Bogor, Java, Indonesia

    Day Four – Thursday, 11 June 1998

  • 09:00-10:30    Comparative EIA Systems: Overview and Introduction - Prof Nicholas Robinson
  • 10:30-10:45    Tea Break
  • 10:45-12:15    Comparative EIA Case Studies - Prof Ben Boer
  •                             Indonesia - Mr Mas Achmad Santosa
  •                             Philippines - Ms Joan Dymphna G Saniel
  •                             Malaysia - Ms Lizurayaty Azrina Abdullah
  •                             Commentator - Ross Ramsay
  • 12:15-12:30    Introduction to Participants’ EIA Teaching Problem (role play) - Prof Ben Boer
  • 12:30-14:00    Lunch Break and Library Research
  • 14:00-13:30    Role Play (continued)
  • 13:30-13:45    Tea Break
  • 13:45-17:00    Role Play (continued)
  •                          Participants confer to prepare EIA Teaching Problem Roles & Outline of Draft Curriculum

  •                             to teach EIA in their country (to be presented on Day 6, 13 June)
  • 18:00-20:00   Book Launch: International Environmental Law in the Asia Pacific

  •                             - by Ben Boer, Ross Ramsay & Donald Rothwell (Kluwer Law International, 1998)

    Day Five – Friday, 12 June 1998

  • 09:00-10:30    Panel Discussion: Role of Lawyers, Scientists, & other Experts in EIA & Environmental Law

  •                             - Prof Nicholas Robinson, Prof Charles O Okidi, Ms Lim Lei Theng, others
  • 10:30-10:45    Tea Break
  • 10:45-12:00    Group Discussion on Teaching EIA - led by Prof Nicholas Robinson
  • 12:00-12:30    Orientation for EIA Teaching Problem (role play) - Prof Ben Boer
  • 12:30-14:00    Lunch Break, Time for Religious Observances, Library Research
  • 14:00-16:00    Conduct EIA Teaching Problem (role-play) - Prof Ben Boer & Participants
  • 16:00-16:15    Tea Break, Distribute Evaluation Forms
  • 16:15-17:30    Four Break-Out Discussion Groups on what should be taught in law schools about EIA &

  •                             how to introduce such teaching units, with selection of rapporteurs
  • 17:30-18:00    Rapporteurs’ Reports to the Participants on EIA discussions & orientation about ADR

  •                             opportunities in EIA Process - Prof Ben Boer, Ms Lim Lei Theng

    Day Six – Saturday, 13 June 1998

  • 09:00-09:30    Introduction to innovative skills and methods in environmental legal education

  •                             - Prof Ben Boer & Resource Persons
  •                             Distribute Week One Participants’ written Course Evaluation Forms
  •                             Participants divide into 3 rotating groups for one hour each:
  •                             Coordinators: Assoc Prof Robert Beckman, Ms Lim Lei Theng
  •                                 (1) Library Tours
  •                                 (2) Orientation on teaching methods - Prof Ben Boer
  •                                 (3) Hands on computer training - Assoc Prof Robert Beckman, Ms Lim Lei Theng
  • 09:30-10:30    First Round of Small Group meetings, then rotate
  • 10:30-10:45    Tea Break
  • 10:45-11:00    Second Round of Small Group meetings, then rotate
  • 11:00-12:00    Third Round of Small Group meetings
  •                             Evaluation Forms to be handed in
  • Afternoon and Evening (unscheduled time for reading, R&R, individual research)
  • Week Two (15-20 June 1998)
    TEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL CONTEXT
    Day One – Monday, 15 June 1998
  • 09:00-09:45    The Agenda for Sustainable Development - Prof Ben Boer
  • 09:45-10:30    Law Reform, Legislative Revision & Legal Education for Sustainable Development

