International Program in 100 countries

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International Programin 100 countries
Students collaboratewith scientists
Hands-on science
Atmosphere/ClimateHydrology Soil Land
Cover/Biology Phenology
Over 15 million environmental measurements taken
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GLOBE in Africa Some Stats
GLOBE Partners 26 Discussions with Algeria,
Burundi, Guinea-Bissau, and Malawi to join GLOBE
Teachers trained Over 900 GLOBE Schools
represented Over 550 Number of data
reported Over 900,000
Caveat not all schools and teachers are
participating
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Africa Highlights

• Regional workshops and meetings in Niger,
  November 2005 and in Uganda, January 2006, and
  Nigeria, August 2006
• Resulting in 13 Master Trainers and 13 in the
  pipeline (French and English speaking)
• Representatives from 19 countries
• Next meeting in South Africa in April 2007
  associated with an environmental health
  conference
• GLOBE Africa Consortium formed
• Constitution
• Regional Web site in development
• Regional Training Center inaugurated in Yaoundé,
  Cameroon, November 2005
• Cameroon National Science Teacher Association
  formed
• Regional model
• GLE in George, South Africa, February 2008

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GLOBE Learning Communities Implementation
Networks

• Often national implementation involves different
  organizations
• Ministry of Education and/or Ministry of
  Environment
• U.S. based organizations e.g., USAID, Peace
  Corps, U.S. Embassies
• UN organizations, e.g., UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO
• National and International NGOs
• GLOBE offers existing networks and/or
  opportunities to build new networks
• Working with an MOU with WMO
• Mechanism to engage National Meteorological
  Services