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The Green Railway Wagon Turkey

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REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER(REC)

• non-partisan, non-advocacy, not-for-profitinternational organisationwith a mission to assist in solving environmental problems within the scope of Sustainable Development.

• legally based on a charter signed by the governments of 30 countries and the European Commission.

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REC Network• Head Office in

Szentendre, Hungary since 1990

• 17 country offices andseveral field offices

• 190+ staff (some 30 nationalities)

• Project based: Over 300running projects and operationswithin and beyondCentral and Eastern Europe

• REC Turkey, since May 2004

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REC Turkey`s Thematic Areas

Capacity Building for EU Accession ProcessNGO Strengthening ActivitiesSustainable BusinessClimate ChangeBiodiversity and Nature ProtectionAccess to Environmental InformationRegional Activities ( ex: Black Sea Region)Education for Sustainable Development

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Government

LocalGovernments

Business

Civil Society

NGOs

REC

Bridges

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ESD Projects in Turkey1. Green Pack Project from 2005 - ….

2. Green Railway Wagon in 2008 & 2009

3. Sky Tent Project from 2010 - ….

* Workshops at both national and international events

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Why Railway Wagon?

• Training Venue• Emphasize on Sustainable Trransportation• Integrative Thinking (learn to be able to live,

learn to know, learn to be and learn to do)

* It is a unique initiative in the world.« Media and local people gave high attention while we were at

their city for a week »

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Green Railway Wagon ProjectProject Supported by :

Project Donor:

Project Period: 2 years (in 2008 and 2009)

Project Location: Eastern and south eastern part

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Wagon Route

2009

2008

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Green Railway Wagon ProjectTarget Group: • Teachers and principals from primary education,

local governmental institutions and NGO representatives

Content & Method:• Participatory learning• Recent approaches on topic such as ecological

footprint, climate change, the concept of SD• Sustainable school and teachers` roles on this

manner

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Green Railway Wagon ProjectGoal:- Capacity building on teachers about

sustainable development- Emphasizes on the sustainable

transportationEnhance network in citySubmit materials and offer new methodsA pool includes activities can be used at

school

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Green Railway Wagon ProjectOutputs1. 154 people was trained (in 8 cities)2. GP toolkit was distributed to all these and

each was responsible to train 20 teachers at their city

3. Academic and governmental researches4. Netwok on both local and national level

* The sustainability of project

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The Green Railway Wagon Trainings

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Further Aims1. Improving Sharings 2. Reaching at much more students &

teachers3. www.yesilkutu.net

Keeping updated the platform for teachers and students on SD

4. Participating at the events on the related fields

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To follow up our activities:

www.rec.org.tr (REC Turkey)www.rec.org (REC)

www.yesilkutu.net (ESD in Turkey)greenpack.rec.org (Green Pack int.)

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Thank you for your kind attention.

REC Turkey delegates in 6th S.C. MeetingPinar AkpinarPinar.akpinar @rec.org.tr

Negar ShafaeddinNegar.s@rec.org.tr