[Gender] Call for Experts! 2006-2007 NYC Young Women,s Sustainability and Leadership Training

[Paula Zuñiga]

Dear Women,

I am sending to you information on our upcoming program this year in
connection with CSD-15.  It would be wonderful if you could forward this
call for experts to any/all interested parties and networks.  We are
currently outreaching for partner organizations and individuals to aid in
the actual training of Phases 1 and 2 of the project, as well as other
inputs/ comments from experienced individuals in the field(s).  As you will
see, I have attached the application for Phase 1 participation
(ST2006Application) and the full program description
(EnvSustainability2006Final).  Please, feel free to contact me with any
questions/comments or input and I very much look forward to hearing from
you.

Tara


 
Tara DePorte
U.N. Liaison and Regional Coordinator
Women's Global Green Action Network 
Program Director
Lower East Side Ecology Center
P.O. Box 20488
New York, NY 10009
+001 212 477 4022 phone
+001 646 932 4283 cellular
tara at lesecologycenter.org
www.wggan.org
www.lesecologycenter.org

CALL FOR EXPERTS!!!! 

 2006 NYC Young Women’s Sustainability and Leadership Training: 


A preparation for the 2006 Commission on Sustainable Development
 


Convened by Women’s Global Green Action Network
In partnership with Lower East Side Ecology Center 

 
Dear Colleagues,
 
Women’s Global Green Action Network (WGGAN) and the Lower East Side Ecology
Center (LESEC) are partnering to develop a Sustainability Training
Initiative that will culminate in a 2-day Women’s Grassroots Academy
training and preparatory session for international grassroots women.
Participants in the Grassroots Academy will be comprised of grassroots women
registered for, and who will be attending, the Commission on Sustainable
Development-15, which is held at the United Nations headquarters in New York
City. Preparations for this session will begin with hands-on training of
young women from New York City in key issues of sustainability and
international environmental policy development.
 
Learning from, and working alongside, experts in the areas of Water and
Sanitation, Energy, Climate and Environmental Policy, these women will then
be responsible for research, data compilation, and outreach development of
key materials, contacts, networks, and background information in the
relevant sectors prior to CSD-15. After their training program, these young
women will be prepared to meet with international grassroots women
participating in the two-day Women’s Grassroots Academy preceding CSD-15.
Furthermore, these young women will not only be assisting and facilitating
the preparatory process, but will also be registered as official WGGAN
participants in CSD-15. 
 
We are currently looking for experts in water and sanitation, energy,
climate change, and environmental policy and activism. Specifically, we
would like to find people who can speak to the following components of these
topics:
Key background science
Key impacts
Key policy relating to topic
Applicable technologies/initiatives in topic (including case studies)
 
Each expert will work with program directors to develop curriculum and to
lead training sessions in his or her area of expertise. In Phase 1 of the
program, each expert will be working with a group of about twenty
participants and will be asked to donate a total of approximately 10 hours
over the course of the year.  Ideally, experts will also be available for
Q&A and workshop intensives during the Women’s Grassroots Academy, as well.
 
In order to make the process as sustainable and replicable as possible, we
are currently only accepting recommendations of NYC-based experts or
individuals/groups who are willing to cover their own travel-related
expenses. For more information, please contact Tara DePorte at
tara at lesecologycenter.org  <mailto:tara at lesecologycenter.org>
<mailto:tara at lesecologycenter.org> or (212) 477-4022.  Downloadable
applications and full program descriptions are available at the following
link: http://lesecologycenter.org/sustainabilitytraining2006.html 



 

 

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