Syllabus
1. Overview of environmental management in sectors (state, private, public, non-governmental, institutions and careers in the field, educational background, knowledge and skills).
2. National environmental policy (background, principles, importance, problems, comparison with sectorial policies, with international documents - Agenda 21, EU members)
3. Project management in environmental sector (various types of projects, scientific and practical projects, expertise, implementation of results, assessment of implementation)
4. Environmental impact assessment - EIA (general framework of the process and documents, national and international aspects, participating institutions and groups, methods and techniques, examples of EIS, comparison with other countries, SEA)
5. Environmental audit (history, legal and practical background, methods and aims, importance, EMAS, ISO 14000 a ISO 9000, examples of audit documents)
6. Monitoring (environmental monitoring programmes, preparations, management, types, use of monitoring networks, importance for decision making, public, science, methods and examples)
7. Scientific methods in environmental protection (scientific research, institutions, results, hypothesis, theory, paradigm, solution of scientific problems, pollution limits, uncertainties, "scientometry", grant systems etc.)
8. Publishing environmental information (scientific, popular, technical, information, journals, books, CC, SCI, newspapers and magazines, pressure group newsletters, posters, TV, radio, campaigns, oral presentations, reviews, defence, discussion, how to prepare and where to find a good information about the environment).
9. General discussion
10. Presentation of a team work (Students are divided into teams of 4-5. Each group selects a topic. Paper and oral presentation is required from each group).
11. Evaluation: Quality of paper, form of presentation, activity in discussions and presence.
Annotation
During the semester, students are acquainted with the structure of environmental management(governmental, private and non-governmental sector, environmental protection financing), with "Project management" (professional focus, knowledge, skills and attitudes of "managers" , implementation of results), with landscape planning concepts, with EIA/SEA process (process, documentation, assessment, legal and practical framework, methods, background, examples), with environmental management system, with monitoring program (preparation, management, examples of monitoring programs, network , application of the result), with scientific methods in environmental protection (hypotheses, general scheme of solving a scientific problem, evaluation of science, grant systems, institutional support), with key tools for responsible management of water ecosystem, forests etc. Finally, the students will work on the project they will present.