  •                             - Prof Ben Boer, Prof Nicholas Robinson
  • 10:30-10:45    Tea Break
  • 10:45-12:30    Panel on Regional Law & Policy for Sustainable Development
  •                             Overview - Prof Ben Boer
  •                             ASEAN - Prof Koh Kheng Lian
  •                             SPREP - Ms Rita Morris
  •                             UNEP ELI/PAC - Prof Charles O Okidi
  •                        Discussion
  • 12:30-14:00    Lunch Talk by Prof Charles O Okidi: Legal Issues in the Management of Freshwater Resources
  • 14:00-15:30    National Approaches to Law and Policy for Sustainable Development: New Zealand

  •                         - Mr Mark Christensen
  •                         Commentary on Asian National Approaches (Malaysia, Indonesia)

  •                             - Mr Stefanus Haryanto Triyono, Ms Lizuryaty Azrina Abdullah
  • 15:30-15:45    Tea Break
  • 15:45-17:00    Group Discussion on Law Reform for Sustainable Development & Scientific Foundations for

  •                             Environmental Law Reform
  •                             Discussion Leaders: Prof Charles O Okidi, Prof Nicholas Robinson
  •                             Commentators:
  •                                 Scientific Foundations - Prof Ben Boer
  •                                 OECD Review of NZ RMA - Mr Mark Christensen
  •                             Participants’ Evaluations and Discussion
  • Day Two – Tuesday, 16 June 1998

  • 09:00-10:15    Survey of Key Elements of Environmental Law Legal Systems

  •                             (Focus on illustrations relating to air and water pollution control)
  •                        Administrative Systems for Standard Setting, Regulations, and Economic

  •                             Incentives/Disincentives,
                              Voluntary Codes and Audits - Prof Nicholas Robinson
  • 10:15-10:30    Tea Break
  • 10:30-12:15    Enforcement of Environmental Law
  •                             The Oposa Case - Mr Antonio Oposa
  •                             Overview of Criminal Sanctions and Civil Enforcement - Mr Foo Kim Boon
  •                             The Role of the Judiciary - Prof Charles O Okidi
  •                             The Role of NGOs - Prof Ben Boer
  • 12:15-15:15    Lunch Break
  •                         Library Research: to select & prepare a teaching unit for an aspect of national environmental

  •                             law (to be presented by participants on Day 5, Friday 19 June)
  • 13:30-15:00    Resource persons available to assist with teaching unit preparation
  • 15:15-15:30    Tea Break
  • 15:30-17:00    Visit to CRISP - talk by Prof Lim Hock: Remote Sensing for Monitoring of the Environment
  • 18:30-20:30    Social Gathering (venue to be confirmed)
  • Day Three – Wednesday, 17 June 1998

  • 09:00-10:00    Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution - Ms Lim Lei Theng, Mr Tony Oposa
  • 10:00-12:30    Tea Break
  •                        ADR Simulation by Participants - led by Ms Lim Lei Theng
  • 12:30-13:30    Lunch Break
  • 13:30-14:15    Evaluation of ADR Simulation & its Use in Legal Education - Ms Lim Lei Theng
  • 14:15-15:00    Panel Discussion on Use & Institutionalization of ADR
  •                             Overview and Role of Ombudsmen - Prof Ben Boer
  •                             EIA and Fact-finding - Prof Nicholas Robinson
  •                             Mediation and Arbitration - Ms Lim Lei Theng
  •                             International Applications - Assoc Prof Robert Beckman
  • 15:00-15:30    Tea Break
  • 15:30-17:00    Break-out sessions or research time as requested by Participants
  • Day Four – Thursday, 18 June 1998

  • 09:00-09:30    Introduction to Environmental Management Systems & Auditing, EMS and ISO 14000 Series

  •                             - Assoc Prof Lye Lin Heng
  • 09:30-10:00    Obtaining ISO 14001 Certification - The Industry Perspective - PSB Representative
  • 10:00-10:30    Development of Environmental Management Standards in Asia and Europe

  •                             - Mr Clive H J Mason, NETCEN-AEA Technology. Plc
  • 10:30-10:45    Tea Break
  • 10:45-11:15    The Responsible Care Initiative of the Chemical Industry - A Practical Example of

