UNESCO Office in Venice

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UNESCO Office in Venice

• Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)

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UNESCO OFFICE IN VENICE
Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)
MANDATE

• To achieve UNESCOs and Member States goals in
  the fields of science and culture as set out and
  defined in the C/4 and C/5
• To encourage cooperation and provide specialized
  expertise within the European region and the
  Mediterranean Basin
• To implement and sponsor multidisciplinary and
  transdisciplinary activities in the fields of
  science and culture
• To disseminate and communicate information
  concerning UNESCOs objectives
• To provide liaison between UNESCO and the
  International Private Committees, Associations
  and Organizations for the Safeguarding of Venice

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UNESCO OFFICE IN VENICE
Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)
Regional Bureau for Science
Significant extrabudgetary support from the
Italian Government
Not a National Office with representation
functions
Not a Cluster Office  
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UNESCO OFFICE IN VENICE
Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)
Memorandum of Agreement on ROSTE signed 16
November 2002 between UNESCO and Italian
Government

• Greater attention will be given to activities in
  the field of culture, particularly with respect
  to the safeguarding and restoration of cultural
  heritage damaged by the recent conflicts in South
  East Europe
• In the field of science, ROSTE will devote a
  substantial part of its efforts on the
  environment and water resources, and develop
  activities in the field of endemic diseases
• UNESCO to reinforce the human resources in
  Venice Office Italy to support this in the short
  term, subject to budgetary limitations 
• Greater cooperation and synergy with
  international institutions in the Mediterranean
  region

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UNESCO OFFICE IN VENICE
Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)
ROSTE Initiative rebuilding scientific
cooperation in South East Europe

• INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF EXPERTS Venice,
  March 2001
• ROUND TABLE OF MINISTERS OF SCIENCEParis,
  October 2001
• HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON STRENGTHENING
  CO-OPERATION IN SOUTH EAST EUROPEParis, April
  2002

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UNESCO OFFICE IN VENICE
Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)
Science and technology capacity-building and
management
MATHEMATICS PHYSICS CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY AND
BIOTECHNOLOGY ENERGY ENGINEERING
RESEARCH TRAINING WORKSHOPS INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCES MASTER CLASSES SHORT-TERM
FELLOWSHIPS UNESCO CHAIRS
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UNESCO OFFICE IN VENICE
Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)
Sciences, Environment and Sustainable Development

• Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme 
• Support to EuroMAB 2002, 2005, 2007
• MAB-SEE initiative and Dinaric Arc Initiative
• Project Environmental Education for Sustainable
  Development for Adriatic-Ionian Basin 2004-2006
  (funding 600,000 Euros from Italian Ministry of
  Foreign Affairs)

• International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
• Regional cooperation between countries of the
  Danube
• Ecohydrology (deltas and estuaries)
• Internationally shared water systems
  (TRANSRISKBA with INWEB groundwater KARST)

• Coastal Regions and Small Islands (CSI)
• Adriatic Sea Environmental Master Plan (ASEMP)
  Croatia Module, within Regional Environmental
  Reconstruction Programme promoted by Stability
  Pact (funding 660,000 Euros)

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UNESCO OFFICE IN VENICE
Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)
The most of UNESCOs activities in SEE have a
strong educational component, but

• There is a risk of overexploiting magic words 
• Sustainable Development and Interdisciplinarity
  after Rio 1992
• The water priority
• Education for Sustainable Development

• New challenges call for new priorities settings
• Declarations of principle only, rhetorical
  positions we always did it and we are just
  invited to continue doing it gtgtgt no changes,
  less effects than expected
• Specific unit/division/focal point nominated
  with implementation and coordination role gtgtgt
  isolation, lack of effective coordination
  power, everybody continues his/her usual
  business (see gender issue, SD in UNESCO SC
  Sector after Rio 1992)
• ARE WE ALWAYS GIVING THE GOOD EXAMPLE??? (lack of
  cross-sectoral strategies)

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UNESCO OFFICE IN VENICE
Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)
How we deal with this in SEE
FIELD Experimentation
ANALYSIS External confrontation
ACTIONS Coordination
IDENTIFIED needs, goals and strategy
Key partnerships
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UNESCO OFFICE IN VENICE
Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)
BRs and WH sites
SHCC network
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UNESCO OFFICE IN VENICE
Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)
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• THE ROLE OF LOCAL TERRITORIES IN ACHIEVING
  ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRATION (in the context of EU
  approximation)
• ATTENTION TO THE TRANSCALE GOVERNANCE IT MAKES
  THE DIFFERENCE (E.G. THE RECENT CASES OF THE
  DANUBE DELTA AND THE TARA WH/BR)
• INTEGRATED APPROACH A CROSS-SECTORAL APPROACH TO
  BE FAVOURED (NATURAL AND CULTURAL ASSETS).

