YRE National Operators Meeting 2017
17 and 18 February
Guimarães | Portugal
Agenda
15 February (Wednesday): arrivals
All day
Arrival of Litter Less countries | Francisco Sá Carneiro airport | Porto
Transfer from Airport (Porto) to Guimarães City
Registration | Hotel Fundador
20.00 – 21.00 | Dinner | Centro Cultural Vila Flor Restaurant
16 February (Thursday) : Litter Less Workshop
All day – Arrival for the rest of the countries | Hotel Fundador
8.30 – 12.30 | Litter Less Workshop | Hotel Guimarães
13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch | Hotel Guimarães
14.30 – 18.00 | Visit to Guimarães city
- Penha Mountain (60′)
- Memory House (90′)
- Laboratory of Landscape (60′)
18.30 – 19.30 | YRE methodology, how it works in your country – New countries; Podio and other YRE websites (technical session) | Hotel Guimarães
Note: If possible we request new countries/new National Operators to come not later than in the afternoon on that day
20.00 – 21.00 | Welcome dinner | Formigas Restaurant
17 February (Friday) : YRE NOM
9.00 -11.00 | Welcome event | Alberto Sampaio Museum 1
- Opening Session
- Guimarães Municipality | Jorge Cristino;
- Ministry of Education, DGE | Luísa Amaral;
- Ministry of Environment, APA | Augusto Serrano;
- ABAE | José Archer;
- President of FEE | Lesley Jones;
- YRE Board Director (FEE) | Boris Susmak – Chair of the NOM
- YRE achievement and development, plan for this NOM | Malgorzata Luszczek (20’)
- YRE in Portugal | Margarida Gomes (15′) —> View Video!
11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee break
12.00 – 13.00 | Youth Exhibition and Presentations | Alberto Sampaio Museum 2
- EB 2,3 de Gualtar;
- Escola Profissional Amar a Terra Verde;
- OFICINA – Escola Profissional do Instituto Nun´Alvres;
- EB 2,3 da Madalena;
- Joana Pedro (freelancer)
13.00 – 14.30 | Lunch | Café Oriental Restaurant
14.30 – 16.30 | Session 1 – Reach more countries and youth | Alberto Sampaio Museum 2
- Strengthening Partnership | YRE and other networks to run YRE (scouts, etc.) (40′)
- YRE at the Universities | Journalistic Faculty (40′)
- YRE as a module in Eco-Schools countries | additional activity for ES schools, YRE and option for LEAF schools (40′)
16.30-17.00 | Coffee break
17.00 -18.15 | Session 2 | Alberto Sampaio Museum 2
- Market place – PP from countries / sharing (30′)
- YRE at COP22 | Kenza Khalaffi, Morocco;
- Collaboration between an YRE school and the local public University concerning air pollution in their town | Stefania Dritsa, Greece;
- Success stories from Litter Less Campaign | Razvan Dinca, Romania
- I LOVE2 HELP – Social Awareness Film Festival for schools | Maria Ana Botelho Neves, Help Images (45’)
- Guest speakers, discussions and sharing
20.00 – 21.00 | Dinner | Casa do Rio Restaurant
18 February (Saturday) : YRE NOM
9.00 – 11.00 | Session 3 – Strengthen YRE as a programme
- Global Educational trend research – how can the programme fit to educational system in different countries? | Lucia Gonzales, YRE Intern (30′)
- YRE evaluation | Anthony Purcell, An Taisce (60′)
- Professional development for National Operators and Teachers – How can journalistic skill benefit teachers and the school curricula? | Lucia Gonzales, YRE Intern (30′)
11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 | Session 4 – Professional development
- Global Action Plan for SDGs and YRE role | Elizabeth Silva from UNESCO, Portugal. (20’)
- Working across SDG’s, how environmental issues can relate to other SDGs | Eva Mach, Migration, Environment and Climate Change division, Department of Migration Management. (20’)
- YRE as a part of SDG’s – should we go wider than only environment? How Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)/SDGs should be implemented through the YRE programme (50’) Documents for this session: SDG 2 Scenario. Hunger Zero | SDG5 Scenario. Gender Equality
13.00 – 14.30 | Lunch | Histórico Restaurant
14.30 – 16.30 | Session 5 – Professional development
- Ideas for workshop with students / increasing skills of National Operators / Photo Mini Mission | José Caldeira (photographer)
16.30 – 17.00 | Coffee break
17.00 -18.30 | YRE Network
- YRE competition, updates and themes for YRE competition 2017/2018 (30’)
- School Collaboration – Did it work this year? Platform? Discussion (30’)
- Open floor discussion, summary of the NOM, closing ceremony and thank you (30’)
20.00 – 21.00 | Gala Dinner | Paço dos Duques de Bragança by Chef António Loureiro
19 February (Sunday): visit to Porto city and departures
8.30 – 12.00 | Transfer to Francisco Sá Carneiro airport (departures before 13.00)
8.00 – 12.00 | Trip and visit to Porto city and Porto wine caves
After 12.30 | Transfer to airport (Porto city)