  •                             Environmental Management and Beyond
                              -  Ms Lam Kit Wing, Singapore Chemical Industry Council (SCIC)
  • 11:15-11:45    Economic Benefits of Waste Minimization, Efficiency & Safety Management & Training for

  •                            Small or Marginal Enterprises: World Environment Center Experience
                               - Prof Nicholas Robinson
  • 11:45-12:00    Introduction to RIET and The Environmental Law Digest - Dr Philippe Bergeron, RIET
  • 12:00-12:45    Panel Discussion
  • 12:45-13:45    Lunch Break
  • 14:00-17:00    Field Trip: Trade Effluent Plant, Pure Chemical Industries (Pte) Ltd - Assoc Prof Lye Lin Heng
  • Day Five – Friday, 19 June 1998: Applied Teaching Skills

  • 09:00-10:15    Teaching Environmental Law: Review of Methods and Approaches

  •                         - Prof Ben Boer, Prof Charles O Okidi
  • 10:15-12:15    Tea Break
  •                         Participants exchange & discuss their teaching units in small group Break-Out Sessions

  •                           with Resource Persons
  • 12:15-14:00    Lunch Break, Time for Religious Observances
  • 14:00-17:00    Tea Break
  •                         Presentations of teaching units by individual Participants in small groups
  • Day Six – Saturday, 20 June 1998

  • 09:00-09:30    Curriculum Development and Collaborative Teaching - Prof Nicholas Robinson
  • 09:30-10:30    Live Internet Lecture & interactive discussion, from Pace University Law School (New York)

  •                             for Participants in Singapore, on Curriculum Development
                                {Demonstration of Distance Teaching}
  •                         Disseminate Week Two Participants’ written Course Evaluation Forms
  • 10:30-10:45    Tea Break
  • 10:45-12:30    Break into three rotating groups for one hour each

  •                             - Coordinators: Assoc Prof Robert Beckman, Prof Charles O Okidi, Ms Lim Lei Theng
  •                             (1) Discussions with Resource Persons on Curriculum Development for introducing or

  •                                     advancing environmental law instruction
  •                             (2) Hands-on Computer Lab training
  •                             (3) Library Access Systems for CD-roms, other data-bases
  •                         {Individualized hours for further computer instruction will be scheduled for Participants}
  • Week Three (22 June - 27 June 1998)
    TEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
    Day One – Monday, 22 June 1998
  • 09:00-10:00    Introduction to International Law Relating to the Environment - Ms Lim Lei Theng
  • 10:00-10:30    Group Discussion
  • 10:30-10:45    Tea Break
  • 10:45-12:30    Introduction to International Environmental Law:

  •                             History, Hard and Soft Law, & Emerging Principles  - Prof Edith Brown Weiss
  • 12:30-14:00    Lunch Break, Library Research
  • 14:00-15:15    Post-Stockholm to "Rio+5": Evolving International Environmental Law Norms &

  •                             North/South Perspectives - Prof Nicholas Robinson
  • 15:15-15:30    Tea Break
  • 15:30-17:00    Break-Out session - How to Plan an Introductory Segment on International Environmental

  •                         Law

    Day Two – Tuesday, 23 June 1998

  • 09:00-09:30    Distance Learning Techniques - Ms Mere Pulea
  •                        Teaching Substantive Aspects of MEA’s - Climate Modification & Stratospheric Ozone

  •                             - Ms Donna Craig
  • 09:30-10:00    Demonstration class on Teaching MEA for Stratospheric Ozone
  • 10:00-10:30    Commentary on North/South Issues, MEAs for Climate Modification & Strataspheric Ozone

  •                             - Dr Antonio GM La Vina
  • 10:30-10:45    Tea Break
  • 10:45-12:00    Panel Discussion on Climate/Ozone, MEAs, Defining "Common but Differentiated

