Re-write Your Vision Statement

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Your vision Statement and compiling all the submissions in the final report.
You will compile their submissions in relation to a specific theme of their choice to build a narrative that explains what they learned throughout the course. This final report will be in A3 landscape format featuring a summary of your understanding of each session and reflecting your own judgment and critical opinion.

This final report can be presented to your current (and future) employers. And a copy will be placed on the course website that you can share on your CV, LinkedIn, and other professional portfolio.

The Sustainability Debate | The Pink Lake Project

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Debate Structure
Arrange the room in four groups (according to the distributed mandate)
Play the video
Time for internal group discussion & material preparation
Time for each group to present its main concepts and values (5 minutes each)
Each group will summarize their strength & the weakness the other two groups have.
Who changed his mind and why? Which group you would want to be in?

Short Break + (Re-arrange the room to regular setting)
Each group to provide feedback on how the other groups could have done better job (revealing their own weaknesses)
How can the plan be improved (individual point one each participant)
Questions, Summary & Rap-up

Sustainabiltiy Practices

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Through the lectures and online resources you are asked to work in groups to provide a narrative that discusses a specific environmental problem and how it impacted the world and Egypt.
You will then write your suggested solutions and recommendations in no more than 2 pages.

1- Divided into groups

Divide yourself into equal groups and gather together to discuss your ideas.

2-  Choose one of the following themes to write about:

  • Science-Policy interface in Egypt
  • Impact on the environment in Egypt (selects real projects in Egypt).
  • Identify what is being done for corporates to achieve sustainability
  • Orange current green practices and how to bridge the gap needed by 2030  

Theme (1)

  • Select a name to your group
  • Identify in your group the current environmental policies and their real implications and implementations in Egypt. You may select the telecom sector or else. 
  • Collect your work to add it on the course website.

Theme (2)

  • Select a name to your group
  • Agree on a selected development project in Egypt. 
  • The project you select can range to be either: physical extension, new venture, greening project, … or any specific development that you are interested in. 
  • Conduct a critical analysis on what are the positive and negative impacts on the environment. 
  • Collect your work to add it on the course website.

Theme (3)

  • Select a name to your group
  • Agree to a specific corporate you know about. It is preferred to be Orange Telecom, but the group is free to choose another example.
  • Identity their good and bad practices and how would you rate them on a cale from 1 to 5 where:

a) very bad performance 

b) bad performance

c) moderate performance 

d) good performance

e) very good performance 

  • Collect your work, synthesize and to add it on the course website.

Theme (4)

  • Select a name to your group
  • Select three sustainability practices
  • Explain why did you select these practices and identify their current status
  • What is needed to bridge the gap and achieve the vision 2030?
  • Fiance
  • Policy reform
  • Government attention
  • Raising awareness
  • …. or else? 

Sustainability in the Telecom Industry

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Based on the lecture and discussions in the session, select top challenges and future prospects in the telecom industry. Map the current gap in Egypt. Use your own experience as well as Orange facts, and other online sources. You may use Orange or other telecom companies in Egypt.
Your response is suggested to be a ½ to a one page. It shall be posted on the UES Course Website

Environmental Sustainability in Egypt

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Based on the lecture and discussions in the session, please:
Select two challenges (preferable a national and a regional one) that Egypt is facing and describe the efforts done so far if any.
Identify the gap between the invested effort and the existing situation, then
Suggest three development strategies that could help mitigate each climate problem you identified.
Your response is suggested to be a ½ to a one page. It shall be posted on the UES Course Website

Workshop (1): Suggested Solutions

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1- Divided into groups
Divide yourself into equal groups and gather together to discuss your ideas.

2- Choose an environmental problem
Each group will choose an environmental problem that is of interest to them or close to their field of work. You can use your knowledge in Orange or the interest to discuss the problem from different aspects.

3- History of the problem
When did it start? How did it evolve and what are the main historical inventions or practices that lead to it.

4- Contemporary problem globally & locally
Identify the contemporary problem and discuss its (global) and (local) aspects.

5- This environmental problem in Egypt

When did it impacted Egypt (year/event/presidency/specific major project)? In what way its impact is current? and what are the current efforts to fix it?

6- Solutions & policy recommendation

What can be done to mitigate for this problem on: 

  • Policy Level
  • Plan Level
  • Project Level

Planning Delivery: Implementation in Practice

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Urban Development Corporations (UDCs), Urban Regeneration Companies (URCs), and Special Delivery Vehicles are integral components of development delivery systems in the United Kingdom. Firstly, In half a page you are asked to assess and rank these mechanisms according to their efficiency and workability. Subsequently, as a planner providing advisory services to a city mayor (in this case, hypothetically pick a city of your choice ), recommend the most favourable delivery method and elucidate the rationale for the selection. It’s important to note that the choice of a delivery method should be context-specific, as different projects and areas may require tailored approaches. Collaboration, transparency, and a focus on long-term community benefits should guide the decision-making process when selecting a development delivery system.

Calculating Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

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You represent a client considering 2 site options, one in South Gloucestershire and one in Bristol. Both have current employment use on them, plus under-developed green spaces with trees that currently form the ‘campus’ of the employment use. The intention is to pursue a large mixed use scheme of 500+ units, plus a local centre including shops, a cinema, and restaurants. There is an existing local retail centre in relatively close proximity to your site. For both LPA areas:

  • Identify the list of items that would likely be involved in a S106 agreement
  • How much clarity do you feel each LPA gives you moving into the process about their approach?
  • How practically easy is it to find/navigate their CIL and S106 approach?