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7th CONFERENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE
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Alessandro Gimona
Dear Colleagues,
We are sending in attach the First Announcement of CEEE Italy 2000,
7th CONFERENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE :
"Networking Environmental Education Networks: the role, trends,
communication and integration of networks involved in education for
environment and sustainability within local, national and European
policies"
which we are organising in collaboration with the CEEE - Co-operation
for Environmental Education in Europe and which is going to take place
from the 26th to the 29th of September 2000 in Villa Manin di Passariano,
Codroipo - Udine, Italy.
You will find all information hereunder.
Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia
(Autonomous Region Friuli- Venezia Giulia)
A.R.P.A. - Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente
(Regional Agency for Environmental Protection)
LaREA - Laboratorio Regionale di Educazione Ambientale del Friuli-Venezia
Giulia
(Friuli - Venezia Giulia Environmental Education Regional Centre)
CEEE Co-operation for Environmental Education in Europe
CEEE ITALY 2000
VII CONFERENCE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE
Networking Environmental Education Networks:
the role, trends, communication and integration of networks
involved in education for environment and sustainability
within local, national and European policies
26th - 30th September 2000
Villa Manin di Passariano
Codroipo - Udine (ITALY)
1st Announcement
in collaboration with
University of Trieste
University of Udine
the Conference is acknowledged by
Italian Ministry of the Environment
European Commission - Representation in Milano (Italy)
IUCN - The World Conservation Union - Commission on Education and
Communication
Preliminary Registration Secretariat
LaREA Laboratorio Regionale di Educazione Ambientale
P.zza del Castello 7 - 33010 Colloredo di M.A. (UD) - Italy
Tel.: ++39 0432 889014 / ++39 0432 889698 Fax: ++39 0432 889798
e-mail: larea@cifra.uniud.it Web site: http://www.larea.uniud.it
Preliminary Registration Secretariat is open from Monday to Friday,
10.00-13.00
CEEE - Co-operation for Environmental Education in Europe
CEEE is an international network specifically committed to Environmental
Education and connecting people of every country in Europe (EU and other
European Countries), who are involved in the development of education for
environment and sustainability in their own countries. CEEE main
objectives
are: to implement Environmental Education, to have it adopted on all
levels
in the community and to enhance its quality. One of the most important
features of the group is the co-operation between researchers, teachers,
educators and other practitioners, members of NGOs and Governmental
bodies.
Thus CEEE links formal and informal education and crosses all existing
boundaries in Europe
CEEE organises a Conference every two years, which is called CEEE -
Conference of Environmental Education in Europe and which is joined by a
wider and varying group of people. This gives a good opportunity both to
disseminate the expertise of CEEE group to the hosting country and to help
participants share and upgrade their knowledge and experience, in order to
achieve practical outcomes.
The previous six Conferences took place in Roma - Italia (1988), Glasgow -
Scotland (1990), Rotterdam / Leeuwarden - Netherlands (1992), Riga -
Latvia
(1994), Harnosand - Sweden (1996) and Lisboa / Sangalhos - Portugal
(1998).
After Portugal 1998, CEEE entrusted LaREA to organise the VIIth Conference
of Environmental Education in Europe.
LaREA - The Environmental Education Regional Centre of the Autonomous
Region
Friuli - Venezia Giulia LaREA is an example of the special
environmental education (EE) structures
(Environmental Education Local Centres) that have been set up in Italy in
the 90s. It is situated in the middle of Friuli - Venezia Giulia region
(north-eastern Italy), in Colloredo di Monte Albano Castle (near Udine)
and
it is a centre for EE services for the whole region.
It was set up in 1997 as a three-year project undertaken by the Regional
Administration of Friuli -Venezia Giulia - Environment Department, which
entrusted the Universities of Udine and Trieste to manage it. It was
initially funded by the Italian Ministry of the Environment and thus it is
part of the Italian National System for Environmental Education. In 2000
LaREA has become a permanent Centre of the Regional Administration, within
the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection.
LaREA networks EE activities on a regional scale. It works as a mediator
in
the local environment, promoting communication and interaction between
people and organisations, in order to set up a Regional System for
Environmental Education. Thus LaREA carries out various functions:
stimulating action, improving public awareness, training teachers and
practitioners, fostering exchanges of ideas and experiences within the
field
of environmental education and sustainable development.
