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PISA Summer Institute on Global Climate Change

July 6 – 28, 2009
Washington, DC

This program is made possible by grants from The Ford Foundation and Chino Cienega Foundation.

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In January, twelve individuals from Vietnam were selected to participate in PISA's upcoming Summer Leadership Institute on Global Climate Change (PSIGCC) to be held in Washington, DC on July 6-28, 2009. Each individual is a former participant of the Leadership Institute on Creative Responses to Global Climate Change (LIGCC), which was held in Hanoi, Vietnam, in October 2008. Partipants from the LIGCC were encouraged to apply for this special intensive summer program, underwent a competitive application and selection process, and have been selected to participate in the PSIGCC based on their leadership potential within their respective ministries, businesses, associations or research institutes.

During the LIGCC, individuals will engage in a focused and interactive program on global climate change and its likely impact on sustainable development in Vietnam. The principal objective of the PSIGCC is to give the participants conceptual and analytical tools necessary to make policy decisions based on an understanding of the diverse impacts of climate change on all stakeholders in Vietnam.

Morning sessions will be devoted to systematic presentations, including a variety of visual techniques, on key topics. Afternoon sessions will engage participants in creative scenario building and discussion of selected cases and will be strongly interactive and foster new thinking about the day's topic.

Participants will also take part in off-site briefings, with experts in nongovernmental organizations and government agencies and participate in field trips to observe environmental projects. Emphasis will be placed on consideration of the interrelated consequences of development projects in relation to the anticipated effects of global climate change and how to prevent or mitigate potential damage to the environment, prospects for economic growth, and the welfare of human populations and biodiversity.

Summer Institute Participants

Ms. Doa Boa Ngoc, Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP)

Dr. Doan Duc Lan, Northwest University (Tay Bac University)

Dr. Doan The Loi, Institute for Water Resources Economics and Management (IWEM)

Mr. Ngo Tuan Nghia, Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Political and Public Administration

Ms. Nguyen Hong Anh, Institute of Human Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences��

Dr. Nguyen Van Be, Cantho University, College of Environment and Natural Resources

Ms. Nguyen Thi Vinh Ha, Vietnam National University, College of Economics

Dr. Nguyen Lanh, Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment - Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

Dr. Nguyen Kim Loi, Nong Lam University

Dr. Nguyen Huong Thuy Phan, Asian Institute of Technology Center in Vietnam

Dr. Nguyen Thi Bach Yen, Hong Duc University

Ms. Tran Thi Hong, Vietnam Women's Union