Breakout Session: SWOT Breakout Session: SWOT analyses of S Korean, Japanese, analyses of S Korean, Japanese, and ‘European’ EA (& Planning and ‘European’ EA (& Planning and Management) related higher and Management) related higher educationeducation--What are the What are the SStrengths, trengths, WWeaknesses, eaknesses, OOpportunities and pportunities and TThreatshreats

• SWOT Analysis Korea:

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Many Practices(For 32 YearsSystematic Laws & RegulationsAlso, Legal Framework

Not Integrated Planning ProcessGovernment Negligence of EA - Low Suitability (in some Cases)Few EA related subjects in Higher

Education

There is NOT “no action alternative”

Widening EA Market

EA Strengthened due to Increased Public Participation

Sharing EIA Experience with Developing Countries through Official Development Assistance

Narrow Job OpportunitiesLow Budget for EISDeveloper oriented EIS DocumentationPublic ignorance to EIALow Level of Public Consciousness on EIA

• SWOT Analysis Japan:

Strengths　 Weaknesses Opportunities Threats

•Scientific knowledge

•Engineering skills, techniques

•Many interdisciplinary departments

•Effectiveness use of “the Open Univ.”

•Capacity Build. Oriented

•Not many application of EAs

•Reference cases are far from daily life

•Knowledge sharing among practitioners

•Access to the existing databases

•Weak connection between education and practice

•New government off “Fraternity”

•Improvement of transparency

•Growing awareness of sustainability among the public

•EA knowledge in primary schools

•SEA Guideline

•Revising EIA Act

•Reluctant to information disclosure

•Economic down turn

•Financial deficiency of public sector

•Slow in English education

•Bureaucratic system

• SWOT Analysis EU:

• Strengths – enagagement with the real world (we use a lot of case studies), common platform = EU Directives, Bologna, joint degrees, multi-interdiscilinarity, combination of theory and skills

• Weaknesses – multidisciplinary protectionism, lack of financial resources university have (e.g. for simulation)

• Opportunities – multidisciplinarity, to bring different disciplines in, integration itself, cultural differences,

• Threats - perceived effectineveness of the instrument,

oversupply, internationalisation programmes issue