
"THE ROAD TO THE SUMMIT" PRESENTATION (International Banquet)
Sunday September 7 19:00-21:00
Each delegation is requested to make a 5 to 10 minute visual presentation
which describes what your delegation did to make it to the Summit.
During
this time, you may choose to have your students do a short presentation
which is reflective of your culture. Please feel free to organize
this
presentation as you wish.
Sunday September 7
21:00-22:00
Monday September 8
13:30-4:00 (If necessary)
The Declaration of Environmental Rights and Responsibilities will include
a
PREAMBLE. The preamble will be a general statement (one paragraph)
which
explains the purpose of the Declaration..
The preamble will be crafted and agreed upon by a small multinational
committee. This committee will be empowered to write and adopt
the
preamble. Each delegation, must choose ONE representative to
participate
in the Preamble Committee.
Please have your representative bring a ONE paragraph draft of what
your
delegation thinks would be a good Preamble. All the delegations
drafts
will be shared at the Preamble committee to facilitate the process
of
writing a Preamble that will be based on the consensus of the committee.
Sunday September 7
21:00-22:00
Monday September 8
13:30-14:30 (If necessary)
In the event that a delegation has concerns or objections to the proposed
Articles, a multinational Screening Committee will be created.
The
multinational Screening Committee will be empowered to address any
potential problems with the proposed Articles and finalize the format
for
the official Declaration of Environmental Rights and Responsibilities.
Once it is finalized and shared with each delegation, it will
be formally
adopted the at General Assembly . You are requested to
choose TWO
representatives to participate on the Screening Committee
Each of the delegations proposed Articles for the Declaration will
be
accessible on the Environmental Summit web site. Each delegation
must
read and analyze all the proposed Articles from EACH country before
they
arrive at the Summit. If a delegation has any objections,
concerns or
discovers Articles that seem to be identical, they must
inform their
representatives so the screening committee can address and remedy the
concern(s).
Monday September 8 19:30-21:00
Each delegation is requested to select a student speaker(s) to make
a short
2 to 5 minute speech on the following theme:
The delegations HOPES for the Summit are...
Tuesday September 9 19:30-21:00
A team of students from your delegation must prepare a 20 to 30 minute
multi-media presentation which outlines your research area. Please
provide
us with the names of students that will give the presentation as well
as
any equipment need that you will require. ( i.e. video machine, slide
projector, overhead projector, CD/Tape Player, PC viewer, computer,
software, etc.)
Tuesday September 9-Afternoon
Wednesday September 10-Morning and Afternoon
Thursday September 11-Morning , Afternoon
and Evening
As you recall, after the opening of the General Assembly, delegates
will
be divided into multinational committees that are based on each schools
research area. During this time, the multinational committees
will discuss
and craft solutions that address each of the 12 Articles for the research
area.
Each multinational committee will be led by a Chairperson and Vice
Chairperson from the country that completed the Articles and Research.
For
example, the multinational committee for Toxic Waste would be
led by a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from Israel, the multinational
committee for Rapid Urbanization will be led by a Chairperson and Vice
Chairperson South Africa, etc.
Friday September 12 15:00-17:00
For the closing of the General Assembly, EACH multinational committee
will
select a team to present the committees conclusions and solutions as
they
relate to the Articles. This selection will take place during the 3
days of
work within the multinational committees at the Summit.
Friday September 12 19:30-21:00
Each delegation is requested organize a 3-5 minute departing message.
As a
team of international educators, we will work together to define a
common
theme for this presentation. This decision will made by Wednesday
September 10.