(for further information see LaREA's Web site: www.larea.uniud.it)
Programme Committee
Sergio Sichenze, LaREA (EE Regional Centre of Friuli - Venezia Giulia),
Colloredo di M.A.- Udine, Italy;
Federica Flapp, LaREA (EE Regional Centre of Friuli - Venezia Giulia),
Colloredo di M.A.- Udine, Italy;
Sergey I. Baranovsky, Green Cross Russia, Moscow, Russia;
Renata Briano, Liguria EE Regional Centre, Genova, Italy;
Marinus Brijker, NHL - Faculty of Teacher Education, Leeuwarden,
Netherlands;
Michela Mayer, European Centre for Education, Frascati, Italy;
Vittorio Midoro, National Research Council - Institute for Educational
Technology, Genova, Italy;
Fausta Setti, EE Local Centre "L. Conti" of Milano, Milano, Italy;
Michal Skapa, Environmental Education Centre - Charles University, Prague,
Czech Rep.;
John Smyth, IUCN Commission on Education and Communication - European
Committee, Johnstone, Scotland - UK;
Athena Veneti, Mediterranean Information Office-MIO-ECSDE, Athens, Greece
and Univerity of Paris 7 Denis Diderot, Paris, France;
Rune Wikström, Department of Applied Science Mid Sweden University,
Härnösand, Sweden.
Organising Committee
Regione Autonoma Friuli - Venezia Giulia: Direzione Regionale
dell'Ambiente;
LaREA (EE Regional Centre of Friuli - Venezia Giulia);
Pro Loco of Villa Manin
Participants
People and organisations of European Countries (UE and other European
Countries) interested in Education for Environment and Sustainability: EE
practitioners (NGOs, Societies, EE Centres etc.), school and university
teachers, researchers, educators, trainers, civil servants and
administrators of national and local governments.Participation in the
Conference is free of charge, there is no registration fee. Participants
will have to pay for their trip, hotel accommodation and meals.
Languages
The official language of the Conference is English. Simultaneous
translation
(English/Italian and Italian/English) will be provided in Plenary Sessions
and in the Seminar.
The Conference Theme
Networks are a world wide topical subject in the age of globalisation. If
we
focus on our geographical area - Europe - and on our activity field
-education for environment and sustainability - we can see an increasing
number and variety of networks: some are specifically devoted to EE, while
others connect people and organisations working in related fields (e.g.
environmental management, sustainable development, nature conservation,
formal and informal education, training etc.).
Such networks have different origins and aims, they connect different
kinds
of organisations and can work on a local, national or international scale.
It's a "system of systems" where boundaries can not be clearly defined,
while links, communication, interaction, overlapping and synergies are
worth
being tackled on the basis of systemic thinking, focusing on relations
within each network and between different networks.
Emergent questions are:
* how does working in a network help environmental education to
achieve its aim and to become integrated into environmental policies?
* what does being part of a network mean in our everyday way of
thinking and working in the environmental education field?
* and how can different existing networks be efficiently and
effectively integrated?
The aim of the Conference is to tackle such topics in order to work out
ways
of enhancing positive strategies and overcoming difficulties related to
the
activity and inter-linking of networks involved in EE.
Furthermore, the Conference should provide good opportunities to analyse
relations between EE networks and other networks involved in environmental
issues (e.g. Environmental and Nature Conservation networks, Local Agenda
21
networks, Protected Areas networks, ...).
Preliminary Programme
The Conference will include: Plenary Sessions; four Working Groups and a
Seminar; Posters Session; Hypermedia and Books Corners.
Plenary Sessions
Plenary Sessions should provide a common cultural basis and a theoretical
background on networks, should tackle related cross-sectoral issues such
as
the use of new technologies and other instruments for a further
development
and integration of EE Networks and should introduce different kinds of
networks (related to the Working Groups topics).
Working Groups
Working Groups (WGs) will work in parallel. They will include, at the
beginning, some introductory presentations related to the WG issue. Such
presentations should follow the "Contribution scheme" suggested by the
Programme Committee (see next pages). WGs will focus on their specific
topics in order to achieve practical outcomes. The results of WGs work
will
be synthesised in a final report, which the WG moderator will present in
the
final Plenary Session.
Working Groups will be focused on different "categories" of EE networks
(which are basically characterised by their main aims, although
overlapping
between such categories is likely to occur):
1. networks consisting mostly of schools (even in collaboration with
local bodies or other organisations) and aiming to develop their own EE
projects (and, in case, educational research)
2. networks (often governmental or officially recognised) aiming to
co-ordinate and enhance mutual communication, sharing and interaction
between EE centres and other bodies/organisations
3. networks (often constituted by NGOs) aiming to promote and
implement
their own EE programmes and campaigns, which are then joined by schools or
other organisations
4. networks aimed at training in environmental education
Seminar
"Integration of EE networks and networks involved in sustainable
development: the Italian situation as a case study within the European
context".
