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GREENWAY

Central and East European Network of Environmental NGOs

Address:	GREENWAY, P.O.Box 163, 814 99 Bratislava, SLOVAK REPUBLIC Tel./fax: +421.7.5414674 E-mail: greenway@isternet.sk

Greenway Newsletter

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I. GREENWAY...GREENWAY?...GREENWAY!

1. GREENWAY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

GREENWAY Executive Committee meeting took place on 2-4 December 1994 in Bratislava.

A g e n d a for the meeting was:

1. Approval of minutes from the ExCom meeting, 22-23 September 1994
2. Fundraising strategy
3. Financial situation of GREENWAY
4. Different matters

1. Minutes from ExCom meeting, 22-23 September 1994 were after short discussion approved.

2. Fundraising policy of GREENWAY was discussed: As a result from the discussion was a concrete fundraising strategy developed:

b) EE-NET II. project - under evaluation at the REC.

c) Energy working group and CANCEE - have received finances from Swedish NGO Secretariat on Acid Rain, and will raise the funds from other sources;

d) GREENWAY first summer camp in Czech Republic as an activity for ENCY`95 - it is needed to prepare project proposal;

e) GREENWAY NEWSLETTER as a separate project proposal;

f) GREENWAY Leaflet aimed to the 10th Anniversary the organization - as a separate project proposal;

g) project on work with masmedia - on communication will be developed with cooperation of ARGE- Umwelterziehung, Vienna; GREENWAY will organize a part of training seminar (GWY members, lecturers, lead the workshops;

3. Financial situation of GREENWAY was discussed : It is quite critical situation with our finances - untill present time project proposals sent to the different foundations were not approved, therefore it was needed to prepare an emergency strategy for the organization.

4. Different matters:

a) New members of GREENWAY were provisionally approved by ExCom:

- EnviNet, Ukraine - Ukrainian Environmental E-mail Network, application signed by Evgeni Kotsiubniak (more information about the organisation you can find in the GREENWAY NEWSLETTER No 19).

b) ExCom approved the GREENWAY membership in CEENGO- NET, Central and East European NGO Network ( a network of third sector in CEE), established in July 1994 for sharing the information on fundraising possibilities, training programmes, consulting services, etc. among the NGOs in CEE. GREENWAY is supporting the idea of networking with networks. Secretariat of CEENGO- NET is based in Bratislava, Slovakia. (More information on CEENGO-NET you will find on the next pages.)

c) ExCom approved the GREENWAY membership in SGEEE, the Study Group on Environmental Education in Europe, established in February 1994 with a Secretariat at the European Research and Training Centre on Environmental Education (ERTCEE) of the University of Bradford, UK. (More precise information on SGEEE`s roles see on the next pages.)

d) ExCom took in consideration the information that GREENWAY will be used as a contact point for networking with CEE of IUCN European Commission for Environmental Education. (Result from the ECEE-IUCN conference in October 1994, Jurmala, Latvia).

e) ExCom decided on GREENWAY leaflet - should be prepared a project proposal for publishing it in a fashionable, colored version. Simple version could be prepared by own means.

f) ExCom approved the proposal for GREENWAY members how to make visible their membership in GWY:

*they are obliged to mention their membership in their publications, newsletters, leaflets, posters, final year reports and other written or published materials.

*The name of GREENWAY has to be written with capital letters.

(From minutes by Elena Vartikova)

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2. CANCEE - CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE

CANCEE is Central and Eastern regional part of the Climate Action Network (CAN). CAN is a global network of environmental development, and other citizen-based organisations with overall goal to promoteaction to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels.

CANCEE is a project of the GREENWAY Energy Working Group (GEWG), CEE network of environmental NGOs working on energy issues. Members of the CANCEE are GEWG members active on the climate change issue. For the period from the 1994 annual meeting (Warsaw, July) to the 1995 annual meeting (Slovakia July) the CANCEE Board of Advisors are: Emil Bedi-Foundation for Alternative Energy (Slovakia),Zbygniew Karaczun-Polish Ecological Club- Mazowian Branch (Poland), Zsuzsa Foltanyi-The Energy Club (Hungary), Lydia Popova-Socio Ecological Union (Russia). Project coordinator for the same period is Toni Vidan-Green Action, Zagreb, Croatia. Regional Office of CANCEE is hosted by Green Action, Zagreb.

Event toward which most of our work in the 1994/95 will be concetrated is the "Berlin Summit", first Conference of the Parties (COP1) to the Climate Convention, which will be held in Berlin from 28 March to 7 April 1995.

BERLIN SUMMIT Campaign

Beyond ensuring participation of CEE NGOs on the COP1, or Berlin Summit, CANCEE will help it`s member NGOs in preparation for it. Special campaign aiming toward mobilizing the press in the region will be undertaken in cooperation with the Climate Network Europe (CNE). That will help build public pressure needed to ensure more active and committed participation of CEE governments in the climate negotiations.

Regional projects

"The application of the G2S2 in CEE". The project undertaken during 1993/94, was aiming at building the capacities of environmental NGOs analytical tool for analyzing possible future GHG emission patterns (the Greenhouse Gas Scenario System -G2S2), and providing them with financial support for initial work with it. Follow up of the project will be organized.

"Independent NGO Evaluation of CEE National Plans for Climate Change Mitigation". As a part of Warsaw meeting follow up, first round of NGO evaluations on CEE countries national plans is undergoing, coordinated by Polish Ecological Club - Mazowian Branch.

