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‘MEDITERRANEAN WORKSHOP ON THE PROMOTION OF
EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY’,
17-18 December 1998, Athens
This Workshop is a direct follow up
meeting of the International Conference on: ‘Environment and Society: Education and
Public Awareness for Sustainability’ (which was held in Thessaloniki, 8-12/12/1997 and
was organised by UNESCO and the Greek Government). Its objective is to follow up on the
scientific merit of the International Conference: the concepts of sustainability and
sustainable development in education, the evaluation and messages of environmental
education and a number of ethical, gnosiological and methodological questions, valuable
experiences gained through various projects and processes in different countries at
different levels, a vast variety of methods and means, addressing different audiences.
The Workshop aims to adapt the main
recommendations to the specific conditions and educational systems of the Mediterranean
and furthermore to strengthen cooperation among educators working on Environment and
Sustainability and to identify if the creation of a systematic collaboration between
teachers at national level in the Mediterranean countries is an initiative that may prove
applicable and if so, to recommend the needed short and medium term steps.
The meeting will be based on the work
conducted within its Working Groups and not so much on the lectures given. Furthermore,
will have a trilateral composition comprising
- Educators (Secondary level)
- Administrators of environmental education
(Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environment)
- Competent NGOs
MIO-ECSDE Organisations should have received
by now the relevant announcement and registration form, by post-mail. For further
information please contact the MIO-ECSDE Secretariat.
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3rd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE
MIO-ECSDE MEMBER ORGANISATIONS, 19 December 1998, Athens.
MIO-ECSDE plans to hold the Annual
General Meeting (AGM) of its Member Organisations, on the 19th of December
1998, in Athens, Greece. More information will be provided in the forthcoming Bulletin and
by invitations. Members are expected to confirm their interest in attending the AGM.
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
In the framework of the MIO-ECSDE 1998 Work
Programme three short-period intensive training workshops for NGO staff will be held in
Athens, on the issues:
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
In the framework of the MIO-ECSDE 1998 Work
Programme three short-period intensive training workshops for NGO staff will be held in
Athens, on the issues:
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
In the framework of the MIO-ECSDE 1998 Work
Programme three short-period intensive training workshops for NGO staff will be held in
Athens, on the issues:
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
In the framework of the MIO-ECSDE 1998 Work
Programme three short-period intensive training workshops for NGO staff will be held in
Athens, on the issues:
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
In the framework of the MIO-ECSDE 1998 Work
Programme three short-period intensive training workshops for NGO staff will be held in
Athens, on the issues:
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
In the framework of the MIO-ECSDE 1998 Work
Programme three short-period intensive training workshops for NGO staff will be held in
Athens, on the issues:
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
In the framework of the MIO-ECSDE 1998 Work
Programme three short-period intensive training workshops for NGO staff will be held in
Athens, on the issues:
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
SHORT PERIOD
INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR NGO STAFF
In the framework of the MIO-ECSDE 1998 Work
Programme three short-period intensive training workshops for NGO staff will be held in
Athens, on the issues:
- Desertification and Water Management, 10-18 October 1998,
- The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, 14-22 November 1998,
- Public Participation, 11-18 December 1998.
The purpose of these workshops is ‘Capacity
Building’ of NGO leaders and/or staff. There will be three participants in each
workshop. The outcomes will be summarised in three relevant reports, which will be
available on request, by the Secretariat, to all MIO-ECSDE members.
JOINT MEDITERRANEAN
PROJECT: ROUNDTABLES ON INNOVATIVE PARTICIPATION AND FUND RISING ACTIVITIES
The two most critical ‘limiting
factors’ on which NGO activity depends are the institutional framework and practices
related to public participation at national and local level and the availability of funds.
