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Dear MEdIES friends and Task Group Members,
Please find herewith the 36th quarterly Information e-bulletin of MEdIES.
Follow us also on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/MEdIES.net
The MEdIES Secretariat
Contents
1. Visibility & Events
A. 1st MARLISCO Technical Meeting Brussels, 6-7 February
B. UNECE ESD SC 8th Meeting Geneva, 21-22 March
C. MEdIES participation in the 7WEEC, Morocco, 9-14 June
D. Re-accreditation of MEdIES by the Hellenic Ministry of Education!
2. Material & ICTs
A. UNESCO and MIO-ECSDE joint publication ESD in MAB BRs & other Designated Areas
B. Pilot e-learning course on management of designated areas
3. Other News
A. ΅ALSPAΆ proposal submitted to Grundtvig 2012 Call
B. ESD University Summer School proposal to IP 2012 Call
C. ESD Master Course proposal to TEMPUS 2012 Call
D. AcademiciansΆ capacity building on ESD, Rabat Morocco, 23-24 April |
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Information Bulletin No 35
January 2013 (October – November – December 2012)
Dear MEdIES friends and Task Group Members,
Please find herewith the 35th quarterly Information e-bulletin of MEdIES.
With our best wishes for the New Year!!
Follow us also on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/MEdIES.net
The MEdIES Secretariat
Contents
1. Visibility & Events
A. Last phase of the Rainwater Harvesting in the Cyclades Project
B. Two meetings for Greek educators (i) “ESD Year on Manmade Environment & Sustainable Management" 13 November (ii) “Recent developments & perspectives for ESD” Athens, 3 December
C. MEdIES at the 7th Scientific Meeting of Students for the Environment & Sustainable Development, Attica, 30 November
D. 4th Meeting of the Network of Mediterranean Universities for SD focusing on ESD,
Athens, 3-4 December
Ε. 1st MARLISCO Steering Group Meeting 6 December
2. Material & ICTs
A. ALF grant to expand the hydria project
B. Pilot e-learning course on management of designated areas
3. Other News
A. UNESCO Chairs in ESD Workshop, Paris, 4-5 October
B. MEdIES at the Mediterranean ParliamentariansΆ Meeting, Athens, 22 October |
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Dear MEdIES friends and Task Group Members,
Please find herewith the 34th quarterly Information e-bulletin of MEdIES.
Contents
1. Visibility & Events
a. ALTER AQUA training for teachers, Gozo Island of Malta, 9-11 July 2012
b. MARLISCO Kick-off Meeting, 26 - 27 July 2012
c. Meeting of the Greek Pedagogical Group of MEdIES, 27 September 2012
2. Material & ICTs
NCWRMs hands-on material prepared!
3. Other News
a. Proposal to the PAF for the Meeting for the Mediterranean Strategy on ESD
b. Tbilisi+35: Intergovernmental Conference on EE and ESD
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1. Visibility & Events
a. Rainwater Harvesting Activities in Cyclades (Paros, Antiparos and Andros), April - May 2012
b. Water Sensitisation for 1000 students at the Tritsis Park, Attika, 30 May - 1 June 2012
c. Education for Sustainable Development focusing on the H2020 thematic areas, Tunis, 10-11 June 2012
2. Material & ICTs
a.Alter Aqua educational material is printed
b. ESD in MAB BRs and other designated areas is finalised
3. Other News
a. HYDRIA proposal to ALF submitted and approved!
b. MARILISCO FP7 project starts!
1. Visibility & Events
a. Rainwater Harvesting Activities in Cyclades (Paros, Antiparos and Andros), April - May 2012
This was the 4th year that MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES Secretariat has successfully cooperated with the Mission Water Campaign and GWP-med to implement a series of educational activities in schools of three Cyclades Islands in April and May 2012, namely in Paros, Antiparos and Andros.
The educational activities targeted primary and secondary students (school interventions), as well as teachers (teacher trainings). In total 1093 students and 140 teachers participated in this yearΆs activities. More educational activities are in the pipeline to be held in September 2012 in the islands of Kythnos and Kea.
Read more on 2012 educational activiries of MEdIES: http://www.medies.net/articles.asp?cID=8&aID=630
Read more on the Mission Water Campaign:
http://en.coca-colahellenic.gr/Towardssustainabilit/MajorCSRPrograms/MissionWater/
The “Rain Water Harvesting in the Cyclades” is led by GWP-MED -within the wider campaign entitled MISSION WATER of the Coca-Cola HBC Greece¸ and involves infrastructure works and educational activities.
b. Water Sensitisation for 1000 students at the Tritsis Park, Attika, 30 May - 1 June
This was the 2nd year that the Hellenic Ministry of Education, educational and local authorities, together with environmental organisations joined forces for a three day long event to raise awareness amongst school children of primary level on issues of environmental protection.
The successful event once more took place at the Antonis Tritsis Park, which was visited by aprox. 1000 school children that played kinetic games, exchanged views, joined in role plays and simulations, tried out experiments . ... and most of all enjoyed the life of the park.
MEdIES team, comprised of Iro Alampei, Vicky Malotidi, Vassilis Psalidas and Anna Savopoulou, was responsible for water related activities and games based on the material “The Gift of Rain”.
Read more on the event http://www.medies.net/articles.asp?cID=8&aID=642
c. Education for Sustainable Development focusing on the H2020 thematic areas, Tunis, 10-11 June
On 11-12 June 2012, a workshop entitled “Education for Sustainable Development focusing on the H2020 thematic areas was organised in Tunis within the framework of the H2020 CB/MEP programme in collaboration with the MEdIES Secretariat. It aimed to raise awareness and build the capacity of a core of Tunisian educators in promoting environmental and sustainable development issues, particularly on themes related to H2020.
The two-day-long training was attended by 36 trainees and facilitated by MEdIES Secretariat, namely Iro Alampei & Vicky Malotidi. The target group of the meeting included formal educators - in primary and secondary schools, non-formal educators (NGO staff, Environmental Clubs) as well as administration officers (from the Ministries of Environment/Health/Education). Overall, the participants regarded ESD as a necessity for their work. They considered its content as satisfactory and motivating for their work; and greatly appreciated its experiential character; methods applied and group work.
Read more on the seminar on medies webpage http://www.medies.net/articles.asp?cID=8&aID=640
Download the trainingΆs overview and training material on the H2020 CB/MEP program webpage: http://www.h2020.net/en/resources/training-materials/viewcategory/165.html
2. Material & ICTs
a. ALTER AQUA educational material
The ALTER AQUA educational material on “Non Conventional Water Resources Management” was printed! The material aims to introduce the learners in the practices of non-conventional water resources (NCWR) management at various levels: house level; city level; and national level. In particular it focuses on the following NCWRs: rainwater harvesting, treated grey water use, wastewater treatment and desalination.
The material is addressed to primary school students (Year 3, 4, 5) (8 – 10 yrs old) and secondary (Year 1 & 2) (12 - 13 yrs old). It includes an Introduction; Methodological Guidelines for the teachers; Ten experiential activities; Worksheets for the students; and, an overview of the Water Situation in Malta, as well as a CD including related references, answers to the worksheets, more supporting material, etc.
Apart from the printed kit, water saving posters have been prepared for all the students of Gozo, in English and Maltese language. Furthermore, a series of hands on materials has been developed and is currently used by the staff of Nature Trust Malta, for class interventions
The new material can be downloaded at Medies webpage (publications) http://www.medies.net/staticpages.asp?aID=352
b. ESD in MAB BRs and other designated areas
The UNESCO Office in the Venice (UNESCO-BRESCE) continued its support and collaboration with the MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES Secretariat in the development of the respective training material. “ESD in MAB BRs and other designated areas: a Resource Book for educators in South-eastern Europe and the Mediterranean” is expected to be finalised in July 2012.
