Enact: Enabling citizens through sustainability education.

ENACT project (submitted to the topic LC-GD-10-3-2020 (Subtopic 1) of the EU Horizon 2020 frame), aims at engaging different stakeholder groups in knowledge co-creation, community learning and educational participatory processes to develop, implement and validate a Multidisciplinary Competence Framework on Climate Change and Sustainability for Lifelong Learning (MFC2S). We follow a multiple-level education approach, at concrete demonstration sites (Secondary schools, universities and vocational education and training institutions) through the design, piloting and assessment of a set of educational demonstration activities (Green Deal citizens assemblies, school learning communities, adult education clusters). This project will start from already existing competence frameworks on sustainability education as a theoretical base to be translated into educational practices at secondary level and adult education. In line with the theoretical base we will use input and practical multidisciplinary knowledge of academic and non-academic practitioners, educators and experts, pupils, students, NGOs and citizens to co-create, implement and validate the MFC2S framework. ENACT will support awareness raising, competencies development and behavioural changes needed for a successful transition to a more sustainable, socially just and equitable society. These educational clusters are looked upon as MFC2S demonstrations and should help us validate the theoretical base behind MFC2S frameworks. The educational clusters will be developed in close cooperation with secondary schools in Flanders and involves an number of partners within the University of Antwerp community as well as partners from the original EU proposal. This should allow us to intensify the existing research links and smoothen further development of EU research proposals.

Keywords:EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Disciplines:Education, culture and society not elsewhere classified