Training Programme on ‘Myanmar Leadership Course on Climate Change’

Date: 18–22 February 2013

Venue: Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Organised by: Partnership for International Strategies in Asia (PISA)

Head of Centre, Prof. Mely Caballero-Anthony, was the key resource person in the training programme on ‘Myanmar Leadership Course on Climate Change’, organised by the Partnership for International Strategies in Asia (PISA) in collaboration with the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology of the Government of Myanmar, and Advancing Life and Regenerating Motherland Group (ALARM)—a local NGO. The five-day training programme, held in Myanmar’s capital, Nay Pyi Taw, on 18–22 Feb 2013 was aimed at, among others, gaining a better understanding of climate change’s anticipated impacts on Myanmar, and to learn and examine cooperative approaches from the local to the regional level that can inform climate change policies. The training programme brought together about 30 selected officials representing different ministries in Myanmar. Prof. Caballero-Anthony lectured on ASEAN, Climate Change and Human Security.

The RSIS Centre for NTS Studies is one of the knowledge partners invited by PISA to this training programme. PISA is under the auspices of the Elliot School of International Affairs, the George Washington University and directed by Prof Linda Yarr. It promotes international affairs education, policy dialogue and research on global issues in collaboration with leading Asian institutions.