Opening ceremony of the BMU-funded project on leadership training | |
| 01-07-10 | |
 On April 23rd the new Sino-German cooperation project "Leadership Training on Evironmental and Climate Issues" was officially started. It aims at enhancing the competence and capacity of the Chinese leadership on the issues of environmental protection and climate change. The opening ceremony in Beijing was attended by high-ranking representatives of the Chinese partner institutions, the German government and from GTZ China. Dr. Michael Schaefer, German ambassador to China, and the Country Director of GTZ, Dr. Skala-Kuhmann, gave the official starting signal together with vice-minister He Jiacheng, vice-director of the Chinese Academy of Governance (see picture above with Dr. Schaefer). The project is financed by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) through funds provided by the International Climate Initiative (IKI). IKI has been funding climate protection projects in development and developing countries since 2008. Its funds stem from the revenues of the emissions trading system. GTZ has been awarded the implementation of the project by BMU. The project focuses on the leadership on all levels of administration. It aims at including not only the environmental protection administration, but also local governments, the Communist Party and the planning administration. Therefore, GTZ cooperates with three partner institutions from the realm of leadership training: the China Training Centre for Senior Personnel Management Officials (CTC), the Training Centre of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Chinese Academy of Governance (CAG). All three of these partner institutions have a long-standing experience in leadership training. Owing to their country-wide network they have access to most of the leaders of the communist party, the government and the administration. The project has several goals. First, it will consist of leadership training measures in China and Germany. Second, the Chinese partners will be advised on integrating the issues of environmental protection and climate change in their teaching curricula. As the final goal, a dialogue on the administration of environmental protection between German and Chinese leaders, experts and administrative personnel is to be established. During the opening ceremony, global climate protection and the aims of the project were subject to intense discussion. Attention was paid to the goals and methodolgies of IKI. More than 30 experts from China and Germany took part in the talks. Vice-minister He Jiacheng delivered the inaugural address to the opening ceremony. He emphasized the importance of strengthening the administrative and political leadership's capacity in order to effectively implement environmental and climate policies. His view was supported by the German ambassador Dr. Schaefer, who stressed the complexity of the issues of environmental and climate change. However, he considers a thorough knowledge of these issues to be essential, especially on the local administrative level. The Chinese government is committed to building up a low-carbon economy. It further aims at reducing emissions by 45 percent per unit of GDP and lifting the percentage of renewables in energy supply to 20 percent by 2020. Dr. Schaefer complimented on the Chinese commitments. He showed confidence that China would fulfill its international responsibility to fight climate change. China is currently putting a lot of effort in strengthening environmental and climate protection. Through the project, these issues shall become part of the teaching curricula of the Chinese partners. However, the overall aim is to build up awareness for the environmental effects of economic growth among the Chinese leadership and to lend a hand in finding solutions to tackle these critical issues. | |
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