Education
The CEP supports the implementation of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development and promotes the improved understanding of the value and importance of marine and coastal resources through various educational activities.
Objectives
To facilitate the design and implementation of collaborative project in environmental education at the national and regional levels and strengthen national educational systems to promote improved understanding of the value and importance of marine and coastal resources through attitudinal and behavioural change;
Activities
The CEP will continue to collaborate with relevant organizations such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Support will be provided as feasible and appropriate to facilitate further regional discussions on education for sustainable development and its inclusion in national education curriculum.
Support will be provided to training activities and development of educational materials for teachers taking existing financial resources into account with a view to making these and other relevant material available to the countries of the WCR.
Pro-actively develop and maintain links with Ministries of Education in order to assist with raising awareness within educational groups of the importance of a healthy marine/coastal environment.
