Results of the education project «Green Schools» in 2023 were discussed in Minsk

6 March 2024

From February 28 to 29, 2024, the final event for the implementation of the educational project «Green Schools» in 2023 was held at the educational institution «Republican Center for Ecology and Local History».

The event brought together more than 150 representatives of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus, JSC «Belinvestbank», the United Nations Development Program in Belarus, regional resource centers, educational institutions that received the status of «Green School» in 2023.

The event program included:

• plenary session «Green Schools – a Successful Future»;
• a number of discussion platforms on organizing the activities of «Green Schools» at different levels of education, implementing innovative forms of work with children and youth on issues of promoting climate change mitigation and adaptation;
• presentation of achievements and best regional experience in implementing the educational project «Green Schools»;
• ceremonial award ceremony for the winners of the educational project «Green Schools» 2023.

In 2023, 109 educational institutions received the «Green School» status. The list of educational institutions implementing the educational project «Green Schools» (as of December 31, 2023) is available at the link. In total, 413 educational institutions out of 648 involved in the project «Green Schools» have the status «Green School».

The implementation of the educational project «Green Schools» contributes to the formation of environmentally literate behavior among students, increasing the level of environmental orientation of education, which makes an important contribution to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of Sustainable Development Goals 4, 12, 13, 14, 15 and other SDGs.

Detailed information about the event is available at the link.

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