One day roundtables are foreseen to be organised in
8 Mediterranean countries (potentially in Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Spain,
Tunisia and Turkey, by the MIO-ECSDE Executive Bureau Member-Organisations). In order to
secure the necessary harmonisation, functionality and comparable outcomes, the MIO-ECSDE
Secretariat will draft and disseminate to the individual NGO organisers a set of
guidelines, on the aim, the synthesis of the audience, the key-questions etc. of the
Roundtables. Representatives of the national governments, local authorities, NGOs, private
donors etc. will be invited.
A synthesis of the Reports of the national
roundtables will be elaborated by the MIO-ECSDE Secretariat, in order to disseminate the
main results and recommendations to the MIO-ECSDE Members and the wider NGO network, with
which MIO-ECSDE collaborates.
MIO-ECSDE’s proposal for financial
support, of its 1998 work-programme, to DGXI of the EC, was approved
In late August MIO-ECSDE’s Secretariat
was informed by the financial unit of DGXI of the European Commission that its proposal,
which was submitted under DGXI’s budgetline entitled “ Promotion of environmental
NGOs: Participation to the working and activity programme from the 01/01/1998 to the
31/12/1998”, was approved. According to this the subsidy of the Commission to MIO-ECSDE’s
1998 Work-Programme will be 49,99% of its foreseen budget.
Research Project “SUDECIR”: Reaching its End
The SUDECIR (SUstainable Development of
European CIties and Regions) research project is reaching its end. MIO-ECSDE, which was
responsible for the formulation of a methodology leading to Sustainable Tourism
Development, has completed its Case-Study in Rhodes island, Greece, with very interesting
results. Apart from the concrete scientific analysis of the sector of tourism (through the
detailed examination of its present features and their alternative options and through a
newly introduced concept of Carrying Capacity), MIO-ECSDE’s approach paid special
attention to the aspect of Stakeholder Participation. The applied participation model,
which examined the “vision” and “expectations” of the stakeholders and involved
them, right from the begging, in the entire process of the formulation of the Tourism
Sustainability Plan, proved to be efficient in terms of ‘Consensus Building’. A
Steering Committee is being now set up, with the mediation of MIO-ECSDE, consisted of
representatives of bodies involved in Rhodes’s development. The Committee’s objective
is to secure the continuation of the dialogue and the implementation of the decisions
taken in common.
The four Institutes involved in SUDECIR,
namely IEEP, STENUM, TAURUS and MIO-ECSDE, met in Brussels and organised a Workshop on
23/9/1998, in the Building of DGXII of the EC, where they presented the outcomes of their
research and their case studies. The Workshop was attended by representatives of the
European Commission and coordinators of other relevant research programmes. The developed
methodology by the SUDECIR team, was well accepted during the discussions that followed
and parts of it are likely to be integrated in the processes followed by the other
research groups. This development was very well received by the representative of DGXII,
who commented that it is the wish of the EC that “new” projects profit from the
experience gained by SUDECIR.
Proceedings of the
International Conference on ‘Environment and Society: Education and Public Awareness for
Sustainability’ (8-12/12/1997, Thessaloniki, Greece)
The proceedings (a volume of
approx. 900 pages) of this International Conference, which was organised by UNESCO and the
Government of Greece, with the Secretarial support of the University of Athens and the
MIO-ECSDE, are presently being printed. The dissemination procedure, to all the conference
participants, is bound to start during mid October.
9th MIO-ECSDE EXECUTIVE
BUREAU MEETING, 18 / 12 / 1998, MONACO
The 9th EBM of MIO-ECSDE will
take place in Monaco on the 18th of December 1998.
The agenda will include among other things:
- Review of the activities between May to October 1998.
- Ongoing activities according to the approved annual
work-programme.
- Membership issues
- Next Annual General Meeting of Member-Organisations.
Conferences
with MIO-ECSDE participation
A. ALREADY
HELD:
MSCD Thematic Group Workshop: “Tourism and
Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean Region”, Antalya, Turkey, 17-19/9/1998.
MIO-ECSDE was represented by Prof. M. Scoullos and Ms O. Kontostanou-Karalivanou.
