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HLLENIC REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION & RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS. …& Environmenal Education for Sustainable Development ,. PRESENTATION. Conference for the Official Lauching of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean Region;

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  1. HLLENIC REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION & RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS …& Environmenal Education for Sustainable Development, PRESENTATION Conference for the Official Lauching of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean Region; Athens, 26-27 Nov. 2005, Ameur JERIDI (M.A. Applied Linguistics) President of APNEK Language teacher, Institut Supérieur des Etudes Juridiques & Politiques, Université de Kairouan, Teacher of Environmental Education, Institut Supérieur des Cadres de l’Enfance, Université de Carrthag,Tunisia.

  2. The Presentation : Less exhibition & enumeration;More : APNEK’s maturing perception of the place of Environmental Education for Sustainability (EES) within a more than a 2-decade endeavour APNEK’s ‘Art & Craft’ of handlingEES& awareness ofCommunication&EDUCATIONasthe ‘raison d’être’ of NGOs,&asakey instrumenttosocial change…

  3. Association for the Protection of Nature & Environment, Kairouan Volunteer NGO for Environment & Sustainable Development founded 1984 www.europsolar.com/apnek apnektunisia@yahoo.fr

  4. Grand Award of the president of the Republic for nature & environment protection1994 ; • In Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC since 1997.

  5. …has an AGE : officially born 1984 +2decades accumulated experience & expertise, outreach, contribution, relations,IMAGE. Locally, nationally, regionally, internationally…

  6. …has an IDENTITY : Karouanese-Tunisian Arab-African Mediterranean

  7. …has a MOTTO : Do Good, Do Well…

  8. …has an AMBITION : Make a (‘green’) difference. InKairouan, in Tunisia, in theMediterranean…through Communication & EDUCATION at large…

  9. …has a SPIRIT : Openness & Optimism anchored in faith in Good and Well DOING…

  10. …has a Progressive, Progressive MISSION : From mere dissemination of the ‘idea of nature & environment protection to mobilization and volunteering for environment & SD.

  11. …has a conceptual / logical matrix / mould : • THINKING: good sense & realism; • BEING: internal organization, human interaction management… • DOING: volunteering & project implementation… • RELATING: Cultivating mutually constructive interaction & exchange…

  12. …has methodological tools : • Good WILL; • A progressive, prospective STRATEGY; • Progressive, prospective OBJECTIVES; • A progressive, prospective METHODOLOGY…

  13. …has resources : • Steering Board, Executive Team, Volunteers; • Relational (institutional & personal); • Material (headquarters, computers, a ‘Mobile School’)…

  14. Objectives • Environment protection & sustainable development through : • Information &communication • Awareness-raising & education • Field work &participation • Exchange & experience sharing

  15. Strategic Invariables • Communication • Partnership • Professionalism • Support to and cooperation with national and regional programs(government, IGOs, NGOs…)

  16. Target Groups • Youth (school youths, students…); • Women; • Educators; • The Public at large… • …from Kindergaten to Universtity…

  17. Major topics treated & disseminated in APNEK’s communication and EES Programs(in the framework of the governments’s, MIO-ECSDE’s & RAED’s Programs): • Biodiversity and WATER; • Cleanness & domestic WASTE; • The MEDITERRANEAN & SD; • DESERTIFICATION & international partnership; • The urban environment & LOCAL AGENDA 21; • Renewableenergy…

  18. Major EES international participations : • UNESCO international Conference Environment & Soceity : Education for a Sustainable Futre, Thessaloniki (Greece), Dec.1997; • RAED / MIO-ECSDE / UNEP-MAP’s Regional Workshop on Environmental Communication & Education, Cairo (Egypt), Oct.2000; • UNESCO International Experts’ Meeting on Environmental Education, Santiago de Compostella (Spain), Nov.2000; • UNESCO International conference on Environmental Education & Sustainability, Thessaloniki (Greece), 1997; • Regional Workshop on Environmental Citizenship, Beirut (Lebanon), Nov.2004…

  19. Types of Local & National Events & settings held : • Seminars; • Workshops; • Conferences; • Campaigns; • ‘Days’; • Provincial and national radio & TV channels…

  20. International Events (to be) organized : • International Scientific Camp : «Ecology and Patrimony» in the Kairouan Environment, Dec.1992; • International Workshop «Partners Against Desertification», Kairouan, March 1996; • Arab-Mediterranean Workshop «Solidarity for Sustainable Development», Tunis, March 2002 in the Johannesburg process. • International Symposium : « Biotech, Food Sovereignty & Sust.Devt », Kairouan9-11 Dec.2005. • COMPSUD 5 & MEDIES launching in Tunisia : Kairouan, Nov.2006.

  21. ACHIEVEMENTS : • Contribution in environmental awareness raising ; • Support to regional (Euromed & Arab) exchange & networking initiatives : UNEP-MAP (MCSD),RAED-UE (RCSWMP), MIO-ECSDE (MedActionDay, Medies, Compsud…) ; • APNEK : The voluntary, good-willed DOOR & institutional representative of MIOECSDE & RAED in Tunisia… • …with BELIEF, AWARENESS, & PATIENCE…

  22. Major EES Tunisian & Euromed Partners : • Ministry of Environment & Sust. Dev. ; • National Agency for Environment Protection ; • National Agency for Waste Treatment ; • DDC • Embassy of Finland in Tunis; • UNEP-MAP • MIO-ECSDE • RAED

  23. SYNTHESIS : • Environmental Communication & Education for Sustainability : • is the heart, the core of APNEK performance; • Targets different groups & uses various channels; • Favours learning by doing’ & learning through play; • Is diffused into all APNEK’s activities & programs…

  24. LESSONS LEARNED : • EES has impact only by DOING i.e. practice; • INTEREST is a basic factor for inverting behaviour towards desired schemes; • EES is GOOD GOVERNANCE of mentalities & behaviour…

  25. Thank you for paying attention… & see you all inTunisiasoon : in Dec. 2005 & in Nov. 2006…

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