INC participation

CANCEE, in cooperation with the CNE and other CAN networks, is trying to ensure funds needed for participation of three CEE NGO representatives on the INC 11.

Global Environmental Facility (GEF)-follow up GEF is entrusted, on an interim basis with the operation of the financial mechanism of the Climate Convention. CANCEE will continue to monitor GEF, both on its policy and project level.

Activities of CANCEE National Contacts

Socio Ecological Union is organizing a meeting for Russian NGOs on climate change issue. As priority in future development of the nnetwork is establishment of national offices in Poland and Russia. For national contacts in other countries CAN will try to provide assisstance in fundraising for climate related activities outside projects described in this working plan.

CANCEE Regional Office Activities

* Ensure information dissemination by production of the CANCEE bulletin (4 issues a year);

* Production of the report "Climate Change and CEE for COP1);

* Maintain and improve cooperation with other NGOs and networks in and outside the region, specially with the CEE network of NGOs working on transport issues;

* General support for CANCEE members in their climate change related activities, project preparations, presentation of positions indorsed by CANCEE members on relevant issues, elaboration of the reports for annual meeting.

1995 Annual Meeting

CANCEE annual meeting in 1995 will be organized, within INforSE and GREENWAY Energy Working Group seminar, hosted by Slovakian Foundation for Alternative Energy during the week of 19-24 June 1995 in Slovakia.

(Source: Written information from Toni Vidan)

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New member of GREENWAY

3. SLOVAKIA`S ENVIRONMENTAL CONNECTION (SEPS)

Introduction

Succesful environmental movements require fluent exchanges and dissemination of information. One way to ensure this quick and cheap communication and information exchange between the movements is the use of a computer network, and establishing information centers for non-governmental organizations.

Goals of SEPS

SEPS primary goal is spreading of information and other services through computer network in Slovakia. This network is aimed mainly for users from environmental NGOs. Network can help to solve the local and global environmental problems. Environmental NGOs can use this network and spread information which make information easily accesible.

History of ECN-network

In 1989, the computer network Easy Connection Network (ECN) was established by Czech environmental movement in former Czecho-Slovakia. The main goal of this network is to provide information to NGOs and also to inform them about the state of the environment, and to educate the public and governmental sectors. Main node is located in Prague. Through this main node the all NGO's from former Czecho - Slovakia are connected.

The SEPS is an NGO in Slovakia which was established in August 1993 with the aim to provide information to environmental NGOs in the country via development of computer network (ECN). Other major aim of SEPS is to facilitate acces and usage of available information sources and other opportunities of computer technology for mutual communication.

Recently they are about 20 environmental NGO users of computer network ECN in Slovakia.

Major tasks and services of SEPS:

Information Support:

Information support can be provided by:

Electronic conferences are the ways to discuss the problems on any topics among the network users

Contact SEPS addresses:

1. Bratislava: S.E.P.S.
Ildiko Takacsova
c/o MV SZOPK Bratislava
Godrova 3b
811 06 Bratislava
Tel/fax: 07-313 968
Tel. on BBS node: 722-238
E-mail ECN:Takacsova.Ildiko, 2:424/27
INTERNET: seps@seps.sk
or takacsova@fns.uniba.sk
2. Kosice: S.E.P.S.
Lubos Paluch
c/o Nadacia SOSNA
Park Komenskeho 7
040 01 Kosice
Tel.on BBS node: 095-50770
E-mail ECN: Lubos.Paluch, 2:424/32
INTERNET: Lubos.Paluch@ecn.gn.apc.org
or paluch@media.ke.sanet.sk
3. Trencin: TEN
Norbert Brazda
Hviezdoslavova 1
911 01 Trencin
Tel/fax: 0831.357 63
E-mail ECN: Norbert.Brazda, 2:424/27.12
INTERNET: Norbert.Brazda@ecn.gn.apc.org

(Source: Written material from: Lubos Paluch a Ildiko Takacsova)

II. FROM GREENWAY MAIL BOX

1. CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE - CEEE`94

CEEE`94 with subtitle "European Environmental Futures" was organized on 11-16 October 1994, in Jurmala, Latvia by University of Latvia Ecological Centre-ULEC (GREENWAY member).

Sixty three representatives from 19 countries of Western and Eastern Europe participated at the CEEE`94.

The main objective of the conference was setting up new collaborative activities across Europe in the field of environmental education. It should be stressed that CEEE has unique role in the range of many other forums and conferences on EE in Europe. These are: European broad constituency, diverse interests, cross-sectorial involvement.

First part of the conference was devoted to presentations of experiences, examples of good practice, problems and opportunities for shoolteachers in-service training, curricula development and innovation content and methods in EE. Second part of the conference was reserved for diversity in methods and approaches in EE, networking and cooperation in EE, models of in support for teachers of EE, community oriented EE, presentation of ecogames and simulation games,etc.

There will be proceedings based on conference presentations and papers published in 1995.

