Training ESD Program

To be eligible trainees, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) trainees were given preparation training delivered by AIESEC, Plan International and Roots and Shoots. This training held in the 11th of September until the 14th of September 2009. The training took place in B&B inn Shaoyauju Branch, where 13 trainees from 8 countries gathered and learned how to be a good trainer.

First session of the training was about the ESD Program itself; it’s aim, objective, history, and it’s method to create an impact. This session was delivered by Jose Carlos Feliciano (MCVP Project AIESEC Mainland of China), Monica (Former OCP of “Hello China” Project) etc.


The second session was delivered by Adam Lane, member of Plan International and also one of the people who first established ESD Program. Trainees learned deeper about various issues related to Sustainable Development and how to conduct a class due to the issues.

Trainees also learned about the characteristics and habit of the Chinese students, and some practical tips to be a good presenter in front of them. Moreover, there was a session delivered by Roots and Shoots, an international NGO that gave the trainee more knowledge about environmental issue.


The best thing about the training was that the trainees from 6 different countries could gather and knew each other. We shared a lot of thing and experienced working in an international environment. I started to realize that each of us has different point of view and all we could do to solve the problem was by being open minded and tolerant. We faced some communication challenges because of different accents that we had, but we managed to get along very well. We cooperated to discuss the problem given and did class activities actively. I can say that it was a really nice start for our internship. We were quite sad that the training ended and we need to go to different schools (we went to a club and had a good bye party in the last day of the training ;p)