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7th CONFERENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE

Spero interessi
Alessandro Gimona

Dear Colleagues,

 We are sending in attach the First Announcement of CEEE Italy 2000,
 7th CONFERENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE :
 "Networking Environmental Education Networks: the role, trends,
 communication and integration of networks involved in education for
environment and sustainability within local, national and European policies" 
 which we are organising in collaboration with the CEEE - Co-operation
 for Environmental Education in Europe and which is going to take place
 from the 26th to the 29th of September 2000 in Villa Manin di Passariano,
 Codroipo - Udine, Italy.

 You will find all information hereunder.

 Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia
 (Autonomous Region Friuli- Venezia Giulia)
 A.R.P.A. - Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente
 (Regional Agency for Environmental Protection)
 LaREA - Laboratorio Regionale di Educazione Ambientale del Friuli-Venezia
 Giulia
 (Friuli - Venezia Giulia Environmental Education Regional Centre)
 CEEE Co-operation for Environmental Education in Europe


 CEEE ITALY 2000
 VII CONFERENCE OF
 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE
 Networking Environmental Education Networks:
 the role, trends, communication and integration of networks
 involved in education for environment and sustainability
 within local, national and European policies

 26th - 30th September 2000
 Villa Manin di Passariano
 Codroipo - Udine (ITALY)


 1st Announcement

 in collaboration with
 University of Trieste
 University of Udine

 the Conference is acknowledged by
 Italian Ministry of the Environment
 European Commission - Representation in Milano (Italy)
 IUCN - The World Conservation Union - Commission on Education and
 Communication


 Preliminary Registration Secretariat
 LaREA Laboratorio Regionale di Educazione Ambientale
 P.zza del Castello 7 - 33010 Colloredo di M.A. (UD) - Italy
 Tel.: ++39 0432 889014 / ++39 0432 889698       Fax: ++39 0432 889798
 e-mail: larea at cifra.uniud.it    Web site: http://www.larea.uniud.it
 Preliminary Registration Secretariat is open from Monday to Friday,
 10.00-13.00

 CEEE - Co-operation for Environmental Education in Europe
 CEEE is an international network specifically committed to Environmental
 Education and connecting people of every country in Europe (EU and other
 European Countries), who are involved in the development of education for
environment and sustainability in their own countries. CEEE main objectives are: to implement Environmental Education, to have it adopted on all levels 
 in the community and to enhance its quality. One of the most important
 features of the group is the co-operation between researchers, teachers,
educators and other practitioners, members of NGOs and Governmental bodies. 
 Thus CEEE links formal and informal education and crosses all existing
 boundaries in Europe

 CEEE organises a Conference every two years, which is called CEEE -
 Conference of Environmental Education in Europe and which is joined by a
 wider and varying group of people. This gives a good opportunity both to
 disseminate the expertise of CEEE group to the hosting country and to help
 participants share and upgrade their knowledge and experience, in order to
 achieve practical outcomes.

 The previous six Conferences took place in Roma - Italia (1988), Glasgow -
Scotland (1990), Rotterdam / Leeuwarden - Netherlands (1992), Riga - Latvia (1994), Harnosand - Sweden (1996) and Lisboa / Sangalhos - Portugal (1998). 
 After Portugal 1998, CEEE entrusted LaREA to organise the VIIth Conference
 of Environmental Education in Europe.
LaREA - The Environmental Education Regional Centre of the Autonomous Region 
 Friuli - Venezia Giulia  LaREA is an example of the special
 environmental education (EE) structures
 (Environmental Education Local Centres) that have been set up in Italy in
 the 90s. It is situated in the middle of Friuli - Venezia Giulia region
(north-eastern Italy), in Colloredo di Monte Albano Castle (near Udine) and 
 it is a centre for EE services for the whole region.

 It was set up in 1997 as a three-year project undertaken by the Regional
 Administration of Friuli -Venezia Giulia - Environment Department, which
 entrusted the Universities of Udine and Trieste to manage it. It was
 initially funded by the Italian Ministry of the Environment and thus it is
 part of the Italian National System for Environmental Education. In 2000
 LaREA has become a permanent Centre of the Regional Administration, within
 the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection.
LaREA networks EE activities on a regional scale. It works as a mediator in 
 the local environment, promoting communication and interaction between
 people and organisations, in order to set up a Regional System for
 Environmental Education. Thus LaREA carries out various functions:
 stimulating action, improving public awareness, training teachers and
practitioners, fostering exchanges of ideas and experiences within the field 
 of environmental education and sustainable development.
 (for further information see LaREA's Web site: www.larea.uniud.it)

