About Support

The Comenius network “Partnership and Participation for a Sustainable Tomorrow”, SUPPORT, consists of 31 partners from 15 countries participating in EU's Lifelong Learning Programme and several additional associated memberorganisations from these and other countries.

The overall objective of SUPPORT is to promote and enhance the quality of education for sustainable development (ESD).

SUPPORT will generate and spread knowledge about how ESD can be effectively supported through cooperation with actors in the local community. Interaction and cooperation among key stakeholders and best practice exchange will be facilitated by thematic conferences, workshops, a Comenius mobility seminar, Comenius school partnership contact seminars, Arion visits, and a web-based campaign on "CO₂nnect - CO₂ on the way to school". The activities will be managed and coordinated through annual advisory group and partner meetings.

The learning goals for the international school campaign "CO₂nnect - CO₂ on the way to school" build on reports and guidelines from the UN, OECD and others who have investigated what kind of learning that is needed in order to deal with the challenges of creating a sustainable society.

Here, you can download a PPT-presentation about SUPPORT and CO2nnect.

Impacts

Specific objectives of SUPPORT are to increase participation in science studies by making these more attractive, reduce the gender imbalance in science education and promote entrepreneurship by supporting a school culture of innovation and responsibility.

Outcomes of SUPPORT will include

• trans-national comparative studies
• development of new teaching material and pedagogical approaches, such as guidelines for collaboration between schools, research institutions and the local community
• reports on network activities
• development of www.co2nnect.org and the existing educational website www.sustain.no
• quality criteria for use of ICT in ESD

Dissemination and evaluation of results

Activities will be monitored and evaluated based on indicators. Network tools are open access. Results of the project will be distributed to partner organisations, participants and national educational systems.

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