This material will be available online and printed in a limited number of copies in July 2012
3. Other News
a. HYDRIA proposal to ALF submitted and approved!
This proposal was submitted by MIO-ECSDE / MEdIES secretariat to the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) in April 2012. The positive outcome published on 1st July 2012. The project aims to enrich the interactive HYDRIA website www.hydriaproject.net with 18 new water management cases from more Mediterranean, highlighting the potential of linking the wise practices of antiquity to the modern needs.
The project starts in October 2012, and is one-year long. It is led by MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES Secretariat, involving18 Partners from Mediterranean countries.
Furthermore, the whole webpage will be translated into Greek by the end of this year.
Find HYDRIA at www.hydriaproject.net
b. MARILISCO FP7 project starts!
Together with 18 EU organizations, MIO-ECSDE is a key partner in the FP7 project: “MARLISCO - MARine Litter in Europe Seas: Social AwarenesS and CO-Responsibility”, that is led by Provincia di Teramo (Italy). The project starts in June 2012 and will last 36 months. The main objective of the project is to increase the awareness of the consequences of behaviour in relation to waste production and management on marine socio-ecological systems, to promote co-responsibility among the different actors and to define a more sustainable collective vision through concerted actions.
The programme includes 6 Work Packages, one of which relating to educational and awareness activities is led by MIO-ECSDE /MEdIES secretariat. MIO-ECSDEis also responsible for the Mediterranean Input to the project (Med Node).
The kick-off meeting of MARLISCO is scheduled for 26-27 July 2012. |
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1. Visibility & Events
a. 2nd Regional Workshop of RUCAS TEMPUS project on ESD, 7-9 Jan 2012
b. Seminars on “Health and Production processes” (DESD thematic year for Greece), Messolongi 20-21 January and Molaoi, 3 – 4 February 2012
c. Education for Sustainable Development focusing on the H2020 thematic areas, Alger, 20-21 March 2012
d. Creating Bridges - Education for Sustainable Development ESD in Designated Areas
Grundtvig Seminar, 30 March – 05 April 2012, Greece
2. Material & ICTs
a. ALTER AQUA educational material
b. HYDRIA II Webpage
3. Other News
a. 7th Meeting of the UNECE Steering Committee for ESD, 1-2 March 2012
b. Continuation of cooperation within ECOMOBILITY
c. CBC proposal on renewable energy
d. CBC proposal on water management
e. TEMPUS proposal
f. Proposal to UNESCO Participation Programme
1. Visibility & Events
a. 2nd Regional Workshop of RUCAS TEMPUS project on ESD, 7-9 Jan 2012
MEdIES participated to the second 3-day intensive regional training workshop on ESD, of RUCAS project. The training was co-organised by the Universities of Crete, Heliopolis and Suez Canal and hosted in the Sekem farm at the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, between 7 and 9 January 2012. MEdIES Officer, Iro Alampei represented also the University of Athens, as the aim of the meeting was to re-orient the Syllabi of the partner Universities towards sustainability. During the workshop two syllabi of the UoA (department of Chemistry).
Read more on the workshop: http://www.medies.net/articles.asp?cID=7&aID=625
Read more on RUCAS Tempus project: http://www.actforclimate.info/testarea/drupal/
b. Seminars on “Health and Production processes” (DESD thematic year for Greece), Messolongi 20-21 January and Molaoi, 3 – 4 February 2012
MEdIES and the Center for Environmental Education of Messolongi organized the seminar: "ESD, Health & Production processes" on 20-21 January, in Messolongi, where 60 teachers attended from both primary and secondary schools. The seminar took place in the context of the UN Decade for ESD (2005-14) in which the current Greek school year is devoted to Health and Production Processes.
On the first day of the seminar participants exchanged views and experiences on the relevant topic presented by practitioners and ESD Officers. The second day, three workshops were held: (i) "Case Study on Strawberries and Health and processes", coordinated by Vassilis Psalidas, MEdIES Secretariat; (ii) “How to organize an ESD programme for Manufacturing Processes and Health" coordinated by Aggeliki Trikalites, MEdIES Pedagogical Group; (iii) "Methodological tools and activities of the teaching materials: Food and nutrition in the Mediterranean coordinated by Vicky Malotidi MEdIES Secretariat.
A similar seminar was co-organised by MEdIES and the Center for Environmental Education of Molaoi, at the premises of the Centre, on 3-4 February where 75 teachers participated and Mr Psallidas and Ms Trikaliti animated the aforementioned workshops.
Additionally, on the occasion of the DESD thematic year, Mr Psallidas facilitated a workshop on “The organic olive agriculture” during the related workshop that the Center for Environmental Education of Amfissa organized on 15-16 March (where 66 educators were trained).
c. Education for Sustainable Development focusing on the Horizon 2020 thematic areas, Alger, 20-21 March 2012
This two-day workshop was organised in the framework of the H2020 CB/MEP program in cooperation with MEdIES. Overall, 32 participants attended the workshop among them formal and non formal educators as well as officers of the Ministry of Education and of the Ministry of Environment. The main objective of the workshop was to raise awareness and build capacity of a critical mass of educators in Algeria about the methodology and topics of ESD relating to thematic areas of the Horizon 2020, focusing on wastewater and solid waste sustainable management.
The two-day course combined presentations, experiential workshops and discussion sessions. The content of the course was largely based on educational material developed by the MEdIES Network. It was facilitated by MEdIES officers Vicky Malotidi and Iro Alampei. The course was evaluated very positively by the participants who asked for a potential continuation of such a training activity on more ESD topics and methodologies.
Read more on the training on medies webpage http://www.medies.net/articles.asp?cID=8&aID=631
Download the trainingΆs overview and training material on the H2020 CB/MEP program webpage: http://www.h2020.net/en/resources/training-materials/viewcategory/165.html
d. Creating Bridges - Education for Sustainable Development ESD in Designated Areas
Grundtvig Seminar, 30 March – 05 April 2012, Greece
MIO-ECSDE / MEdIES Secretariat with the support of UNESCO Venice Office and in cooperation with the University of Athens / UNESCO Chair & Network on Education and Management in the Mediterranean, the Greek UNESCO MAB Comitee, the Centre of Environmental Education, Lavrion and the Centre of Environmental Education, Amfissa organized the Grundtvig Seminar entitled: “Creating Bridges - Education for Sustainable Development ESD in Designated Areas” between 30 March and 5 April in Athens, Lavrion and Amfissa (Greece).
The workshop offered capacity building to personnel of UNESCO/MAB Biosphere Reserves(BRs) or Management Bodies of Protected or Designated Areas (DAs) on the added value of integrating Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the activities designed for visitors to their Reserves or Parks (i.e. Schools, adult groups, free visitors, etc.)
The seminar was attended by 37 participants from 16 countries (Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Moldova, Romania, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey).
Read more on the seminar http://www.medies.net/articles.asp?cID=8&aID=627
The seminar was granted by the European Commission through the Lifelong Learning Programme/ Grundtvig for Adult Education.
2. Material & ICTs
a. ALTER AQUA educational material
The project ALTER AQUA includes the development and production of educational material on “Non Conventional Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean” as well as training of educators (planned for July 2012) and educational activities in the schools in Malta. The ALTER AQUA material aims to introduce the learners to the practices of non-conventional water resources (NCWRs) and management at various levels: house level; city level; and national level. In particular it focuses on the following NCWRs: rainwater harvesting, treated grey water use, wastewater treatment and desalination. Currently the material is under development and is expected to be finalised within the next trimester.
