As in the former editions of the Series, two modules have been arranged at Bilgi University in Istanbul, and at the Venice International University in San Servolo, Venice.

35 participants from Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, the Russian Federation, Turkey and the Ukraine have been selected among civil servants of central and local governments and representatives of the business sector.

Official website

The Course is developed and organized in collaboration with the Russian State Hydrometerological University, the City Government of St. Petersburg, the Leningrad Region Administration, the REC and Agroinnova.
35 participants are selected among high representatives of the Leningrad administration, the St. Petersburg government as well as from the business and academic sector of the targeted regions.

Official website

Two modules form the Course, respectively in St. Petersburg and in Venice:

Policy and tools for SD, coastal zone management, water resources management and protection, urban planning, waste management are some of the crucial topics discussed and debated during the lecturing sessions, panel discussions and site visits scheduled during the modules.

The year 2010 involved more than 1500 participants in the following training sessions.

Institution	Module	Agenda
MEP	January 16 - 30, 2010 Multilateral Environmental Agreement Participants: 23	download
CASS	January 23 - February 6, 2010 Waste Management Participants: 42	download
BMEPB	February 27 - March 13, 2010 nvironmental Monitoring Management Participants: 15	download
CASS	March 6 - 20, 2010 Water Pollution Prevention and Control Participants: 40	download
NDRC	March 20 - April 3, 2010 Capacity Building on Climate Change Participants: 20	download
MEP	April 10 - 24, 2010 Environmental Monitoring Management Participants: 22	download
MOST Beijing	April 19 - 23, 2010 Capacity Building on Low Carbon Economy Participants: 31	download
CASS E-learning Beijing	April 19 - 23, 2010 Environmental Management Participants: 485	download
SEPB	April 23 - May 4, 2010 Low Carbon Economy Participants: 21	download
MOST	May 1 - 15, 2010 Capacity Building on Low Carbon Economy: Experiences and Case Studies Participants: 28	download
CASS E-learning Study Tour	May 27 - June 5 Environmental Management and Sustainable Development in Practice Participants: 14	download
NDRC	June 5 - 19, 2010 Capacity Building on Climate Change Participants: 22	download
BMEPB	June 12 - 26, 2010 Low Carbon City Participants: 15	download
MEP	June 19 - July 3, 2010 Environmental Monitoring Management Participants: 25	download
MOST	June 26 - July 10, 2010 New and Renewable Energy Participants: 28	download
CASS E-learning Study Tour	July 8 - 17, 2010 Environmental Management and Sustainable Development in Practice Participants: 15	download
TSTC Tianjin	September 2 - 3, 2010 Sustainable Development: Innovation of Environmental Technology and Management Participants: 50	download
BMEPB	September 4 - 18, 2010 Pollution Source Management - Permit and Emission Trade Participants: 15	download
SEPB Shanghai	September 16 - 18, 2010 Strategic Environmental Assessment Participants: 116	download
TSTC	September 11 - 25, 2010 Innovation of Environmental Technology and Management Participants: 24	download
TSTC	October 2 - 16, 2010 Innovation of Environmental Technology and Management Participants: 21	download
MEP	October 9 - 23, 2010 Multilateral Environmental Agreements Participants: 24	download
CASS Beijing	October 18 - 22, 2010 Eco-Management: Strategies and Policies Participants: 160	download
MOST Beijing	October 18 - 22, 2010 Capacity Building on Sustainable Development Participants: 31	download
TSTC Tianjin	October 19, 2010 Sustainable Development: Innovation of Environmental Technology and Management Participants: 50	download
MOST	October 23 - November 6, 2010 Capacity Building on Sustainable Development Participants: 31	download
CASS	November 6 - 20, 2010 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Participants: 38	download
SEPB	November 13 - 27, 2010 Low Carbon Economy Participants: 20	download
CASS	November 20 - December 4, 2010 Sustainable Urban Development and Eco-building Participants: 38	download
MEP	November 27 - December 11, 2010 Environmental Monitoring Management Participants: 24	download
MOST	December 4 - 18, 2010 Energy Conservation and Efficiency Participants: 25

TEN manages since 2003 two major training programs on environmental management and sustainable development:

• the Sino-Italian Advanced Training Program on Environmental Management and Sustainable Development, offering training courses on key topics of Environmental Management to foster the promotion of Sustainable Development among decision makers, civil servants and researchers of the People's Republic of China. The Program is developed within the Sino-Italian Cooperation Program for Environmental Protection (SICP) of the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea;

• the Course for Sustainability, promoting regional courses on sustainable development for countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Black Sea area. The Course, funded by the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, is organized in cooperation with the Regional Environmental Center (REC).

The two programs share the common goal of training decision-makers from a variety of institutions of the targeted countries on the different aspects of Sustainable Development. The exchange of knowledge and experience for the promotion of new partnerships among the institutions and the regions involved is a wider objective of the programs.

Thanks to its network of experts and to the experience developed in the years, TEN is running a series of other training activities involving different countries and institutions:

• Advanced Training Program on Local Sustainable Development for Mexico City Government

• Short Training on Design Management and Green Design for Chinese professionals