Serena Recagno from Regional Centre for Environmental Education of the Regional Environmental Protection Agency presented the Ligurian Regional System for Environmental Education.

1. The Ligurian Regional System
for Environmental Education
Serena Recagno
Regional Centre for Environmental Education of the
Regional Environmental Protection Agency
6th
-7th
march2014
BeiguaGeoparksMeeting

2. Objectives
“Promote, enforce and implement
Environmental Education (EE) initiatives in
entire regional territory, within the frame of a
life long learning strategy and of policy and
methodology integration at every governmental
level.”

3. Characteristics
16 Centers:
• related to public organization at different
governmental levels (Municipalities, Mountain
Communities, Parks)
• spread throughout Region and representative
of different type of territories (urban, rural,
coastal)
• provided with a physical
space suitable for
developing activities

4. The Ligurian System
11 Province of ImperiaProvince of Imperia
22 CEA Alpi Liguri ParkCEA Alpi Liguri Park
33 CEA Municipality of ImperiaCEA Municipality of Imperia
44 Province of SavonaProvince of Savona
55 CEA Ponente SavoneseCEA Ponente Savonese
66 CEA Riviera del BeiguaCEA Riviera del Beigua
77 CE Beigua ParkCE Beigua Park
88 CEA Cairo MontenotteCEA Cairo Montenotte
99 ARPAL-CREA – Regional CenterARPAL-CREA – Regional Center
1010 Province of GenoaProvince of Genoa
1111 LabTer “GreenPoint” Municipality of GenoaLabTer “GreenPoint” Municipality of Genoa
1212 CEA CM Alta Val PolceveraCEA CM Alta Val Polcevera
1313 CE Antola ParkCE Antola Park
1414 LabTer Portofino ParkLabTer Portofino Park
1515 CE Aveto ParkCE Aveto Park
1616 LabTer Tigullio Municipality of Sestri LevanteLabTer Tigullio Municipality of Sestri Levante
1717 LabTer Aurelia Municipalities of Pieve, Bogliasco, SoriLabTer Aurelia Municipalities of Pieve, Bogliasco, Sori
1818 Province of La SpeziaProvince of La Spezia
1919 CEA Varese Ligure e Val di VaraCEA Varese Ligure e Val di Vara
2020 LabTer Municipality of La SpeziaLabTer Municipality of La Spezia
2121 CEA Park of Montemarcello-MagraCEA Park of Montemarcello-Magra
• 3 in urban context
• 6 regional natural
protected areas
• 7 groupings of
coastal or inland
Municipalities

5. Functions
• Beneficiaries: citizens, public administrators, students and
teachers
• Education Typologies: mainly formal and non-formal; informal to a
less degree
• Briefly, some of the main functions of Centers within the System
are:
• Monitoring territory educational needs and already existing responses
• Support construction of g-local strategy for ESD
• Development of communication, education and social learning programs
consistent with Public Administrations political strategies.

6. Activities… a 2012 summary
• 11 regional projects and more than 100 local
educational activities
• 123 municipalities involved
• More than 1.000 school classes and 4.000
citizens

7. Projects… some examples
• Let’s build up a greener and safer
Liguria!
• Schools for sustainability
• PEDIBUS
• Flowers come from waste
• EcoFestivals
• Biodiversity, richness of Liguria
• From sCO2ol to school: a TAM TAM
for climate change

8. Key factors for success
• A shared conceptual reference system (with
respect to objectives and methods)
• Set of agreed quality indicators and
evaluation methods
• Internal periodical formation
• Develop research and innovation actions in
environmental education
• Integrate ESD in all sectorial policies

9. Evaluation… a focus
MACROCRITERIA ABOUT ORGANIZATION AND RESOUCES
•Relationship with Public Authority of reference
•Internal organization
•Infrastructures and educational materials
•Human resources
•Economic resources
MACROCRITERIA ON ACTIVITIES
•Networking with other Centres
•Information and communication
•Territorial animation
•Education

10. 54 mandatory criteria
10 optional criteria