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The Best Russia — EC project in the field of Culture
(05.12.2009)
The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, European Commission and EC Delegation in Moscow organize an international seminar «Russia — EU: Signs on the Road Map of Cultural Cooperation», which will take place on 8 December 2009 in State Historical Musuem in Moscow. The plenary session of the seminar entitled: The Best Russia — EC projects in the field of Culture will be open by the presentation of the project « KenArt — European Cultural Bridge» carried out in the Kenozero National Park in the Archangelsk region in Russia and implemented in co-operation with European partners – Wallachian open-air museum (the Czech Republic), NGO Machaon International (Slovakia) and NGO “Archipelaag” (Estonia).
The KenArt project, which last for two years, is a unique form of co-operation when both local traditions as well as international cultural exchange are supported so that cultural collaboration between Russia and the EU is enhanced and the imaginary cultural bridge between the two regions of the same continent built. The project includes two large open-air exhibitions and a set of events culminating by a big cultural festival to be held in Kenozero area in summer 2010.
The main goals of the seminar in Moscow are to assess the current state of cultural co-operation between the Russia and the EU and showcasing of good co-operation practices, including joint projects implemented by Russia and the EU. Furthermore, the seminar will define priorities and potential focus areas of long-term cultural co-operation representing mutual interests for Russia and the EU. The selection of the KenArt project as one of the best projects helps to foster the preservation of the extraordinary cultural heritage of the region and is a honour to all participants of the project including local residents making the Kenozero a real unique place in Europe. More information about the seminar can be found at the website: http://cultureworkshop2009.iis.ru/
Contact: Machaon International
Svetlana Belova, zapovedniks@gmail.com
Managing director
Slovak Republic
Best project Press-release_KenArt 2009.pdf
A book which deals with interpretive design
(09.10.2009)
Lars Wolers presents: Today I would like to bring to your attention the attached book which deals with interpretive design. I am convinced that it will become a landmark in the field.
Together with the author Steve Van Marte we are currently planning the foundation of IDN - Interpretive Design Network (http://www.interpretivedesign.net/), workshops are available for this approach. If you would like us to keep you posted, just drop us a short e-mail wohlers@kon-tiki.eu
http://www.kon-tiki.eu
KON-TIKI
Buero fuer Bildungs- und Erlebnisplanung
Dr. Lars Wohlers
Munstermannskamp 1
D - 21335 Lueneburg
interpretive design flyer Lars Wolers
Educators for the Baltic Sea Conference in Finland on 8.-10.9.2009
(06.07.2009)
It is our pleasure to invite you to the Educators for the Baltic Sea Conference in Finland on 8.-10.9.2009.
The conference will take place in Helsinki and Hyvinkää. It is targeted to educators and to everyone interested in the Baltic Sea. The conference offers an opportunity to dive into the latest knowledge from the Baltic Sea research, build educational scenarios for a Clean Baltic Sea on year 2020 in a Future Workshop and share concrete best practises for Baltic Sea education.
Conference events are free of charge. Participants have to cover travel expenses and meals.
Please feel free to forward this message in you networks!
More information on the conference and registration can be found in the enclosed invitation letter.
On behalf of the Communicating the Baltic – COBWEB -project, Harakka Nature Centre and Nature House Villa Elfvik and other organisers
Maija Venäläinen
Project Manager
COBWEB - Communicating the Baltic
Uusimaa College for Rural Development
Uudenmaankatu 249
05840 Hyvinkää
Finland
+358 40 827 0986
maija.venalainen@hyvinkaa.fi
poster Hyvinkaa.pdf
Micro world in Palade Nature Centre
(26.02.2009)
On 20th of February a new work shop was opened in Palade Nature Centre introducing our nature in microscopic scope. The aim of this exhibition/work shop is to teach children how to work with microscopes. "it is very exiting to observe gnathides of insects", said the director of the Nature Centre, Karin Poola. "Under the microscope, the gnathides of the mosquito seems to be rahter fearsome, eyes of fly look like huge kaleidoschopes. Children are very fascinated by this invisible world."
