12WEEC: example of sustainability
The 12WEEC 2024 wants to set an example of sustainable congress and of how sustainable practices can be employed in big and important events.
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Last Five Days to Secure Your Early Bird Discount for WEEC Congress!
Join the Environmental Education Network in Abu Dhabi from January 29th to February 2nd, 2024
Are you passionate about environmental education and eager to connect with leading experts in the field? The World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) is just around the corner, and there are only five days left to take advantage of our special Early Bird discount. Don’t miss this golden opportunity to become a part of our vibrant community.
WEEC Congress Highlights:
The WEEC Congress is set to take place in the stunning city of Abu Dhabi from January 29th to February 2nd, 2024. It promises to be a gathering of some of the world’s foremost experts in environmental education.
One key feature that sets WEEC apart is our commitment to inclusivity. If you haven’t received acceptance for your abstract yet, worry not! You can still secure the discounted rate even after the deadline has passed.
Registration Costs:
- Conference Delegate (Teachers, Academics, Business Community): USD 450
- Conference Youth (Students, Young Researchers, and Young Professionals, age between 18-30 years): USD 400
- Conference Pass for NGOs or Residents of Least Developed Countries: USD 350
- Conference Group Rates (5+ pax / 10+ pax): -10% / -20%
This is a unique opportunity to engage with the latest developments in environmental education, connect with like-minded individuals, and contribute to a more sustainable future. Act now to secure your spot at the WEEC Congress at a discounted rate before it’s too late!
To register and learn more about the event, please visit our official website.
Don’t miss out on this chance to make a difference and be a part of a global network dedicated to environmental education. We look forward to welcoming you to Abu Dhabi for the WEEC Congress in 2024!
Abstract Submission Deadline postponed to Septemebr 15, 2023
The deadline for the abstract submission of the 12th World Enviromental Education Congress has been postponed by the Socio – Scientific Committee to September 15, 2023!
The decision to extend the Call for Abstract for 2 extra weeks has been taken by the Committees after receiving a great amount of abstracts from all over the world; witnessing the great response from EE experts and people interested in taking part in the WEEC Congress, the SSC agreed to give more time to new potential abstract submitters in order to increase the participation at the Congress and make it an even more incredible and meaningful experience as it already promises to be.
Send your abstract today! If approved, your work will be presented and discussed during the sessions of WEEC 2024 in Abu Dhabi, together with all the other works submitted by attendees from all over the world.
One of the 10 themes must be the central argument of your abstract, in order to spark discussion on the role of EE today and in the challenges of the future.
Your work can be submitted as an oral presentation, as a poster or Pecha Kucha format, or can be structured as a more interactive workshop experience or a round table discussion.
Don’t forget to submit your Abstract: the deadline has been extended until August 31, 2023
For abstract theme and other guidelines enquiries, visit www.weec2024.org
12WEEC Call for Abstracts
The WEEC Permanent Secretariat and the Local Organizing Committee welcome the submission of original contributions to be presented at the 12th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC).
The call for abstract submission is open to present works, researches and activities in the field of environmental education.
Abstracts may only be submitted via the online system here
You can submit Abstracts in four languages: English, Arab, French and Spanish. Participation in the congress can be declined in various formats: oral presentation, e-poster, round table, etc. In this way we want to give everyone the opportunity to express themselves in the way they deem most appropriate to present their initiatives.
The WEEC congress is attended by teachers, researchers, associations, students, activists and all kinds of scholars and experts in the field of environmental education.
Submit your proposal today and don’t miss the chance to meet other experts from all over the world.
12WEEC awaits you in Abu Dhabi!
Join the Earth Prize 2023
The Earth Prize is an annual $200,000 environmental sustainability competition for students around the world between the ages of 13 and 19 that rewards the teams whose projects and ideas have the most potential to address environmental issues.
As part of the competition, participants have access to mentorship by university students from top universities and exclusive learning content covering key environmental sustainability concepts and featuring young environmental change-makers from around the world.
Through The Earth Prize competition, students are inspired, educated, mentored and empowered to solve environmental sustainability problems.
The winning team will receive a prize of $100,000, to be split in half between the team and their school. Three runner-up schools will be awarded $25,000. The Earth Prize will also recognize three Mentors, who will receive $5,000 each, and an Educator who will receive $10,000.
Students and teachers can register on The Earth Prize website until November 30th.
World Environmental Education Day 2022
The World Environmental Education Day is celebrated on 14 October. 40 years after the UN Conference in Tbilisi (Georgia).
From 10 to 25 October schools, parks, environmental education centers, public institutions, associations, museums … aim to organise special events to highlight the importance of developing educational action to build transversal skills. To focus on the complexity of the challenges in a world where everything is ever more interconnected. To affect perception of the human relationship with the environment, to affect attitudes and therefore individual and collective behaviors. To make people awaring protagonists of a change towards more environmental friendly, more livable and more equitable societies.
On October 14, 1977, the United Nations Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education, organized by UNESCO and UNEP, opened in Tbilisi (Georgia’s capital), which ended on October 26 with a statement of great relevance, still today.
