"The Mediterranean Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development: how to educate youth and local communities to effectively address climate change"

Dear MEdIES members and friends, We are happy to inform you that MIO-ECSDE and MEdIES together with CMED, RAED and CERGEO are organising the Official Side Event: "The Mediterranean Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development: how to educate youth and local communities to effectively address climate change" within the COP22 in Marakech, on 14 November (11:00 - 12:30) The Side Event aims to explore how Education for Sustainable Development can contribute to the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the outcomes of Marrakesh COP22. Read below the agenda of the event and find more information here and circulate widely! Kind regards, MEdIES Secretariat Agenda • Welcome and Introduction Prof. Mohamed Ftouhi (CMED) & Prof. Michael Scoullos (MIO-ECSDE and UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Development Management and Education in the Mediterranean/ University of Athens) (15 min) • Panel 1: Sharing experiences (20 min) o Cyprus: Good practices for applying ESD with emphasis on Climate Changes: The CLIMASP PROJECT and the Cyprus Curriculum for EE/ESD, Dr. Aravella Zachariou, Coordinator of Environmental Education/Education for Sustainable Development Unit, Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture, Pedagogical Institute o Morocco: The role of Higher Education, Prof. Driss Chehhou, Directeur du Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Géographiques (CERGéo) Université Mohamed V de Rabat & Brahim Badidi, FLSH Université Mohamed V de Rabat o Sub-regional: - Fondation Mohammed VI pour la Protection de l'Environnement (FM6E): Enabling youth and media to act on climate change challenges (speaker to be confirmed) - RAED: Community awareness on climate change adaptation, Dr. Emad Adly, President • Panel 2: Inputs from International Organisations (15 min) o League of Arab States, Dr. Djamel Djaballah, Director of the Department of Environment, Water, Housing and Sustainable Development o UNESCO Rabat office (tbd) • Reflections session: - Introductory reflection on whether the Action Plan properly reflects the needed components for effective adaptation and mitigation to climate change by Dr. Daniella Tilbury, University of Gibraltar, Rector (10 min) - Reflections from the floor (facilitated by Prof. M. Scoullos) (25 min) • Wrap up and closing by Prof. Mohamed Ftouhi & Prof. M Scoullos (5 min)