RCE Southern North Sea-2010

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Submitted by RCEsouthernnorthsea on Mon, 2010-04-19 12:21
1. General Information
Contact Name(s): 
Bernard Mazijn
Organizational Affiliation : 
RCE Southern North Sea
Role in the project: 
Project Co-ordinator
E-Mail Address(es): 
contact@rce-sns.org
bernard.mazijn@skynet.be
Project-relevant information: 
The official website of INTERREG IVA 2 Mers Seas Zeeën Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013:
http://www.interreg4a-2mers.eu/
2. Project Information
1. Project title: 
“EDU to DO”
2. Project Description: 
The financial and economic crisis has emphasized the need to look at development from a medium to long term perspective (2020-2050). UN, OECD, EC, etc. are re-orienting their strategies towards green growth as a means to achieve sustainable development. 'An economically competitive, attractive and accessible area' should be created within this context.
The problem, though, is that skills are lacking to cope with this challenge. The integration of sustainable development in curricula/programmes of formal, informal and non-formal education (incl. lifelong learning) is not yet very advanced. Young people, workers, trainers etc. do not know how to respond to these present and future requirements.
This project, therefore, aims at adapting, developing and translating teaching and learning materials so that action can be focused towards bridging the gap between demand and supply of skills for sustainable development on the labour market. Recommendations concerning the re-orientation of education towards sustainable development may arise as a result of this work.
3. Project Status: 
In Planning
4. Key Words
Key Words: 
Poverty
Other: 
ESD; Agriculture; Tourism; Building; Sustainable Development
5. Project categories
Project categories: 
Education
Research
Networking and partnership development
Material production
6. Expected outcomes:: 
The project will issue recommendations leading to the adaptation, development and translation of existing and new educational and hands-on training material in order to support the transition towards education for sustainable development. Moreover, the project will result also in suggestions and recommendations regarding the re-orientation of curricula/programmes encompassing various streams of education. Finally, the proposal includes the implementation of a pilot project that integrates all the three projects in a system approach.
7. Duration of the Project:: 
Development and Translation of existing and new educational and hands-on ESD material.
3. Project Leadership & Vision
8. Project coordination (e.g. teams): 
UNU-CRIS will be co-ordinating the project as lead partner. The project will have a Central Steering Committee, three Sub-Steering Committees and three Stakeholders Committees (one for each sector).
9. Leadership structure
a. Administration: 
3
b. Transactional: 
4
c. Transformational: 
3
4. Project results
10. Project results : 
Development and Translation of existing and new educational and hands-on ESD material.
13.Core Partners: 
RCE Southern North Sea; Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen (HOWEST); Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West-Vlaanderen (KATHO); Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge-Oostende (KHBO)
6. Participation
15. Type of involvement: 
Currently, the RCE is concentrating on the involvement of potential partners that provide education in the agriculture, building and tourism sectors. Core partners have already been involved in discussions on the content of the proposal and on the financial aspects of the project.
7. Education & Learning
17. Educational activities: 
The project will develop, adapt and translate new and existing educational material in a sustainable development perspective. At the end of the project, the material will be disseminated through sector-specific seminars, newsletters and learning centres. After the project, materials and recommendations will be disseminated to education institutions and sector organizations throughout the existing global RCE network.
18. Learning activities: 
Education institutions and organizations involved in ESD will benefit from the adaptation and development of new and existing material in a sustainable development perspective. This would lead to the re-orientation of curricula and programmes and therefore to the acquisition of new skills and competences by students and professionals in the agriculture, building and tourism sectors.
19. Educational activities
a. Theory: 
2
b. Discussion: 
4
c. Interactive and Multidimensional "action oriented education": 
4
8. Research Integration
20. Research & Development (R&D): 
The initial stage of the project will be entirely dedicated to the research and the analysis of the three economic sectors in the regions; the analysis of the required skills and best practices in a sustainable development perspective; and finally, to the assessment of existing educational material in the three sectors.
21. Research partners: 
University College of West Flanders (HOWEST)
Catholic University of South-West Flanders (KATHO)
Catholic University of Bruges and Ostend (KHBO)
University of Ghent
Type: 
Project Reports
Region: 
Europe
Community: 
SCP,Livelihood and Well-being
Community_second: 
Teacher Education
Issue: 
Sustainable Consumption and Production
Country: 
Belgium