Outline

The Package Learning Materials on Environment (PLANET) programme marks its 10th anniversary in the year 2007. In the past ten years, ACCU and its partner organisations, in collaboration with diverse stakeholders including UNESCO, have been providing learning opportunities of environment education as well as Education for Sustainable Development. This, in turn, has yielded the accumulation of rich experiences and lessons learnt gained from local PLANET activities in the Asia-Pacific region.

With a view to sharing those accumulated experiences towards the betterment of the PLANET programme, ACCU organised the Review and Sharing Workshop for the Effective Development of PLANET Programme from 3 to 6 October 2006 in Tokyo, Japan, in co-operation with the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, as one of the “Scholars and Professionals Invitation Project” within the framework of the “2006/07 ACCU Invitation Programme for International Education Exchange of Teachers and Professionals”. With the following participants, the workshop was successfully concluded, yielding countless outputs and the feeling of connectedness among PLANET friends.

Participants (35 in total)

• Executives, staff members and teachers/facilitators from the PLANET 3 Implementing Organisations
  - BANGLADESH: Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM)
  - CAMBODIA: Department of Non Formal Education (DNFE)
  - INDIA: Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
  - MONGOLIA: National Centre for Non Formal and Distance Education(NFDE)
  - NEPAL: National Resource Centre for Non Formal Education (NRC-NFE)
  - PHILIPPINES: Bureau of Alternative Learning System (BALS), Department of Education
  - THAILAND: Office of the Non Formal Education Commission (ONFEC)
  - UZBEKISTAN: National Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan for UNESCO
• Like-minded organisation in the Pacific
  - Live & Learn Environment Education, Fiji Headquarters
• Resource Persons
• Experts in the relevant fields of specialisation

Objectives

• To review the overall PLANET Programme including past achievements and remaining tasks in light of the programme’s further improvement.
• To share and discuss innovative approaches, challenges and lessons learnt from the participating organisations on each of the following issues and topics
  - Adaptation of the materials
  - Dissemination and utilisation of the materials
  - Capacity building for professional development
  - Monitoring and evaluation
  - Sustainability of PLANET Programme

Contents and Outcomes

1. Workshop Orientation
2. Review of PLANET Programme
3. Country Experiences
4. Adaptation and Production
5. Dissemination and Utilisation
6. Capacity Building for Professional Development
7. Monitoring and Evaluation
8. Sustainability of PLANET Programme
9. Field Trip
10. Initiatives by the United Nations Centre for Regional Development

Workshop Documents

• General Information (28KB)
• Programme (28KB)
• List of the Participants (36KB)
• Evaluation Summary (76KB)
• Full Report of the Workshop (12.5MB)