The Government approved in Thursday’s meeting a decision to approve the National Strategy on Environmental Education and Climate Change 2023 – 2030.
Through the normative act, the Government approved the Action Plan for the implementation of the National Strategy on Environmental Education and Climate Change 2023-2030, thus ensuring the legislative framework that will allow students to accumulate knowledge and develop essential skills and attitudes for combating climate change, offering the younger generations the opportunity to get involved, during their schooling, in concrete environmental protection activities.
„The Action Plan was approved by the Government as a new annex to Government Decision no. 59/2023 of January 18, 2023 for the approval of the National Strategy on Environmental and Climate Change Education 2023 – 2030”, informs a press release issued on Thursday.
The objectives and measures provided for in the Action Plan target several levels (formal and non-formal education, human resources, including teacher training, investments, open resources, partnerships, etc), within four directions of action:
* national educational program for the environment and climate change;
* solutions for educational resources;
* investments in infrastructure for sustainable schools;
* human resources involved in environmental and climate change education.
Specifically, the objectives and measures set out in the Action Plan and which will be progressively implemented in the coming years, with an implementation horizon of up to 2030, include, among others: expanding environmental education among all students by implementing a national program for environmental education and combating climate change, maintaining the Green Week in the structure of the school year, dedicated to specific activities, promoting and disseminating examples of good practice at national level through the Green Week Competition, carried out at county and Bucharest Municipality level, introducing optional subjects and courses with topics related to environmental education and combating climate change.
Other measures also refer to facilitating interactive outdoor educational activities at the national and school levels, including the development of the national Junior Ranger program (the little explorer of nature), establishing a network of „ambassadors” for environmental protection and climate change in each class and in each school, setting up clubs with activities dedicated to environmental protection and combating climate change starting from the local horizon, developing school infrastructure by supporting and developing a network of „green schools”, in order to increase their sustainability and reduce their carbon footprint, involving schools in environmental protection actions at the community level.
At the same time, other objectives and measures consider the development of infrastructure for collecting recyclable and reusable materials in the vicinity of schools, the implementation of initial and continuous training programs, the motivation and responsibility of school personnel for adopting a culture of sustainability and the professional training of teachers on environmental and climate change education and the creation of a network of trainers in each county. AGERPRES
