Land-use Planning, Policy and Sustainable Development in Small Islands and Low-lying Developing Coastal States

The Development Planning Courses are modular and any of the groups may be studied on its own as a standalone entity or taken together as a six 6 months course of study. If taken separately, successful participants will be issued a Certificate of Achievement relevant to the Course Group studied. If all the groups are taken within the 6 months time frame, participants will be awarded a Diploma in Land-use Planning for Sustainable Development. OCDT offers both On-site and specially requested Off-shore training in Small Islands and Developing Low-lying Coastal States in Developing Countries. On completion of the training, participants will be awarded the Applied Professional Diploma in Housing Development Strategy.

Who Should Attend

These courses are recommended for Technical Staff of Physical Planning, Housing and Infrastructure Planning, Forestry, Fisheries, Coastal and Marine Resources Planning and Management, Health, Environment and Tourism Departments of Small Island and Low-lying Coastal Development States.

COURSE MODULES:

LPSD Module 1: An Introduction to Planning Principles and Philosophy: The Integrated and Participatory Community Development Perspective

LPSD Module 2: An Introduction to Planning Law, Ethics and Practice: A frame of Reference for Development Planning in Developing Countries f the Caribbean

LPSD Module 3: Integrated Land-use Planning for Sustainable Development

LPSD Module 4: Integrated Community and Participatory Planning: A New Approach to Land-use planning for Sustainable Development (Institutional and Legislative Framework and Processes.

LPSD Module 5: Integrated Land-use Planning for Climate Change (Includes a Study of the impacts of land-use planning on Climate Change)

LPSD Module 6: Community-based Asset Assessment and Management for Sustainable Development

Course Duration

​Duration of Each Course: A Course duration is proposed for a maximum contact time of 40 hours

Objectives of this Short Term Training Program

The Development Planning Courses are modular and any of the groups may be studied on its own as a standalone entity or taken together as a six 6 months course of study. If taken separately, successful participants will be issued a Certificate of Achievement relevant to the Course Group studied. If all of the Development Planning Courses are taken within the 6 months time frame, participants will be awarded a Diploma in Land-use Planning for Sustainable Development. OCDT offers both On-site and specially requested Off-shore training in Small Islands and  Developing Low-lying Coastal States in Developing Countries. On completion of the training, participants will be awarded the Applied Professional Diploma in Housing Development Strategy.

• ​To develop a cadre of technical staff equipped with relevant knowledge and competencies to build a community of practice, with enhanced knowledge and information sharing to promote positive mindset changes towards governance in land use planning, community development, environmental stewardship and management of natural resources.
• To build staff competencies in inter-agency collaboration, public-private participatory planning, management and governance in land use planning and environmental management.
• To provide staff with practice tools and methodologies to effectively and efficiently manage the existing and new accountabilities relating to their portfolio mandates.
• To introduce the participant to land use planning practices based on a sustainable development approach.
• To provide the participant with a holistic view of issues related to land use planning for sustainable development.
• To provide the participant with relevant and applicable knowledge of, and skills on, how sustainable development can be achieved in practical terms in the process of land use planning, from the perspective of the Integrated Community Participatory Planning Approach.