ALTER AQUA is a programme on NCWRs in Malta. It was initiated in 2011 by the Global Water Partnership Mediterranean (GWP-Med), in partnership with the Ministry for Gozo (MGOZ), the Eco-Gozo Programme and the Coca-Cola System in Malta, aiming to mobilise NCWRs on the Island of Gozo, as a sustainable solution for water availability in view of increasing water scarcity, escalating demand and climate change.
Read more on ALTER AQUA: http://www.gwp.org/GWP-Mediterranean/gwp-in-action1/News-List-Page/Malta/
b. HYDRIA II Webpage
The enriched HYDRIA webpage www.hydriaproject.net is functioning and you are welcome to reads through new case studies from Cyprus, Italy, Algeria and Tunisia!
HYDRIA (Phase II 2010-2011) has been supported by UNESCO Participation Programme, MIO-ECSDE Core funding (DG Env) and GWP-med.
Browse in HYDRIA: www.hydriaproject.net
3. Other News
a. 7th Meeting of the UNECE Steering Committee for ESD, 1-2 March 2012
The 7th Meeting of the UNECE Steering Committee for ESD, 1-2 March 2012 took place in Geneva. Prof Scoullos participated in the SC Meeting as well as in the meeting of the Bureau of the SC (March 2nd). During the meetings the developments related to ESD and the implementation of the Strategy on ESD in the UNECE region were discussed focusing on (a) the progress made in implementing ESD since the 6th meeting of the SC (b) activities to be implemented in 2012 and beyond (c) the role of technical-vocational education in greening the economy (d) the promotion of educator competences for ESD (e) ESD school plans as an implementation tool for putting ESD into practice; and (f) how to continue promoting ESD within the international sustainable development process. Ways to support an efficient management and implementation process for the UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development were explored as well.
More information at: www.unece.org
b. Continuation of cooperation within ECOMOBILITY
MEdIES Secretariat continued in the current school year (2011-12) the cooperation with ECOCITY (a Greek NGO) in the framework of the “Ecomobility Campaign” addressed to students of secondary level (14-15 years old) engaged in environmental projects within the thematic of “Sustainable transports”. The campaign aims at sensitizing students through the observation and recording of problems caused by the anarchy in transportation, the overuse of vehicles in cities and their consequences for the environment, the economy and, of course for health. The synergy between school and local authorities is an important axis of the studentsΆ project as well. MEdIES participates in the Evaluation Group that participates in the schoolsΆ projects presentations and evaluates them based on a standardised set of indicators.
c. CBC proposal on renewable energy
The concept note for the project entitled "youthXchange for climate change" was submitted by MIO-ECSDE on 28 February under ENPI - CBC MED call. The project aims to promote applications that exploit renewable energy or increase energy efficiency in seven Mediterranean countries, by means of small scale infrastructures in sites of public use, combined with a solid awareness raising component for young people on climate change and lifestyles.
Results of the Concept Note Evaluation are expected in October 2012.
d. CBC proposal on water management
The concept note for the project entitled "HYDRIA" was also submitted by MIO-ECSDE on 28 February under ENPI - CBC MED call. The project aims to engage the stakeholders in a cultural dialogue to valorise cultural and natural heritage linked to water that has been to-date undermined, and promote the integrated management of exemplary such sites, in line with the principles of sustainable development. The project is led by MIO-ECSDE and involves 9 partners from Mediterranean countries.
Results of the Concept Note Evaluation are expected in October 2012.
e. TEMPUS proposal
The University of Athens in cooperation with MEdIES Secretariat developed and submitted a proposal about a Mediterranean Master Course on Education for Sustainable Development (MEDESD) under the TEMPUS Programme. The proposal was based on the suggestions and work that the Network of Mediterranean Universities on SD/ESD has made so far.
f. Proposal to UNESCO Participation Programme (PP)
The project entitled “youthXchange IN GREECE: CLIMATE CHANGE & LIFESTYLES GUIDEBOOK” has been submitted by MIO-ECSDE to UNESCO PP, through the Greek National Commission of UNESCO. The proposal builds on the UNEP/ UNESCO flagship project for youth and is based on the newly launched youthXchange guidebook that focuses on Climate Change and Sustainable Lifestyles. It involves the production of the guide in Greek language and its wide dissemination in Greece.
Evaluation results are expected in November 2012
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1. Visibility & Events
a. Activities for the Global Experiment, October-November 2011
b. Experiential Workshop on ESD methodologies in Higher Education, Beirut, 23-25 October
c. ESD Year on Health and Production processes, 9 November
d. “Revisiting University Curricula in the Mediterranean to reflect Horizon 2020 priority areas” Regional Training Workshop, Athens, 12-13 December
e. NCWRM Project Educational Component - TrainersΆ working meeting, Athens, 29-30 November
2. Material & ICTs
a. ActivitiesΆ package for the International Chemistry Year (ICY)
b. HYDRIA II Webpage
c. Material related to the DESD year on Health and Production Processes
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1. Visibility & Events
a. Activities for the Global Experiment, October-November
A series of activities were organized by MEdIES in cooperation with the University of Athens and the Association of Greek Chemists and under the auspices of UNESCO-Hellas for the Global Experiment. More particularly, the training seminar «The Global Experiment within the International Year of Chemistry 2011» took place on October 10th 2011, in the premises of ΜΙΟ-ECSDE aiming at informing the educational community about “Global Experiment” on Water topics (this is a global initiative of UNESCO and IUPAC). The seminar addressed the educational staff which is able to apply themselves or act as multipliers to the educators concerning the Global Experiment.
Approximately 37 people participated who expressed the wish to apply the Global Experiment within a school project. The participants were divided in two groups and took part in four workshops about (1) Acidity (2) Salinity (3) Filtration & disinfection (4) Solar still/distillation.
At the end of the seminar the participants were provided with the Chemistry Kits which are necessary for the application of the Global Experiments with students (donation of the UoA). Two more similar trainings took place in Northern Greece in Veria on 5 November (64 participants) and on 6 November in Kordelio (18 participants).
Furthermore, during October and November, the MEdIES Officers (Vicky Malotidi & Vassilis Psallidas) carried out the Global Experiment in selected primary and secondary schools in the wider Attica region, where more than 100 students participated.
More information about the MEdIES activities for the Global Experiment at http://www.medies.net/staticpages.asp?aID=570&overRideCategory=1
b. Experiential Workshop on ESD methodologies in Higher Education, Beirut, 23-25 October
During the 3 day intensive regional training workshop on “ESD University Curricula Review and Revision to Address Sustainable Development” that was held in the Notre Dame University in Beirut, on 23-25 October 2011 the 50 participants, coming from Higher Education (HE) institutions from Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Greece and Italy had the opportunity to exchange views and experiences as to how ESD is embedded in their curricula, and how they can reorient their curricula in order to embrace ESD in theory and praxis.
As part of the training event, an experiential workshop entitled “ESD teaching / learning methods & types of assessment in HE: a theoretic and experiential approach” was facilitated by MEdIES ESD officer Ms Iro Alampei. During this half day workshop the participants had the opportunity, by means of experiential activities, to try out characteristic ESD methodologies, compatible with HE level, as well as some assessment methods. The contributions of the participants, their discussions and ideas are being embedded on the respective ESD toolkit for HE, which is under preparation by MEdIES Secretariat, within the RUCAS project.
c. “ESD Year on Health and Production processes, 9 November
MEdIES organised a half-day long meeting entitled "ESD Year on Health and Production processes", on November 9th 2011 at the premises of MIO-ECSDE. More specifically, the meeting was organized by the Greek Pedagogical Team of MEdIES, in the context of the UN Decade for ESD (2005-2014) where the current school year 2011-12, according to the Greek Ministry of Education is devoted to Health and Production Processes.
