 the resourcebased economy environment cooperation coordination for green growth workshop the resourcebased economy environment cooperation coordination for green growth workshop webmaster fri 8112017 1148 education lecture theatre centre for information technology university of guyana the resourcebased economy and environment executive workshop is built around the idea that resource abundance does not itself imply growth and development and much less does it imply green growth and sustainable development indeed resource abundance often implies paradoxically a growth that at best disturbs and injures the environment and at worst depletes the resource base itself and threatens the livelihoods of those usually the poor who depend on it policy makers in guyana have adopted a green economy framework that aims to achieve economic growth that is environmentally responsible and sustainable earlier in 2008 guyana had developed and launched a low carbon development strategy lcds to show that economic growth does not have to be associated with rising carbon emissions the lcds was conceived as a contribution to global climate change mitigation while green growth will have to emphasise climate change adaptation it is not easy however to separate the two issues as they really are not independent for this and other reasons a resourcerich country pursuing green economic growth will have to deal with some obvious challenges contradictions and tensions and it will have to be innovative in looking for opportunities challenges would include the potential for the resource curse which would upset any growth strategy and increased pollution and climate change impacts which would compromise any attempt to pursue a green growth strategy at a more abstract level an immediate challenge facing guyana is that issuing an oil production licence while pursuing a climate change mitigation strategy would seem to be contradictory even if as appears to be the case the carbon footprint associated with crude oil production in guyana will be small the course will examine how apparent contradictions such as these can be addressed with innovative institutional and technological solutions such as carbon taxes or biofuels which take advantage of the country s resourceabundance note that the emphasis of this executive workshop is to build awareness and to expose participants to the discourse on the green economy as against offering exhaustive training it will therefore be highly interactive and will benefit significantly from the feedback and involvement of participants it is hoped that a core of people will emerge to advance to this other level the uniqueness of the programme in addition to its novelty in the caribbean and its particular focus on guyana which is undoubtedly the region s most resourceabundant country this executive course is unique among all those offered elsewhere in its focus on the importance of voluntary cooperation and coordination for the achievement of a green economy the course is built around the idea that the green economy especially in a developing resourceabundant economy presents several social dilemma type challenges in which the public interest is pitted against private selfinterest but the collective choice of the former expands opportunities for everyone in society it takes cooperation to achieve such prosocial behaviour and when enough people strategically positioned in social networks subscribe to prosocial norms it takes coordination for them to avoid the inferior antisocial equilibrium nested strategies to elicit cooperation for green economic growth will be explored at the international regional national and subnational levels duration organisation and delivery the programme will run from saturday august 12 2017 to saturday 19 2017 but will not include sunday august 13 2017 the course is divided into parts part a analytical issues in the green economy discourse part b methodological issues in preparing for the green economy part c policy issues in developing a green economy part d science technology innovation for a green economy parts a c will be delivered in lessons two per day part d will take the form of postlesson presentations to allow a larger group of national stake holders to attend additionally there will be lunchtime discourses which will emphasise interaction and demonstrations among the topics that will be covered will be ethics for a green economy the opportunities and constraints present in law overarching principles such as intergenerational equity and common heritage in the context of guyana constitutional rights and duties energy audits the science behind the green economy lessons will be delivered in the computer and information technology cit centre at the university of guyana there will be internet access and all the software required for the part b powerpoint slides will be used extensively and will be available to participants before lessons in addition to lectures there will be case studies classroom discussion of particular problems with a view to coming up with solutions and in the case of lesson 8 computer laboratory experiments a key element of the course will be to expose students to the global initiatives to support the development of a green economy and to integrate resources available at various green economy portals into the delivery examples include united nations sustainable development knowledge platform  https sustainabledevelopmentunorg topics greeneconomy and the united nations environmental programme  https wwwuneporg greeneconomy   opportunities for businesses to do sidepresentations and exhibitions will be built into the programme learning objectives participants will learn about the green economy and its antecedents such as sustainable development as well as global national and sectorspecific challenges and opportunities to advance lowcarbon resource efficient and socially inclusive development they will begin to develop basic skills for applying the green economy concept in a real world economic policy and or personal context on successful completion of the course participants will be able to assess whether their policies and programs promote or hamper the goals of a green economy increase the