Project Goal:
The overall project objective is to enhance mainstreaming ESD in teacher education in the V4 region. This will be done through research and ensuing recommendations. The research shall that a) collect and synthesize Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) initiatives in teacher training in Visegrad countries,
b) identify the bottlenecks of the implementation, to inform the mainstreaming of ESD in the teacher training.
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Background:
Eventhough there are initiatives of good practice, tools and methods developed and adapted in the field to local contexts, ESD is still not an integral part of our education. The main issues are:
1) national-level administrations lack internal drive to change and are out-of-reach for influence
2) related government strategies miss out on teacher training, and are not binding, therefore
3) initiatives remain singular and isolated, dependent on dedicated individuals, and
4) non-systemic / fragmented in scope (do not reflect the holistic approach of the SDGs, i.e. do not cover global challenges in their interdependent context),
5) initiatives lack resources to exchange knowledge.
Target Groups:
- University teachers, staff of teacher training institutions
- Students of teacher training institutions, student associations
- NGOs
Project Results:
All results are available also on project website
- Country research reports (The report for Slovakia is here)
- V4 workshop to exchange the findings
- National and regional recommendations
Financing:
The project is financed by the International Visegrad Fund with the budget of EUR 18 944. The duration period is from October 2020 to October 2021.
Donors and Partners:
Project Goal:
The project´s goal is to strengthen the capacities of young people to participate in designing the democratic public policies on local, regional, national and international levels. A specific goal is to build a platform of ambassadors of European democratic culture. Its members are secondary school teachers and students, mainly those who participated in the contest Human Rights Olympics, European Parliament Ambassador Schools Program and Council of Europe program on competences for democratic culture.
Financing:
The place of implementation of the project is the entire territory of the Slovak Republic. The total budget of the project was EUR 377 387.69 for AINova and at the same time for the project partner – the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Slovakia. The duration of the project was from 1 September 2018 to 30 November 2020.
Project Goal:
The aim of the project was to contribute to building civil society in Ukraine and to help civic institutions be strong opponents of the government in discussing and formulating public policies on Ukraine’s path to the EU through courses for future coaches on EU affairs, writing and project management as well as training skills.
Financing:
This project was implemented with the financial support of the SlovakAid official development assistance program and the UNDP / Trust Fund, number ACU / 2004 / 01OA / UKR / 08. The project was implemented in the Bukovina region of Ukraine. The project budget was $ 44,290. The duration of the project was from September 2004 to September 2005.
Project Goal:
The aim of the program is to increase young people’s awareness of what is happening in the European Union and to learn about the role that the EU plays in the daily lives of the population in Slovakia. It is important to support young people who are to be aware of the possibilities of their actions and to understand the importance of participating in the European elections in 2019.
Financing:
The programme was funded by the European Parliament and coordinated by the EP Office in Slovakia. The amount of the provided grant was EUR 60 000 for the three years of the program. The duration of the project was from 2016 to 2019.
