The Implementation of the SD Programs for Management …
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The Environmental Assessment Directive ensures a high level of protection and
integration of measures to reduce impact at the stage of preparation of programs,
plans, and projects. A key element of the assessment is a public consultation, which
is designed to improve the quality of decision making and sustainable development
of territories. Moreover, the widespread use of the ISO standards of 14000 series
help organizations to minimize the impact on the environment. In addition, many
large companies have internal documents regulating the decision making that may
affect the environment.
During seminars, students must discuss projects such as “Construction of a battery
plant” and “Construction of nuclear power plant” and present their environmental
assessment.
4 Discussions
The “Environmental management in EU course and on-line resources (MOOC)”
project was developed and was included in various courses.
Lecture materials are based on published materials which give the students a
view of the problem. At the same time, this course covers many topics, which can
be presented as a separate course. Hence, this course should be considered as an
introduction to the environmental management problem and process.
Seminars, practical tasks, and computer labs allow students to better understand
the lecture material. For a better understanding of the European approach to environmental management, practical tasks were mainly aimed at comparing the regulatory
and practical approaches to the organization of environmental management in Europe
and in Russia and Belarus. This helps students to identify differences in approaches
and outline possible ways of corresponding changes. Analysis of publications in the
media allows clarifying statistics and a deeper understanding of existing problems
associated with the implementation of sustainable development goals. Many tasks
were based on problem-based learning that allowed students to establish cause-effect
relations between problems.
Final testing on all topics of the course helps identify problematic issues of
individual lectures and make appropriate changes to the program.
By comparing this approach with other options of courses, the closest in structure
is the Environmental management program of Open learning College, Brentwood
(2016). This program contains topics that largely coincide with the topics covered
in this project: Introduction to Environment, Global Environmental Issues, Environmental Management, Environmental Management Systems, Environmental Law,
Environmental Policy, Planning for Environmental Improvement, ImplementationImproving Environmental Performance, Checking Environmental Performance,
Reviewing and Reporting Environmental Performance. The duration of this course
is one year, which allows for a more detailed look at all the topics and additionally
includes issues related to pollution of all ecosystems, including air, water and the soil.
It also provides an opportunity to establish cause-effect relationships and develop
515
The Environmental Assessment Directive ensures a high level of protection and
integration of measures to reduce impact at the stage of preparation of programs,
plans, and projects. A key element of the assessment is a public consultation, which
is designed to improve the quality of decision making and sustainable development
of territories. Moreover, the widespread use of the ISO standards of 14000 series
help organizations to minimize the impact on the environment. In addition, many
large companies have internal documents regulating the decision making that may
affect the environment.
During seminars, students must discuss projects such as “Construction of a battery
plant” and “Construction of nuclear power plant” and present their environmental
assessment.
4 Discussions
The “Environmental management in EU course and on-line resources (MOOC)”
project was developed and was included in various courses.
Lecture materials are based on published materials which give the students a
view of the problem. At the same time, this course covers many topics, which can
be presented as a separate course. Hence, this course should be considered as an
introduction to the environmental management problem and process.
Seminars, practical tasks, and computer labs allow students to better understand
the lecture material. For a better understanding of the European approach to environmental management, practical tasks were mainly aimed at comparing the regulatory
and practical approaches to the organization of environmental management in Europe
and in Russia and Belarus. This helps students to identify differences in approaches
and outline possible ways of corresponding changes. Analysis of publications in the
media allows clarifying statistics and a deeper understanding of existing problems
associated with the implementation of sustainable development goals. Many tasks
were based on problem-based learning that allowed students to establish cause-effect
relations between problems.
Final testing on all topics of the course helps identify problematic issues of
individual lectures and make appropriate changes to the program.
By comparing this approach with other options of courses, the closest in structure
is the Environmental management program of Open learning College, Brentwood
(2016). This program contains topics that largely coincide with the topics covered
in this project: Introduction to Environment, Global Environmental Issues, Environmental Management, Environmental Management Systems, Environmental Law,
Environmental Policy, Planning for Environmental Improvement, ImplementationImproving Environmental Performance, Checking Environmental Performance,
Reviewing and Reporting Environmental Performance. The duration of this course
is one year, which allows for a more detailed look at all the topics and additionally
includes issues related to pollution of all ecosystems, including air, water and the soil.
It also provides an opportunity to establish cause-effect relationships and develop