Life-Link & UNESCO ASPnet ESD-project

Some months move quickly since previous Newsletter in February. The planning for the Life-Link & UNESCO project 2009-2011 is ongoing even though the start has been postponed by some months.
One of the positive reasons is that our project has reached a higher dimension of quality and observance, and that the planned Train the Teacher Trainers meeting might take place in Paris mid December!
We have received registrations from several national UNESCO commissions, with a total number of students amounting to 46 000 !

Life-Link staff at the Uppsala office, and UNESCO Amman office partners, have received confirmations from most of the UNESCO National Commissions on the number of schools and students 2009 – 2010 – 2011. Great!

We already have a total figure of 46 000 students in Arab countries that will be active in the program, and we estimate that a similar figure will amount from the other countries!

Additionally we have the “multiplier effect” from teachers and parents and media and other community involvement

We now enter the year 2009 with hopes and expectations for a unique collaboration during the three years to come.

Our 2007-2008 pilot project was a success, with evaluated results saying that students, boys & girls, teachers and schools, can achieve positive results when working locally and then in international dialogue on actions such as Culture of Care and Water for Life.

Our project and program fits perfectly within the 2005-2014 Decade on Education for Sustainable Development! (D-ESD).