The CEEE Initiative group for EE partnership in Europe was established to facilitate the further process of CEEE networking:

Jim Dunlop,University of Strathclyde, UK Jan Borkent, Nordelijke Hogeschool Leeeuwarden, The Netherlands Valdis Bisters, University of Latvia Ecological Centre, Latvia Fernando Alves, Portuguese Association for Environmental Education, Portugal Rune Wikstroom, Mid Sweden University, Sweden Lars-Ake Mikaelson, Mid Sweden University, Sweden Riitta Wahlstrom, University of Juvaskyla, Finland Mauri Ahlberg, University of Joensuu, Finland

The group will prepare:

the content of next conference on EE,
European Positive Action,
list of conference participants with needs and offers,
INFO-sheet (ULEC, Riga)
CEEE Question Box (ULEC, Riga)

will promote:

partnership programmes on West-East and East-East scale,
exchange of students/teachers/trainers/NGOs (Coordination Rotterdam).

During the CEEE`94 there was business meeting of the IUCN European Committee on Environmental Education followed by the conference "Strategic Planning in Environmental Education for the School System".

As concrete collaboration iniciative by the representatives of the ECEE and CEEE the coordination of activities was stressed as very important. There was agreement that the biennial conferences will be organized so that next CEEE will take place in 1996 and IUCN ECEE in 1997, further keeping such sequence in two year periods.

Conference of the European Committee for Environmental Education (IUCN):

2. STRATEGIC PLANNING IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM

was organized on 16-19 October 1994, in Jurmala, Latvia.

Fourty participants attended the conference were from 22 Europe countries (list of participants is available at the GREENWAY Office).

On the programme were many interesting issues as such as

* objectives and qualities of modern EE, seen from a general pedagogical perspective,
* the challenge of integrating EE in the school sysytem,
* developing innovation processess for EE in schools on a nationwide scale,
* curriculum development in EE: how to make it really work ?
* teacher training for involvement in EE: what is the focus ?
* regional and local infrastructure for teacher support, etc.

They were also provided experiences in national planning processes in EE for the school system from the different countries. Diverse contributions of environmental education in the schools were presented.

It was defined newly established IUCN European Commission on Environmental Education (ECEE) and its character, functions and roles.

ECEE mission is to contribute to EE for sustainable living through helping individual educators and their organisations to improve the quality of their work.

Objectives of the ECEE: facilitate support for IUCN programmes, increase knowledge of level on EE in different countries.

ECEE Steering Committee was elected:

- David Elcome (RSPB, U.K.),
- Monica Lieschke (ARGE-Austria),
- Eva Csobod (Trefort Training School, Eotvos Lorand
University, Hungary),
- Ueli Nagel (Pestalozzianum, Switzerland),
- John C. Smyth (Scottish Environmental Education Council,
Scottland),
- Susana Calvo Roy (Direction General de Politica Ambiental,
Spain)

Different working groups were established within ECEE, eg. for biodiversity, research, network-cooperation and communication, local participation and fundraising.

GREENWAY will be used as a contact point for networking with Central and Eastern Europe.

Materials received at both conferences are available on the request from the GREENWAY Head Office in Bratislava:

1. Environmental education in Norway. A systematic approach.

The Royal Ministry of Education, Research and Church Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Oslo, February 1994; 36 pg.

2. Core curriculum for primary, secondary and adult education in Norway. The Royal Ministry of Education, Research and Church Affairs. Oslo, 1994. 42 pg.

3. Environmental Education in Norway.( Evaluation) J.Peter Stromsheim, The Royal Ministry of Education, Research and Church Affairs. Oslo 1994. 5 pg.

4. Implementation of environmental education: evaluation of a national project. K.M. Stokking, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1994.26 pg.

5. Environmental education: The assessment of students outcomes. L.van Aert,L. van Zoelen,University of Utrecht, 1994.13 pg.

6. Environmental audit: Towards a whole school policy for environmental education. K. Baczala, Kent Curriculum Services Agency, Kent, England, 1994. 7 pg.

7. Teaching on the environment in the Danish "folkeskole": Aims, possibilities, and difficulties. N. Revsgaard, Odense College of Education, Odense, Denmark, 1994. 9 pg.

8. Incorporating environmental education into the primary school curriculum. A teacher`s manual. F. Ventura, P. Pace, Faculty of Education, University of Malta, 1991. 81 pg. 9. Guidelines on environmental education across curricula. E.White, Department of Education, Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Malta, 1992. 84 pg.

10. Science fieldwork activities: Primary level years 3 and 4. Department of Education, Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Malta, 1990. 28 pg.

11. Science fieldwork activities: Primary level years 5 and 6. Department of Education, Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Malta, 1991. 70 pg.

12. Concept plan for environmental education 1993-1999. (Summary). The Netherlands. 11 pg.

13. Incorporation of environmental education into school curricula. (Project) Center for Advance of Living Culture NGO, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1994. 10 pg.

14. The structure of environmental commitment - Can school knowledge do the job? H.Ch.Dorf, N.H. Soerensen, Research Center for Environmental and Health Education, The Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1994. 13 pg.

15. Environmental project shopping fair for public instances.

G. De Schutter, Provincial Institute of Hygiene, Antverp, Belgium, 1994. 8 pg. 16. Solar energy in Norway`s schools (SOLIS project). K.T. Hetland, E. Oterholm, Dalen-Tingvoll, Norway, 1994. 3 pg.

17. Korlanc: U.S.-Hungarian Environmental Project. P. Havas, G. Szendi, Esztergom, Hungary, 1994. 5 pg.

18. Waste and environment in Europe. (A handbook for environmental courses) N. Hansen, Odense Seminarium, Odense, Denmark, 1993.40 pg.