The meeting targeted all those responsible of "innovative" types of education, existing in Greece that can be unified under the umbrella of ESD. That means heads of Environmental Education, Health Education and Cultural Affairs, both for Primary and Secondary level, in Attica region, as well as staff of Centers for Environmental Education (CEE) of Attica. The meeting was attended by 64 participants. On 15/11/2011 a documentary show followed by a panel discussion was hosted at the Cervantes Spanish Institute in Athens.
More information about the meeting can be found (in Greek) at
http://www.medies.net/staticpages.asp?aID=571&overRideCategory=1
d. “Revisiting University Curricula in the Mediterranean to reflect Horizon 2020 priority areas” Regional Training Workshop, Athens, 12-13 December
More than 60 academics, professionals and experts from Universities, relevant Ministries and NGOs from 16 Euro-Mediterranean countries participated in a two-day intensive training on how Mediterranean University curricula should effectively address the Horizon 2020 priority areas (municipal solid waste, urban wastewater, industrial emissions and of course environmental integration). The University of Athens (UoA) organised and hosted this training workshop in collaboration with the Network of Mediterranean Universities for Sustainable Development (SD), within the framework of the EU funded H2020 Capacity Building/Mediterranean Environment Programme.
The workshop aimed at informing Mediterranean Universities and relevant institutions on Horizon 2020, in order to enhance their involvement in the project and identify the needed modalities and synergies that will help in achieving its short and long-term objectives. One of the workshopΆs sessions focused on the contribution of Mediterranean Universities to the implementation of the soon to be in place Mediterranean Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development. The workshop culminated in an event dedicated to the official announcement of the “Charter for the Sustainable Greek University” entitled "The Sustainable/Green University in a time of crisis" which has been adopted by all Greek Universities in 2011 (in the afternoon of 13 December).
One day before the beginning of the workshop, on Sunday (11 December) the 3rd working meeting of the Mediterranean Universities Network on SD focusing on ESD took place (in Athens), during which the modalities of the networkΆs function were reviewed. The Universities Network continues to be facilitated by the MEdIES Secretariat and the UoA.
More information about the meetings can be found at
http://www.medies.net/articles.asp?cID=8
http://www.h2020.net/index.php
e. NCWRM Project Educational Component - TrainersΆ working meeting, Athens, 29-30 November
On 29-30 November the “training of trainers” working meeting took place at the MIO-ECSDE premises. During the meeting the contents of the new educational material and all the planned activities of the project - for teachers and students - were thoroughly discussed and elaborated. In the meeting, 6 experts participated (4 from MIO-ECSDE and GWP-Med plus 2 from Nature Trust Malta). The project “Non Conventional Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean” is actually an expansion of the previous Rainwater Harvesting of Greece, and will take place in Malta, for the period 2011-2013. Its educational component includes the development and production of relevant educational material on NCWRM in the Mediterranean as well as training of educators and activities with students in the schools.
2. Material & ICTs
a. ActivitiesΆ package for the International Chemistry Year (ICY)
On the occasion of the UNESCO International Year of Chemistry 2011 MEdIES together with the University of Athens and the Association of Greek Chemists co-organized, under the auspices of UNESCO-Hellas, a series of activities particularly for the Global Experiment on water (see 1a). Among others, MEdIES has translated/adapted to Greek and uploaded on its webpage all supporting educational material for the implementation of the Global Experiment at schools. The material can be found (in Greek) at http://www.medies.net/staticpages.asp?aID=570&overRideCategory=1
Furthermore, in collaboration with the University of Athens sponsored 60 chemistry kits to schools wishing to carry out the Global experiment.
b. HYDRIA II Webpage
The new fully functioning HYDRIA webpage is under its final elaboration and is expected to be ready by January 2012.
(www.hydriaproject.net)
c. Material related to the DESD year on Health and Production Processes
MEdIES Secretariat together with the Greek pedagogical team compiled a list of educational material and multimedia available on the internet in English and Greek, to be used by interested educators. The list is available online in Greek http://www.medies.net/staticpages.asp?aID=571&overRideCategory=1
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1. Visibility & Events
a. Participation to the EuroMAB2011 Conference, 4-8 July
b. Last training of Youth X change in the Mediterranean, Lattakia, Syria, 26 July
c. MEdIES at the Regional Conference on Advancing Non-Conventional Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean” (Athens, 14-15 September)
2. Material & ICTs
a. Toolkit on methods of ESD in higher education
b. Training material on ESD in BRs in the Mediterranean
3. Other News
Preparation of the Hellenic National Action Plan on ESD
1. Visibility & Events
a. Participation to the EuroMAB2011 Conference, Sweden, 4-8 July
The EuroMAB conference takes place every second year, bringing together Europe and North America. This time it took place in Sweden between 4th and 8th July 2012.
The conference is the meeting point meeting point for
- the Man and Biosphere Program (MAB) - the UNESCO program for sustainability
- its learning sites the Biosphere Reserves and
- You who work for sustainable futures!
MEdIES coordinator Prof. Scoullos, participated to the conference and actively contributed to its processes, especially those dealing with the Working Group of Education and ESD.
Program with description of workshops can be found at www.euromab2011.se
b. Last training of Youth X change in the Mediterranean, Lattakia, Syria, 26 July
About 150 persons attended the final YXC event in Syria at 26/07/2011, at the Arab Culture Center downtown of Lattakia. Representatives from the universities, schools, NGOs, international organizations, unions, internet websites, national T.V. and the media attended the event.
Five invited speakers on the theme of consumption, and the project “Youth X Change in the Mediterranean”, followed by two parallel workshops particularly for youth leaders and teachers on the application of the YXC kit, and the dissemination of the YXC kit.
A press conference and a T.V. interview were organized in which the local organizer, the Syrian Coast Society for Environmental Protection (SCSEP) presented the whole initiative.
The “Youth X Change in the Mediterranean” is a project of MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES Secretariat, co-funded by the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF); the EC/DG Env (through MIO-ECSDE core funding); and CP/RAC (through - UNEP/DTIE)
More information about the Youth X Change in the Mediterranean can be found at
http://www.medies.net/staticpages.asp?aID=385
c. MEdIES at the Regional Conference on Advancing Non-Conventional Water Resources Management (NCWRM) in the Mediterranean” (Athens, 14-15 September)
MEdIES participated in a panel discussion on “How to effectively Engage the Stakeholders and Build their Capacity for NCWRM” which took place within the Regional Conference on Advancing NCWRM in the Mediterranean, in Athens, 14-15 September 2011. The panel discussed ways to enhance awareness raising, stakeholdersΆ involvement and pilot application, including through corporate social responsibility programmes, relating to NCWRM. MEdIES Secretariat was represented by Ms Iro Alampei who stressed the need and the ways of engaging education in NCWRM illustrating the experience gained by the Rainwater Harvesting Educational Project. The conference overall, aimed to provide a platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue on priorities and needed synergies for advancing NCWRM in the region, including within the various regional and national frameworks.
2. Material & ICTs
a. Toolkit on methods of ESD in higher education
MEdIES together with the University of Athens are the Greek Partners in the “RUCAS” (Reorient University Curricula to Address Sustainability) TEMPUS project, led by the Dept. of Primary Education of the University of Crete. Main goal of RUCAS is to support the development of ESD in the Higher Education sector in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. MEdIES Secretariat drafted a training toolkit describing the effective methods of ESD in higher education, which will be presented in the projectΆs forthcoming meeting in October in Beirut.
b. Training material on ESD in BRs in the Mediterranean
The training material on ESD in BRs in the Mediterranean was actually “adopted” by UNESCO in 2011, and will be printed by them and be used as a blue print for the entire Euro-Mediterranean region. The material in currently under its final editing by UNESCO experts in close collaboration with the MEdIES Secretariat and is expected to be printed early in 2012.
