BSR Eagle in Finland

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BSR Eagle in Finland

• Kopenhagen 28.2.2006 Maija Venäläinen
• 1. Main achievements
• 2. Plans for MS 4-6
• 3. Highlights
• 4. National coordination
• 5. Problems and ways to overcome problems

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Main Achievements

• WP1
• Nature school goals into the Finnish National
  Strategy for Sustainable Development Education
• Fostering the planning process for Regional
  Environmental Education Centers, especially in
  Uusimaa Region
• Expert meeting in Luneburg

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Main Achievements

• WP2
• Two baby boys
• Three program packages
• Rural river adventure in the Vantaa river area.
• Age group 4 - 8 years, (day care groups and
  first and second graders). Duration 2 hours.
• The program includes a story about Elf Krissi (an
  old inhabitant of the Rural college estate),
• games, learning by doing, experimental learning
  and examining some of a
• little creatures that live in the Vantaa river
  bank.
• Nature school day by the Vantaa River.
• Age group mainly 9 - 12 years (more demanding
  work for grades 7-9 and sixth-formers)
• Duration 4 hours. The program includes group
  activities, games, examining the riversides
  habitants and
• their eco-system, fishing, opening up a fish,
  examining water animals and plants with
  microscopes,
• arts and crafts, e.g. making fish from papermass.
  
• Agriculture adventure

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Main Achievements

• WP 3
• - International seminar in June
• Two regional seminars
• One studytrip in Finland
• Five twinnings from Finland to Denmark
• One from Sweden to Finland
• Nature School teachers from Estonia in Finland
• - Partner meetings

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Main Achievements

• WP4
• Training program going on, 29 trainees.
• One common two days training session held, 27
  trainees
• Several other training sessions according to
  personal educational plans made
• Internet based learning area WebCT in use

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Main Achivements

• WP 5
• Two newsletters published as a part of Finnish
  magazine for EE
• Website www.luontokoulut.fi
• Intranet luontokouluMoodle
• Poster for the WEEC3
• Project presentations
• E-mail communication

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Plans for MS 4-6

• WP1
• Survey pulished, two questionnaries (Webropol)
  under design one for the Nature Schools and
  Centers and one for vocational schools
• Lobbying for the Nature Scools goals within the
  National Strategy and Nature Schools role in the
  planned Regional EE Centers
• BSR Eagle Strategy?

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Plans

• WP2
• Programme planning and testing as planned
• Participating the Marine Network
• Lobbying for the future of the Nature School
  Pikkutikka, finding the financing after the
  project
• A plan with three alternatives ready in May
• Cooperation with Estonia and Latvia?

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Plans

• WP3
• Nature School Seminar in October, MS5
• Regional seminar in March, MS4
• Participating the Danish Annual meeting in April,
  Poland in May?
• Study trip to Sweden, MS6
• WP4
• Training continues as planned, joint training
  sessions?
• Handbook for Nature Education
• WP5
• www-site
• Moodle
• Nesletters

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Highlights

• Nature School Pikkutikka
• International Conference in Finland in June
• Expert meeting in Luneburg in November
• Marine Network workshop in September
• Earth Education workshop in April in Finland
• Mats and the Estonian group in Finland in
  November

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Coordination and Challenges

• Centralised system
• -NC - Maija
• -FM - Marja
• -WP4 leader - Riina
• -Project leader - Päivi
• -cost occur only in Turku and Hyvinkää
• -shared costs procedure for allocating costs to
  partner budgets
• Good cooperation with the partners
• Some budget questions still under discussion