19. Facets of leisure: scientists and children. A.P. Bukin et al.,Moscow, USSR, 1989.8 pg.

20. Annual review 1993/94. International Centre for Conservation Education, Cheltenham, Glos., United Kingdom, 1994. 22 pg.

21. The RSPB Education catalogue. The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, 1994. 18 pg.

22. Nature protection in pictures. D. Kavtaradze et al., MAB Programme, Moscow State University, Moscow, USSR, 1989.16 pg.

23. Ochrone srodowiska rozpoczynamy od naszega domu. K. Haladyn, Polski Klub Ekologiczny, Wroclaw, 1992. 24 pg.

24. Environmental education catalogue 1993. (EE NET Project) R.Ernsteins, L.Kalnina, University of Latvia Ecological Centre, Riga, Latvia, 1994. 124 pg.

25. Environmental education yearbook 93/94 for Central and Eastern Europe. (EE NET Project) R.Ernsteins, L.Kalnina, University of Latvia Ecological Centre, Riga, Latvia, 1994. 133 pg.

26. Die Zurcher Waldschulen. Ein Wegweiser. M. Weibel, Stadtforstamt Zurich, Switzerland. 10 pg.

27. Anleitung zum Umweltbewussten Handeln. IMAO , STOAS Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1993. 4 pg.

28. Science Education Newsletter. The British Council. Manchester, United Kingdom, 1994. 6 pg.

29. E-C-A-T Newsletter. Environmental Centre for Administration and Technology, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1994. 3 Vol. 12 pg.

(Travel report from the conferences on EE, Elena Vartikova)

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GREENWAY became very recently a member of CEENGO-NET, and SGEEE supporting the idea of networking with networks. Herewith we are providing you with an explanation what are the aims and goals of those networks.

3. CEENGO-NET - CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN NGO NETWORK

During the past few year, the number of non-governmental, not-for-profit organizations in Central and Eastern Europe has grown substantially. However, despite the creation of local networks and service, the contacts among NGOs in CEE are still limited. They frequently work with NGO working in fields similar to their own or a few foreign organizations.

Moreover, many western organizations have been or are offering technical assistence to NGOs in CEE which fostered both their organizational and professional development. Some of the NGOs in the region are now able to provide considerable, sometimes even more directly applicable and cost effective, technical asssistance to one another and to other NGOs emerging in Central and Eastern Europe.

Therefore, at the inaugural conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research held in July 1994 in Pecs, Hungary, representatives of some NGOs which seek to foster development of the third sector in each of their countries, launched a regional network of NGOs, CEENGO-NET (Central and Eastern Europe NNGO Network).

CEENGO-NET is a voluntary consortium of NNGOs which seek to share their knowledge and experience to assist in the growth of the third sector throughout Central and Eastern Europe and to foster contacts with NGOs and NGO networks in western European and other areas of the world.

In particular CEENGO-NET seeks to:

* provide a means quickly to share information about the activities of the third sector in each of the countries participating;

* foster the sharing of information about opportunities for financial support and to assist members to obtain joint funding for major regional projects;

* share the evaluations of members organizations of technical training programs and materials available in order to assess their suitability within a national or regional context;

* encourage the development of internship programs for NGOs which can send and host individuals who will either receive or provide training;

* provide contacts with NGOs in the region who can provide suitable, cost effective technnical assistance, training materials, consulting services and information to other NGOs in the region;

* assist NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe enhance their visibility in Western Europe, the Americas and in other non- European countries.

Membership in CEENGO-NET is voluntary and without charge. Each organization bears the cost of its own participation in the activities of the network. However, funding will be sought to provide opportunities for members of the network to meet and plan its activities and operations on a regular basis.

SAIA (the Slovak Academic Information Agency) was an initiator of the network, and currently serves as the resource documentation center for CEENGO-NET.

If you wish more information, contact :

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4. STUDY GROUP ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE - SGEEE

The idea of setting up the SGEEE was initially raised at the colloquium "Trends in Environmental Education in Europe" hosted by ERTCEE (European Research and Training Centre on Environmental Education) in February 1994.

The intention is for SGEEE to provide a systematic mechanism to enable contacts and exchanges of information, ideas and experiences among those working on the field of environemntal education in European nations. This will be achieved primarily through the production of a newsletter to be circulated to all SGEEE members.

SGEEE will act as a link between people and institutions involved with environmental education, as well as with bodies such as the European Union, Council of Europe, OECD and others. As such, it is expected that SGEEE will also play a key role in influencing olicies and programmes on environmental education and, through the expertise of members, provide assistance to initiatives in this field. SGEEE will primarily be a technical body, rather than a lobby group.

Membership to SGEEE is free of charge. All people involved in environmental education in Europe will be entitled to become members by applying to ERTCEEE, which is acting as a secretariat of SGEEE, with the following set of information: Name, Institution, Position, Activities underatken, Address and Telephone, Fax or E-mail.

For further information, or to become a member of SGEEE - contact SGEEE Co-ordinator: Walter Leal Filho, or the SGEEE Assistant: Frances MacDermott at

ertcee@bradford.ac.uk

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5. EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES

Everybody working in the field of the environmental protection knows, how important are both the personal contacts and communications.

The ARGE - Environmental Education, offers you the opportunity for working together with the team of East-West Cooperation office in Vienna, Austria.