3. Other News
Preparation of the Hellenic National Action Plan on ESD
MEdIES Coordinator, Prof Scoullos and MEdIES Secretariat, Ms Iro Alampei continue to participate in the drafting group for the development of the Hellenic National Action Plan on Education for Sustainable Development. The Action Plan (or its stage of development) is expected to be presented in next UNECE Steering Committee on ESD (February 2012) as a practical implication of the adoption of the UNECE Strategy on ESD by Greece.
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Contents
1. MEdIES Visibility & Events
a. Last phase of Youth X change in the Mediterranean
b. Three-day Environmental Awareness fest in Attic Park, 11, 12 and May 13, 2011
c. The educational activities of the rainwater harvesting project
d. MEdIES at Mere en Fete, May 2011
2. MEdIES Publications & ICTs
a. New poster on water saving for the Cyclades islands
b. Updates on RUCAS project: Preparation of Toolkit on methods of ESD in higher education
c. The new MEdIES webpage is launched
3. Other News
a. Successful outcome of the proposal on Marine Litter, lead by Provincia di Teramo
b. HYDRIA chosen as an outstanding example linking ESD and Culture
1. MEdIES Visibility & Events
a Last phase of Youth X change in the Mediterranean
Following a series of launching events in 5 of the six countries (Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and Morocco) the project is entering its last phase.
LAST LAUNCHING IN SYRIA: The last launching event that was planned to take place in Syria in April 2011 was cancelled, due to the current circumstances in the country. In order not to permanently call off the event a team of Syrian trainers visited Athens and were “trained” by the YXC experts. This one day training took place on 24 June 2011. The last event in Syria is scheduled to take place at July 26th in the Arab Culture Centre, in Lattakia.
FOLLOW UP TRAINING, LEBANON: The Lebanese partner to the project, Machzoumi Foundation together with the UNESCO regional office and UNESCO National Commission of Lebanon responding to the high demand for repetition of the training in their country decided to repeat the YXC activity in Beirut. The training was actually part of a 3 day long event (28-30 April) with the following agenda:
28 April: Training on the UNESCO KIT “Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future”
29 April: Training on Youth X Change in the Mediterranean
30 April: Tree plantation at the outskirts of Beirut.
Find the summary report of the event here:
http://www.medies.net/articles.asp?cID=8&aID=552
Contact person for YXC project: Iro Alampei at info (at) medies.net
The YOUTH X CHANGE in the Mediterranean project is led by MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES Secretariat, and co-funded by the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF), EC/DG Env (MIO-ECSDE core funding), and CP/RAC (through UNEP/DTIE)
b. Three-day Environmental Awareness fest in Attic Park 11, 12 and May 13, 2011
For three days the Hellenic Ministry of Education, educational and local authorities, together with environmental NGIS joined forces to raise awareness amongst school children of primary level on issues of environmental protection. Meeting point was the Antonis Tritsis Park, which was visited by more than 1000 school children that played kinetic games, exchanged views, joined in roll plays and simulations, tried out experiments ... and most of all enjoyed the life of the park.
MIO-ECSDE / MEdIES was there, in charge for the water related activities.
Read more at http://www.medies.net/articles.asp?cID=8&aID=551
c. The educational activities of the rainwater harvesting project
MEdIES, in collaboration with GWP-med, and under the Water Mission campaign designed and implemented a series of educational activities in schools of 6 Cyclades islands in May-June 2011, namely in Serifos, Sifnos, Milos, Syros, Folegandros and Sikinos.
It was the third year of application of this project. The purpose of the intervention was to inform and sensitize students to the issue of water saving, particularly through the revival of the practice of collecting rainwater in cisterns. It was primarily targeted for primary level, but this year it was piloted for the first time at younger (kindergarten) as well as older students (16yrs).
A series of teacher trainings also took place also in the islands, during which the trainees were informed on how to use in their classes the educational material “the Gift of Rain” as well as a new water saving poster (see 2.a).
In total 588 students and 109 teachers participated in this yearsΆ activities.
For 2011 activities read more at http://www.medies.net/articles.asp?cID=8&aID=545
d. MEdIES at Mere en Fete, May 2011
The 18th “Mer en Fête” event was organized by U-Marinu on a boat travelling between Marseille and Corsica with stops to Bastia and Ajaccio. More than 5.000 kindergarten and primary school students attended the 3day event (between 8 and 13 May 2011). Our young friends had the opportunity to explore the “Mare Nostrum” through more than 60 workshops where the 130 animators succeeded to give the children a better insight of their Mediterranean eco-cultural heritage and learn them how to protect the treasures of nature. This yearΆs participation rate demonstrates the popularity of this original event.
The 13th Med'Educ took place this year on 11 May 2011 in the conference hall of Danielle Casanova boat, in Marseille. Environment teachers, NGOs, academia, researchers attended the workshops on Mediterranean culture and environment. A workshop was dedicated to the U-Marinu campaign for the implementation of the Agenda 21 at schools in the Mediterranean within an eco-cultural context.
Ms Varvara Vasilaki, MEdIES and MIO-ECSDE representative, attended both events and discussed possibilities of supporting U-MarinuΆs campaign through the MEdIES online network.
Read more on Mer en Fête
http://merenfete.umarinu.com/
http://merenfete.umarinu.com/mededuc
2. MEDIES Publications & ICTs
a. New poster on water saving for the Cyclades islands
In the framework of the Rainwater Harvesting project a new poster has been prepared to sensitise students, especially the younger ones on water saving, particularly through the Cisterns, a century old tradition that was abandoned but currently it is gradually revitalised.
The poster is available to download in Greek language at
http://www.medies.net/_uploaded_files/rain_water_harvest/mio_rwh_poster_final_high.pdf
b. RUCAS project: Preparation of Toolkit on methods of ESD in higher education
MEdIES together with the University of Athens are the Greek Partners in the recently launched TEMPUS PROJECT, lead by the Dept. of Primary Education of the University of Crete. The project entitled Reorient University Curricula to Address Sustainability (RUCAS) was launched in October 2010 and has a 3-yr duration. Main goal of RUCAS is to support the development of ESD in the Higher Education sector in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. Other partner institutions to the project come from Ireland, Sweden, Italy, and France.
Currently the leader undertakes the statistical analysis of the survey on undergraduate students having taken place in January-February 2011 and its results are expected shortly. Also an analysis of how SD and ESD is included in the curricula of all partner universities is in place.
In this period MEdIES prepares a toolkit describing the effective methods of ESD in higher education.
c. The new MEdIES webpage is launched
The network has been silent during the last period, mainly due to the “lifting” of the page that took quite longer than foreseen. Hopefully, with the launch of the new webpage, our bulletin is about to get a “lift” also.
Take a look at www.medies.net
3. Other News
a. Successful outcome of the proposal on Marine Litter, lead by Provincia di Teramo
MIO-ECSDE/ MEdIES participated as a Partner to a CSA-SA Proposal for the project entitled MARine Litter in Europe Seas: Social AwarenesS and CO-Responsibility (MARLISCO). The main objective of the MARLISCO project is to increase the awareness of the consequences of societal behaviour in relation to waste production and management on marine socio-ecological systems, to promote co-responsibility among the different actors, to define a more sustainable collective vision. The proposal engages 19 Partners from 15 countries.