 Programme Committee
 Sergio Sichenze, LaREA (EE Regional Centre of Friuli - Venezia Giulia),
 Colloredo di M.A.- Udine, Italy;
 Federica Flapp, LaREA (EE Regional Centre of Friuli - Venezia Giulia),
 Colloredo di M.A.- Udine, Italy;
 Sergey I. Baranovsky, Green Cross Russia, Moscow, Russia;
 Renata Briano, Liguria EE Regional Centre, Genova, Italy;
 Marinus Brijker, NHL - Faculty of Teacher Education, Leeuwarden,
 Netherlands;
 Michela Mayer, European Centre for Education, Frascati, Italy;
 Vittorio Midoro, National Research Council - Institute for Educational
 Technology, Genova, Italy;
 Fausta Setti, EE Local Centre "L. Conti" of Milano, Milano, Italy;
 Michal Skapa, Environmental Education Centre - Charles University, Prague,
 Czech Rep.;
 John Smyth, IUCN Commission on Education and Communication - European
 Committee, Johnstone, Scotland - UK;
 Athena Veneti, Mediterranean Information Office-MIO-ECSDE, Athens, Greece
 and Univerity of Paris 7 Denis Diderot, Paris, France;
 Rune Wikström, Department of Applied Science Mid Sweden University,
 Härnösand, Sweden.
 Organising Committee
Regione Autonoma Friuli - Venezia Giulia: Direzione Regionale dell'Ambiente; 
 LaREA (EE Regional Centre of Friuli - Venezia Giulia);
 Pro Loco of Villa Manin

 Participants
 People and organisations of European Countries (UE and other European
 Countries) interested in Education for Environment and Sustainability: EE
 practitioners (NGOs, Societies, EE Centres etc.), school and university
 teachers, researchers, educators, trainers, civil servants and
 administrators of national and local governments.Participation in the
 Conference is free of charge, there is no registration fee. Participants
 will have to pay for their trip, hotel accommodation and meals.
 Languages
The official language of the Conference is English. Simultaneous translation 
 (English/Italian and Italian/English) will be provided in Plenary Sessions
 and in the Seminar.

 The Conference Theme
Networks are a world wide topical subject in the age of globalisation. If we 
 focus on our geographical area - Europe - and on our activity field
 -education for environment and sustainability - we can see an increasing
 number and variety of networks: some are specifically devoted to EE, while
 others connect people and organisations working in related fields (e.g.
 environmental management, sustainable development, nature conservation,
 formal and informal education, training etc.).
Such networks have different origins and aims, they connect different kinds 
 of organisations and can work on a local, national or international scale.
 It's a "system of systems" where boundaries can not be clearly defined,
while links, communication, interaction, overlapping and synergies are worth 
 being tackled on the basis of systemic thinking, focusing on relations
 within each network and between different networks.
 Emergent questions are:

 *       how does working in a network help environmental education to
 achieve its aim and to become integrated into environmental policies?

 *       what does being part of a network mean in our everyday way of
 thinking and working in the environmental education field?

 *       and how can different existing networks be efficiently and
 effectively integrated?
The aim of the Conference is to tackle such topics in order to work out ways of enhancing positive strategies and overcoming difficulties related to the 
 activity and inter-linking of networks involved in EE.

 Furthermore, the Conference should provide good opportunities to analyse
 relations between EE networks and other networks involved in environmental
issues (e.g. Environmental and Nature Conservation networks, Local Agenda 21 
 networks, Protected Areas networks, ...).

 Preliminary Programme
 The Conference will include: Plenary Sessions; four Working Groups and a
 Seminar; Posters Session; Hypermedia and Books Corners.

 Plenary Sessions
 Plenary Sessions should provide a common cultural basis and a theoretical
background on networks, should tackle related cross-sectoral issues such as the use of new technologies and other instruments for a further development 
 and integration of EE Networks and should introduce different kinds of
 networks (related to the Working Groups topics).

 Working Groups
 Working Groups (WGs) will work in parallel. They will include, at the
 beginning, some introductory presentations related to the WG issue. Such
 presentations should follow the "Contribution scheme" suggested by the
 Programme Committee (see next pages). WGs will focus on their specific
topics in order to achieve practical outcomes. The results of WGs work will be synthesised in a final report, which the WG moderator will present in the 
 final Plenary Session.