They invite you to join the ARGE-team for one month (May or October) in 1995. It is also possible to divide the month period for two persons each for two weeks staying.

Accommodation will be arranged by the office for East-West Cooperation. Travel costs and food you to pay by yourself or by your sponsors.

If you are interested please contact ARGE Environmental Education as soos as possible. They can invite only one person per date.

Criterias for application:

good knowledge of German language (eventually English) and involvement in the work of an NGO with the aim of the environmental education.

Countries eligible: Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, possible also Romania, Croatia, Ukraine.

What is ARGE ?

The ARGE-Environmental Education was established in 1983 by the Ministry for the Education and Art, and by the Ministry of the Environment, Youth and Family of Austria as an subject of law of Austrian Society for Nature and Environment Protection.

It is an NGO dealing with information and education in the field of in-school and out-of-school environmental education of teachers, educators and other interested persons.

ARGE organized a lot of conferences, seminars, training courses and workshops on the environmental education issues, published many publications and eco-games. Established own library with approxim. 5.000 titles and video & film-library.

Next event organized by ARGE will be

the 7th Coordinating Meeting on Environmental Education in Central and Eastern Europe on 3-6 May 1995, in Vienna, Austria.

Special theme of the meeting: Communication in Environmental Education.

This meeting will be organized with cooperation of GREENWAY.

For more information please contact:

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6. SOSNA FOUNDATION

SOSNA Foundation was established in January 1992 in Kosice, Slovak Republic, as a non-governmental and non-profit organisation focused on raising of environmental awareness and on improving of the quality of environmental education.

Members of SOSNA are teachers and experts working on the field of environmental protection (e.g. in the Museum, in environmental department at the Town Hall, etc.).

SOSNA Foundation has realised a lot of various activities, as such as the Earth Day, seminars on environmental education, Continual lectures on ecology, Green School, etc. Especially, the last time 4-days seminar, organised with support of The British Council Bratislava, hosting Alan Dyer from UK, was very succesful.

Thanks to the support from The Open Society Fund Slovakia, SOSNA has created a DTP center and published three original publications which will be used in the project of environmental education organised by Open Society Fund:

With support from the Town Hall, The SOSNA Environmental Bulletin will be published in 1995.

Except of activities mentioned above, we organised also some campaigns:

- Separated Waste Collection (altogether with Center for Waste liquidation

We created a good contacts with the other NGOs in Kosice, as well as with the School Administration in the town. One of our common endeavours will be to include the environmental topics into curricula of various teaching subjects at basic schools.

The following activities are under preparation for the year 1995:

- organisation of the another seminar on environmental education (with Alan Dyer),

- continuing campaign on Separated Waste Collection,

- following organisation of Continual Lectures on Ecology (for teachers and public),

- continuing the "Green School" - the long-term competition among the school classes, focused on the improving of positive attitudes to the environment (for pupils and teachers).

For further information contact:

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III. CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, COURSES

1. LAND USE CHANGES AND NATURE CONSERVATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

Lithuanian Fund for Nature invites you to attend the conference, which will be held in hotel Rugelis, sea-resort Palanga, Lithuania, on 5-8 June 1995. The conference is dedicated to the European Nature Conservation Year `95.

Objectives

The aim of this conference is to bring together environmentalists, scientists and land managers in order to facilitate the discussion and excahnge of ideas on the impact of land reprivatisation on nature. The meeting should lead to the recommendations on sustainable land management in agricultural areas, which face intensification of human activities and change of ownership. The participants should identify new threats and opportunities, which challenge nature conservation in reprivatised areas.

Provisional Scientific Programme

The programme will include plenary sessions with invited speakers and contributed papers and posters.

The conference focuses at least on the following topics:

Audience

The conference is specifically aimed at the following groups:

Excursions and Social Activities

Excursions will be organised to the Curonian Spit National Park and the River Nemunas Delta Regional Park and other sites of Lithuania representing taypical landscapes and habitats of the country. Invitation party and Farewell-party will be organised.

Financing

The organising committee is looking for sponsorship to compensate some of conference costs and to help encourage attendance from Eastern and Central Europe.

Language: The official language of the conference will be English.

If you are interested in receiving the first announcement and call for papers and posters for this conference please contact at the address below as soon as possible (deadline is 15 January 1995).

The second announcement with complete information on the conference will be forwarded in April 1995 to all those who applicated.

2. FORUM "ETHNOSES AND NATURE": ETNA `95

The vital element in the creation of a sustainable global society is the preservation of both quality and diversity in the natural and cultural environment of all people. This is the goal of the project "LANGUAGE-CULTURE- ECOLOGY" that is implemented by the same name Centre of the Academy of New Thinking (ANM) under the auspices of the International Academy of Sciences San Marino (AIS) and Global Action for Education, Science and Culture (Monda Kunagado) as their contribution to the UNESCO World Decade for Cultural Development (1988-1997) and to the European Conservation Year 1995.

Individuals working in the fields of science and culture and all others who realize the NEED TO SAVE THE QUALITY AND DIVERSITY OF HUMANITY`S NATURAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT are invited to take part in the forums entitled "ETHNOSES AND NATURE (ETNA) with the aaim of combining the scientific analysis of links between ethnicity and nature with the fields of art and education.

The first Forum, ETNA `95, will reflect the relationship betweeen European ethnic groups and the natural environment of the temperate belt. This first Forum will take place in the High Tatra National Park in Slovakia, on 26 June- 5 July 1995.