green content of their policies and programs consider intelligently the green economy implications of national policies legislation and regulation and recognise green economy negotiating issues when dealing with clients customers suppliers and regulators target audience eligibility the course targets groups and individuals that are interested in and see the need for obtaining a general understanding about the green economy concept and latest developments in general and especially in guyana and the caribbean they include civil servants in ministries regional and local authorities diplomats from missions and international agencies managers in private sector and civil society organizations including political parties the media and trade unions faculty researchers and students interested citizens persons who have a first degree in any discipline or who have managerial supervisory level experience are eligible to participate in this executive workshop lecturers and resource personnel lecturers on the course will be experts who will be drawn from the university of guyana and from elsewhere the full list of lecturers will be published shortly cost the cost per participant is 50000 for the entire course but in interest of including as many important stakeholders as possible consideration will be given to those agencies that cannot quite afford this programme outline and readings the outline is presented below readings will be added part a analytical issues in the green economy discourse lesson 1green economy issues the development of the concept of a green economy and the relationship with the earlier concept of sustainability or sustainable development will be discussed on the supply side a taxonomy of environmental resources renewable nonrenewable and on the demand side a taxonomy of values use nonuse will be developed beginning with gdp and ending with genuine savings the macroeconomics required for the course will be presented particular attention will be paid to the notion of total wealth readings  green growth economic theory and political discourse  by michael jacobs genuine savings and sustainability  by nick hanley louis dupuy and eoin mclaughlin 2014 lesson 2markets and formal institutions for a green economy the circular flow of income will be introduced emphasising markets and traditional resource allocation themes the definition of resources will then be expanded to include environmental resources and natural capital as well as social capital and formal institutions and informal institutions in discussing formal institutions the role of the state as regulator will be introduced the role of individual demand will be developed but the constraining influence of society on preferences will be noted the importance of interpersonal trust will be underscored both for the reduction of transactions costs and the facilitation of market interactions as well as for the mechanisms used in the governance of nonmarket activities and interactions lesson 3economic growth theories review of economic growth theories with an emphasis on the motivation of green growth guyana s green economy strategy will be discussed and analysed along with the earlier low carbon development strategy the role knowledge human capital and science technology would be emphasised lesson 4the main themes policies in environmental and resource economics the following concepts will be presented without any attempt at a very indepth analysis kuznet s environmental curve market failures externalities public goods property rights and the commons pigouvian taxes the coase theorem and elinor ostrom s core principles maximum sustained yield hotelling s rule the hartwick rule the dutch disease the resource curse lesson 5behaviour culture and decisionmaking in markets government and society the prisoner s dilemma will be introduced to facilitate the discussion of the importance and the difficulty of voluntary cooperation with an emphasis on multiple equilibria ie nash and pareto in the game the mechanisms including coordination mechanisms and the circumstances that lead to the selection of the pareto optimal outcome would be surveyed the importance of norms in equilibrium selection and the approaches to changing norms would be discussed as would the fairly recent theory of nudging the importance for green growth of social cohesion and inclusiveness and of having the poor involved in decision making will be explained and analysed part b methodological issues in preparing for the green economy lesson 6investment appraisal discounting and the choice of discount rates net present value discounted cash flow and the internal rate of return the appraisal of environmental projects public versus private investment appraisal and the importance of complementarities in investment decisions an excelbased mine project evaluation tool using monte carlo analysis will be introduced and discussed lesson 7data analysis policy impact analysis and survey methodology lesson 8classroom experiments for the study of cooperation part c policy issues in developing a green economy lesson 9climate change the paris agreement guyana s intended nationally determined contributions indcs guyana s green economy strategy paper and the low carbon development strategy and redd the guyana redd investment fund and the norway agreement will all be discussed and critiqued the proposal for a carbon tax as well as the emergence of carbon trading would be presented and analysed lesson 10 trade and sustainability lesson 11the resource curse phenomenon and avoiding it part d science technology innovation for a green economy presentation panel 1energy transition and the advances in biofuels technology presentation panel 2renewable energy in guyana the caribbean and the wider world presentation panel 3issues in sustainable agriculture in guyana innovation the green economy manager analytical issues in the green economy discourse methodological issues in preparing for the green economy policy issues in developing a green economy science technology innovation for a green economy ethics for a green economy the opportunities and constraints present in law energy audits the science behind the green economy the university of guyana  