The work shop will be opened until 4th of March 2009.
Invitation to participate in “The Baltic Sea Lessons” program
(18.02.2009)
The program worked out by SUE Vodokanal of St. Petersburg will help present the existing situation in the Baltic region, demonstrate the significance of the international cooperation in water use, become acquainted with the activity of the Helsinki commission, expand your view regarding the megalopolis influence on the Baltic Sea basin, show the possibilities of minimizing this influence, attract the youth and show their role in the solving these challenges.
The purpose of the Program is to attract the youth and citizens to living activities for saving water resources, help sustainable water use in their own way of life, realizing social significance of their activities on the international level.
The “The Baltic Sea Lessons” Program will take place from the 22nd of February to the 22nd of March 2009.
balticsealessons.doc
EXPERIENCE EARTH EDUCATION IN FINLAND
(16.01.2009)
The Earthkeepers leadership workshop
Date: 20.-22.4.2009 (starting at 5 pm on monday, ending at 4 pm on wednesday). Location: Meriharjun kurssikeskus (address: Uutelantie 32, Helsinki, Finland). Trainer; Bruce Johnson, Earthkeepers co-author and International Program. Coordinator for the Institute for Earth Education. Cost: 150 € (including food, accommodation and workshop materials). If you are offering Earthkeepers or considering offering it at your site or school and would like to….
- learn details not available in the program book or other materials,
- find out why specific components are included and participate in the processing of all program activities,
- examine props, discuss options, and meet people leading this program from other locations and situations,
then join us for this 2 ½ day workshop that will focus on the details of leading the Earthkeepers program. It is designed both for those who have a great deal of experience with the program and for those who will be offering the program in the near future.
This workshop is going be in English.
Registration: Registrations should be made to luonto.talo@hel.fi before 8.4.2009 (include your name, address, phone, email and special dieatary requirements).The whole cost of the workshop will be charged if the calcellation after the last registration date is done without a valid reason (injury, illness etc.).
More detailed information about the workshop is sent after the registration.
For further information please contact Ilkka Aula, ilkka.aula@hel.fi, telephone +358503562942 or +358931089037
Workshop is arranged by IEE-Finland and Nuorten Luontotalo
Leading Earthwalks Day - Leadership Workshop
Location: Meriharjun kurssikeskus (address: Uutelantie 32, Helsinki, Finland)
Date: 18.4.2009
Trainer: Jon Cree is Training Officer and Education officer at Bishops Wood and International Training Co-ordinator for Institute for Earth Education (IEE). He has been conducting earth education workshops throughout Europe for the last 10 years.
Cost: 80 € (including food and the workshop material) One of the most commonly led vehicles for encouraging people to 'live more harmoniously and joyously with the natural world' is an earthwalk- a light, refreshing touch of nature that focuses on reawakening individual senses and sharpening perceptions in the natural world (using a series of special activities). This workshop will help you learn how to lead these 'light, refreshing touches of the natural world, focussing on the senses'.
What you will gain:
• An introduction to earth education and where earthwalks 'fit'
• chance to plan and review your own earthwalk
• Experience two different earthwalks
• Tips on leadership of earthwalks
• An update on earth education developments
The day starts at 8.30 and finishes at 17.00 with indoor and outdoor sessions including;
• an introduction to earth education
• model earthwalk
• earthwalk leadership guidelines
• earthwalk analysis
• designing and reviewing an earthwalk
• Other earth education developments and materials
Registration: Registration should be made to luonto.talo@hel.fi before8.4.2009 (include your name, address, telephone, fax, email, special dietary requirements and need for accommodation). The whole cost of the workshop will be charged if the cancellation after the last registration date is done without a valid reason (injury, illness etc.). We can provide accommodation if you wish to stay before or after the workshop.
For further information please contact Ilkka Aula, ilkka.aula@hel.fi, telephone +358503562942 or +358931089037
This workshop is arranged by IEE-Finland and Nuorten Luontotalo
EAGLE network project meeting in Hiiumaa
(30.09.2008)
EAGLE network calls for the meeting in Hiiumaa, on 5-7 November 2008 (possible to arrive on 4ht of Nov) . The aim of the meeting is to prepare for the next project applications on nature education and networking of nature centres in BSR. The meeting is supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers and Foundation Tuuru.