The second Forum, ETNA `97 will analyze these relationships in the tropics and subtropics of Australia and Oceania. The third Forum, ETNA `99, will be devoted to the equatorial belt in South America... The results of these forums will be a series of publications on the relationships between ethnoses and nature in the different climate/nature zones of the world.

With the help of collaborators the project aims to invetorise and widely distribute inaformation on existence of harmonious ethno-natural relationships. The International School of Ecological Living is being established for this purpose. The school will study and disseminate the experience of European ethnic groups as to to be discussed in the first Forum.

Objectives

The analysis of the mutual relationship of ethnic groups and their natural environment from spiritual, social and ecological perspectives. Sharing of experiences and practical knowledge relating to the harmonius relationship of ethnoses and nature.

Provisional program:

26 June 1995: Arrival Opening ceremony Exhibition-seminar
27-29 June : Sections: Language Culture Ecology. Directives: natural determination of man as a species; social determination of the environment; the role of the international languages in the noosphere; the protection of the ethnic languages, cultures and environment in the unity of nature and culture, ecological ethics, etc.
30 June : Closure of the conference. Excursion to the Glacial Cave and Nature Protec- tion Museum. Opening of the Festival in Vychodna.
1-2 July : Folklore Festival in Vychodna.
3-4 July : Daily excursions in the Tatra region (ecology, ethnography, culture of Spis region, mountain observatory, caves visits, etc.)
5 July : Closing ceremony of the Forum ETNA `95.

26 June-5 July 1995 : The International School of Ecological Living

6-10 July 1995: Exhibitions, discussions, small expedition, seminar.

21-25 June 1995: Intensive courses in Slovak and Esperanto.

Target groups: Scientists and humanists, environmental and cultural activists, artists, students, families, etc.

Languages: English, Slovak, Esperanto and possible Russian, German and French.

Organizers: Centre Language-Culture-Ecology of Academy of New Thinking, Moscow, Russia; International Academy of Sciences, Slovakia; Town & region of Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia and many co-organizers from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Russia, Yugoslavia,Poland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, South Korea and Ukraine.

Participation fees:

various: for Central and East European countries appr. 50-70 USD, Western countries appr. 100-140 USD.

one-day stay + food + excursions: 15-25 USD (Youth hostels), 21-60 USD (Hotels **/***).

Intensive courses in Slovak, Esperanto (21-25 June): 90-100 USD The School of Ecological Living (6-10 July): 90-100 USD.

Discounts: 30% for students, schoolchildren, members of AIS, Monda Kunagado, SE, SZOPK: 100% for children until 12 years old, 50 % for only 2-3 days participation.

Registration forms can be obtained from

the GREENWAY Office or
the International Committee ETNA `95
OUZP
Popradske nabrezie 16
058 01 Poprad
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Tel: +42.92. 64013, 65542, 635535, 32419
Fax: +42.92. 62645, 455612, 6033343
E-mail: root@ta3.sk or
ETNA95@juls.savba.sk

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3. EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH:ECER `95

British Educational Research Association and European Educational Research Association are organizing the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER `95), which will be held at the University of Bath, England on 14- 17 September 1995.

Main aim of the conference will be educational research in Europe: relating theory, policy and practice, comprising symposia, papers, roundtables and poster sessions, as well as an exhibition of books and computer software.

Accommodation and meals will be provided on University campus, where the conference itself will take place.

Costs:

The conference registration fee is 95 GBP. Approximate hotel costs per night for bed & breakfast are; single room: 40-70 GBP double room: 55-90 GBP. The deadline for receipt of booking forms is 1st July 1995.

Further details can be obtained from:

4. EUROPEAN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SEMINAR 1995

The next year`s European Sustainable Energy Seminar will be organized on 19-24 June 1995 in Budmerice, near Bratislava, Slovakia.

The main aim of the seminar is to invite the European NGOs working on sustainable energy, and which in the same time are joining the activities of INforSe-Europe, GREENWAY Energy Working Group, and Climate Network Europe.

The provisional agenda for the seminar:

The seminar fee is set at approx. 150 USD.

Participation and travel costs will be supported for Central and East European participants as far as funding is available.

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5. ERTCEE ORGANISES TRAINING COURSE IN HUNGARY

A team from ERTCEE visited Hungary with a view to establishing links with institutions in that country. As an outcome of the visit , ERTCEE will be organising a "Training Course on the Planning, Execution and Evaluation of Environmental Education Projects in Central and Eastern Europe", with Korlanc US-Hungarian Environmental Education Project acting as in country co-ordinator.

The training course will enable practitioners and experts from Hungary and elsewhere in the region to up-date their knowledge, discuss experiences and assimilate ideas, in order to further develop projects in their own countries. It will also stimulate contacts with others working in environmental education, with purpose of forming networks for the successful dissemination of practices.

The course will run for six days in June 1995 in Borbaspuszta, a village in the centre of Hungary, well situated for outdoor activities and field visits to projects. Accommodation in a small conference centre will allow a total of forty party participants.

For further information and booking please contact:

(Source: ERTCEE NEWSletter, Autumn 1994, Issue No 10)

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IV. IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING/USEFUL TO KNOW

1. EUROPEAN POSTGRADUATE COURSE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - EPCEM

The course will be organized from September 1995 to June 1996 in Amsterdam, Leiden, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Aim of EPCEM is as follows:

To strengthen intersectoral and international cooperation in the field of environmental policy.
To enhance environmental expertise in European countries.
To harmonize environmental policy and environmental management in Europe.

