With the specific needs and challenges of municipal employees in mind, five modules will include live, interactive webinars led by experts and practitioners combined with a series of self-directed, online exercises.
This online professional development course, offered with support from The McConnell Foundation, will draw from Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission’s reports on congestion pricing, water and wastewater user fees and a forthcoming report on solid waste pricing. It also follows on our successful course offered at the federal and provincial levels, “Designing market-based instruments for the environment”.
Module include:
- Module 1: Making the case for municipal market-based tools – $70 (October 1st from 11am to 1pm EDT)
- Module 2: Market-based tools for reducing traffic congestion – $70 (October 10th from 12-2pm EDT)
- Module 3:Market-based tools for sustainable water and wastewater management – $70 (October 23rd from 1-3pm EDT)
- Module 4: Market-based tools for sustainable solid waste management – $70 (November 21st from 12-2pm EDT)
- Module 5: Securing political and public support for market-based tools – $70 (Date TBD)
Students who participate in all Module webinars and complete all related quizzes and case studies will receive a certificate.
By the end of this course you will:
- Understand the case for market-based tools at the municipal level
- Learn how market-based tools can be used to manage traffic congestion, water and wastewater, and solid waste
- Be equipped with practical design options that can enable better sustainability outcomes and help secure political and public support
Benefits
- Dynamic course instructors include leading Canadian experts on market-based tools, combined with current and former municipal practitioners
- Convenient and affordable for municipal employees
- Live, interactive webinars and self-directed exercises
