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EEA AND NORWAY GRANTS FUND FOR BILATERAL RELATIONS

INITIATIVE PROPOSAL

Title of the initiative: Evaluation and improvement of the quality of climate education

Implementing entity (beneficiary state entity): Ministry of Climate of Estonia

Partner(s) (minimum one donor state entity): University of Bergen, Natural history museum, Norway

Estonian Environmental Education Association, NGO

Bilateral priority area identified by the JCBF beyond the programmes:

 promotion of core European values, such as respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the

rule of law and the respect for human rights for all people, regardless of their racial or ethnic origin,

religion or belief, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation or gender identity;

x E-governance (digitalization)

 eastern partnership

 equality and equal treatment

 competitive business environment, sustainable and adaptive governance (based on “Competitiveness Plan

for 2020” approved by the Government of Estonia)

Allocation (total sum): 82 000€ (A more detailed project budget description in the activity plan)

Short description of the initiative: In Estonia, more than 150 environmental education centres offer nonformal environmental and climate study programs for schools and kindergartens. Participation in study programs is financed by the state through the Center for Environmental Investments. To ensure the quality of education, the Ministry of Climate, in cooperation with the Estonian Environmental Education Association (NGO), has developed a 3-level quality system for environmental and climate education, from which the evaluation of study programs has been implemented. The educator`s competency model and self-evaluation tool have also been prepared. The aim of the project is the development of the quality system: the implementation of the online version of the self-evaluation tool for educators and the creation of a quality model for the environmental education centre. This project participants and main target group are members of Estonian Environmental Education Association, (NGO). The other partner is the Natural history Museum, University of Bergen, Norway. Experiences are shared and quality systems are developed within the framework of cooperation. The main activities are environmental educators training courses and seminars, development of digital study material and compiling one-pagers to introduce environmental education quality program for study programs, self-evaluation tool for educators and environmental education centres quality model. The Ministry of Climate is responsible for the communication of this project, and the dissemination of the results will also take place through the network of the Estonian Environmental Education Association. (background, aim, participants, activity plan, budget outline, communication and dissemination)

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Activity plan:

Activity Time Location Cost Participants

1 10 Training courses for quality program, incl expert, coordinators, room rent

October 2024 –

January 2025

Estonia 20 000 € 120

2 Estonian delegation 5 days study visit to Norway, incl travel costs, accomondation, travel Insurance, Daily allowance

February 2025 Norway 20 500 € 20

3 Joint training course in Norway training costs

February 2025 Norway 1500 € 25

4 Creation of an Interactive online tool for self-analysis

October 2024 –

March 2025

Estonia 32 000 € 30

5 Compiling one-pagers to introduce environmental education quality system, educators self- evaluation platform and environmental education centres quality model

January – March

2025

Estonia 3000€ 10

6 Project management and

project manager costs

October 2024 –

April 2025

Estonia 7000€ 1

Planned results1

1 Please refer to the Results Guideline

OUTPUT INDICATOR TARGET

Output 2.3. Increased public awareness on climate change Awareness raising activities for environmental educators and teachers to increase awareness on climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Number of environmental educators and teachers reached by environmental and climate awareness-raising activities

120

Self-evaluation and training platform - web-based interactive learning material developed according to the competency model of educators

The digital study material is available to all interested parties, main target groups

Environmental educators, teachers

One -pagers to introduce self- evaluation, quality evaluation for environmental study programs

3 one-pagers on differents themes compiled in estonian, then translated into norwegian and english

To raise awareness of quality system in environmental education system and improve environmental educators learning possibility

Expression of interest for Programme Operators

FUNDS FOR BILATERAL RELATIONS (In accordance with Article 2.5.3 of the Bilateral Fund Agreement and Article 4.7 of the Regulations on the implementation of the EEA and Norwegian Financial Mechanisms 2014-2021)

Programme number: EE-Climate

Programme title: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Programme Operator: Ministry of Climate

Donor Programme Partner(s): Norwegian Environment Agency

Amount requested from the Fund for bilateral relations:

Pre-defined initiatives to be implemented by PO/DPP:

€ 0

Pre-defined initiatives to be implemented by other entities:

€ 82 000

Call(s) € 0

TOTAL € 82 000

Description Please see in the Annex attached.

Planned results Please see in the Annex attached.

For the Programme Operator1

Name Tanel Ross

Signature /signed digitally/

Position Chair of EE-CLIMATE Programme Cooperation Committee, Head of Finance Department

Date 30.08.2024

1 In case of Donor Partnership Programmes, the signature confirms that the content of the expression of interest has been discussed and

agreed in the Cooperation Committee.

Suur-Ameerika 1 / Tallinn 10122 / 626 2802/ [email protected] / www.kliimaministeerium.ee/

Registrikood 70001231

Laura Pikkoja

Riigi Tugiteenuste Keskus

[email protected]

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Euroopa Majanduspiirkonna (EMP) kahepoolsete

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Austatud Laura Pikkoja

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Tanel Ross

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Expression of interest

Mairi Enok, 626 2995

[email protected]