If participants meet the educational objectives at the end of the course, they will receive a supplementary professional Master`s degree in Environmental Management (MEM).

The EPCEM is a one-year full-time course running from the first week of September 1995 until the last week of June 1996.

The general programme outline is:

Introduction, Environmental science, Environmental policy and management, Environmental policy: differentiation, Interdisciplinary research project, Individual internship, Evaluation. It consists of a a period of theoretical preparation and skills training, and a period of practical experience in semi-professional situation. During the course there will be special focus on training in professional skills like: participating in and chairing of meetings, making oral presentations, writing policy papers, and project management.

The EPCEM will accept a maximum of 80 graduates (approx. 30 from Central and Eastern European countries, 30 from the Netherlands and 20 from other Western European countries).

Participants should (recently) have acquired an MSc or MA degree (or equivalent) in an environmentally related discipline. Disciplines which are relevant in this respect are: chemistry, biology, earth sciences, agriculture sciences, public health, physical and regional planning, law, economics, social sciences, social psychology and administrative science. A balanced composition of all environmentally related disciplines is of great importance for the success of the course.

A good English is a prerequisite.

Central and East Europeans can apply for a scholarship from the EPCEM fund. Candidates are advised to contact the EPCEM secretariat in Amsterdam in February 1995.

Applications for EPCEM should be delivered to an EPCEM representative in the home country (Byelorussia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Ukraine-only) before 1 March 1995.

Candidates from countries where there is no EPCEM representative should sent their application forms directly to the EPCEM secretariat before 1 March 1995.

More information, application forms and brochures can be asked from:

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2. FOCUS ON YOUR WORLD

UNEP International Photographic Competition on the Environment, 1994 -1995 - in the 50th anniversary year of the United Nations.

Following the highly successful photographic competition which was held to coincide with the United nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is organizing another international photographic competition which is once again supported by generous sponsorship from Canon Inc.

This new competition is timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the United Nations in 1995 and it will again seek to draw world attention to global environmental problems.

The competition invites the submission of photographs with the theme "Focus on Your World", from proffessional and amateur photographers world-wide, of all ages and nationalities. This time, however, there will also be a separate category for children.

The prizes will be awarded in New York in October 1995 and the winning photographs will then be exhibited internationally in subsequent travelling photographic exhibitions set up on a regional basis.

The most suitable entries will also be preserved in a photographic library administrated by UNEP on behalf of the United Nations, and they may be used to further the awareness of global problems.

Theme: Focus on Your World

Entrants are invited to shhow, though their photopgraphs, how they see the world. Their photographs should reflect the pplanet, its people and the environment, in all its diversity. The photographs should seek to express their challenges, hopes and fears in a rapidlay changing world.

Entry Divisions

Professional Division: A professional is defined as a person whose principal source of income is derived from photography. Maximum number of photographs per entrant is three. Original or high quality duplicate slides and /or prints in either colour or black and white may be submitted. Minimum print size 20 x 20 cm, maximum 20 x 25 cm.

Amateur Division: An amateur is defined as a person whose principal source of income is not derived from photography. Maximum number of photographs per entrant is three. Original or high quality duplicate slides and /or prints in either colour or black and white may be submitted. Minimum print size 12 x 16,5 cm, maximum 20 x 25 cm.

Children`s Division: A child is defined as a person who on 1/1/94 was under the age of sixteen years. Maximum number of photographs per entrant is three. Original or high quality duplicate slides and /or prints in either colour or black and white may be submitted. Minimum print size 12 x 16,5 cm, maximum 20 x 25 cm.

Competition Dates

The competition was opened on 21 September 1994 and will be closed on 30 April 1995; no entries will be accepted after that date.

All submitted photographs must have been taken between 1 January 1994 and 30 April 1995. Photographs taken between 1 January 1994 and 20 September 1994 must not be submitted before 21 September 1994.

Prizes to be awarded

1.Professional Division:
2.Amateur Division:
3.Children`s Division:
4.The UNNEP Executive Director`s Special Prize
5.The Canon Special Prize

Germany/Dusseldorf:UNEP Photographic Competition Konigsallee 60 B, D-4000 Dusseldorf 1

Latvia/Jurmala: UNEP Photographic Competition, INFOTERRA NFP, Latvian Environment Data Centre, 2 Straumes St., LV-2015 Jurmala

Russia/Moscow: UNEP Photographic Competition Centre for International Projects P.O.Box 46 CIP,112792 Moscow

U.K./London: UNEP Photographic Competition, SMI(Overseas) Ltd,P.O.Box 119 Stevenage SG1 4QT, Hertfordshire

Kenya/Nairobi: UNEP Photographic Competition,UNEP Headquart ers, P.O.Box 47767, Nairobi

GREENWAY MEMBERS

Elena Vartikova International Coordinator GREENWAY Head Office P.O.Box 163 814 99 Bratislava SlOVAK REPUBLIC tel/fax: +42.7.58 227 58 E-mail: greenway@isternet.sk

ALBANIA: Leke Gjiknuri, Mehmet Meta Protection and Preservation on Natural Environment in Albania (PPNEA) Rr.Luigj Gurakuqi Pall.15/1,Shk.4,Ap.25 Tirana tel/fax:+355.42.27 048

