Deadline: 15-Mar-22
UNICEF has launched a call for proposals under its project named “Empowering children and young people in North Macedonia to be agents of change in reducing community vulnerability to climate change”, financially supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
An essential activity of the project is organizing local and national institutions and organizations working in the field of (environmental) science, research, and education into a “network” that would strengthen the environment and climate change education within the education system of North Macedonia. These institutions and organizations would be organized in a so called “Science Learning Network (SLN)” and act as members that would provide venues and programmes for science and experiential learning in support of the environment and climate change education within the education system in the country.
Sector
Education
Expected Results
- To facilitate the process of the establishment of the network with an active communication and consensus building with the members for the common goals and principles of the SLN, and signing Memorandums of understanding,
- To conduct more detailed needs assessment of the member institutions and organizations against the goals and principles of the SLN and jointly develop workplans, programmes and capacity building activities,
- To regularly communicate with the schools and teachers and jointly co-create educational programmes guided by principles of experiential learning that will serve and support the delivery of curriculum of natural sciences and STEM in schools,
- To create a dialogue and establish relations with public institutions that govern the members of the SLN, such as Ministries, Agencies, Municipalities, CSOs and others and to find ways to include them in the organizational structure with purpose to create ownership and sustainability of the network,
- To assess the possibilities and reach out to relevant stakeholders for co-funding for strengthening the capacities of the SLN members, including staff and purchasing of equipment, to serve for the educational programme delivery and experiential learning capacities of the SLN members to introduce climate change and environment education for the schools and general public,
- To provide support to the SLN members to develop and implement programmes for youth engagement and different engagement activities for the wider community, with special attention of including the rural, marginalized and vulnerable communities,
- To manage an on-line portal for building public demand and visibility of the SLN network, including the workplans and activities of the SLN members in order to raise awareness and engagement with the youth, schools, and general public,
- To actively communicate and coordinate with UNICEF implementing partners and international expert(s) that work under the environment and climate change education programme in order to create synergy and identify common points for collaboration.
- To establish communication with international counterparts of the SLN network and its members (ex. Australian Questacon, Dannish Experimentarium, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute etc.)
Locations: North Macedonia
For more information, visit https://www.unicef.org/northmacedonia/media/9621/file/mkd-science-learning-network-updated-2022.pdf