The seminar will deal with the general theme going deeper into the Italian
situation as a case study: the integration between networks like the
National System for EE, the new system of the National and Regional
Agencies
for the Protection of Environment, the environmental associations
networks,
Sustainable Cities networks, Agenda 21 networks etc. Participants from
other
countries are invited to join the seminar and to contribute to the
discussion. (simultaneous translation will be provided)
Posters Session
Posters Session will provide an opportunity to introduce other networks,
in
order to integrate the WGs contents. Poster Session will include five
sections, corresponding to the Working Groups titles and to the Seminar.
Authors will have the opportunity of explaining their Posters to
participants during the scheduled hours. Posters also should be drawn up
according to the "Contribution scheme".
Hypermedia and Books Corners
Hypermedia and Books Corners will provide an opportunity to present
instruments and materials related to the Conference issue. Exhibition
space
is free of charge, but it should be booked before 15th May.
(see the Preliminary Registration form)
Preliminary Schedule
1°day, Tuesday 26th Sept.
* Participants' arrival and reception
* Setting up of Posters, Hypermedia and Books Corners
2° day, Wednesday 27th Sept.
* Plenary Sessions: introduction; the epistemological basis of
networks and their development in the age of globalisation, communication
and new technologies; diversity and similarity of EE Networks: examples of
different kinds of EE Networks
3° day, Thursday 28th Sept.
* Working Groups and Seminar in parallel Sessions: presentations,
joint work, discussion
* Visit to Posters Session and Hypermedia and Books Corners
4° day, Friday 29th Sept.
* Working Groups in parallel Sessions: drawing up of reports
* Plenary Sessions: Working Groups reports, Conclusions
* Planning of CEEE 2002 Conference
5° day, Saturday 30th Sept.
* Participants' Departure
The Final Programme will be issued in June-July 2000.
Call for Papers
Participants who would like to submit presentations to be included in the
Working Groups sessions and/or Posters can submit an abstract of their
contributions before 15th May 2000 to the Programme Committee, that will
examine and select them. Only contributions focused on the Conference
theme
and on the specific topic of the selected Working Group or Poster Section
will be accepted. Authors of selected abstracts will then be invited to
submit the final text of their contribution within the Conference
beginning.
Both abstracts and final text of W.G.s presentations and Posters should be
drawn up according to the guide lines suggested in the "Contributions
scheme", in order to co-operate in enhancing mutual communication, keeping
the Conference work focused on its topics and achieving practical
outcomes.
According to such scheme every contribution should not just provide a
general description of each network and its activities. Instead, each
contribution - both Working Groups presentations and Posters - should
tackle
specific topics and problems related to networks through examples drawn
from
practical experience. In other words, everybody is requested to filter
her/his experience through a common grid, so that the same "key points"
cross all contributions in which examples of networks are being presented.
Should contributions submitted as WGs presentations exceed the practicable
number, the Programme Committee might invite authors to turn their
presentations into Posters.
CONTRIBUTION SCHEME
for abstracts and final texts of Working Groups presentations and Posters
the following guide lines are suggested by the Programme Committee
First part of the Contribution: description of the network
both WGs presentations and posters should include the following
information,
so that descriptions of different networks can be comparable and easier to
understand for all participants
1) what are the main objectives/aims of your network? What is its origin?
2) what is the structure/architecture of your network?
* what is the scheme of it? how would you illustrate it graphically?
* who/what are the members/parts of your network? what is their
hierarchical position in the network, if it is hierarchically organised?
* who are these members/parts? what kind of organisations are they?
* does your network include smaller networks and/or is your network
included in wider networks?
3) what is the organisation (roles, functions, activities) of your
network?
* what is the role/task of the different members/parts of your
network?
* what are the functions that the different members/parts of your
network carry out?
* which environmental issues are the activities of your network
related to?
* how and from whom does your network get financial support?
Second part of the presentation: analysis of some key points of working in
a
network
Contributions should analyse at least one of the following topics, in
order
to contribute to WGs discussion
1) dependence and autonomy within the network (the balance between being
dependent on the network and being autonomous within it), advantages and
disadvantages of working in the network:
* what are the ties/bonds that a "piece" of your network must
accept,
in what way does it depend on the network and what does its autonomy
consist
of?