Ali Eltari Albanian Ecological Club Ismail Quemali Albanian Radio-Television Tirana tel:+355.42.26 287 fax:+355.42.23 726

BYELORUSSIA: Byelorussian Ecological Union Lenin str. 15a 220030 Minsk

CROATIA: Predrag Haramija, Inge Perko Green Alliance of Croatia Dordiceva 7 41 000 Zagreb tel/fax: +385.41.430 119 Dubravka Bacun Green Action Radnicka cesta 22 41 000 Zagreb tel/fax:+385.41.610 951 E-mail: za-zg@zamir-zg.ztn.zer.de

CZECH REPUBLIC: Zbynek Hruska, Jozef Marek Brontosaurus Association Soukenicka 30 110 OO Praha 1 tel/fax: +42.2.231 3057

ESTONIA: Tonu Lausmaa TAASEN 23A Akadeemia tee EE-0026 Tallinn tel: +372.6.393 047 fax: +372.6.527 555 or 397 901

GEORGIA: Georgia Greens David Aghmashenebeli ave. 182 380012 Tbilisi tel: +7.8832.348 068 fax: +7.8832.351 674 E-mail: gagreens@glas.apc.org

Nino Kochishvili, Zviad Gogiashvili Georgia Youth Eco-Movement David Aghmashenebeli ave. 182 380012 Tbilisi tel:+7.8832.394 342 or 351 914 fax:+7.8832.351 674 E-mail: gyem@envinet.kiev.ua

Zviad Mukbaniani Human Ecology Center Kostava str, 47 (rooms 33, 34) 380060 Tbilisi tel: +7.8832.936 940 fax: +7.8832.999 594 E-mail: shery@iberiapac.ge or isargeo@glas.apc.org

GERMANY: Dorothea Bogelsack, Dirk Hoffmann Green League Friedrichstrasse 165 0-1080 Berlin tel/fax: +49.30.200 2554 E-mail: gruene.liga@ipn-b.comlink.de

HUNGARY: Erzsebet Schmuck, Judit Balogh National Society of Conservationists Kolto u.21 1121 Budapest tel./fax:+36.1.175 0684 E-mail: ildiko@mtvsz.zpok.hu Zsuzsa Foltanyi ELTE Club Olt u. 21 1112 Budapest tel: +36.1.115 5465 tel/fax: +36.1.135 0975 E-mail:szaloki@ener.zpok.hu

Toth Marianna Environmental Protection Society P.F.72 9200 Mosonmagyarorvar tel/fax: +36.96.217 121 Veronika Mora EYFA - Hungary Lovohaz u.19, I/1 1024 Budapest tel: +36.1.115 2218 fax: +36.1.132 0321 E-mail: vera@eyfa.zpok.hu or vera@okosz.zpok.hu

LATVIA: Iveta Taibe Children`s Environmental School P.O.Box 364 LV-1050 Riga tel: +371.2.289 318 fax: +371.2.282 393

Liga Skujina Environmental Protection Club of Latvia Smilsu str. 12 LV-1963 Riga tel/fax: +371.2.212 917 E-mail: eriks@vaknet.riga.lv

Valdis Bisters University of Latvia Ecological Centre 19, Rainis blvd. LV-1586 Riga tel: +371.2.225 304 fax: +371.882 0384 E-mail: root@ekocentrs.riga.lv

MACEDONIA: Josif Tanevski, Mihail Tokarev Ecological Movement of Macedonia Bul. Ilinden b.b. 91 000 Skopje tel/fax:+389.91.220 518 fax:+389.91.331 434

ROMANIA: Istvan Sido Rhododendron P.O.Box 317 4300 Tirgu Mures tel.+40.65.168 900 fax:+40.65.162 907

George Razvan Marcu, Florin Vasiliu Ecosens Str. Paul Greceanu 9,Bl.6,Ap.38 sector 2 72119 Bucharest tel: +40.1.610 4155 tel/fax: +40.1.613 2414

RUSSIA: Alexander Shishkin Ecological Club 4, Ivana Chernych st. 198095 St. Petersburg tel: +7.812.186 5640 fax: +7.812.186 8600

Nikolai Grishin Earth Friends P.O.Box 400 123423 Moscow tel: +7.095.191 2326 fax: +7.095.292 6511 box 1724

SLOVAKIA: Frantisek Kassay Humanity and Health for All Lublanska 7 010 08 Zilina tel: +42.89.522 57 fax: +42.89.532 40

Jozef Gregor, Andrej Toth Slovak Union of Nature and Landscape Protectors Gorkeho 6 811 01 Bratislava tel/fax: +42.7.364 665 E-mail: uvszopk@ecn.gn.apc.org

Mikulas Huba, Vladimir Ira Society for Sustainable Living Starotursky chodnik 1 811 01 Bratislava tel/fax: +42.7.313 968 E-mail: ira@ggu.savba.sk huba@ggu.savba.sk

UKRAINE: Igor Kiriltchuk Zeleny Svit Kontraktova pl.4 252070 Kiev-70 tel: +7.044.416 5218 fax: +7.044.290 6504

Evgeni Kotsiubniak, Andri Glazovoj Unicorn P.O.Box 64 254060 Kiev - 60 tel/fax: +7.044.440 3017 E-mail: john@envinet.kiev.ua

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