The CITEAIR II project has developed tools to support the monitoring and management of air quality in cities, and offers solutions to inform citizens on air quality. The project is now drawing to an end, and we would like to invite you to the CITEAIR II final conference to share our knowledge, experience and tools with you to help improve European air quality.

The CITEAIR II Final Conference will take place in Rome on 24 June 2011. More compleate information on the project, registration and the draft program of the conference can be found on the web site www.citeair.eu

OPENING THE GATES FOR A COMMON FUTURE
19 – 26 June 2011, İstanbul – Turkey
11 – 18 September 2011, Venice – Italy

We are proud to announce the call for application for the annual Seminar Series on Partnerships for Sustainable Development designed for civil servants from Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine. The training is made possible thanks to the generous financial support of the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea.

On behalf of the Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication of Leuphana University Lüneburg we are pleased to inform you that an International Summer School “Implementation of Sustainability into Research and Teaching of Higher Education Institutions in Eastern Europe” will take place from 11 to 21 September 2011 in Lueneburg, Germany.

For more info see the attached file and the website of the university.

The 5th RENEXPO® offers a high-quality platform for presenting your innovative products and technologies from the field of the renewable energy and energy efficiency for the participants of the market between 5-7 May 2011.

On the 16th of November 2010, REC for CEE – Bulgaria, launched the first web site - which is a Resource center for environmental education and sustainable development. The project is financed by the EEA Grants Programe 2004-2009. This website exist as a result of the joined efforts of the organizations engaged with environmental education to collect and share all materials for work with children in an unite place.

As a second stage of the joint idea it is to be created an internet based teachers network.

It is a 3-days event organized by the International Centre for Local Development CIFAL Płock in cooperation with the United Nation Institute for Training and Research UNITAR, Veolia Environnement and PPP Centre, which will be held between 30th of November and 2nd December in Płock, Poland. So far the Centre had undertaken such topics as: environmental education, urban transportation, public-private partnership etc. Each event is a forum for professional exchange of knowledge and skills achieved thanks to a uniquely developed methodology.

EDUCATION FOR NATURA 2000
A training toolkit for extracurricular activities for pupils from 8th to 12th class
HANDBOOK FOR TEACHERS
Issued in Sofia, 2010
In Bulgarian (English translation available partly)

OSOGOVO TO BELASITSA MOUNTAINS FOR KIDS
A training toolkit for extracurricular activities for pupils from 4th to 8th class
HANDBOOK FOR TEACHERS
Issued in Sofia, 2010
In Bulgarian (English translation available)

Open Position
Ref. no.: 2010/05
Organisation: Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC), REC Country Office (CO) Bulgaria
Position: Country Office Director (COD)
Immediate supervisor: regional director for South Eastern Europe (SEE) Supervisory responsibilities: CO Bulgaria staff

Between 28th of April and 2nd of May 2010, at Krapets village, Shabla Municipality the Green school ‘Together for Natura 2000’ was organized. The Green school was organized in the frames of ‘Education for Natura 2000 – introducing the ecological network in Bulgarian schools’ project developed by the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe and the Bulgarian Society for Bird Protection – BirdLife Bulgaria, financed by the NGO fund of Financial Mechanism of EEA (2003-2013).

We are now inviting applications for our 2010 LEAD Europe Fellows programme in “Leadership for Sustainable Development”. Scholarships are available to support exceptional candidates. Do you want to be a leader for a more sustainable world? Or do you have rising stars in your organisation, who would benefit from the opportunity to improve their leadership skills, enhance their understanding of sustainable development, and join a unique global network of leaders?

In 2007 REC for CEE published its new educational program for environment for children - Green Pack Junior. It was brought to the attention of the Ministers of the Environment, UN officials and trainers during the Conference "Environment for Europe" held in Belgrade the same year. In response to the interest of the toolkit it created a common strategy for its implementation in Central and Eastern Europe. Although the toolkit, available only in English language and developed by a Bulgarian team of educational specialists, it is not yet available in Bulgarian language and adapted to the educational system in the country.REC studies of secondary schools in several regions of the country and the results of the consultations from the conducted in May, 2009 Round Table “Education for Natura 2000”, demonstrated the need for tools for teachers at the primary schools (1-4 grade) to introduce the topics related with the environment.