The invitation stands to the network members only. Contact and regiatration at reet.kokovkin@hiiumaa.ee
A brand-new ECOSIBERIA website on ecotourism in Central Siberia has been launched
(03.09.2008)
A brand-new ECOSIBERIA website on ecotourism in Central Siberia has been launched, see at http://www.ecosiberia.org
Central Siberia is a great place for ecotourism. Thanks to a new unique website offering well-structured ecotourist information in English, German and Russian, the public anywhere in the world can now learn about the beauty of the region, its protected areas and cultural monuments. The website, replete with excellent photos, has been developed within a broader project: Enhancing biodiversity conservation and ecotourism in Russia', which supports sustainable ecotourism initiatives and assists Russian protected areas in developing best practice in conservation and ecotourism. The project, implemented in Central Siberia as its pilot region, was developed within the PECE (Partners for Environmental Co-operation in Europe) Initiative financed by Defra (UK). It is carried out by Fieldfare International Ecological Development Plc from the UK and its Russian partners Environmental Education Centre Zapovedniks and Association of Ecotourism.
The ECOSIBERIA website has been envisioned as a key marketing instrument to promote genuine ecotourism development and lure tourists and investors alike to this largely unspoilt part of our planet that offers much more than the notorious Siberian cold. Two UNESCO World Natural Heritage sites, ancient monuments as old as the Egyptian pyramids, pristine nature with fascinating wildlife and exquisite local cuisine are just a few of many attractions on offer in the region. The launch of the website is only the first step. There are further plans to gradually expand the contents of the website, especially to feature more locally provided ecotourism services and products (e.g. guided tours, accommodation, transport, entertainment, souvenirs, etc.).
For more detailed information, please contact the project manager Svetlana Belova at zapovedniks@gmail.com or by phone +421 902 803362.
Nordic-Baltic Nature Interpretation seminar in Denmark 8. - 10. October 2008.
(02.09.2008)
Dear colleges i the Nordic – Baltic countries
The 20. May 2008 The International Ranger Federation (IRF) and The Danish Rangers Association had the pleasure in common to invite you to the first Nordic-Baltic Nature Interpretation seminar in Denmark 8. - 10. October 2008.
We are very happy for the participants from 6 countries who wish to join the seminar and we are sure it will be a good and constructive seminar where we in common build a base for future cooperation.
But we still need delegates from Russia, Sweden, Poland, Estonia and Lithuania. Please react on this mail – we would like toy to participate in the seminar and the debate !
The seminar takes place in Denmark at a Nature Center close to the city Nykøbing Sjælland. The seminar-fee is 1660 Danish Crowns (about 220 Euro) and cover accommodation in shared room and all food.
Progamme and preliminary list of participants are here: IRF DRA2008 paticipants- list.pdf, IRF DRA-semianr-program-1.pdf
If you wish to participate – send a mail with your name and address to larsborch@tdcadsl.dk very soon..
See you in Denmark!
Best wishes
Rigmor Solem, IRF
Arne Bondo-Andersen, Danish Ranger Association
WORKSHOP ON NORDIC INNOVATION IN THE TOURISM SECTOR
(28.05.2008)
On behalf of the Swedish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Nordic Innovation Centre (NICe), the Nordic Atlantic Cooperation (NORA) and Greenland Tourism & Business Council hereby invites Nordic stakeholders from the tourism sector to a workshop on 3-4 June, 2008 in Copenhagen themed “Innovation in the Nordic Tourism Sector”.
Objective of the workshop is to bring Nordic, West Atlantic and Baltic actors together in order to increase the innovation capacity, transfer knowledge and identify Nordic synergies within the tourism sector. Furthermore the workshop will address sustainable development, and nature related tourism as well as enhanced competitiveness in a global perspective.
LowResProgramTourism.pdf
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