Conference for the Official Launching of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in t

1
Conference for the Official Launching of the UN
Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
in the Mediterranean Region26-27 November 2005,
Athens
2
The Foundations Programme on Education for
Sustainable Development
3
Euro-Med Schools Programme
4
Main Priorities

• A Euro-Med School Magazines Project
• Produce through school twinning teams involving
  at least two schools from EU Member States and
  two schools from Mediterranean partner countries,
  magazines, yearbooks, articlesetc.
• One of the thematic areas Sustainable
  Development.
• Suggested partners for implementation media
  partners, the Mediterranean Programme of the
  International Federation of Journalists, Medies
  and other concerned institutions.

5
Euro-Med Teacher-Training Programme

• Capacity-building for teachers in support of
  Euro-Mediterranean cooperative youth
  arrangements.
• Training seminars on selected themes such as
  sustainable development.
• Suggested co-organizers Council of Europe and
  ALECSO, Medies.

6
Multi Lingual Education Server

• Sustainable Development
• Basic materials for understanding ecosystems,
  man-nature and bio and cultural diversity
  relations links to new resources developed for
  World Decade on Education for Sustainable
  Development (suggested main partners Medies, WWF
  and other relevant institutions).

7
Multi Lingual Education Server

• Sustainable Development
• Basic materials for understanding ecosystems,
  man-nature and bio and cultural diversity
  relations links to new resources developed for
  World Decade on Education for Sustainable
  Development (suggested main partners Medies, WWF
  and other relevant institutions).

8
Euro Med Heritage for Young People

• Landscape, natural and urban heritage pilot
  project on the cultural of water and its social,
  environmental and artistic

9
Setting up an On-Line Euro-Med Schools Platform

• Purpose promote the ideals of ALF and center
  foremost on actively attaining the goals and the
  targets adopted and enshrined in the mission
  statement.

10
On-Line Euro-Med Schools Platform
Invite schools from Euro-Med countries to
initiate dialogue on principles and issues. Since
quality education is critical to building
cultures of peace.

Specific Objectives
11

• Encourage creativity and help students from
  Euro-Med countries to know about each other to
  create meaningful school links
• Arouse curiosity for further work on tolerance.
• Commemorate events with wide participation of
  schools from Euro-Med partners countries.

12
Suggested Issues to be addressed as a start

• Heritage/Diversity
• Sustainable development
• Human Rights
• Others

13
Implementation Strategy

• Stage One Experimentation phase
• Stage Two Implementation and Monitoring (Fix
  priorities for the topics to be addressed)
• Stage Three Evaluation and Reporting

14
Expected Result

• Creation of an interactive platform for an on
  Line Euro Med Schools Networking and Forum and
  promotion of intercultural dialogue.

15
Performance Indicators

• Number of Euro-Med schools involved in the
  on-line platform.
• Selected success stories covered by media.
• Examples of best practices disseminated.
• Number of activities organized and carried out in
  support of intercultural dialogue among schools
  in Euro-Med countries partners.
• Recognition to those who have made outstanding
  contribution ensured and enhanced.

16
For the technical part

• We need to establish with the assistance of the
  webmaster the following
• Forum Guidelines and Rules
• Registration (User name, Password and log in) and
  formatting the request of member (where to post,
  when to post and posting information).
• Member lists
• Calendar
• Announcements

17

• Areas for discussion and conducted in English
  Language
• Search
• Reporting
• Quality control feedback
• Site feedback.

18

• Thank you
• Eman Qaraeen
• Head of the Education Unit