  •                             Responsibilities" - led by Dr Antonio G M La Vina
  •                            Commentators: Prof Wang Xi, Ms Mere Pulea, Mr Foo Kim Boon, Prof MK Ramesh
  • 12:00-14:00    Lunch Talk by Prof Edith Brown-Weiss: Compliance with International Environmental Law
  • 14:00-15:30    Break-Out Session/Role Play on Climate Change (Kyoto Conference)

  •                             - led by Dr Antonio GM La Vina, Donna Craig, Mr Foo Kim Boon
  • 15:30-15:45    Tea Break
  • 15:45-16:30    Panel: Comparing Natural Resources Laws (minerals, water, renewables) and the Impacts
  •                             Overview - Ms Mere Pulea
  •                             China - Prof Wang Xi
  •                             India - Prof MK Ramesh
  •                             Philippines - Dr Antonio G M La Vina
  •                             Papua New Guinea - Mr Eric Lokai Kwa
  • 16:30-17:00    Discussion on Natural Resource Development Regimes:
  •                         How to teach these issues in commercial and environmental law

  •                         - led by Prof Nicholas Robinson

    Day Three – Wednesday, 24 June 1998

  • 09:00-10:00    Teaching International Environmental Law Relating to Indigenous & Tribal Peoples & Local

  •                             Communities - Ms Donna Craig
  • 10:00-10:30    Discussion on how to incorporate this topic into a course in environmental law

  •                             - Ms Donna Craig, Prof M K Ramesh
  • 10:30-10:45    Tea Break
  • 10:45-12:00    Water Resources: Panel Discussion
  •                             Overview of Environmental Law Issues - Prof Nicholas Robinson
  •                             Panel:
  •                                 Prof Koh Kheng Lian (Moderator)
  •                                 Assoc Prof A Rahman
  •                                 Assoc Prof Adhitya Appan
  •                                 Prof Nicholas Robinson
  •                                 Prof MK Ramesh
  • 12:00-13:30    Lunch Talk by Prof Wang Xi: Case Study and Critique of Three Gorges Dam
  • 13:30-17:00    Field Trip to Urban Catchment Reservoir and Treatment Plant - Assoc Prof A Rahman
  • 17:30                "Dutch Treat" Dinner along Singapore River
  • Day Four – Thursday, 25 June 1998

  • 09:00-10:30    Overview of Biodiversity and Law
  •                             Scientific Content of Biodiversity - Assoc Prof Chou Loke Ming
  •                             Overview of the Convention on Biological Diversity

  •                             - Dr Francoise Burhenne-Guilmin, Mr Richard Tarasofsky, Mr Daniel B Navid
  • 10:30-10:45    Tea Break
  • 10:45-12:30    Relationship of CBD to Earlier International Instruments
  • 10:45-11:30    The Role of the CBD in Filling Gaps in the legal framework relevant to Biological Diversity

  •                             - Dr Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin, Mr Richard Tarasofsky, Mr Daniel N Navid
  • 11:30-11:45    Regional Programmes: ASEAN - Prof Koh Kheng Lian
  • 11:45-12:00    National Laws for Implementation of CBD - The Philippine Experience

  •                         - Dr Antonio G M La Vina
  • 12:00-12:30    The CBD & National Implementation: The Scientific Viewpoint - Dr James La Frankie
  • 12:30-14:00    Lunch Talk by Mr Daniel B Navid: The Work of UNITAR in Environmental Law Training
  • 14:00-15:30    Overview of National Laws Relevant to CBD
  •                             Pacific - Ms Mere Pulea
  •                             India - Dr Bharat Desai
  •                             China - Prof Wang Xi
  •                             Thailand - Mr Tanansak Borwornuntakul
  • 15:00-15:45    Panel Discussion & Critique
  • 15:45-16:00    Tea Break
  • 16:00-17:00    Break-Out Group Discussion on Drafting Syllabus on biodiversity and law
  • Day Five – Friday, 26 June 1998