The project has a 3 year long duration with a starting date at the beginning of 2012.
MEdIES activities and role will be in the awareness sector of the project and include compilation of educational material and organization of trainings.
b. HYDRIA chosen as an outstanding example linking ESD and Culture
This is one more UNESCO in the framework of the Decade on ESD. The project website offers an opportunity for policy-makers and practitioners to learn more about the relationships between ESD, cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue. It showcases a wide range of projects, from across the globe, which are rich in detail and innovative in terms of how they have integrated culture components in ESD.
The website of HYDRIA was chosen as an outstanding example of work bridging ESD and Cultural practices. HYDRIA uses water as a ΅vehicleΆ to unfold the diverse, yet common, tangible and intangible Mediterranean cultural heritage, through reviving some representative ancient water management visions, concepts and techniques of the distant and more recent past. It presents its selected cases through texts, photos and animations and is fully functional in English and Arabic.
Read more
On UNESCO project: http://insight.glos.ac.uk/SUSTAINABILITY/UNESCOCULTURE/.
On HYDIA: www.hydriaproject.net
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Dear MEdIES friends and Task Group Members,
The MEdIES network has been silent during the last period, mainly due to the “lifting” of the page that took quite longer than foreseen. We invite you to take a look at www.medies.net
In the meantime find attached the 28th quarterly Information e-bulletin of MEdIES.
Hopefully, with the launch of the new webpage, our bulletin is about to get a “lift” also.
The MEdIES Secretariat
Contents
1. MEdIES Visibility & Events
a. 5th Launching of “YouthXchange in the Mediterranean”, 4-5 February 2011Rabat, Morocco
b. Follow up seminar on ESD and Human Rights, 4-5 February 2011, Iraclion, Greece
c. Update on the TEMPUS project on reorienting Universities Curricula to include ESD
d. The HYDRIA II project experts meeting, 22-23 March 2011
e. The upcoming educational activities of Rainwater Harvesting in the Cyclades
2. MEdIES Publications & ICTs
a. The new MEdIES webpage is launched
3. Other News
a. Nordic Conference on Sustainable Development, 31 Jan-2 Feb 2011
b. Submission of a Life Long Learning Proposal, led by MIO-ECSDE / MEdIES
c. Participation to a CSA-SA Proposal, led by Provincia di Teramo
1. MEdIES Visibility & Events
a. 5th Launching of “YouthXchange in the Mediterranean”, 4-5 February 2011Rabat, Morocco
Following a series of launching events already in four countries (Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon) the YOUTH X CHANGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN initiative was successfully launched this time in Rabat, Morocco during a two day long event jointly organised by the CMED and MIO-ECSDE. The launching combined an academic event including a press conference (day 1) and an experiential train-the-trainer seminar for youth associations and teachers (day 2) both having a great participation and appreciation from the Moroccan community.
Academic meeting and Press Conference: 4 February, University Med V Souissi:
The event was addressed to the relevant ministries of Education and Environment, to local authorities, academic staff and university students, CSOs & NGOs, and, naturally, the media. It was opened by the Minister of Education, followed by welcome messages by eminent personalities from the University, the National UNESCO office, and the Municipality.
Following a presentation of Ms Iro Alampei, (MIO‐ECSDE / MEdIES) of the international and the Mediterranean YouthXChange initiative, a series of presentations followed, linking Consumption with concepts like Biodiversity; Health; Solid Waste; and Social Economy.
The ~ 150 participants were very interested in the YXC initiative, as well as on the presentations and actively participated in the discussion that followed by giving examples from their experience, in the field of youth work, state of the environment in Morocco, etc.
One day Training event, Saturday 5 February, Ministry of Education
This event was addressed to all those involved with education and youth issues in the formal or non-formal way, such as teacher of primary and secondary level, youth leaders, university students, and NGOs carrying out educational projects etc.
About 120 participants representing these categories attended the event. This variety of their backgrounds enriched the quality of discussions during the workshops, and was considered, overall as an asset to the training seminar. The participants were split in 3 rotating groups and followed 3 experiential workshops that gave them ideas on how to use the material with their target audiences.
Find the summary report of the event here:
www.medies.net_uploaded_files/index.php?page=youthxchangeconsumpt
Contact person for YXC project: Iro Alampei at info (at) medies.net
The YOUTH X CHANGE in the Mediterranean project is led by MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES Secretariat, and co-funded by the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF), EC/DG Env (MIO-ECSDE core funding), and CP/RAC (through UNEP/DTIE)
b. Follow up seminar on ESD and Human Rights, 4-5 February 2011, Iraclion, Greece
Last October 2010, the Greek Pedagogical team of MEdIES undertook an ESD seminar according to the DESD thematic year on Human Rights. The seminar targeted the responsibles of Environmental Education, Health Education and Cultural Affairs, of Primary and Secondary level and the personnel of the Centres of Environmental Education (CEE) of Attica region. The aims were to provide valid and reliable information on the human rights approach under the ESD and also to provide an opportunity for discussion and exchange of views. Following this, it was decided to repeat the endeavour in other parts of Greece.
In this respect the 1st follow up training seminar, was hosted by CEE of Gouves, Iraklion – Crete on 4-5 February 2011 co-organised by MIO/MEdIES, the local EE responsibles and CEEs. This training had two parts (oral lectures and workshops): the first part included presentations from organizations with activities in the field of human rights and environment, while the second part, respectively, presented training programs and materials that could be exploited by teachers. Responsible officer for Iraklion seminar was Mr Vassilis Psallidas.
MEDIES is planning to repeat the training in other parts of Greece (Kavala, Veria, etc).
MEdIES officer responsible for the activity: Mr Vassilis Psallidas at info (at) medies.net
c. Update on the TEMPUS project on reorienting Universities Curricula to include ESD
MEdIES together with University of Athens are the Greek Partners in the recently launched TEMPUS PROJECT, led by the Dept. of Primary Education of the University of Crete. The project entitled Reorient University Curricula to Address Sustainability (RUCAS) was launched in October 2010 and has a 3-yr duration. Main goal of RUCAS is to support the development of ESD in the Higher Education sector in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. Other partner institutions to the project come from Ireland, Sweden, Italy, and France.
During the last there months a survey was implemented to underground students of the University of Athens by means of a questionnaire (Departments of Chemistry and Early Childhood Education). The survey deals with ESD issues in higher education and the statements of the questionnaire will help to design and integrate issues of ESD into curriculum.
Read more on the RUCAS project here http://www.actforclimate.info/testarea/drupal/
MEdIES officer responsible for the activity: Mr Vassilis Psallidas at info (at) medies.net
d. The HYDRIA II project experts meeting, 22-23 March 2011
HYDRIA has the scope to promote the wisdom of water management of antiquity or of the recent past, in terms of culture or environmental protection, or better both.
From 22 to 23 March 2011 a Working meeting of experts of the HYDRIA project took place in MIO premises Athens, Greece. Participants from Algeria, Cyprus, Italy, Tunisia and Greece presented their case studies, nominated for HYDRIA II phase.
After a brief presentation from each national expert a reflection from experts followed, giving ideas, possibilities for enrichments, web developer remarks as well as possible links to current technology and expertise, in order for the case studies to be “homogenized” to the extent possible.
During the second day the participants visited the Aegina Island, where particularly a pottery workshop for water jars and interviewed the last ceramist of the island that still works with the traditional method of to make water jars.
Visit the current HYDRIA website at www.hydriaproject.net
In February 2011 HYDRIA was chosen as an outstanding example of work bridging ESD and Cultural practices by UNESCO.