* what do the members/parts gain from being part of your network and
what are they expected to give in order to be part of the network?
* how does the network influence its members/parts and how do the
members/parts affect the network? how does being part of a network
influence
your way of thinking and working in the EE field?
2) how the use of new technologies affects the structure and the functions
of EE networks:
* what are the new technologies involved in the work of your
network?
* what are the advantages, the problems, the new needs related to
the
use of new technologies in your EE network?
* how does the use of new technologies affect the way your EE
network
works?
3) efficiency and effectiveness of EE networks
* what tools/instruments (e.g. data bases, surveys, news letters) do
your network use to implement its efficiency and effectiveness?
* what tools/instruments (e.g. indicators of progress, inquiries
among
the participants) does your network use assess and evaluate its efficiency
and effectiveness?
Third part of the presentation: networking networks
Finally, contributions should tackle the following topics, which are
substantial to develop the Conference theme
1) how does your network relate to other networks on a local,
national
or international scale?
2) what relations with other networks would be necessary or useful to
your network in order to implement its efficiency and effectiveness?
3) what are, in your opinion, the needs, problems and possible
solutions related to networking existing EE networks on an European scale?
Abstracts layout and submission
The abstract of each WG presentation or Poster should include:
* the kind of contribution: Poster or Working Group presentation;
* the Poster session section (1/2/3/4) or the WG (1/2/3/4) in which
their contribution should be included;
* the title of the contribution (WG presentation or Poster);
* the author(s) names(s) (if there are several ones, the suggested
speaker should be placed first);
* the full name of the organization;
* city, country;
* the abstract text;
* a short curriculum vitae of the authors.
Abstracts must be submitted in English and fit the following format:
* Times New Roman, 12 points,
* single spaced / 1 interval,
* paper format 210 x 297mm,
* upper margin - 20mm, lower margin- 20mm, left margin - 20mm, right
margin - 20mm.
The abstract text must not exceed 8000 characters/types, blank spaces
excluded.
Authors should also introduce themselves through a short curriculum vitae
(not more than 1500 characters/types, blank spaces excluded), which should
be attached at the end of the abstract text. The curriculum should
include:
the full name of the author (name(s), surname), degree, title, name of
organization, occupation/position, fields of interest or activity.
Abstracts must be sent to LaREA as files, preferably MS WORD (or, in case,
files .rtf, .txt, .htm, .html, pdf), by:
* mail (a diskette 3,5" with the attached file);
* e-mail with an attachment file
Abstracts must be sent to LaREA before 15th May 2000.
Authors should fill in the Preliminary Registration form and send it
before
or at the same time of their abstract, to the following address:
CEEE2000 Preliminary Registration Secretariat
LaREA Laboratorio Regionale di Educazione Ambientale
P.zza del Castello 7 - 33010 Colloredo di M.A. (UD) - Italy
Tel.: ++39 0432 889014 / ++39 0432 889698 Fax: ++39 0432 889798
e-mail: larea@cifra.uniud.it Web site: http://www.larea.uniud.it
Abstracts that do not fit the formats or that are not sent as computer
files
will not be accepted.
Preliminary Registration form
Please send back the filled in form to LaREA, by mail, fax or e-mail,
before
15th May 2000,
Surname Name
Occupation:
Organisation:
Address (e.g. street, number)
Town and Postcode Country
telephone number fax number
e-mail address Web site
* I would like to register preliminarily now and
I would like to join Working Group n. * 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 or the Seminar *
(one
ore more options)
Contributions submission
* I would like to submit a presentation to Working Group n. * 1 * 2 * 3 *
4
Other authors:
Title:
* I would like to submit a Poster to be included in the section
corresponding to WG n. * 1 * 2 * 3 * 4
Other authors:
Title:
Hypermedia and Books corners booking
I would like to book an exhibition space in the:
* Hypermedia corner, in order to present the following materials:
kind (e.g. CDRom, Web site, ...) title
contents
* Books corner, in order to present the following materials:
kind (e.g. book, magazine, leaflet, ...) title
contents
kind (e.g. book, magazine, leaflet, ...) title
contents
PLEASE NOTICE: The e-mail address (larea@cifra.uniud.it) we are using
now is a new one, which is specifically devoted to CEEE2000 Conference
correspondence. Please use it for any communication related to CEEE2000.
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