Education for Sustainable Development in the Carpathian

Mountains - activities of UNEP Vienna - ISCC

UNECE Steering Committee on ESD

April 3-4, 2014

Palais des Nations, Geneva

United Nations Environment Programme Vienna Office

• Carpathian Convention (MEA)

• Environment and Security (ENVSEC): Balkans,

South Caucasus

• Activities related to the “Global Mountain Agenda”

• Liaison activities

• Cooperation with other IGOs

http://www.unep.at/

UNEP Vienna –

Interim Secretariat of

the Carpathian

Convention

www.carpathianconvention.org

The Carpathians from Space

Carpathian Convention

Countries:

Czech Republic

Hungary

Poland

Romania

Serbia

Slovak Republic

Ukraine

The Carpathian Convention and ESD

Article 13 - Awareness raising, education and public

participation

1. The Parties shall pursue policies aiming at increasing environmental

awareness and improving access of the public to information on the

protection and sustainable development of the Carpathians, and promoting

related education curricula and programmes.

2. The Parties shall pursue policies guaranteeing public participation in

decision-making relating to the protection and sustainable development of

the Carpathians, and the implementation of this Convention.

ESD – Related activities of the ISCC

• The Move4Nature Project

• Big Foot. Crossing Generations,

Crossing Mountains

• Innovation in Rural Tourism

• Regional Centre for Expertise in ESD

Move4Nature

teacher training, teacher/student activity, protected areas

formal/non-formal learning

The Trainings and the Carpathian Mountain ESD

Training Tool Kit

at least 15 trainers

more than 40 schools

more than 100 teachers

more than 3000 students

http://platform.bigfoot-project.eu/move4nature

Feed-Back

“…Everyone was so enthusiastic to start working with the Tool

Kit! Every school wants to have visitors to demonstrate their local

work with the materials… In every case, we have the same

positive feedback and willingness to continue.”

Maria Toth, The Romanian coordinator, Romanian Tool Kit editor and organizer of the workshop in Cluj – Bihor.

“The Move4Nature training was a great experience both for us as

trainers and for the participating teachers. They hope to involve more

teachers from their schools … or other counties or from other countries”

Marcela SÎRBU, “George Moroianu” High-school, Săcele, Braşov, Organizer of the training in Braşov.

Schools, vocational training,

Informal /non-formal education

• Encouraging exchange of knowledge,

skills and values among the older and

younger generations:

• traditional knowledge

• cultural and natural heritage

• new technology

• skills related to crafts

• tourism development concepts

• nature protection concepts

Crossing Generations,

Crossing Mountains

http://www.bigfoot-project.eu

http://www.bigfoot-project.eu

Transferability Tool Kit

http://www.bigfoot-project.eu/publications.html

Community Livelihood Platform

http://platform.bigfoot-project.eu

Vocational training and informal education

• Digital learning tools

• Training for the local tourism

stakeholders • community-based sustainable tourism product

development

• Online and mobile promotional e-tools

• Support the local population in using created tools

• Transfer the methodology and tools to other Carpathian countries, other EU and Neighbourhood countries

Innovation in Rural Tourism

Regional Centre of Expertise in ESD -Vienna

• the regional network for research, education and knowledge

interactions on questions related to regional and trans-regional

sustainable development.

• - creation of RCEs in the Carpathian/other countries?

http://www.rce-vienna.at

Thank you for your attention

Contact:

Harald Egerer

UNEP Vienna

– Interim Secretariat of the

Carpathian Convention

harald.egerer@unvienna.org

www.carpathianconvention.org

www.unep.at