ERASMUS+ KA2 GREENOPOLIS 1st MEETING IN POLAND JAN 2020

The Environmental Education Center of Vamos participated in the First International Meeting of the approved Erasmus + KA201 program "GREENOPOLIS - INTERACTIVE EBOOK ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" PROJECT NUMBER 2019-1-PL01-KA201-064753 on 27 and 28 January 2020, held at Nova Wies, Czudec, Poland. On behalf of EEC of Vamos, the Deputy Head Papadogiannaki Konstantina and the member of the Pedagogical Team Eleni Despotidou participated.

A total of six organizations from four different countries (Croatia, Portugal, Poland and Greece) are participating in this international program. It is coordinated by Szkoła Podstawowa im. ks. Jana Twardowskiego w Nowej Wsi Nowa Wies and the participating parties are: from Greece, the Environmental Education Center of Vamos, from Portugal the companies ADVANCIS and BOON who specialize in the production of electronic educational material, from Poland ''Szkola Podstawowa' (Primary School and Kindergarten located  in Nova Wies) and the ''Center for Education and Entrepreneurship Support'', an NGO involved in the organizational support of educational institutions, from Croatia ''Dječji vrtić "Radost', a nursery school and kindergarten that includes 43 educational groups.

The Strategic Partnership Plan in the Education Sector aims to develop innovative pedagogy that uses the interactive e-book as a tool to promote Environmental Education for Sustainable Development in children aged 3 to 6 years, increasing their interest, through play. Within the framework of the Plan, an educational interactive e-book will be created to be used in environments of formal, non-formal and informal education. At the same time, a Guide for the use of the e-book and Parallel Educational Activities will be created, so that it can be used pedagogically by teachers. Presentations of the e-book, when ready, will be made in all participating countries, to teachers and additional pilot training for all in Chania in Greece.

At the first Meeting of this Strategic Partnership held in January 2020 at Szkoła Podstawowa im. ks. Jana Twardowskiego w Nowej Wsi Nowa Wies the approved Plan was presented. The participating organizations presented their action, the timetables were analyzed and the continuation was planned. The Environmental Education Center of Vamos undertook the part of pedagogical documentation and the definition of pedagogical goals and objectives.