  • 09:00-09:45    Sustainable Development of Marine Resources - Assoc Prof Robert Beckman
  • 10:00-10:30    Comments and Discussion - Dr Antonio G M La Vina, Mr Alan Tan
  • 10:30-10:45    Tea Break
  • 10:45-11:30    Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment - Assoc Prof Robert Beckman
  • 11:30-12:00    Comments and Discussion - Dr Antonio GM La Vina and Mr Alan Tan
  • 12:00-14:00    Lunch Talk by Dr Bharat Desai: Case Studies – Bhopal, Sardar Sarovar Dam
  • 14:00-15:30    Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity in Marine and Coastal Areas

  •                             (relationship to Coastal Zone Management)
  •                             - Mr Richard Tarasofsky, Assoc Prof Robert Beckman, Mr Alan Tan
  • 15:30-15:45    Tea Break, Distribute Evaluation Forms
  • 15:45-16:30    International Forests Regime - Mr Richard Tarasofsky
  • 16:30-17:00    National Forest Regimes - Prof Nicholas Robinson
  •                         Comments and Discussion on Forests - Dr Antonio G M La Vina
  • Day Six – Saturday, 27 June 1998 : APCEL & the Singapore Law Society present:
                                                                "Seminar on Trade Law and Environmental Law"

  • 09:00-09:20    Introductions – Assoc Prof Robert Beckman, Prof Nicholas A Robinson
  • 09:20-09:50    Future Directions in the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment - Richard Tarasofsky
  • 09:50-10:00    Commentator - Mr Alan Tan Khee Jin
  • 10:00-10:45    From Tuna to Shrimp: Developments in the WTO on "Trade and Environment"

  •                         - Richard Tarasofsky
  • 10:45-11:00    Tea Break
  • 11:00-11:30    The Contemporary Commercial Practice of Environmental Law - Prof Nicholas Robinson
  • 11:30-11:45    Q & A
  • 11:45-12:30    Environmental Due Diligence, Audits and Corporate Transactions - Ms Donna Craig
  • 12:30-12:45    Closing Remarks - Prof Nicholas Robinson
  • Week Four (29 June - 3 July 1998)
    TEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
    Day One – Monday, 29 June 1998
  • 09:00-10:30    National Implementation of IMO Conventions on Marine Pollution:

  •                         the Singapore Experience
                               - Mr Zafrul Alam, Asst Dir (International Dept, Policy Div'n Maritime & Port Authority, Singapore)
  • 10:30-10:45    Tea Break
  • 10:45-12:00    Panel Discussion on the Enforcement of Marine Pollution Laws:
  •                         Song San Case & the Use of Satellite Technology in Monitoring Marine Pollution
  •                             Mr Lalchand Sheri (Legal Officer, Maritime & Port Authority, Singapore)
  •                             Mr Zafrul Alam
  •                             Assoc Prof Robert Beckman
  • 12:00-13:30    Lunch Break
  • 13:30-18:00    Tea Break
  •                         Internet Research Session: Participants to computer cluster for supervised research on topic

  •                            chosen for Course Planning Exercise - Assoc Prof Robert Beckman, Prof Nicholas Robinson

    Day Two - Tuesday, 30 June 1998

  • 09:00-10:30    1989 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes

  •                           & their Disposal
                                - Assoc Prof Robert Beckman
  • 10:00-10:30    Discussion
  • 10:30-10:45    Tea Break
  • 10:45-11:30    Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) as a tool for implementing Agenda 21 in

  •                             marine & coastal areas - Assoc Prof Robert Beckman
  • 11:30-12:00    Group Discussion on using Case Studies in Teaching ICZM
  • 12:00-14:00    Lunch Break
  •                         Library Research
  • 14:00-15:30    Case Studies in Integrated Coastal Zone Management:

  •                         the Xiamen Project & Batangas Bay Projects
                               - Dr Chua Thia-Eng (Project Dir, GEF/UNDP/IMO Regional Programme for the Prevention &
                                Management of Marine Pollution in the East Asian Seas)
  • 15:30-15:45    Tea Break
  • 15:45-16:45    Discussion of Xiamen Project and Batangas Bay Projects
  •                           Commentators and discussants:
  •                                 Assoc Prof Chou Loke Ming, School of Biological Sciences, NUS
  •                                 Assoc Prof Chia Lin Sien, NUS Geography Dept
  •                                 Dr Chua Thia-Eng
  • 16:45-17:00    Distribute Course Evaluation Forms
  • 18:30-20:00    IUCN-CEL Dinner for participants (venue to be confirmed)
  • Day Three – Wednesday, 1 July 1998

  • 09:00-11:00    Environmental Law Development and Practice of the World Bank Group - Mr David Freestone
  • 11:00-11:15    Tea Break
  • 11:15-12:15    Discussion of a Draft Curriculum for Trade/Environment Issues/Group Discussion on How

  •                             to Teach such Issues in the Environmental and Commercial Law Curriculum
                                 - led by Prof Nicholas Robinson
  • 12:15-14:00    Lunch Talk by Prof Tommy Koh: International Year of the Ocean: A Southeast Asian Agenda;

  •                           The Forest Fires of Southeast Asia: A Challenge for ASEAN and the UN
  • 14:00-17:00    Library Research
  • Day Four - (Thursday) 2 July 1998

  • 09:00-10:00    Identifying Strategies for Sustainable Development & Economic Development Assistance &

  •                          the Environment: Evolution of Development Aid & Multilateral Financing Institutions &
                              Mechanisms - Prof Nicholas Robinson, Mr Edwin Khew, SAFECO
  • 10:00-10:15    Tea Break
  • 10:15-11:00    The Programs & Procedures for Economic and Environmental Development of the Asian

  •                           Development Bank - Mr John Boyd, ADB
  • 11:00-11:45    Panel Discussion on the Opportunities & Problems of Integrating Environmental

  •                           Management into Economic Development Assistance - led by Mr John Boyd & others
  • 11:45-12:30    Group Discussion on economic, social & environmental issues of Development Assistance

  •                           Programs & how to teach such issues in Environmental Law classes
  •                         - led by Prof Nicholas Robinson
  • 12:30-14:30    Lunch Talk by Dr Francoise Burhenne-Guilmin, IUCN-ELIS
  • 14:30-15:45    The Future of Environmental Law

  •                            - Prof Nicholas Robinson, Prof Koh Kheng Lian, Dr Francoise Burhenne-Guilmin & others
  •                         New Frontiers in Public Interest Environmental Litigation in Pakistan

  •                         - Mr Syed Mansoor Ali Shah
  • 15:45-16:00    Tea Break
  • 16:00-17:00    Discussion: Difficulties Encountered in Preparing Curriculum, Techniques on Overcoming

  •                         Hurdles & Problems
  •                         Where do we go from here? Recommendations for IUCN & APCEL to share with UNEP &

  •                            ADB re: regional & national initiatives, the work of IUCN-CEL

    Day Five - (Friday) 3 July 1998

  • 09:00-10:15    Implementing Curricula Reform: What should be sought & provided for in order to build

  •                            capacity to provide an effective Environmental Law Curriculum?
                            - Group Discussion led by Prof Nicholas Robinson
  • 10:15-10:45    Tea Break and Group Photograph
  • 10:45-12:00    Evaluation of Course - Discussion & review of Participants’ written Course Evaluation Forms

  •                            - led by Assoc Prof Lye Lin Heng, Prof Koh Kheng Lian
  • 12:30-14:30    Closing Ceremony and Lunch
  •                         Confer Certificate of Accomplishment on Participants
  •                         Remarks by Dean, Faculty of Law, NUS; ADB; IUCN; UNEP and APCEL
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    Prepared 14th September 1999
    Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
    Faculty of Law
    National University of Singapore
    © 1999