European Seminar on Sustainable Development
Tuesday, 16 November 2010 16:12
You are warmly invited to a Seminar in Minsk on 16-19 March 2011.
The aim of the seminar is to discuss problems connected with Sustainable Development. SD combines all main areas of human activity – economy, environment and social activity. The development of these areas is impossible without developing new technologies. Consequently, the following topics will be discussed during the seminar:
- The economics of Sustainable Development
- Environmental management and environmental economy
- Social management and Social Economy
- Technologies of Sustainable Development
- Education for Sustainable Development
For further details on the programme and registration see the HAW Hamburg web site.
The seminar will provide important information and examples of Sustainable Development initiatives, policies and projects in European countries, including Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Finally, the seminar will enable participants to exchange experiences and ideas and acquire new contacts and links. Papers are now being invited. Selected papers will be published in one book and in international, peer-reviewed journals.
Sustainable Development (SD) is a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This definition was presented in 1987 in the Brundtland Report, also known as “Our common future”, from the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), a body created by the UN General Assembly in 1983.
At the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro “Agenda 21” was adopted by the representatives of 179 countries. In this document, the concept of Sustainable Development acquired a status of being a main principle for mankind´s existence.
