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NGO's ROLE IN AWARENESS BUILDING

NGO's ROLE IN AWARENESS BUILDING. Ljiljana Prebanda United Nations Environment Programme Mediterranean Action Plan Priority Actions Programme Regional Activity Centre (PAP/RAC).

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NGO's ROLE IN AWARENESS BUILDING

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  1. NGO's ROLE IN AWARENESS BUILDING Ljiljana Prebanda United Nations Environment Programme Mediterranean Action Plan Priority Actions Programme Regional Activity Centre (PAP/RAC)

  2. The end of 20th century recognised a great number of problems threatening the sustainability of the life on the Earth. • Too fast industrialisation was not followed with the appropriate education. • Small groups of enthusiasts all over the world started directing attention of the public towards the problems appearing from a too fast development.

  3. 1992 – RIO and Agenda 21 – the role of public in environmental protection and achieving sustainable development has been recognised. • The recognition of and the responsibility for the environment has been gradually developing all over the world.

  4. That resulted with: • Need for environmental information. • Need for arising of environmental education.

  5. The state of environment has become the matter of interest of: • 1. Professionals – scientists • 2. Politicians • 3. Public in general • Public: • 1. Passive • 2. Active – individuals, NGOs

  6. The role of NGOs: 1. Rising public awareness 2. Mobilisation of the wide public (campaigns) 3. Education 4. Communication

  7. Rising public awareness: • by recognising the problems locally and globally • making public aware that the environmental protection is an immediate and urgent problem • each individual has the role in the protection of the environment • lobbing with authorities on all levels - from local to governmental

  8. Mobilisation of the wide public (campaigns): • information campaigns • involving the stakeholders and civil society in solving the problems on the local and regional level • combating the ignorance and indifference of administration and authorities

  9. Education: • education on all environmental issues (water, air pollution, soil, solid and liquid waste, tourism, management of the coastal areas, climate change, etc.) • education at all levels - school age to wider public • education in environmental matters for all employed in the municipalities, and other local institutions dealing with the environment

  10. Communication: • creating the dialogue between national and various local authorities and the NGOs • putting the problems to public hearing • setting up the good communication with media

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