Eco Patrols – Boost Its Green Goals

Eco Patrols – Boost Its Green Goals

Project Eco-patrols – Boost its Green Goals It is focused on improving informal environmental education by expanding the method. ekopatrole and integrating contemporary ecological concepts with innovative digital tools. The goal is to empower young people, youth workers, and organizations across Europe for a sustainable and green future. The project promotes the development of digital competencies, ensuring that innovative communication tools and digital learning opportunities are an integral part of all activities and outcomes. By piloting the method in additional communities, upgrading mobile educational games, mentoring real-life ecological actions, and expanding the Eco-patrol network, the project aims to increase the impact of non-formal environmental education, share best practices, and enable the long-term application and replication of the method at national and European levels. A special emphasis is placed on communication that enables inclusion, learning, and community building, thereby ensuring greater visibility and engagement of young people in environmental initiatives.

Project objectives

  • Expand the Eco-patrol informal environmental education method by developing additional materials (Manual, Eco-patrol platform), upgrading existing materials (mobile educational environmental games), and involving additional target groups (youth organizations, youth workers, and young people in 2 original and 3 additional countries, as well as in the EU through the network and platform).
  • Integrate contemporary environmental concepts into the Eco-patrol method, ensuring its relevance and alignment with partner needs and the EU's current environmental priorities.
  • Deepen the impact of digitalization on informal environmental education for youth by upgrading the content of a mobile environmental game and developing new digital educational applications for the existing game.
  • Pilotirati metodu Eco-patrol u dodatnim zajednicama, integrirajući inovativne aspekte i teme temeljem potreba partnera i iskustava iz prethodnih provedbi projekta.
  • Povećati utjecaj projekta kroz jačanje kapaciteta radnika s mladima, edukatora i trenera na nacionalnoj razini, omogućujući im učinkovitu provedbu metode Eco-patrol.
  • Mentorirati stvarne ekološke akcije tijekom pilot-faze, pružajući radnicima s mladima, edukatorima, trenerima i mladima praktično iskustvo u vođenju građanskih inicijativa i postizanju vidljivog učinka u zajednicama.
  • Prenijeti dobre prakse i ojačati kapacitete među organizacijama za mlade i ekološkim organizacijama kroz unaprjeđenje suradnje s postojećim partnerima i uključivanje budućih strateških partnera u Eco-patrol mrežu.
  • Široko diseminirati metodu Eco-patrol formiranjem mreže Eco-patrol, proširenjem web stranice projekta u međunarodnu platformu i dodavanjem suvremenih ekoloških koncepata, inovativnih edukativnih alata i kanala diseminacije.
  • Povećati vidljivost i dosege metode Eco-patrol diljem EU korištenjem kampanja na društvenim mrežama za angažiranje šire mlade publike i promociju rezultata projekta različitim dionicima iz različitih sektora.
  • Olakšati prijenos znanja i replikaciju metode Eco-patrol, osiguravajući dugoročni učinak kroz zajedničko planiranje održivosti rezultata projekta.

Project Information

Beneficeries

Mladi, osobe koje rade s mladima, edukatori i organizacije za mlade te ekološke organizacije koji sudjeluju u neformalnom obrazovanju o okolišu, implementaciji Eco-patrol metode i stvaranju vidljivih ekoloških akcija u svojim zajednicama

Partners:

Nositelj je naša udruga Argonauta, a partneri na projektu su Association KREATOR Kumanovo (Sjeverna Makedonija), Entrepreneurship and Social Economy Group (EKO) (Grčka), Asociatia GEYC (Rumunjska), Asociacion Brujula International (Španjolska).

Duration

1.10.2025. - 30.09.2027.

Donators:

Europska unija, program Erasmus +, Agencija za mobilnost i programe EU