NOW! Organise, Reflect, Act. Schools and young people activated to fight climate change
Developing countries, unspecified
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Development awarenessDeveloping countries, unspecified
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€ 567,465
Committed
Committed
€ 567,465
Used
Used
Description
The project is aimed at increasing public awareness on the issues of international development cooperation and on the 17 Sustanaible Development Goals. In order to improve education, awareness-raising and human capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation and impact recuction, the project “NOW! Organize, Think, Act” promotes Climate Change Education for young people (14-19 years old) to foster rooting of environmental awareness inside their value system. It encourages behavioral change for higher sustainability and civic mobilization, including actions to tackle climate change. Young people confront themselves with different types of narratives. the spreading of news regarding environmental threats as well as the constant promotion of an acceleration in consumption. This makes it difficult to raise environmental awareness. Consequently, the intervention develops in two fields: - Formal Education: The MIUR’s (Italian Ministry of University and Research) guidelines of June 2020 identify Environmental Education as one of the issues of Civic Education. These guidelines foresee an experimentation timeframe that will last until the school year 2022/2023, during which teaching staff and class councils will be given a large autonomy. It is important to sustain schools in this phase to develop up-to-date educational paths. In particular, the project promotes the System Thinking method and the experiential approach in the Climate Change Education curricula. The following activities will be implemented: o Teachers’ training about: i) the integration of Climate Change Education in the school curriculum and ii) how to design didactic activities based on global citizenship competencies o Educational paths’ design and experimentation based on an experiential approach, with the involvement of 70 pilot classes about issues concerning the fight against climate change o Technical assistance for the schools participating in the project that want to join the network of sustainable schools and want to develop a plan for the reduction of their ecological footprint o Exchange activities and dissemination of good practices developed by the project - Youth activation: it represents the non-formal education component of the intervention, which is based on the active participation of young people. The importance of non-formal education is recognized by the Italian law (92/2019) about the teaching of civic education. The law dedicates an entire paragraph to the collaboration among schools and local territory to promote didactic experiences outside schools. In this framework, the following activities will be realized: o Design and realization of 1 Silent Play to raise awareness of young people on the challenges of climate change and on the possible actions to fight against them o Set up of Climate Change-Makers groups in the secondary schools o National camp for young Change-Makers on the promotion of social innovation for issues linked to Climate Change o Implementation of local “nudgethon” for the development of eco-innovations and the strengthening of schools’ sustainability programs
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| Year | Committed | Used |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | € 0 | € 226,986 |
| 2022 | € 567,465 | € 340,479 |
Agency
| Type | Name | Channel code |
|---|---|---|
| Government | AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development | 11000 |
Channel reported
| Type | Name | Channel code |
|---|---|---|
| National NGO | PROGETTO MONDO - MOVIMENTO LAICI AMERICA LATINA (MLAL) ONLUS | 22000 |
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