The Training Programme For Educators
Our Training Program for Educators is completed in three phases:
Phase 1 Optional: Organized by DIAN
Distance Online training on “Environmental Protection in the Ancient Times”
The first phase offers the participating educators an interesting approach to the ways used in Ancient Times to encourage citizens to protect the Natural Environment. The search for techniques, ways, and actions aimed at environmental protection was already a necessity in the Ancient World, even though environmental problems (e.g. pollution) did not threaten humanity and the natural world to the same degree and extent as they do today.
Phase 2 Obligatory: Organized by Archipelagos – Institute of Marine Conservation
Main Part – Live Field Training
The in-person training will take place at the facilities of the Archipelagos – Institute of Marine Conservation, on the island of Samos, and during a day cruise with one of the Archipelagos boats.
Samos has an area of 477, 62 km2 and a population of about 40.000 inhabitants. The island of Samos, apart from its unique biodiversity and natural characteristics, has a great cultural heritage, having several important archaeological and historical monuments. In ancient times, Samos was home to great personalities, including the world-famous mathematician Pythagoras, the storyteller-writer Aesop, the philosopher Epicurus, and the astronomer Aristarchus.
Due to its geographical location, Samos is the natural habitat of a multitude of rare endemic wild species on land and in the sea. The region of Samos is a unique biogeographical crossroad among three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Samos is the only island in the Mediterranean that hosts significant populations of rare species (Golden Jackal, Chameleons), while it is also a main point and passage for hundreds of protected and endangered migratory birds. The marine world of Samos is characterized by unique biodiversity, including some of the most important remaining species of marine mammals and turtles in the Mediterranean, while it is home to a wide range of protected marine ecosystems, such as the seagrass beds, the Poseidonia meadows, and coral reefs.
For the detailed daily obligatory Program, click here
Phase 3 Optional: Organized by DIAN
Follow-up activities to complete our Educational Program.
The organizers of the “Environmental Education & Training for Educators & Students” have prepared and completed an especially designed online platform facilitating the exchange of ideas, knowledge, good practices, and communication between participants.
Participants, having first attended and participated in the Educational Program, are entitled to register and visit the platform form an e-community and provide a channel of communication among the participating educators.
The platform will also provide information and Promotion of Scientific Actions, Works, Articles, and Initiatives on Environmental Issues, resulting in the attainment of lifelong learning.
The platform will remain active for 12 months every year and will be updated monthly.