VI Conference on Environmental Education in Europe, Lisbon,
17-22/9/1998. MIO-ECSDE was represented by Ms A. Veneti.
Forum International Multaqa Mediterraneen de l’ UNESCO,
Agrigento, 17-20/9/1998. MIO-ECSDE was represented by its Prof. M. Scoullos.
MSCD Thematic Group Workshop: “Tourism and
Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean Region”, Antalya, Turkey, 17-19/9/1998.
MIO-ECSDE was represented by Prof. M. Scoullos and Ms O. Kontostanou-Karalivanou.
VI Conference on Environmental Education in Europe, Lisbon,
17-22/9/1998. MIO-ECSDE was represented by Ms A. Veneti.
Forum International Multaqa Mediterraneen de l’ UNESCO,
Agrigento, 17-20/9/1998. MIO-ECSDE was represented by its Prof. M. Scoullos.
B. TO BE HELD:
World Conference on: “Higher
Education in the XXI Century; Vision and Actions”, UNESCO, Paris, 5-9/10/1998. MIO-ECSDE
will be represented by Prof. Scoullos.
MAP/NGO Collaboration Meeting, MAP/UNEP premises, Athens, 9/10/1998.
MIO-ECSDE will be represented by its Chairman Prof. M. J. Scoullos.
4th MCSD Meeting, Monaco,
20-22/10/1998. MIO-ECSDE will be represented by Prof. M. Scoullos.
MISCELLANEOUS
8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact: 8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact:
MISCELLANEOUS
8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact: 8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact:
MISCELLANEOUS
8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact: 8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact:
MISCELLANEOUS
8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact: 8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact:
MISCELLANEOUS
8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact: 8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact:
MISCELLANEOUS
8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact: 8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact:
MISCELLANEOUS
8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact: 8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact: 8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact: 8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact: 8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact: 8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact: 8th International Contest of
Children’s Paintings on the Environment, organised by UNEP’s Children and Youth
Programme and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment. The contest is open to
children between the ages of 6 to 15 years in every nation. Entries must reach the
organisers’ collecting centres by 31/12/1998 at the latest. For more information
contact:
UNEP: United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi
P.O.Box 30552, Kenya, tel: +254 2 230084, fax: +254 2 623692, e-mail: theodore.oben@unep.org, or Found. for Global
Peace and Environment: 401 Howamita Tsunazaka Bldg., 2-7-7 Mita, Minato-ku Tokyo 108,
Japan, tel: +81 3 5442 3161, fax: +81 3 5442 3431, e-mail: fgpe@mxj.mesh.ne.jp
- 3rd European Conference on Wave Energy,
Patras,
Greece, 30/9-2/10/1998. The conference’s objective is to present new technologies
and evolutions on the issue of exploiting the energy of sea-waves. For more information:
Centre of Renewable Resources of Energy, Greece, tel: +301 6039900, fax: +301 6039904-11
- Interantional Congress “Sustainable Tourism in the
Mediterranean. The Participation of the Civil Society”,
Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
on 22-24 October 1998. Organised by EcoMediterrania, CLAPE-LR, ASMAPE and APE Wilaya of
Tetouan. For more information: EcoMediterrania: tel: +34 93 4125599, fax: +34 93 4124622,
e-mail: EcoMed@pangea.org
- International Conference: “Sustainable Tourism in Small
Island Developing States and Other Islands”,
Lanzrote, Canary Islands, Spain, 25-28
October 1998. Organised by UNEP and the World Tourism Organisation. For more information:
+34 928 591777, fax: +34 928 591785, e-mail: resevasl@beatrizhoteles.com
- European Union Environment Journalists & Quality Life
(EUEJ)
The organisation has started its activities as an non-profit NGO. It collaborates with
institutions that are concerned to promote their work and their activities such as
envronmental protection, public awareness, safety, health, improving quality of life.
For more information: 25 Trapezountos Str., Koridallos, 18121, Greece, tel: +301 5615565,
fax: +301 5451701, e-mail: ionics@acci.gr
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