During the Education Thematic Day at the COP 22, November 14th, the representatives of the Young Reporters for the Environment (JRE) launched a Youth Appeal. This appeal read by Aicha Oujidi JRE from Morocco and Melvin Lie Morris JRE from Kenya contains nine recommendations discussed and agreed by JREs from 11 different countries (Morocco, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Portugal, Canada, Romania, Kazakhstan and Malta), which the Foundation held on 13 and 14 November in Marrakech on the theme of reducing the ecological footprint. One of the nine recommendations was retained by YONGO, which committed to bringing it up to the UNFCCC level.

Litter Less Campaign Meeting is happening now. We are discussing goals and changes for Year 3. #LLC #NOM17 #YRE #Guimarães #FEE pic.twitter.com/O13OR4sQB1

— Young Reporters Int (@YREInt) 16 febbraio 2017

Piloted by the Mohammed VI Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, the Young Reporters for Environment (JRE) is present in 30 countries belonging to the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) In Morocco participated 22,000 high school students, 174 of which were prize-winners in the national competition and 24 in the international competition. These pupils were accompanied by 8300 supervisors.

On the 25th and the 26th September 2014 the European Days of Environmental Education has held in Bergamo (Italy ) which become the “capital of Europe “ for a few days.

The announcement was made at a press conference held in Bergamo March 3^rd 2014, in the presence of the commissioners for the environment of the Lombardy Region, Province and Municipality of Bergamo Claudia Terzi, Enrico Piccinelli and Massimo Bandera and the General Secretary of the WEEC network Mario Salomone.

Bergamo and the Lombardia region have a wealth of parks, botanical gardens, museums and eco-museums, educational farms etc. and a wide variety of experiences in the field of environmental education. The local “system” has been mobilized to ensure the success of the “Days” and to offer participants workshops, visits and other opportunities to meet life and experiences in the region. The first edition of the European meeting was held in Lyon on March 4, 2013. Knowledge sharing and networking – both between the EU member countries and the other countries of the continent – are among the goals of the event. It also has had the support to the development of environmental education policies both at national and European level. The format of the meeting went from plenary sessions to small parallel groups and activities “on the ground”.

For the Italian world of environmental education this event has been a valuable opportunity to reinforce the process begun in 2013, which aims to replenish the ranks of a system put in suffering from the cuts in public spending.