WHY OUR PROJECT?
The project "Going back to green future (On
toure)" addresses directly an issue which is in increasing demand
and relevance among all European communities: climate change
(CC) mitigation. International treaties and European policies bound us to
take effective action and at (inter-)national levels there is a substantial
will to tackle these challenges, yet an actual implementation is difficult
and slow and the awareness of the urgency of action itself is not enough.
In recent years, adult education institutions (AEI) in
different ways aim to enable their learners to act sustainable. With a little
more in-depth insight into the work of AEI staff (heads of departments,
managers and other personnel who teach and support adult learners - our target
group), we discover how nearly all areas of their work are to some extent
intertwined with CC mitigation or, in other words, reaching sustainable
development (SD) goals. Desktop researches, AEI staff conferences' conclusions,
a number of projects that deal with SD topics show that AEI themselves
stay without proper guidelines as to how to set an example of SD organisation
in order to really tackle CC challenge holistically and systematically. They
lack of proper guidelines on how to work or behave so that their work would
always take into account the impact on the climate.
WHICH RESULTS WE'LL FOLLOW?
The project will by exchange of good practices among 7 partners from 6 countries* explore the possibility of establishing »an across Europe guidelines« for SD self-evaluation system and incorporation of SD goals in AEI by achieving the following results:- A virtual collection of good practices of incorporation of
SD goals in partners' countries organisations that will enable the users to get
an overview of what worked best in each country.
- A list of self-evaluation tools and methods regarding
incorporation of SD in organisations that will enable users to select their own
method or tool for self-evaluation.
- Implemented 3-day training event »Ex-Change!« that
will equip at least 19 participants with knowledge and skills necessary to
successfully incorporate SD goals in their organisations.
- Developed and implemented Action plans that will encompass
concrete measures, actions for incorporating SD goals in partner organisations.
- Identified min. 7 SD ambassadors as role models in each
partner organisation for promotional and dissemination purposes who will take
care over the implementation of Action plans and offer support to
interested organisations.
- Facebook, Instagram, blog page as a communication campaign
channels that will contain all relevant data regarding the project and its'
activities.
- PhotoVoice Manifesto as a promotional method that will
include all target groups, also adult learners, and as a method that enables
critical reflection on the realities of every-day work and life.
AND OUR GOALS?
The »Going back to green future« project will:- extend and develop adult education institutions staff's
competences in the field of climate change mitigation in a broad sense;
- improve the capacity of adult learning institutions and
organisations to incorporate sustainable development goals in their strategies,
plans and, most importantly, in their everyday life and work;
- create opportunities for adult learners to become more
environmentally responsible citizens in different European countries.
We expect that AEI will use the project's results as a
starting point for or as a vehicle for their own development towards SD and
will be able to set an example of SD organisation: how to work and behave
so that their work would always take into account the impact on the climate. SD
should be considered as a main principle to keep in mind when planning AEI
daily life and development. One of the impacts on local, regional,
national and European level will, thus, be an increase in awareness about the importance
of continuous (quality) development of adult education institutions in
order to meet the contemporary needs of adult learners.
The journey towards more sustainable development oriented
adult education institutions is our project's goal we are aiming at, this is
why we are »On toure«.
🔍So, follow our project and take a toure with us!
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* Partner institutions are:
UPI LJUDSKA UNIVERZA ŽALEC (Slovenia)
Društvo Ekologi brez meja (Slovenia)
DOMSPAIN CONSULTING SL DomSpain (Spain)
KLAIPEDOS VALSTYBINE KOLEGIJA KVK (Lithuania)
A & A Emphasys Interactive Solutions Ltd EMPHASYS (Cyprus)
Agentia pentru Dezvoltare Regionala Nord-Est NERDA (Romania)
CIVIC COMPUTING LIMITED CIVIC (United Kingdom)
Project duration: 1.11.2020 - 31.12.2022
EC Project N°: 2020-1-SI01-KA204-076058
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