(4)EVERGREEN: Finding the Environmental Value in Education Response: Global Responsibility & Eco Erasmus Navigator Erasmus Project

Project Title

(4)EVERGREEN: Finding the Environmental Value in Education Response: Global Responsibility & Eco Erasmus Navigator

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building for youth in ACP countries, Latin America and Asia

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Climate change is alarming and no longer underestimated: nearly 75% of EU citizens now see climate change as a very serious problem, shows Eurobarometer 2019. At the tail of the problem recognition, the impact of Greta’s movement cannot be underestimated – while the students are already on the streets at “Fridays for future” – we believe it is time for the youth work sector to step together in the race for the Sustainable Green Planet and invest into insetting responsible and sustainable living mindset into non-formal education sector. Being anchor in implementing Union’s Youth policies and having the opportunity to reach young people directly through Erasmus+, youth work must adapt itself to respond loudly to the global challenges in order to be the example young people can refer to.At the same time, taking into account rapidly changing world, teaching sustainable living becomes indivisible from digitalization: (4)EVERGREEN will bridge 2 programme objectives– to support awareness raising on the environmental and climate goals and taking up innovative practices in a digital era. The project main aim thereafter is to contribute to the just and inclusive transition to sustainable living throughout empowering youth work sector across the globe to raise awareness on environmental issues by personal example and digital tools. The specific objectives are:1. To build capacity of consortium and foster networking and cooperation of the youth work sector on global level in terms of environmental-responsible and sustainable living education;2. To provide participating youth workers with knowledge, skills & attitudes necessary for sustainable living education and support their professionalization in the area;3. To build enabling environment for creating together best practices on how youth workers can be themselves ambassadors of sustainable living; 4. To contribute to the Union’s pool of learning recognition tools throughout creation & promotion of the GreenBadges – learning badges system focused on acquainting sustainable living skills and attitudes and promoting these attitudes during Erasmus+ activities: at long term perspective badges can be used in any in-country or learning mobility, as part of ESC TEC;5. To create a catalogue of “planet-friendly” tips that can be incorporated into daily life of youth organizations and young people across the globe; 6. To promote responsible and sustainable living on the personal example of the youth workers and their organizations; 7. To explore potential of the digital tools & gamification in reaching youth via “online challenge”; 8. To practically contribute to the implementation of the European Green Deal, Our planet – Our future initiative, European Youth GoalsTo achieve this we will organize YWMs to support professionalization of the youth workers, they will apply their knowledge to further CBY activities: “challenge”, creation of User’s guide, OER, Greenbadges, local ECO labs and dissemination events.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 148979,76 Eur

Project Coordinator

ASSOCIATION FOR EUROPEAN COOPERATION DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATION & Country: BE

Project Partners

• GEOCLUBE – ASSOCIACAO JUVENIL DE CIENCIA NATUREZA E AVENTURA
• KHMER YOUTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
• CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
• BRIGADA DE VOLUNTARIOS BOLIVARIANOS DEL PERU
• INTERNATIONAL TRANSFORMATION FOUNDATION
• ORISSA STATE VOLUNTEERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS ASSOCIATION
• ASSOCIAZIONE INCO INTERCULTURALITA& COMUNICAZIONE