Key Energy Education information on ManagEnergy.net and
related European Commission websites
Since 2005, ManagEnergy has placed an increasing emphasis on Education and Training. Below you will find links to reports, presentations and pages on ManagEnergy relating to this topic. Some of these are older materials from the ManagEnergy archive. However, ManagEnergy is still very active, and links to new projects and case studies on Education and Vocational Training will be added throughout 2010-2011.
As ever, ManagEnergy relies upon the local energy actors to provide information about activities in their region. You can contribute to the update of ManagEnergy Education Corner in several ways:
- Check the database for your country and submit a web link or details for any energy education project not currently listed
- Share your "bright ideas" on succesful energy activities activities at any level from the classroom to your whole region
- Submit Case studies on Energy Education or Vocational Training to the main ManagEnergy.net website
- Share you views and feedback on ManagEnergy Education Corner
To discover more about links to Energy Education on the main ManagEnergy website and related European Commission websites, please follow the links below:
- ManagEnergy Thematic Group on Education
- Video: Cartoon Animation "Energy: let's save it!"
- Video: Europe's children learn to fight climate change
- Education Sectoral Information Kit
- Education on Energy Brochure
- ManagEnergy Good Practice Case Studies on Education and Training
- Key EU Funding
- Energy education, bringing the energy awareness to schools - A ManagEnergy Annual Conference Event - 30 January 2008
- Education Today for Tomorrow's Energy Users - A ManagEnergy Annual Conference Event - 30 January 2007
- Networking - search for project partners or energy education actors
- Further Information and Useful Links
Video: Cartoon Animation "Energy: let's save it!"
On 12 November 2008, the European Commission launched a new Cartoon Animation video, Energy: Let's save it!
This video contains only images and music, without a single word, making it suitable for distribution throughout Europe, although the title page is available in both German (DE: Energie: Jetzt wird gespart!) and French (FR: Energie: chasse au gaspi!)
Viewers can enjoy the energy saving tips, and save money… A family starts wasting energy carelessly and unknowingly, from the moment they wake up. Until they realize that something is going wrong. In 3 minutes 40 seconds, this cartoon shows both the bad and the good behaviour in energy consumption. It presents, in a cartoon style, simple and basic energy saving tips to save the planet and to save money, would it be at home, at work, or on the way to work.
The video was produced by the EC Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign
View the Cartoon Animation
NEW Video: "Better Light with Less Energy"
In 2010, the European Commission launched a new Cartoon Animation video, Better Light with Less Energy (Plus de lumière, moins d'énergie )
Similar in style to the video above, it promotes the benefits of energy efficiency lighting in a fun way.
Video: Europe's children learn to fight climate change
Schoolchildren are tomorrow's adults and have a crucial role to play in tackling climate change. As they grow older they will have a huge responsibility in ensuring the world reduces its emissions of harmful greenhouse gases by using energy more efficiently. In an effort to help young children understand many of the issues behind climate change, the European Union's Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) programme has supported a number of practical, grass roots schemes that teach 'energy education' in primary schools. The projects bring together local experts on energy efficiency and the children's own teachers to run fun, but informative classes on energy saving issues. In 2007, the IEE programme has made available a budget of €55 million for energy efficiency projects in Europe.
This video, which has been produced by the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency, is free of charge and copyright. It takes a deliberately 'grass roots' approach and presents a selection of projects by focusing on the children and their teachers.
Education on Energy - Teaching tomorrow's energy consumers
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In his preface to this brochure, Energy Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, writes "This brochure outlines the energy challenge, emphasises the role of education as a vector in changing behaviour, and shows how some young people have already made an impact. Case studies from across our continent show what is possible and I hope will inspire many new projects." |
ManagEnergy Good Practice Case Studies on Education & Training
Many ManagEnergy Good Practice case studies relating to education and vocational training are listed on the ManagEnergy website, and several were included in the printed case studies brochures published between 2004-2008. These are still available to download as PDFs.
Key EU Funding
Search for current education projects funded under IEE
Download IEE Project Report Energy Education - Changing their habits in our lifetime
Projects on education are also funded under SAVE - Retrofitting of social housing (education and training for tenants, housing associations, etc) and STEER - Policy measures for energy efficient transport (education of children and students on the implications of transport behaviour).
Socrates
Socrates is the European programme for education. Its aim is to promote the European dimension and to improve the quality of education by encouraging cooperation between the participating countries.
The programme sets out to develop a Europe of knowledge and thus better cater for the major challenges of this new century: to promote lifelong learning, to encourage access by everybody to education, to acquire qualifications and recognised skills.
Socrates consists of eight actions:
1. Comenius: school education
2. Erasmus: higher education
3. Grundtvig: adult education and other education pathways
4. Lingua: learning and teaching of European languages
5. Minerva: information and communication technologies in education
6. Observation and innovation of education systems and policies
7. Joint actions with other European programmes
8. Accompanying measures
Erasmus Mundus
The Erasmus Mundus programme is a co-operation and mobility programme in the field of higher education which promotes the European Union as a centre of excellence in learning around the world. It supports European top-quality Masters Courses and enhances the visibility and attractiveness of European higher education in third countries. It also provides EU-funded scholarships for third country nationals participating in these Masters Courses, as well as scholarships for EU-nationals studying in third countries.
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci is the action programme for implementing the European Community's vocational training policy, supporting and supplementing action taken by the Member States. Its aim is to use transnational cooperation to enhance quality, promote innovation and support the European dimension of vocational training systems and practices.
In specific terms, Leonardo da Vinci pursues three central aims: to facilitate occupational integration, improve the quality of training and access to this training, and to boost the contribution of training to innovation.
Overview of European Commission Education and Training Programmes and Funding
Intelligent Energy - Europe Home Page | Other sources of funding
Networking through ManagEnergy
- Use the ManagEnergyPartner Search to announce that you are looking for a partner for an Energy Education or Vocational Training project proposal, or for an organisation with specific expertise that you would like to learn from.
- Use the ManagEnergy Partner Search to see which organisations are looking for partners for energy education project proposals or are offering to share their expertise.
- Search for organisations that are active in the education and training sectors.
ManagEnergy annual conference, workshops and other events provide great opportunities for networking
Further information and Useful Links
Other relevant reports and pages on the main ManagEnergy website:
- Sector report on Education & Training Study of outputs, performance and future perspectives of SAVE energy agencies
- ManagEnergy Reflection Document on a EU-wide Co-operation of Local Actors on Sustainable Energy Education
- UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development
- Training Index Page
- Schools & Colleges Index Page - also covers other aspects of energy education