Environmental Economics

Under the Euro-Mediterranean Program for the Environment (Short and Medium-Term Priority Environmental Action Program - SMAP), the SMAP III Technical Assistance has organized an on line course in English to delve the issues related to environmental economics and sustainable development.
The course is addressed to anyone interested in discovering the benefits and mechanisms of the environmental economics, not least as a way to support policy decisions. The program of the course, developed in collaboration with CEDARE (Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe) and the MIO-ECSDE (Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development), is focused on the Euro-Mediterranean context and is divided in 9 lessons, including exercises that introduce students to the following topics: the basic economic theory, concepts and techniques for environmental valuation, the decision-support tools, with particular reference to cost–benefit analysis, economic instruments and their use to support sustainable development and sustainable financing.

For information please visit SMAP Learning Center (where also other courses are available).