Cooperation Offer

NATURENET - Environmental Education for Youngsters

Offer name: 
NATURENET - Environmental Education for Youngsters
Expiry date: 
31/12/2017
Offering LAG: 
Leader Aktiivinen Pohjois-Satakunta
Country:
  • Finland
Spoken languages:
  • Spagnolo - Tedesco - Inglese - Italiano - Finlandese - Svedese

Looking to cooperate with

Country(ies):
  • Unione europea
Type of area:
  • Island, Lakes & rivers, Coastal, Mountainous, Peri-Urban, Urban, Rural, Isolated / Remote
Assets of the area:
  • High Nature Value, Forest, Non-productive, Mineral extraction, Protected areas

Project idea

Project type:
    • Transnational cooperation
    • Cross - border cooperation
    • Transnational cooperation
    • With other MSs (no shared border)
Project topic:
    • Innovation
    • Economic diversification
    • Natural environment & Resources / Landscape
    • Business development
    • Target groups
    • Youth
Additional keywords:
  • nature tourism, environmental education, geopark
Context: 

LAG Aktiivinen Pohjois-Satakunta is located in Southwest Finland and covers a vast natural territory. We are actively developing an UNESCO –geopark area on mires and swamps and in this project the intention is to study tourism products for children and youngsters. In this project another Finnish LAG is already a partner; so we are searching for the partners “in two” already. The project is planned to be starting in autumn 2017 and will be implemented for three years (up to 2019/2020).

Project idea summary: 

The youngsters are lacking the nature contact nowadays and the real possibilities to familiarize to nature are restricted. Within this project the idea is to organise youth camps in partner LAG areas in Europe, create tourism products for the youth taking in consideration the environmental education aspects and pedagogical approach and the use of modern technological appliances in studying and familiarizing with the nature. The networking of European Youth and different stakeholders is an important approach. Use of social media tools and making films on “European Nature”.

Objectives: 

Rural Youth, schools, rural tourism entrepreneurs, nature parks
POSSIBLE COMMON ACTIVITIES:
1.) Nature camps for youth focused on territorial special characters
2.) Nature films created by youngsters
3.) Social media interaction, blog-writing on nature thematics
4.) Developing and studying the study packages for schools
5.) Developing of targeted “new” tourism products for youth (national/international)
6.) Best practice meetings and workshops, benchmarking visits
7.) Creation of “nature competition events for youth”
8.) Regional/territorial marketing approach
Please, for more detailed description write

(int. coordinator of the LAG) or take contact on Facebook (Pauliina Antila (Kankaanpää, Finland).