Report of International Training Workshop: ESD in MAB BRs in SEE & the Mediterranean
Friday, June 26 2009 @ 05:12 AM PDT

Between 22-24 June 2009, in Lavrion, Greece an international training meeting was held entitled

EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (ESD)
IN MAB BIOSPHERE RESERVES (MAB BRS)
& other specially designated areas in SEE and the Mediterranean

The event was coorganised by - The UNESCO Office in Venice-Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (UNESCO-BRESCE)
- The Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture & Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) through the MEdIES Secretariat
- The University of Athens/Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and
- The Centre of Environmental Education of Lavrio, Greece



Find here the full report of the meeting here.

International Training Workshop: ESD in MAB BRs & other specially designated areas in SEE and the Mediterranean
Monday, May 18 2009 @ 03:48 AM PDT

The UNESCO Office in Venice-Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (UNESCO-BRESCE)
The Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture & Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) through the MEdIES Secretariat
The University of Athens/Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and the Centre of Environmental Education of Lavrio, Greece

co-organise the

International Training Workshop
EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (ESD)
IN MAB BIOSPHERE RESERVES (MAB BRs)
& other specially designated areas in SEE and the Mediterranean

22-24 June 2009, Greece

The wider aim of the workshop is to inform, exchange views and train on ESD those staff of MAB BRs, as well as bodies of other kind of designated areas (Protected Areas - PAs), who are in charge of educational activities in their area. More specifically the training aims at preparing the participants on possible ways to apply a new educational material entitled ESD in MAB BRs and other specially designated areas, that is being currently drafted in English Language.

MEdIES Teacher training on water related issues in Lebanon, 2&3 May 2009
Wednesday, May 13 2009 @ 04:31 AM PDT

Water Energy and Environment Research Center, Notre Dame University, Beirut

REPORT OF SEMINAR

Following the successful launching of MEdIES that had taken place in Beirut on November 2005, once again, the Lebanese Ministry for Energy and Water, GWP-Med and MIO-ECSDE undertook the organisation of a one day long training repeated for Lebanese educators on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd May 2009.
The goal of this training was to provide Lebanese educators both Primary and Secondary level as well as those of the non formal system (NGO museums’, parks’ staff etc) with efficient teaching tools to address with their students the critical issues of water management, including demand, pollution, consumption etc.

The goal of this training was to provide Lebanese educators both Primary and Secondary level as well as those of the non formal system (NGO museums’, parks’ staff etc) with efficient teaching tools to address with their students the critical issues of water management, including demand, pollution, consumption etc.

MEdIES Activities for Rainwater Harvesting in Cyclades, 28 April, 6 & 7 May 2009
Wednesday, May 13 2009 @ 12:57 AM PDT

MIO-ECSDE through MEdIES Secretariat in coopetaion with the Heads of Environmental Education of Primary and Secondary Education of the Prefecture of Cyclades and the local authorities organised a series of educational activities in the islands of Naxos (28 April), Syros (7 May) and Tinos (8 May). The scope of the project was the promotion of the new MEdIES educational material in Greek entitled “The Gift of Rain”. The project included pilot activities in schools targeted to students aged 11-16 years old as well as seminars for teachers and educators in the islands. MEdIES activities organized in cooperation with GWP-Med and with the support of the corporate social responsibility programme “Mission Water”.

BUP Teachers Training, 1-3 June 2009, Visby, Sweden
Tuesday, April 14 2009 @ 04:29 AM PDT

Here follows the first announcement for the Baltic University Programme (BUP) Annual Teachers Training, entitled
"Education for Sustainable Development: Five years of the UNESCO decade."

The teachers who are engaged in teaching of any of BUP courses are invited to take part in this teacher training.
The training will take place in Visby (Gotland Island), Sweden, from 1st to 3rd of June 2009.

HOSTS
The training will be a common undertaking between Gotland University, SWEDESD (Swedish International Centre of Education for Sustainable Development), Finnish national BUP-centre at Abo Akademi University/ Novia and the Baltic University Programme Secretariat at Uppsala University.