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Education for Sustainable Development in the Carpathian
Mountains - activities of UNEP Vienna - ISCC
UNECE Steering Committee on ESD
April 3-4, 2014
Palais des Nations, Geneva
United Nations Environment Programme Vienna Office
• Carpathian Convention (MEA)
• Environment and Security (ENVSEC): Balkans,
South Caucasus
• Activities related to the “Global Mountain Agenda”
• Liaison activities
• Cooperation with other IGOs
http://www.unep.at/
The Carpathians from Space
Carpathian Convention
Countries:
Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Serbia
Slovak Republic
Ukraine
The Carpathian Convention and ESD
Article 13 - Awareness raising, education and public
participation
1. The Parties shall pursue policies aiming at increasing environmental
awareness and improving access of the public to information on the
protection and sustainable development of the Carpathians, and promoting
related education curricula and programmes.
2. The Parties shall pursue policies guaranteeing public participation in
decision-making relating to the protection and sustainable development of
the Carpathians, and the implementation of this Convention.
ESD – Related activities of the ISCC
• The Move4Nature Project
• Big Foot. Crossing Generations,
Crossing Mountains
• Innovation in Rural Tourism
• Regional Centre for Expertise in ESD
The Trainings and the Carpathian Mountain ESD
Training Tool Kit
at least 15 trainers
more than 40 schools
more than 100 teachers
more than 3000 students
http://platform.bigfoot-project.eu/move4nature
Feed-Back
“…Everyone was so enthusiastic to start working with the Tool
Kit! Every school wants to have visitors to demonstrate their local
work with the materials… In every case, we have the same
positive feedback and willingness to continue.”
Maria Toth, The Romanian coordinator, Romanian Tool Kit editor and organizer of the workshop in Cluj – Bihor.
“The Move4Nature training was a great experience both for us as
trainers and for the participating teachers. They hope to involve more
teachers from their schools … or other counties or from other countries”
Marcela SÎRBU, “George Moroianu” High-school, Săcele, Braşov, Organizer of the training in Braşov.
Schools, vocational training,
Informal /non-formal education
• Encouraging exchange of knowledge,
skills and values among the older and
younger generations:
• traditional knowledge
• cultural and natural heritage
• new technology
• skills related to crafts
• tourism development concepts
• nature protection concepts
Crossing Generations,
Crossing Mountains
http://www.bigfoot-project.eu
Vocational training and informal education
• Digital learning tools
• Training for the local tourism
stakeholders • community-based sustainable tourism product
development
• Online and mobile promotional e-tools
• Support the local population in using created tools
• Transfer the methodology and tools to other Carpathian countries, other EU and Neighbourhood countries
Innovation in Rural Tourism
Regional Centre of Expertise in ESD -Vienna
• the regional network for research, education and knowledge
interactions on questions related to regional and trans-regional
sustainable development.
• - creation of RCEs in the Carpathian/other countries?
http://www.rce-vienna.at
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