STREDISKO EKOLOGICKE VYCHOVY SEVER HORNI MARSOV, o.p.s. (non-formal education provider)

The Centre of Educational Education in the Czech Republic is considered one of the largest and oldest non-governmental organisations in the country responsible for scientific, environmental and sustainability education. Educational courses are offered to mostly primary and secondary school students. Furthermore, SEVER offers environmental counseling and help in public decision-making processes, to further community-based learning. The Centre closely cooperates with multiple national universities and coordinates school networks. In the bounds of MOST, SEVER will be involved in writing the manual to carry out several MOST aims and contribute their learning materials to the MOST collection.

STADT FREIBURG (city)

The City of Freiburg oversees the education of approximately 33,000 pupils distributed in all types of schools and education levels. Its highest aim is to ensure successful outcomes for educational processes, for all its citizens regardless of their age to achieve the mission of life-long learning. Freiburg has been accredited as Green City since the 1970s and places a high emphasis on environmental education and therefore closely cooperates with representatives of different specialist areas within the fields of education, environment, and climate protection. The City of Freiburg supports MOST with communication, dissemination, and exploitation activities, due to its long-standing experience in communication with citizens, businesses, and educational actors.

WALTHER-RATHENAU-GEWERBESCHULE

The Walther-Rathenau-Gewerbeschule in Freiburg is a highly innovative and renowned vocational secondary school teaching STEM and ICT orientated courses and whilst encompassing 1300 students. The school uses innovative pedagogical methods, inquiry-based teaching, an in-house trade fair, as well as advising their students about their possible career paths through the vast network with industry and industry representatives, to achieve a high standard of education, which is demonstrated by numerous students receiving awards for special performance. In the scope of MOST the Walther-Rathenau-Gewerbeschule will support communication, dissemination, and exploitation activities, as well as conducting internal and external evaluations.

VILNIUS CITY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

The Vilnius Municipality has actively pursued promoting environmental awareness within its reach, with projects creating a circular economy, reducing the environmental impacts of transport and involving students in environmental science. Due to its strong ties to schools in- and outside the municipality, local communities, and stakeholders, as well as neighbouring municipalities, the Vilnius Municipality has established the Centre for Advancement of Education. Several schools have been equipped with state-of-the art equipment and modern technology workshops were established. Students from partner schools have received the opportunity to engage more actively in science. The Vilnius City Municipal Government is using its great network to the schools and citizens of Vilnius to pass on their knowledge to reduce waste, as well as implementing MOST in Lithuania.

WASTESERV MLTA LTD.

WasteServ Malta is a private company in charge of managing waste on the Maltese Islands, which is wholly state owned. It pursues the maximisation of extraction of recyclable materials and the generation of renewable energy. Furthermore, the company raises awareness, creates information-based campaigns, leads far-reaching initiatives, hosts educational programmes at schools and local events. In addition to educating the public and students, WasteServ also supports local NGOs. In relation to MOST WasteServ is involved in contributing to the MOST plan for communication, dissemination, and exploitation, as well as co-leading MOST conferences.

DUCKY AS

Ducky AS is backed by a non-profit foundation based in Norway. Their main driver is to supply a digital platform centered around climate change mitigation and sustainability education. To achieve this goal the platform includes awareness campaigns, climate competitions and education material, a way to track individual and personal activities in an environmental context, as well as comprehensible climate change data. These offers are aimed to influence individuals, schools, organisations, policymakers and businesses to increase engagement for sustainability and climate action. In the context of MOST Ducky assists with environmental knowledge, changing environmental behaviour and relays its expertise on communication environmental expertise to communities.

BIRRALEE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

The Birralee International School in Norway is an English medium school comprising of more than 250 students from all over the world. The curriculum is strongly based on international, Cambridge and IGCSE standards, which is being complimented by including Norwegian language studies and cultural heritage studies of their home or host country. The school’s ambition is to develop thoughtful and successful students, through the internal learning community to further positive contributions to the world. Year 8 to Year 10 students are being taught in the scope of the Community Builder programme, which includes cooperation with a Norwegian University and science fairs. As a member of the Eco Schools the school assigns an environmental challenge for the students to work on. Birralee International School will contribute the perspective of a school to co-lead the execution and planning of School-Community-Projects.

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

The Spanish Research Council is Spain’s largest public research institution and is among Europe’s largest research organisations. Part of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities it takes on an important role in Spain, as well as internationally. Its main missions include to foster multidisciplinary research, to facilitate the transfer of knowledge between industry and society. As a part of these aims the National Museum of Sciences plays a fundamental position. Information and various research are shared to multiple societal groups to establish mutual trust and collaboration with other institutions. This falls into the MOST mission, so that the Spanish Research Council will be involved in the Evaluation of MOST, as well as carrying out networking and the MOST plan for communication, dissemination, and exploitation.

UPPTECH

Upptech is a Swedish Science Centre owned by the municipality of Jönköping. The Science Center conducts joint projects with all stages of school, universities and especially with local schools. The essence of Upptech is the playful learning and discovery process by using all human senses. The subjects revolve around technical and natural science and are designed for all age groups. Certain activities such as the Nature school and the Ecology bus take place in the outdoors. Furthermore, a strong cooperation between several Higher Education Institutions and local offers, such as the municipal entrepreneurship and technology school promote a regional meeting and education space for all involved. Upptech co-implements MOST in Sweden and offers its expertise in running projects in natural sciences and ecology.

MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION TURKEY

The Directorate General of Life Long Learning within the Ministry of National Education in Turkey is a public body with the main responsibilities of supplying education to those of Turkey’s citizens who are unable to access formal education. So far more 30 million people have been trained in over 1000 non-formal education centers across Turkey, the subjects including STEM, ICT, foreign languages, crafts and many more disciplines, since 2008. The Directorate General of Life Long Learning cooperates closely with Hacettepe University and diverse industry partners to implement MOST in Turkey. Its role with in MOST is the review of the organisation plan for the European MOST conference, as well as the review of the MOST plan for communication, dissemination, and exploitation.