Global Action Plan International

Our colleagues in Vietnam have wonderful projects - which is one reason we're having our annual international gathering there in April, and indeed one reason the gathering will conclude with a full day of study visits in the Hoi An region. Congratulations to Giang and team at Action for the City!

The International Convention of Environmental Laureates, which is hosted by by the European Environment Foundation, provides a platform for winners of prestigious international environmental prizes and awards to exchange their ideas and experience on helping to shape environmental policy.

A conference that actually resulted in concrete project suggestions. Several GAPpers were there andwere very active.
Group 9 was about Community Visions. Marilyn Mehlmann is the contact person.

Our Ukrainian meber organization Teachers for Democracy and Partnership are making great strides with the EcoTeam program – the GAP flagship behaviour change program. And they are creating great publicity around it, which is part of the process.

Here is their latest EcoTeam video, with English subtitles :)

UNESCO's world conference on ESD in Nagoya closes with the unanimous adoption of The Aichi-Nagoya Declaration and the launch of the Global Action Programme.

UNESCO features the 360 launch commitments to support Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD in the form of an interactive world map. You can find Global Action Plan International as one of the committed organizations if you click Sweden!

From the World Resources Forum 2014 in Arequipa, Peru: GAP's Marilyn Mehlmann is interviewed by the Peruvian Minstry of environment after her plenary speech. The forum, held for the first time in Latin America, drew 1000 participants.

Mike came to Ireland because he thought the world was coming to an end and Ireland would then be a good place to be. 20 years later the world hasn't come to an end and Ireland is still a good place to be. In the mean time, Mike has worked with implementations of GAP type behaviour change programs. He tells the story, interviewed by Marilyn Mehlmann.

Listen to the podcast.

It is the 7th year in a row that our partner, Teachers for Democracy and Partnerhip (TDP), holds national conference 'Theory and Practice for Education for Sustainable Development'. This conference is part of our ESDA project (education for sustainable development in action) and it is an opportunity for all teachers and coordinators to meet up face to face to discuss and exchange ideas for ESD. Since 14 regions in Ukraine are involved in this project (31,000 students in 2013), it is a precious opportunity for our coordinators and teachers to get together.

Marilyn Mehlmann, general secretary of Global Action Plan International spoke at World Resources Forum in Davos Switzerland. Main conference topics were "Resource Efficiency and Governance“, "Sustainable Business and Industry“, “Sustainable Cities and Infrastructure”, and “Lifestyles and Education”.

The EcoTeam programme supports households to reduce their impact on the environment and to save money. The programme is a unique adult education initiative that has run in Europe since 1990 and has spread to 20 countries worldwide. This training programme is aimed at those who are interested in becoming EcoTeam coaches to deliver the programmes in their communities. This training will be organized by our member organizations in Ireland, Global Action Plan Ireland and Cork Environment Forum, and led by head of trainer of Global Action Plan International. Our member organization TDP from Ukraine will also participate.