Regional Planning Workshop on Climate Change Education
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Regional Planning Workshop on Climate Change Education Organised by SPC and GIZ in collaboration with SPREP and USP Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region (CCCPIR) Tuesday 27 – Thursday 29 September 2011 Tanoa Hotel, Nadi, Fiji Islands Workshop Report and Documentation 1 Report prepared by Hanna Sabass GIZ Adviser on Climate Change and Education SPC/GIZ Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region (CCCPIR) German Technical Cooperation Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Module 2, Level 3, Plaza 1, Downtown Boulevard 33 Ellery Street, Suva P.O. Box 14041, Suva Tel: +679 3305 983; +679 3307 543 ext. 105 Fax: +670 3315 446 Email: [email protected] www.giz.de / www.spc.int Fiji November 2011 2 Contents 1 Objectives and Background ......................................................................................... 6 2 Summary of Outcomes ................................................................................................ 7 3 Workshop Process and Outcomes ............................................................................... 9 3.1 Opening Session ........................................................................................................... 9 3.2 Session 1: Impacts of Climate Change and Vulnerabilities of Pacific Island Countries 10 3.3 Session 2: Countries‘ Engagements in and Views on Climate Change Education ..... 16 3.4 Session 3: Regional efforts, roles and best practices in Climate Change and Education ................................................................................................................... 17 3.5 Session 5: Climate Change Education in Primary and Secondary Education and TVET 18 3.6 Open Space ................................................................................................................ 21 3.7 Session 6: Elaborating the plans of operations .......................................................... 22 3.7.1 Fiji ....................................................................................................................... 23 3.7.2 Kiribati ................................................................................................................ 25 3.7.3 Samoa ................................................................................................................. 26 3.7.4 Tonga .................................................................................................................. 28 3.7.5 Vanuatu .............................................................................................................. 30 3.8 Session 7: Integration of education into proposed steering structure of CCCPIR ..... 32 3.9 Session 8: Next steps and Closing .............................................................................. 32 ANNEXES I. Agenda II. Participants List III. Outline of Climate Change Education – component 6 CCCPIR IV. Proposed national and regional steering structures of CCCPIR V. Applying a Children’s lens – three scenarios VI. Education for Sustainable Development - Integrating Climate Change into Pacific Educational Frameworks Abbreviations AusAid Australian Agency for International Development BMZ German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development CAC Curriculum Approval Committee CC Climate Change 3 CCE Climate Change Education CDRC Curriculum Development Resource Centre CDU Curriculum Development Unit Community Education and Training Centre, Secretariat of the Pacific CETC, SPC Community CROP Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific DoE Department of Education ESD Education for Sustainable Development FEdMM Forum Education Ministers Meeting FNU Fiji National University FSPK Foundation of the South Pacific Kiribati ICT Information and Communications Technology IOE Institute of Education, USP JCS Joint Country Strategies KAP Kiribati Adaptation Project KDP Kiribati Development Plan KIT Kiribati Institute of Technology KTC Kiribati Teachers College L&L Environmental Education - Live and Learn M&E Monitoring & Evaluation MECC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Tonga MELAD Ministry of Environment, Lands, Agriculture and Development Kiribati MoE Ministry of Education MoYDST Ministry of Youth Development, Sport and Training Vanuatu NACCC National Advisory Committee on Climate Change Vanuatu NAPA National Adaptation Programmes of Action NCCCT National Climate Change Country Team Fiji NFE Non-Formal Education NUS National University Samoa Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development, University of PACE-SD, USP the South Pacific PATE Pacific Association of Teacher Educators PAT-VET Pacific Association of Technical & Vocational Education and Training PCC Pacific Conference of Churches PCEP Pacific Islands Climate Education Partnership PEDF Pacific Education Development Framework PESDF Pacific Education for Sustainable Development Framework PICs Pacific Island Countries PIFACC Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change PIFS Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat PREL Pacific Resources for Education & Learning PRIDE Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of basic Education RTCs Regional Training Centres Scientific Educational Resources and Experience Associated with the SEREAD Development of Argo 4 Applied Geoscience and Technology Division, Secretariat of the Pacific SOPAC, SPC Community SPATS South Pacific Association of Theological Schools SPBEA, SPC South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment SPC Secretariat of the Pacific Community SPC/GIZ SPC/GIZ programme 'Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island CCCPIR Region (CCCPIR)' SPREP Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - Pacific Resources for STEM, PREL Education and Learning TECCC Training and Education Committee on Climate Change Vanuatu TIOE Tonga Institute of Education TTCs Teacher Training Colleges TVET Technical and Vocational Education and Training UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UPNG University of Papua New Guinea USP University of the South Pacific VITE Vanuatu Institute of Teacher Education VRDTCA Vanuatu Rural Development Training Centre VTCs Vocational Training Centres WWF World Wide Fund for Nature 5 1 Objectives and Background During September 27 to 29 2011 a regional planning workshop on climate change education took place at the Tanoa International Hotel in Nadi, Fiji Islands. The workshops’ objectives were to reach a common understanding of climate change education in the regional Pacific context;, reach a common understanding of the objective, indicators and strategic framework of the climate change education component of SPC/GIZ programme “Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region (CCCPIR)” ; take first planning steps towards its implementation (Agenda see Annex I). Participating were representatives of the Ministries of Education and Ministries in charge of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), teacher training institutions and Climate Change focal points of the five pilot countries Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. National government institutions in charge of education and training institutions are understood as key to achieve sustainable outcomes and to support children and students in increasing their capacity to respond to the impacts of climate change (adaptation) and to mitigate its causes (mitigation). Apart from country nominees the workshop was attended by representatives of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the University of the South Pacific (USP), AusAid, Environmental Education - Live and Learn, South Pacific Association of Theological Schools (SPATS), Pacific Council of Churches, Pacific Resources for Education & Learning (PREL), Pacific Association of Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Fijian Teacher's Association, and of the University of Fiji – as observers, resource persons, potential partners for implementation and support to the facilitation of the workshop (Participants list see Annex II). The workshop was jointly organised by SPC and Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in partnership with SPREP and the Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PACE-SD) from USP. Climate Change Education is one of the six components of CCCPIR. It started in June 2011 and will run until December 2015. Other CCCPIR components relate to climate change adaptation and mitigation in the natural resources sectors (agriculture, forestry, land use, fisheries and the environment), tourism and energy (click here for project brief). The Climate Change Education component aims at strengthening capacities of education ministries (including ministries in charge of technical and vocational education & training TVET), training institutions, schools and teachers to develop and deliver education on climate change adaptation and mitigation in Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. This supports the overall objective of CCCPIR to strengthen the capacities of Pacific member countries and regional organisations to cope with the impacts of climate change (An outline of the rationale, objective, indicators and recommended areas of intervention is given in Annex III). At the regional level, the Climate Change Education component supports