 Working Groups will be focused on different "categories" of EE networks
(which are basically characterised by their main aims, although overlapping 
 between such categories is likely to occur):

 1.      networks consisting mostly of schools (even in collaboration with
 local bodies or other organisations) and aiming to develop their own EE
 projects (and, in case, educational research)

 2.      networks (often governmental or officially recognised) aiming to
 co-ordinate and enhance mutual communication, sharing and interaction
 between EE centres and other bodies/organisations
3. networks (often constituted by NGOs) aiming to promote and implement 
 their own EE programmes and campaigns, which are then joined by schools or
 other organisations

 4.      networks aimed at training in environmental education
 Seminar

 "Integration of EE networks and networks involved in sustainable
 development: the Italian situation as a case study within the European
 context".

 The seminar will deal with the general theme going deeper into the Italian
 situation as a case study: the integration between networks like the
National System for EE, the new system of the National and Regional Agencies for the Protection of Environment, the environmental associations networks, Sustainable Cities networks, Agenda 21 networks etc. Participants from other 
 countries are invited to join the seminar and to contribute to the
 discussion. (simultaneous translation will be provided)

 Posters Session
Posters Session will provide an opportunity to introduce other networks, in 
 order to integrate the WGs contents. Poster Session will include five
 sections, corresponding to the Working Groups titles and to the Seminar.
 Authors will have the opportunity of explaining their Posters to
 participants during the scheduled hours. Posters also should be drawn up
 according to the "Contribution scheme".

 Hypermedia and Books Corners
 Hypermedia and Books Corners will provide an opportunity to present
instruments and materials related to the Conference issue. Exhibition space 
 is free of charge, but it should be booked before 15th May.
 (see the Preliminary Registration form)

 Preliminary Schedule

 1°day, Tuesday 26th Sept.
 *       Participants' arrival and reception
 *       Setting up of Posters, Hypermedia and Books Corners

 2° day, Wednesday 27th Sept.
 *       Plenary Sessions: introduction; the epistemological basis of
 networks and their development in the age of globalisation, communication
 and new technologies; diversity and similarity of EE Networks: examples of
 different kinds of EE Networks

 3° day, Thursday 28th Sept.
 *       Working Groups and Seminar in parallel Sessions: presentations,
 joint work, discussion
 *       Visit to Posters Session and Hypermedia and Books Corners

 4° day, Friday 29th Sept.
 *       Working Groups in parallel Sessions: drawing up of reports
 *       Plenary Sessions: Working Groups reports, Conclusions
 *       Planning of CEEE 2002 Conference

 5° day, Saturday 30th Sept.
 *       Participants' Departure
 The Final Programme will be issued in June-July 2000.

 Call for Papers
 Participants who would like to submit presentations to be included in the
 Working Groups sessions and/or Posters can submit an abstract of their
 contributions before 15th May 2000 to the Programme Committee, that will
examine and select them. Only contributions focused on the Conference theme 
 and on the specific topic of the selected Working Group or Poster Section
 will be accepted. Authors of selected abstracts will then be invited to
submit the final text of their contribution within the Conference beginning. 
 Both abstracts and final text of W.G.s presentations and Posters should be
 drawn up according to the guide lines suggested in the "Contributions
 scheme", in order to co-operate in enhancing mutual communication, keeping
the Conference work focused on its topics and achieving practical outcomes. 
 According to such scheme every contribution should not just provide a
 general description of each network and its activities. Instead, each
contribution - both Working Groups presentations and Posters - should tackle specific topics and problems related to networks through examples drawn from 
 practical experience. In other words, everybody is requested to filter
 her/his experience through a common grid, so that the same "key points"
 cross all contributions in which examples of networks are being presented.
 Should contributions submitted as WGs presentations exceed the practicable
 number, the Programme Committee might invite authors to turn their
 presentations into Posters.

