Education centers for sustainable development and local

participation

July 2014, Amfissa, Greece

Veysel DagNino Loreto

Selim Bayraktar Matjaž Gojkošek

Emmanuel Plemenos

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ERASMUS Intensive Programon Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Protected Areas

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• ESD• Public Participation• Participation Principles• Aim

Introduction

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Material & Methodology

Brainstorming and AIM definition

Collection and evaluation of information

Discussions and first comparison

Individual work

Final comparison (Italy, Slovenia, Turkey and Greece)

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Result

• Greece

• Italy

• Slovenia

• Turkey

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• Local volunteers in camps,• Educating and give advice,• Certification system of good

practices,• Voluntary programs for

environment enthusiasts,• Local festivals,• Newspaper and open doors

days.

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• No national guidelines for ESD

• EEC but no ECSD• Moderate participation

• seminars

Sustainable Communities

• local products

• fragmentation

Conclusions Suggestions

National strategies for sustainable communities

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