The Summer University program of the Central European University, Budapest is accepting applications!

Bridging ICTs and Environment - Innovations in Disaster Risk Management    (13 July - 17 July, 2015)

Course directors: Viktor Lagutov, Systems Laboratory, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary; Armen Grigoryan, UNDP Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS), New York, USA

This course aims at bridging the gap between decision- and policy-makers and ICTs in the realm of disaster management and risk recovery. Building upon existing UNDP experience in disaster management, innovations and the latest ICT advances in these topics will be covered with the aim of building the capacity to manager disaster risks and more effectively responding when disasters hit.

http://www.summer.ceu.hu/bridging_innovations-2015

Bridging ICTs and Environment - Making Information Talk and Technologies Work (6 July - 10 July, 2015)

Course directors: Viktor Lagutov, Systems Laboratory, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary; Mahesh Pradhan, United Nations Environmental Program, Nairobi, Kenya

This course aims to bridge the gap between decision- and policy-makers and ICT technologies (e.g. GIS, remote sensing), making data and emerging technologies more accessible, usable, and relevant for decision-making. It is focused on the application of ICTs in water management and security and is a preparatory activity for the Eye on Earth Summit 2015.

http://www.summer.ceu.hu/bridging_making-2015

Green Industry: Pathways Towards the Industry of the Future (29 June - 10 July, 2015)

Course directors: Jacek Cukrowski, UNIDO Institute for Capacity Development, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna, Austria, László Pintér, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

The greening of industries and enterprises provides stability and resilience to economic development and improves job and income security, energy reliability and human wellbeing. The fourth international Summer Course “Green Industry: Pathways Towards the Industry of the Future” organized together with the Central European University in Budapest reflects UNIDO’s genuine commitment to seeking innovative solutions and building new capacities in industrial development.

http://www.summer.ceu.hu/green-2015

 The Precautionary Principle: Governance of Innovation and Innovations in Governance (27 June - 4 July, 2015)

Course directors: Ruben Mnatsakanian, Anton Shkaruba, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary; Sybille van den Hove, MEDIAN S.C.P, Barcelona, Spain / Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona, Spain

It is one of the four environment principles in the Treaty of the European Union, in which article 191,§2 states that Union policy on the environment "shall be based on the precautionary principle and on the principles that preventive action should be taken, that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source and that the polluter should pay." Together these 4 principles –precaution, prevention, polluter-pays and rectification of damage at source– are central to managing risk to the environment, human health and well-being. The most problematic of these principles is without doubt the precautionary principle.

http://www.summer.ceu.hu/precautionary-2015

 Application deadline: February 14, 2015