HYDRIA II is supported by UNESCO Participation Programme – GWP-Med and EU DG Env.
e. The upcoming educational activities of Rainwater Harvesting in the Cyclades
For the third Year the project Rainwater Harvesting in the Cyclades takes place in 6 islands of the Cyclades. The project is led by GWP-Med, and entails restoring old cisterns in public buildings of the Cyclades (or setting up new ones) as well as sensitising the educational community of the island.
MIO-ECSDE / MEdIES undertakes the sensitisation activities for students and teachers of Primary and Secondary Level, mainly on the basis of the educational material “The Gift of Rain”, prepared in Greek language, and certified by the Greek Ministry of Education.
The educational activities are scheduled for May – June 2011.
The Rainwater Harvesting project is under the wider Water Mission Campaign.
2. MEDIES Publications & ICTs
a. Updating of medies webpage
The new MEdIES webpage has been launched. Take a look at www.medies.net
The network has been silent during the last period, mainly due to the “lifting” of the page that took quite longer than foreseen. Hopefully, with the launch of the new webpage, our bulletin is about to get a “lift” also.
3. Other News
a. Nordic Conference on Sustainable Development in the Baltic Sea Region, "Solutions local, together" 31 Jan -2 Feb 2011 Turku Finland.
More than 550 people from 20 countries participated in the Nordic Conference on Sustainable Development in the Baltic Sea Region, entitled "Solutions local, together". The Conference - introduced sustainable practical solutions and inspired participants to use local solutions together with other stakeholders.
The conference presentations and videos can be seen from the conference website http://www.solutions2011.fi/ . In line with the principles of sustainability most of the material was merely available in e-form on the conference website. The only printing material was the agenda. Throughout the conference several social networking tools were used, like Facebook, Solutions 2011, and twitter, giving the possibility to anyone to follow it on real time.
MIO-ECSDE and MEdIES representative Mr Vasilis Psallidas participated under the light of previous cooperation, also in the framework of the long-standing collaboration between the Baltic University Programme (BUP) and the Mediterranean Universities Network on Sustainable Development for SD focusing on ESD (MedUnNET).
b. Submission of a Life Long Learning Proposal, led by MIO-ECSDE / MEdIES
MIO-ECSDE/ MEdIES submitted a proposal to DG Education under the title ESD in Designated Areas (ESD@DAs). The project aims to develop a series of five innovative state of the art modules on how ESD can be meaningfully integrated in the management of Protected Areas, Natura 2000 sites, Biosphere Reserves etc, throughout the Mediterranean. The methodology of the project involves distance learning and on-the-field activities. Partners to this project come from Greece, Italy, France, Bulgaria and the Occupied Palestinian Authority. Results are expected in August 2011
c. Participation to a CSA-SA Proposal, led by Provincia di Teramo
MIO-ECSDE/ MEdIES participated as a Partner to a proposal for the project entitled MARine Litter in Europe Seas: Social AwarenesS and CO-Responsibility (MARLISCO). The main objective of the MARLISCO project is to increase the awareness of the consequences of societal behaviour in relation to waste production and management on marine socio-ecological systems, to promote co-responsibility among the different actors, to define a more sustainable collective vision. The proposal engages 19 Partners from 15 countries. |
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Dear MEdIES friends and Task Group Members,
Please find herewith the 28th quarterly Information e-bulletin of MEdIES.
Contents
1. MEdIES Visibility & Events
a. 5th Launching of the “YouthXchange in the Mediterranean”, 4-5 February, Rabat, Morocco
b. Environment and Culture 2010: Myriads of Water Voices (GREEK EVENT)
c. One day long meeting for GREEK ESD Educators “Education for Human Rights“, 19 October 2010, Athens, Greece
d. The AQUA 2010 Conference, 22-23 October 2010
e. Series of Movie Shows& reflection discussions on Human Rights, Autumn 2010 Athens
f. Final experts meeting for training material on "ESD in MAB BRs ", 8-9 November 2010, Athens
g. Launching of the “YouthXchange in the Mediterranean”, 26-27 November, Beirut Lebanon
2. MEdIES Publications & ICTs
a. Updating of medies webpage
3. Other News
a. Training Seminar on Values Education for teachers of Athens, 10 November, Athens
b. CP/RAC Green Events Training, 23-24 Nov 2010
c. MEdIES is a Partner to a TEMPUS project on reorienting Universities Curricula to include ESD
1. MEdIES Visibility & Events
a. Launching of “YouthXchange in the Mediterranean” 9-10 October 2010, Cairo, Egypt
The Launching events of the YXC kit in Egypt were organised on 9-10 October 2010 in Cairo, with a great participation and interest from the Egyptian educational community on the issue consumption.
One day Training event: Saturday 9 October 2010
This event was addressed to all those involved with education and youth issues in the formal or non-formal way, such as teacher of primary and secondary level, youth leaders, university students, staff of museums and NGOs carrying out educational projects etc. About 80 participants representing these categories attended the event, coming from all parts of the country. This variety of their backgrounds enriched the quality of discussions during the workshop, and was considered, overall as an aster to the training seminar.
The evaluation outcomes done through a questionnaire showed a 84.4 % degree of satisfaction of the overall training seminar while the participants made specific recommendations for its improvement. These are taken into consideration from the organizers for the future events in the subsequent countries.
Launching event in Egypt: Sunday 10 October 2010
This event was addressed, primarily, to the relevant ministries of Education and Environment, to local authorities, CSOs & NGOs, and the media. The aprox. 30-40 participants were very interested in the initiative, and actively participated in the discussion that followed by giving examples from their personal experience, in the field of youth work. The event was filmed by the International Nile TV and reportage on it was made on the news.
To read more on the YXC initiative and download the FULL REPORT of the events in EGYPT visit www.medies.net_uploaded_files/index.php?page=youthxchangeconsumpt
Contact person for YXC project: Iro Alampei at info (at) medies.net
b. Environment and Culture 2010: Myriads of Water Voices, 14 October 2010, MIO-ECSDE premises
MEdIES was involved in the campaign ENVIRONMENT & CULTURE 2010 undertaken by the Greek Ministry of Culture with an educational activity entitled "A water pot from the Mediterranean”
MEdIES designed and implemented an educational especially “fitted” for the MIO-ECSDE premises in Plaka, where an exhibition of water pots and other ceramic vessels is on display.
The 90-mimnute duration programme was given to a 4th Grade class of Primary students.
The ultimate goal of the programme was to use pottery as a vehicle that would bring students in contact with the culture of the ancient Greek world and to discover that Greek art was influenced other neighboring, pre-existing cultures. Pottery is an excellent means to approach this ambitious goal since it can be used in an experiential way: Students can touch it, carry it, put water in it, they can even break it, as only replicas of little economic value were used.
MEdIES officer responsible for the activity: Ms Iro Alampei at info (at) medies.net
Read full report of the MEdIES event http://www.medies.net/article.php?story=20101118062309555
Read more on the Campaign of the Ministry http://www.yppo.gr/3/e32.jsp?obj_id=37894
c. Meeting for GREEK ESD Educators “Education for Human Rights“ in the framework of the Thematic Year 2010-11 of the UN DESD, 19 October 2010, Athens, Greece
MEdIES Secretariat and its Greek Pedagogical Team organised a one day long meeting entitled "Education for Human Rights", on 19 October 2010 at the premises of MIO-ECSDE. This meeting has been organised since 2006 within the context of the UN Decade for ESD, 2005-2014, with a different focus theme each year (themes set by the Greek Ministry for Education). This year the ESD thematic year is devoted to Education for Human Rights, (.