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UNESCO OFFICE IN VENICE
Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)
Our strategy use symbolic sites (WH, BR, others)
where to

• test, elaborate and disseminate new models of
  territorial planning and management (achieving
  Environmental Integration)
• promote trans-boundary cooperation in natural
  resources management and sustainable development
• promote education for sustainable development
  (acculturation through territorial planning and
  management experiences linkages with
  policy-making level regional networking).

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UNESCO OFFICE IN VENICE
Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)
Specific educational activities/projects (EESD
for example) just serve these goals!

• Among the many possible issues to be included in
  EE, we are concentrating on ENVIRONMENTAL
  INTEGRATION and the role of territorial planning
  and management in achieving it (interdisciplinary
  by essence, territories are not segmented)
• We focus on two complementary levels
  post-graduate regional scheme (Master), and field
  training for managers and stakeholders (using the
  same sites where experimentation is under
  course)
• We try to avoid duplication / overlapping
  existing complementary educational efforts (IUCN
  for managers, CARDS for officers, etc.)
• We encourage synergies with partners (see Dinaric
  Arc Initiative with UNDP, IUCN, CoE, UNEP, WWF,
  FAO).

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UNESCO OFFICE IN VENICE
Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)
What about our children

• The question can be raised in a similar way
  added specific ESD courses or complete
  re-orientation of CV?
• How to achieve this in practical and effective
  way?
• ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING of SCHOOLS by STUDENTS
  THEMSELVES could be proposed as one of the MOST
  EFFECTIVE and INNOVATIVE MODALITY to achieve ESD
  A proposal for SEMEP and UNESCO Associated
  Schools in SEE???

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UNCED 1992 Agenda 21 (art. 30)

• business and industry should recognize
  environmental management as among the highest
  corporate priorities and as a key determinant to
  sustainable development

EMAS in 1993 (Europe)
Eco-Management and Audit Schemes are
Systematic, documented, periodic and objective
evaluation of the performance of the
organization, management system and processes
designed to protect the environment (1800
voluntary EMAS in 1998).
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ISO 14001 approved by CEN (1996)

• ISO 14001 intends to provide organizations with
  the elements of an effective environmental
  management system which can be integrated with
  other management requirements, to assist
  organizations to achieve environmental and
  economic goals

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EMAS Process
Environmental Policy Environmental
Review Environmental Management
System Environmental Statement Examination Vali
dation
carried out by the company
carried out by an external verifier
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Environmental Audits in SchoolObjectives

• Two combined objectives
• Environmental interdisciplinary learning.
• Schools certification according to regulations
  and standardization for environmental management.
• IN FAVOR OF PEDAGOGICAL GOALS, PROCEDURES ARE
  SIMPLIFIED

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Environmental Audits in SchoolThe Audit Cycle
Environmental Review
Environmental Program
Environmental Audit Cycle
Environmental Report
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Environmental Audits in SchoolThe Partners
professional advice
professional assistance
educational assistance
Consultancy
Ministry for Education
Pilot Schools
questions and results
questions and results
educational advice
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Environmental Audits in SchoolMethodological
Tools

• Subject lessons
• Project lessons
• Project days
• Elective subjects
• Voluntary working groups
• Subject papers
• Youth Researches projects (National)
• Interdisciplinary cooperation
• Integration of class levels.

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Environmental Audits in SchoolObjects and effects
SCHOOL
Wastes
Furnitures
Buildings Air, soil Quality of life
Energy
Air
Water
Waste Water
Traffic
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UNESCO OFFICE IN VENICE
Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)
Coming back to DESD in the Mediterranean

• IDENTIFY SPECIFIC NEEDS (prioritization at
  regional, sub-regional, national levels, in which
  sector, for which target???)
• LETS THINK STRATEGICALLY (resources effectively
  dedicated to priorities a crazy patchwork or a
  puzzle?)
• LETS WORK COOPERATIVELY (no niche to defend)
• LETS BE CONCRETE IN OUR PROPOSALS (project
  oriented, results based planning, monitoring)

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UNESCO OFFICE IN VENICE
Regional Bureau for Science in Europe (ROSTE)
To know more about these initiatives

• www.portal.unesco.org/venice