1st training session of a climate change awreness campaign targeting some 350000 children in summer camps
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) hosted on Monday, June 27, 2016 in Rabat, a training workshop on climate change, for several associations and holiday camps organizers. The session is held within the framework of an awareness-raising program targeting more than 350000 children in the different summer camps (July 7th-September 7th 2016).
The participants addressed several key points, including “Climate change and its impacts on Morocco”, “Climate change and global awareness”, “pedagogical concepts and the issue of climate change in the camps”, etc. The training workshop was also an opportunity to share insights about the 22nd UN Conference of Parties (COP22), the Youth Conference (COY12) and the participation of civil society organizations in the world climate summit (Marrakech 2016). The participants also exchanged on the first draft of pedagogical guidelines on climate change for children, to be used in the holiday camps.
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The workshop was attended by 55 participants, representing several associations, particularly the National Federation of Moroccan Scouts, the National Federation of Holiday Camps, the Moroccan Federation of Educational Instructors, the Tofola Chaabia Movement, the Moroccan Association for Youth Education, the Chouala Association for Education and Culture, etc.
The training session was led by experts representing the Moroccan Ministry of Environment, the COP22 Civil Society department, UNESCO, UNICEF, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), etc.