The target audience of the meeting included all those responsible of "special" or "targeted" forms of education, existing in Greece that can be unified under the umbrella of ESD. That means heads of Environmental Education, Health Education and Cultural Affairs, both for Primary and Secondary level, in Attica region, as well as staff of Centers for Environmental Education (CEE) of Attica. The meeting aimed to provide an opportunity for participants to learn and discuss the approach to human rights under ESD.
Overall, aprox. 80 educators and trainers participated, a number much higher than anticipated. This fact shows that there is a great interest in the Greek Educational Community on the subject of Human Rights. On closing a CD-Rom was handed to all participants with rich selected bibliography, high quality educational materials, contact-lists of relevant bodies, and some selected activities from the Greek Pedagogic Team.
Read the full report of the meeting http://www.medies.net/article.php?story=20101115063644161
All presentations and material in Greek language are uploaded here:
www.medies.net_uploaded_files/index.php?page=ESDHumanRight
In this respect the Greek pedagogical team of MEdIES also organises a series of Movie Shows on the subject of Human Rights for Reflection and Discussion by the educational Community. During automn 2010, three shows are planned, to take place in a multi-function-cafe in the centre of Athens.
d. 4th AQUA Conference: 22-23 October 2010, Paiania, Attica, Greece
AQUA 2010 was co-organized by MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES Secretariat, GWP-Med and the University of Athens on 22-23 October 2010, in Paiania region of Attica, parallel to the LEADEREXPO international exhibitions: Envirotech ΄10 (on Water and Environment Technologies) and Photovoltaic ΅10 (on Energy Technologies).
AQUA 2010 entailed two special sessions: The first session (Friday, 22 October) organised by GWP-med, focused on the "Alternative water resources in the Mediterranean". The second special session (Saturday, 23 October) organised by MEdIES Secretariat, had a strong educational component focusing on the issue of Water through the prism of human rights.
In total, more than 100 participants attended the two special sessions of AQUA.
Read the full report here http://www.medies.net/article.php?story=20101104045032983
Find the programme and the presentations (in Greek language) here http://www.medies.net_uploaded_files/index.php?page=aqua2010
For more information on the Exhibition visit: http://www.leaderexpo.gr/
e. Series of Movie shows followed by discussion to be used in class, on Human Rights
One more activity was organised by the Greek pedagogical team of MEdIES with respect to the DESD thematic year on Human Rights. The idea was for ESD interested educators to gather, watch a relevant film and have a reflection discussion on how this film could be used in the class. The discussion was coordinated with the help of a person coming either form the film industry (director or actor) or coming from the area of protection of human rights (Civil Society, International organisations etc). During autumn 2010, three Movie shows took place on a monthly basis, which were hosted in a multi-function-cafe in Athens downtown.
The discussions that followed were valued by the participants as interesting and inspiring, as they gave room to teachers for sharing experiences and learning new things form the area of film production. The initiative was valued as rather innovative and meaningful; nevertheless the number of participant teachers was smaller than anticipated. In this respect the MEdIES pedagogic team is considering whether it should repeat the activity in the future giving it a stronger publicity and communication component, in a form of campaign.
f. Final experts meeting for training material on "ESD in MAB BRs and other designated areas", 8-9 November 2010, Athens
10 experts were invited in the MIO-ESCDE premises in Athens to have this 1.5 day long working meeting with the task to finilise the texts of a soon-to-be published training material (handbook) for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).
The meeting was orghanised in the framework a joint project of MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES and UNESCO/BRESCE undertaken since 2008 with the ambitious aim of compiling a handbook for the educational staff of MAB BRs etc in the MEDITERRANEAN and the SEE REGION, on how to perform high quality ESD projects and interventions with their target audiences. The working document is expected to be finilised by 31/12/2010, and published within 2011.
Read the full report of the working meeting here
http://www.medies.net/article.php?story=20101119093722171
Read more on the overall project on its webpage:
http://www.mio-ecsde.org/protarea/
For more info contact Ms Iro Alampei at: at info (at) medies.net
g. Launching of the “YouthXchange in the Mediterranean”, 26-27 November, Beirut Lebanon
Following a series of launching events in Jordan, Tunisia and Egypt, the YOUTH X CHANGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN initiative was launched this time in Lebanon in November 2010 in a one and a half day long event jointly organised by the Makhzoumi Foundation and MIO-ECSDE. The event, as always, combined a press conference and an experiential train-the-trainer seminar for youth associations and teachers both having a great participation and appreciation from the Lebanese community on the issue consumption. Apart from that, the organisers promoted the YXC initiative in Lebanese TV and radio.
26 November 2010, Press Conference
This event was addressed, primarily, to the relevant ministries of Education and Environment, to local authorities, CSOs & NGOs, and, naturally, the media. During the event newly printed YXC guide was disseminated to the participants.
The ~ 80 participants were very interested in the initiative, and actively participated in the discussion that followed by giving examples from their experience, in the field of youth work, state of the environment in Lebanon, etc. The event was filmed by the Lebanese national TV that made a reportage on it, for the evening news.
One day Training event: Saturday 27 November 2010
This event was addressed to all those involved with education and youth issues in the formal or non-formal way.
About 80 people from all parts of the country, representing these categories participated. The variety of their backgrounds enriched the quality of discussions during the workshops, and was considered, overall as an asset to the training seminar.
Both events were widely covered by the media, including newspapers, radio and two TV channels
Read the full report here
http://www.medies.net/article.php?story=20101206083139102
2. MEDIES Publications & ICTs
a. Updating of medies webpage
The “refreshed” MEdIES webpage will be uploaded in beta-version in January 2010
b. ESD in MAB BRs and other designated areas"
It is planned to be published within 2011. Some e-learning activities have been prepared for the promotion of part of the material and they are going to be launched soon.
3. Other News
a. Training Seminar on Values Education for teachers of Athens, 10 November, Athens Greece.
MEdIES participated, as co-organiser to a teacher training on the theme of APPLYING APPROPRIATE TEACHING TOOLS OF VALUES EDUCATION for teachers in Athens, on 10th October 2010. The event was co-organised with the EE (Environmental Education) heads of secondary and primary education of Athens (DΆ department).
More than 80 EE educators of secondary and primary education from the region participated in the training that was hosted by the 1st High school of N. Psichiko. Ms Iro Alampei coordinated one of the experiential workshops of the seminar.
Read the report of the seminar here http://www.medies.net/article.php?story=20101118072741731
For more info contact Ms Iro Alampei at: at info (at) medies.net
b. Greening Events Training, 23-24 November 2010
An interactive training workshop was organised by CP/RAC on how to plan, implement and evaluate sustainable events, on 23-24 November 2010 hosted by the Regional Activity Centre for Cleaner Production (CP/RAC), organised in collaboration with the NGO Barcelonya.
Three MIO-ECSDE officers participated to the training, that had ~15 participants in total.
A webpage was created to serve as learning space, and a platform for sharing experiences among the participants in the future. Read more http://barcelonya.com/learningspace/
c. MEdIES is a Partner to a TEMPUS project on reorienting Universities Curricula to include ESD
MEdIES as well as the University of Athens are the Greek Partners in the newly launched TEMPUS PROJECT with the acronym RUCAS , which is led by the Dept. of Primary Education of the University of Crete. The project is entitled Reorient University Curricula to Address Sustainability (RUCAS), was launched in 15 October 2010 and has a 3-yr duration. Main goal of RUCAS is to support the development of ESD in the Higher Education sector in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. Other partner institutions to the project come from Ireland, Sweden, Italy, and France. Kick off meeting of the project was organised in Crete in 14-15 December 2010, with the participation of two MEdIES officers. A project website is under development.
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