The first transnational meeting of the TrEE project was held from October 28-31, 2013 in Bitonto, Italy. The meeting involved organizations from Italy, Bulgaria, Denmark, the UK, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, and Turkey. The objectives of the TrEE project are to research environmental education policies and programs in each country, identify best practices, develop innovative training activities, and disseminate the results. At the first meeting, the partners planned the project activities, calendar, tasks, and evaluations. They also presented experiences and best practices in environmental education from their countries.

1. First Transnational Meeting
TrEE “Teaching recycling and Environmental Education”
28th – 31st October 2013
REPORT
With the first meeting in Bitonto / Italy the 28th to the 31st October 2013 the Grundtvig
Learning Partnership project TrEE “Teaching recycling and Environmental Education”has
been officially opened.
The project has been created thanks to funding from the Lifelong Learning Programme –
Grundtvig Learning Partnerships and involves organizations from:
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ITALY, Ulixes scs(coordinator)
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BULGARIA, Association “Social center Burgas”
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DENMARK, Syddansk Erhvervsskole
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UK, The Environmental Academy Ltd
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HUNGARY, North Matra Environmental Protection Association
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PORTUGAL, Monte, Desenvolvimento Alentejo Central ACE
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ROMANIA, Scoala Gimnaziala Nicolae Velea Cepari
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TURKEY, Malatya Province Directorate of National Education
The project aims at elaborating training programs in collaboration with institutions and other
local bodies, identifying assessment tools to compare the different methods used, to create an
analytical study and a comparison between different practices, empowering students to be the
change our sustainable world needs by engaging them in fun, action-orientated learning.
The project objectives can be summed up in four essential steps:
1. to Research:
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Each partner will collect a report about: national and local policies, programmes of
education and training of environmental education
2. to Find:
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Each partner will discuss about the issues of research and assess the efficacy of
programmes, policies and educational methods.
3. to Select:
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All partners will select best practices and innovative methods and tools improving
environmental education. In each country each partner will organize a public call for
trainers, teachers and other operators to realize a video to disseminate environmental
education referred to a specific use/practice (recycling, waste disposal, etc.)
4. to Disseminate:

2. the partner organizations want to create a flexible and dynamic program of integrated
environmental education, to be used as tool in European schools and training organizations.
In order to promote the development of content, services, pedagogies and practice for
innovative ICT, will take place:
- A website
- A selection of appropriate tools of e-learning in environmental education through the creation
of Videos on environmental education and recycling.
In order to reinforce the contribution of lifelong learning to social cohesion will be organized:
- An European Festival of Recycling tour which will stop in the partner countries where the host
partner will organize an exhibition involving learners in the creation of artifacts through the
recycling of materials.
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A final event that will expose the authorities, citizens and local actors the outcomes of
the project, with the specific intent to disclose and disseminate best practices shared,
and to realize the final exhibition of Recycling Materials.
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local exhibition: with a final photos report as a catalogue.
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I SESSION
The meeting was held in two sessions, the first one, on the 29th October in Officine Culturali
in Bitonto, focusing on organizational issues and project activities, such as the calendar of
meetings, deadlines and the distribution of tasks.
The PROJECT ACTIVITIES were planned in:
1. Initial Research:
Each partner will collect information and materials about:

National/Regional/Local Framework of Environmental Education
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Projects implemented at local level proposed as best practices (innovative tools
or training methods, experimental activities, etc.)
2. Selection of best practices:
The projects selected will be presented in an publication (electronic format), realized
with materials provided by all the partners
3. Improvement of innovative training activities:
3.1.Each partner will open an informal call at local level to realize innovative training
activities on environmental education and/or recycling.

3. The local calls could be organized in 1 or 2 stages, considering the scholastic activities
in the year:
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First call opened from January 2014 to May 2014
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Second call opened from September 2014 to March 2015
3.2.The participants classes and/or groups will realize videos about the activity made with
the support of the partner organization. The videos will be subtitled in English to be
disseminated in the wider lifelong learning community.
3.3.The participants classes and/or groups will realize a local exhibition with the support of
the partner organization, to exhibit the products of the training activity, which will be
the local stage of the European Recycling Festival. The partner organizations will
realize a Photos catalogue of the local exhibition and the product will be exhibited at its
headquarters as local museum of recycling
4. Dissemination and Exploitation of results
4.1.It will be created a BLOG, a Facebook Page, a Twitter Account and a Youtube Account,
to disseminate project activities during and after its duration.
4.2.There will be designed and sent 3 NEWSLETTERS about:
1. Presentation of TrEE project, aims and objectives, Presentation of Partner
organizations
2. Presentation of Best Practices selected
3. Presentation of TrEE outputs products
Mailing List: Each partner will create a mailing list of stakeholders (target of newsletters)
4.3.LOCAL EXHIBITIONS:
Each partner will realize a local exhibition as described at point 3.3.
At the end of the project will be realized a final photos catalogue and Video collecting
material from each partner.
4.4.Articles in local newspapers or magazines, local meetings with stakeholders
4.5.Exploitation Plan to implement the experience
TRANSVERSAL ACTIVITIES:
Monitoring and Evaluation:

For TrEE Development: Meeting Evaluation Questionnaires and Online Satisfaction Tests
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For Training Activities: Evaluation Questionnaires and Focus Group with participants
classes and/or groups
Reporting to National Agencies
1. Intermediary Report: June 2014
2. Final Report: August 2014
Each partner collaborate with the Coordinator to prepare the Reports for National Agencies.

4. The PROJECT MOBILITIES will be organized in:
1. Meeting in Italy: 28th – 31st October 2013 – Kick-off meeting
2. Meeting in UK: 7th – 10th April 2014 – Country Research Presentations
3. Meeting in Bulgaria: 1st – 4th July 2014 – Selected Best Practices Presentation
4. Meeting in Turkey: 13rd – 16th October 2014 – Local Exhibitions first stage Report
5. Meeting in Portugal: 20th – 23rd March 2015 Local Exhibitions second stage Report
6. Meeting in Italy: 3rd – 6th June 2015
DISTRIBUTION OF TASKS
Task
Partner Organization
Approx Date
Check
IT
Oct 2013
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Website Blog
RO
Oct 2013

Facebook Page,
IT
Nov 2013
Logo
RO
Nov 2013
Newsletter 1
IT
Nov 2013
All partners
Nov 2013 – Jul 2015
All partners
1st
Meeting 1 – Management and
Evaluation
Twitter Account
Youtube Account
Articles
in
local
newspapers
magazines,
local
meetings
or
with
stakeholders
Informal calls at local level,
Video productions,
Local
and
evaluation
Photos
of
2014
2nd
the
activities
stage:
September
March 2015
Brochure
RO
Feb 2014
Initial Country Research
All partners
Apr 2014
Presentation
BG
Apr 2014
2nd Meeting – Management and
UK
Apr 2014
IT
Jun 2014
Country
Researches
(PPT)
Evaluation
Best
practice
from
January 2014 to May
Exhibitions
Catalogues,
stage:
selection
and
from
2014
to

5. publication (electronic format)
Intermediary
Report
for
National
All partners
Jun 2014
Newsletter 2
IT
Jul 2014
3rd Meeting – Management and
BG
Jul 2014
TK
Oct 2014
TK
Oct 2014
PT
Mar 2015
PT
Mar 2015
HU
Jun 2015
DK
Jun 2015
Exploitation plan
IT
Jun 2015
Newsletter 3
IT
Jun 2015
Evaluation Report
IT
Jun 2015
IT
Jun 2015
All partners
Aug 2015
Agencies
Evaluation
First stage Local Exhibitions Report
and Materials products
4th Meeting – Management and
Evaluation
Second
stage
Local
Exhibitions
Report and Materials products
5th Meeting – Management and
Evaluation
Final Videos Collection
Final
photos
catalogue
of
Local
Exhibitions
6th
and
Final
Meeting
–
Management and Evaluation
Final Report to National Agencies
Attachment: Gannt of Activities
* We have planned 2 different stage to open the local calls and we have planned 2
intermediary reports of this activity matching this task with the partners meeting to let to
know o all partners the local activities realized.
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II SESSION
The second session of the first meeting was was dedicated to the presentation of experiences
identified at the local level on the subject of Tree Project.

6. The speakers and topics of the second session were as follows:
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Alberto Fornasari, speaker of University of Bari, presented "The green classroom in
Italian schools. An experimental project to explore the intercultural dimension of
biodiversity".
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Attachment: PPT Presentation
Emanuele Noviello, speaker of Fatti d’Arte Association, presented “DRESS:
Dressing Recycled, Ecologic and Sustainable Stuff” – the experience of Ri-crea Festival
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Attachment: PPT Presentation
Visit to Artelier, an organization which produces costumes for the stage, from the
drawing of sketches to the selection of colors, from the cut of fabrics to the sewing, in
order to create unique handmade pieces thanks to the ability of people that work like a
team.
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http://www.artelier195.com/en/modulo/home.htm