The Foundation ’ s Programme on Education for Sustainable Development

1. Conference for the Official Launching of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean Region26-27 November 2005, Athens

2. The Foundation’s Programme on Education for Sustainable Development

3. Euro-Med Schools Programme

4. Main Priorities • A Euro-Med School Magazines Project: • Produce through school twinning teams involving at least two schools from EU Member States and two schools from Mediterranean partner countries, magazines, yearbooks, articles…etc. • One of the thematic areas: Sustainable Development. • Suggested partners for implementation: media partners, the Mediterranean Programme of the International Federation of Journalists, Medies and other concerned institutions.

5. Euro-Med Teacher-Training Programme • Capacity-building for teachers in support of Euro-Mediterranean cooperative youth arrangements. • Training seminars on selected themes such as: sustainable development. • Suggested co-organizers: Council of Europe and ALECSO, Medies.

6. Multi Lingual Education Server • Sustainable Development: Basic materials for understanding ecosystems, man-nature and bio and cultural diversity relations; links to new resources developed for World Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (suggested main partners: Medies, WWF and other relevant institutions).

7. Multi Lingual Education Server • Sustainable Development: Basic materials for understanding ecosystems, man-nature and bio and cultural diversity relations; links to new resources developed for World Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (suggested main partners: Medies, WWF and other relevant institutions).

8. Euro Med Heritage for Young People Landscape, natural and urban heritage: pilot project on the cultural of water and its social, environmental and artistic

9. Setting up an On-Line Euro-Med Schools Platform • Purpose: promote the ideals of ALF and center foremost on actively attaining the goals and the targets adopted and enshrined in the mission statement.

10. On-Line Euro-Med Schools Platform Invite schools from Euro-Med countries to initiate dialogue on principles and issues. Since quality education is critical to building cultures of peace. Specific Objectives

11. Encourage creativity and help students from Euro-Med countries to know about each other to create meaningful school links; • Arouse curiosity for further work on tolerance. • Commemorate events with wide participation of schools from Euro-Med partners countries.

12. Suggested Issues to be addressed as a start: • Heritage/Diversity • Sustainable development • Human Rights • Others

13. Implementation Strategy • Stage One: Experimentation phase • Stage Two: Implementation and Monitoring (Fix priorities for the topics to be addressed) • Stage Three: Evaluation and Reporting

14. Expected Result • Creation of an interactive platform for an on Line Euro Med Schools Networking and Forum and promotion of intercultural dialogue.

15. Performance Indicators: • Number of Euro-Med schools involved in the on-line platform. • Selected success stories covered by media. • Examples of best practices disseminated. • Number of activities organized and carried out in support of intercultural dialogue among schools in Euro-Med countries partners. • Recognition to those who have made outstanding contribution ensured and enhanced.

16. For the technical part: • We need to establish with the assistance of the webmaster the following: • Forum Guidelines and Rules; • Registration (User name, Password and log in) and formatting the request of member (where to post, when to post and posting information). • Member lists • Calendar • Announcements

17. Areas for discussion and conducted in English Language • Search • Reporting • Quality control feedback • Site feedback.

18. Thank you Eman Qara’een Head of the Education Unit