The Coordination of the World EE Day is taken care by the world-wide network of environmental educators who, each two years, give life to the main congress in that field (the WEEC, World Environmental Education Congress).
The celebrations of the fortieth anniversary of the 1977 Tbilisi Conference took place on 9 September in Vancouver at the WEEC World Congress.
Read the Appeal for a World Environmental Education Day_EN and support the campaign to exhort the UN, the leading institutions worldwide, all our colleagues, all citizens interested in a more sustainable and pleasant future to endorse and to spread our call to recognize and to celebrate every year, on October 14th, the World Environmental Education Day.
Call for Bids WEEC 2026. Deadline extention
Deadline extention. We are pleased to inform you that the deadline to participate in the Call for Bids to host the WEEC2026 has been extended until October 31, 2022.
We hope that this extension will help the destinations that are contacting us and that are finalizing their applications. We are always available to answer your questions and to help you submit your application. We remind you that we are available to meet you online to speed up your work.
We hope that the possibility of hosting the WEEC congress in 2026 will be a source of knowledge and networking for all environmental education operators.
The road traveled in these 20 years by our congress has already seen 11 editions and the next stage will be held in Abu Dhabi in 2024.
The world is renewing itself and with it also environmental education: climate change, environmental and social crises, new research and scientific breakthroughs are central themes of our lives around the world. The WEEC congress is more important than ever to share academic research and environmental activism.
Who will be next to host the WEEC? Be part of the history of the WEEC, participate now, taking advantage of the extended deadline
Remind that only the public or private non-profit organizations (universities, foundations, associations, …) can apply the candidacy.
The winner will be assigned indicatively by 31st December 2022.
The official announcement of the 13th WEEC will be at 12th WEEC 2024 in Abu Dhabi, on 1st February 2024
The candidatures will be assessed mostly according to the following criteria:
Please ask for the official application form to: secretariat@weecnetwork.org
or download it here
WEEC Network is granted consultative status at the UN
Have you heard the incredible news?! WEEC Network has officially been granted ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) Consultative Status with the United Nations!
From now on WEEC Network has the special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council at the UN. The consultative status is the core of a formal relationship between the UN and social organizations, which is also a key approach for social organizations to take initiatives and to be engaged in activities of the UN and international communities.
As a member of the WEEC Network, you can also take part in the initiatives: keep reading to find out more.
Become a representative at ECOSOC!
As NGO with ECOSOC status, WEEC Network can choose delegates to be represented by in the various occasions. If you are interested, apply to be a delegate, representing one of the most worldwide organizations in environmental education.
Contact us on secretariat@weecnetwork.org
The Economic and Social Council of the UN (ECOSOC)
Article 71 of the United Nations Charter, which established the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), states the following:
The Economic and Social Council may make suit able arrangements for consultation with non-governmental organizations which are concerned with matters within its competence. Such arrangements may be made with international organizations and, where appropriate, with national organizations after consultation with the Member of the United Nations concerned.
— United Nations Charter, Chapter X, Article 71
One of the six principal organs of the UN, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is the central UN forum for international economic and social issues. The Council coordinates the economic and social work of the UN system, which engages 70 percent of the system’s human and financial resources. All of the UN specialized agencies (e.g., the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization), as well as all of the UN programs and funds (e.g., UNICEF and the World Food Program), report to ECOSOC.
The ECOSOC Council has eight functional Commissions:
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Commission for Social Development
- Commission on Population and Development
- Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
- Commission on Narcotic Drugs
- Commission con Science and Technology for Development
- Statical Commission
- United Nations Forum on Forests
ECOSOC Regional Commissions:
➤ Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
➤ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
➤ Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
➤ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
➤ Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Other bodies:
- Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
- Sessional and standing committees
- Expert, ad hoc, and related bodies
What we gained as NGO in consultative status
The ECOSOC Resolution 1996/31 specifies the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Consultative Status are entitled to:
- Attend international conferences and events.
- Make written and oral statements at these events.
- Organize side events.
- Enter United Nations premises.
- Have opportunities to network and lobby.
NGOs that are accredited with ECOSOC can participate in a number of events, including, but not limited to, the sessions/meetings of ECOSOC, its functional commissions and its other subsidiary bodies. At these events, NGO may:
- Attend official meetings
- Submit written statements prior to sessions
- Make oral statements
- Meet official government delegations and other NGO representatives
- Organize and attend parallel events that take place during the session; and
- Participate in debates, interactive dialogues, panel discussions and informal meetings.
Click Here to learn more about what ECOSOC is
Click Here to learn about ECOSOC 2021 goals:
https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/events/2021/ecosoc-high-level-segment-including-three-day-ministerial-segment-hlpf-convened-under
Nature in Mind, international conference in Rome
Nature in Mind, an international conference promoted by the Italian Carabinieri brought together voices from all over the world and from every sector. From Pope Francis to the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella, high-level interventions and networking. Wide presence of the WEEC network