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Centre
for Sustainaible Development & Research (CSDR)
Centre for Sustainaible Development & Research (CSDR) aims to facilitate and strengthen the links between providers of research and policymakers across government, in order to improve evidence-based policymaking to deliver government's objectives for sustainable development. Its specific objectives are to:
- Facilitate the provision of research and evidence to policymakers;
- Engage government policymakers, scientists and members of the research community;
- Promote sustainable development in the research and academic communities;
- Work with funding bodies to encourage relevant research; and
- Advise the Sustainable Development Unit on SD research issues.
is
a more than profit research body that develops international and national
academic and commercial partnerships to build models and identify performance
indicators to assist in monitoring and measuring sustainable development.
CSDR
provides the necessary mechanisms
to develop research activity to aid further understanding of the current
environmental and sustainability issues. And, through the dissemination
of its research knowledge, the Centre seeks to provide SME's with the
stimulus with which to identify new business development opportunities.
Sustainability
Management Systems
SDRC has the expertise
to take business through all levels of Environmental and Corporate
Social Responsibility Management Systems to full ISO 14001.
CSDR seeks to
implement broad based management systems that incorporate social and
economic parameters into environmental management.
Business
Efficiency Model
Assisting organizations
to create a sustainable culture, by creating the right balance between
the economic, environmental and social issues that affect it.
Sustainable
Communities Model
Providing a quantitative
measure that will enable communities to meet their future needs in
the most sustainable way.
Seminars and Conferences
CSDRoffer
a variety of programmes from general environmental awareness to fully
accredited courses. The first CSDR
annual conference in Sustainability was held in October this year.
CSDR
cater for all individuals, companies and communities who wish to develop
their environmental skills and knowledge.
Sustainable
Development Research
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Social progress which recognises the needs of everyone;
" Effective protection of the environment;
" Prudent use of natural resources; and
" Maintenance of high and stable levels of economic growth and
employment.
The
research community can help to achieve these objectives through:
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High quality, policy relevant, research integrating social, economic
and environmental concerns;
" The synthesis and evaluation of existing research to provide
the evidence base for policy makers and practitioners;
" The design and implementation of data collection, monitoring
and indicator systems; and
" Research underpinning the innovation of more sustainable products
and processes
For more information
Please contact:
PD@iirnd.org
Programme
Director for CSDR
IIRD
Copy rights: International Institute for Research & Development -IIRD, 2006
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