 CONTRIBUTION SCHEME
 for abstracts and final texts of Working Groups presentations and Posters
 the following guide lines are suggested by the Programme Committee
 First part of the Contribution: description of the network
both WGs presentations and posters should include the following information, 
 so that descriptions of different networks can be comparable and easier to
 understand for all participants
 1) what are the main objectives/aims of your network? What is its origin?
 2) what is the structure/architecture of your network?
 *       what is the scheme of it? how would you illustrate it graphically?
 *       who/what are the members/parts of your network? what is their
 hierarchical position in the network, if it is hierarchically organised?
 *       who are these members/parts? what kind of organisations are they?
 *       does your network include smaller networks and/or is your network
 included in wider networks?
3) what is the organisation (roles, functions, activities) of your network? 
 *       what is the role/task of the different members/parts of your
 network?
 *       what are the functions that the different members/parts of your
 network carry out?
 *       which environmental issues are the activities of your network
 related to?
 *       how and from whom does your network get financial support?
Second part of the presentation: analysis of some key points of working in a 
 network
Contributions should analyse at least one of the following topics, in order 
 to contribute to WGs discussion
 1) dependence and autonomy within the network (the balance between being
 dependent on the network and being autonomous within it), advantages and
 disadvantages of working in the network:
* what are the ties/bonds that a "piece" of your network must accept, in what way does it depend on the network and what does its autonomy consist 
 of?
 *       what do the members/parts gain from being part of your network and
 what are they expected to give in order to be part of the network?
 *       how does the network influence its members/parts and how do the
members/parts affect the network? how does being part of a network influence 
 your way of thinking and working in the EE field?
 2) how the use of new technologies affects the structure and the functions
 of EE networks:
* what are the new technologies involved in the work of your network? * what are the advantages, the problems, the new needs related to the 
 use of new technologies in your EE network?
* how does the use of new technologies affect the way your EE network 
 works?
 3) efficiency and effectiveness of EE networks
 *       what tools/instruments (e.g. data bases, surveys, news letters) do
 your network use to implement its efficiency and effectiveness?
* what tools/instruments (e.g. indicators of progress, inquiries among 
 the participants) does your network use assess and evaluate its efficiency
 and effectiveness?
 Third part of the presentation: networking networks
 Finally, contributions should tackle the following topics, which are
 substantial to develop the Conference theme
1) how does your network relate to other networks on a local, national 
 or international scale?
 2)      what relations with other networks would be necessary or useful to
 your network in order to implement its efficiency and effectiveness?
 3)      what are, in your opinion, the needs, problems and possible
 solutions related to networking existing EE networks on an European scale?
 Abstracts layout and submission
 The abstract of each WG presentation or Poster should include:
 *       the kind of contribution: Poster or Working Group presentation;
 *       the Poster session section (1/2/3/4) or the WG (1/2/3/4) in which
 their contribution should be included;
 *       the title of the contribution (WG presentation or Poster);
 *       the author(s) names(s) (if there are several ones, the suggested
 speaker should be placed first);
 *       the full name of the organization;
 *       city, country;
 *       the abstract text;
 *       a short curriculum vitae of the authors.
 Abstracts must be submitted in English and fit the following format:
 *       Times New Roman, 12 points,
 *       single spaced / 1 interval,
 *       paper format 210 x 297mm,
 *       upper margin - 20mm, lower margin- 20mm, left margin - 20mm, right
 margin - 20mm.
 The abstract text must not exceed 8000 characters/types, blank spaces
 excluded.
 Authors should also introduce themselves through a short curriculum vitae
 (not more than 1500 characters/types, blank spaces excluded), which should
be attached at the end of the abstract text. The curriculum should include: 
 the full name of the author (name(s), surname), degree, title, name of
 organization, occupation/position, fields of interest or activity.
 Abstracts must be sent to LaREA as files, preferably MS WORD (or, in case,
 files .rtf, .txt, .htm, .html, pdf), by:
 *       mail (a diskette 3,5" with the attached file);
 *       e-mail with an attachment file
 Abstracts must be sent to LaREA before 15th May 2000.
Authors should fill in the Preliminary Registration form and send it before 
 or at the same time of their abstract, to the following address:
 CEEE2000 Preliminary Registration Secretariat
 LaREA Laboratorio Regionale di Educazione Ambientale
 P.zza del Castello 7 - 33010 Colloredo di M.A. (UD) - Italy
 Tel.: ++39 0432 889014 / ++39 0432 889698       Fax: ++39 0432 889798
 e-mail: larea at cifra.uniud.it    Web site: http://www.larea.uniud.it
Abstracts that do not fit the formats or that are not sent as computer files 
 will not be accepted.


 Preliminary Registration form
Please send back the filled in form to LaREA, by mail, fax or e-mail, before 
 15th May 2000,
 Surname         Name
 Occupation:
 Organisation:
 Address (e.g. street, number)
 Town and Postcode       Country
 telephone number        fax number
 e-mail address  Web site

 * I would like to register preliminarily now and
I would like to join Working Group n. * 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 or the Seminar * (one 
 ore more options)
 Contributions submission
* I would like to submit a presentation to Working Group n. * 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 
 Other authors:
 Title:
 * I would like to submit a Poster to be included in the section
 corresponding to WG n. * 1 * 2 * 3 * 4
 Other authors:
 Title:

 Hypermedia and Books corners booking
 I would like to book an exhibition space in the:
 * Hypermedia corner, in order to present the following materials:
 kind (e.g. CDRom, Web site, ...)        title


 contents
 * Books corner, in order to present the following materials:
 kind (e.g. book, magazine, leaflet, ...)        title
 contents


 kind (e.g. book, magazine, leaflet, ...)        title
 contents



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