Feb 7-11, 2010, Thematic conference "Youngsters in the driver's seat for local sustainable development"
Conference website: www.youngstersinthedriversseat.com
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Title: Youngsters in the driver's seat for local sustainable development
Date and location: February 7 - 11, 2010, ‘s Hertogenbosch in Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands. The conference will take place at the Province House and local venues in the province of Noord-Brabant.
Conference language: English
Target groups and aims
- Pupils from primary/lower secondary schools, secondary schools and vocational training schools (pupils age 15-19)
Will learn how they can be active participants in local sustainable development
- Teachers and headmasters/school managers
Will learn about education for sustainable development (ESD) methods involving partnership and participation in real local sustainability issues.
- Sustainability partners such as members from local and regional authorities, NGOs working with sustainable development and active citizenship and businesses or other local actors for sustainable development
Will learn about partnering with youths and schools to work for sustainable development in their communities.
Case study instruments
"Triple P" is a tool for investigating cases or problems, taking into account social, economic and environmental aspects of sustainability. The three Ps stand for People, Planet and Profit. The "Triple P" tool will be related to the concept of "MGA" (Mutual Gains Approach), a negotiation tool used to reach better decisions.
The Province of Noord-Brabant uses MGA in its sustainability work and has worked with the "Triple P"-method to involve the youth. The Province of Noord-Brabant is providing the local cases for the case studies.
Organisation
This conference is a thematic conference within the SUPPORT project (Partnership and Participation for a Sustainable Tomorrow), which is funded by the EU Lifelong Learning Program. (http://support-edu.org/)
The conference is organised by the Dutch SUPPORT partner Codename Future.
The Province of Noord-Brabant is kindly hosting the conference and is much involved in the local case studies.
ENSI (Environment and School Initiatives) took the initiative of the parallel Vocational Training Educators' program.
Funding:
- The thematic conference is listed in the Comenius-Grundtvig database, Reference number: NL-2010-197-001
- Vocational Education Trainers going to the preparatory visit can apply for mobility funding from the Leonardo da Vinci program.
Contact your National Agency for more information. For list of National Agencies, see:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc1208_en.htm
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