In the afternoon of March 5th, 2010, "UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development 08 Master Graduation Ceremony" was held in Yifu Building, Tongji University. Ms. Akpezi Ogbuigwe--the Head of Environmental Education and Training, Division of Environmental Policy Implementation (UNEP), Mr. Mahesh Pradhan-- Regional Environmental Affairs Officer for the UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Mr. Wu Jiang, vice president of Tongji University and dean of UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development (IESD), Mr. Li Fengting, vice dean of CESE and IESD, faculty and students in IESD attended the ceremony. The eight graduates, who got the scholarship from Ministry of Commerce (MOC) came from Asia-Pacific Region.. The ceremony was presided by Prof. Li Fengting.
For a long period of time, Tongji University always pay her attention to international cooperation in the field of scientific research and culture. Especially, in 2002, to enhance the scientific researches and training programs on environment for sustainable development, UNEP and Tongji University jointly established IESD. With the support of UNEP and RUC, IESD successfully convened the Asia-Pacific Leadership Programs on Environment for Sustainable Development and launched international master programme since 2006 and international Ph.D programme on Environmental management and Sustainable Development in 2008. Therefore, we have rich and valuable experiences on holding international training.Looking back and into the future, our training programme on Environment Management and Sustainable Development has stood the test of time and quality, the groundbreaking achievement has been extraordinary, it has gathered valuable experience with unprecedented success, as a model example of Tongji international education cooperation.
Both UNEP official and Mr. Wu Jiang delivered speeches on the ceremony respectively, affirming the achievements of IESD 08 Master and expressing their congratulations to the graduates. Susana Pulini, delegate who comes from Fiji, also delivered a graduation speech. Then, the graduates were awarded graduation certificates and took group photos.