Move4Nature Sustainable Education Network in the Carpathian and the Caucasus Mountains

1. Move4NatureSustainable Education Network in the Carpathian and the Caucasus Mountains Tamara MitrofanenkoUNEP ROE – Vienna Office2nd Planning Meeting of the Carpathian Sustainable Learning NetworkProduction of the Training Tool Kit on ESD in the Mountain AreasTrencin, Slovakia28-30 January, 2009

2. The Main Idea: To mainstream sustainability issues into educational practice in the Carpathian/Caucasus schools through regional cooperation. • Educational materials for schools • Environmental awareness and better connectivity • Environmental education interaction throughout the Carpathian/Caucasus region

3. Outputs: • An Internet platform for cooperation • An Informative and interactive training tour in Romania • A Training Tool Kit on ESD in the Mountain Areas

4. Timeline:

5. The First Planning WorkshopBucharest, Romania17-19 June 2008 • Tool Kit recommendations • Web-site decision • The Romanian Teacher Training Planning Workshop • Poiana Brasov, Romania • 7-8 November 2008 • Example of tools used by Romanian partners

6. 2nd Planning Meeting of the Carpathian Sustainable Learning Network (CASALEN) Production of the Training Tool Kit on ESD in the Mountain Areas Trencin, Slovakia28-30 January, 2009

7. Objectives • To decide on the contents of the toolkit • To divide responsibilities on the production of the toolkit • To finalize the draft schedule of the toolkit development/production • To produce the budget for the tool kit production • To decide on the details of testing the toolkit during the Teacher Trainings in Romania • To decide on the use of the Internet platform for follow-up

8. Components • An Internet platform for cooperation • An Informative and interactive training tour in Romania • A Training Tool Kit on ESD in the Mountain Areas

9. The Tool Kit Recommendations: The most important objective of the tool kit is to provoke “critical thinking” – encourage both teachers and students to think critically about what is valuable to them in their surroundings, what problems exist, and how they could approach those problems.

10. Possible “Mountain” Issues(based on the contents of the Carpathian Convention) • Article 4: Conservation and sustainable use of biological and landscape diversity • Article 5: Spatial planning • Article 6: Sustainable and integrated water/river basin management • Article 7: Sustainable agriculture and forestry • Article 8: Sustainable transport and infrastructure • Article 9: Sustainable tourism • Article 10: Industry and energy • Article 11: Cultural heritage and traditional knowledge

11. The Tool Kit Recommendations:some other issues to consider • CLIMATE CHANGE • World Environment Day 2009: • “UNite to combat climate change” • Gender issues • Tourism • Experience/examples from the Alpine/Caucasus countries

12. The Tool Kit Recommendations: • used as a unifying idea, but flexible • Adaptable to students of both lower and higher grades • “Multimodel” adaptable to other regions: • (Alps/Caucasus)

13. The Carpathian Tool Kit:“Design a Carpathian nature/cultural trail” • the transport to/through the trail • natural resources • cultural components • local products • environmental problems

14. The Tool Kit Recommendations: • target teachers of a number of disciplines, suchas: • Biology • Geography • Crafts • English/other foreign languages • Physical education • Interdisciplinary components

15. UNEP Substantive Inputs • A collection of maps • Information on the Carpathian Convention/Caucasus Cooperation/Mountain Partnership • An e-learning component

16. Testing the Toolkit • Teacher Training in Romania • Other Countries? • Ask youth for review • The Tunza Youth Advisory council • Youth and Environment Europe

17. THANK YOU! UNEP ROE - Vienna Office Interim Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention, Vienna International Centre Room: D0425, PO Box 500, 1400 Vienna, Austria Tel: (+ 43 - 1) 26060 - 4722 Fax: (+ 43 - 1) 26060 - 74722 E-mail: Tamara.Mitrofanenko@unvienna.org