Print

Press release 4/2013

1,200 ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS ATTENDING CONGRESS IN MARRAKECH

The 7th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC 2013), a great success, will take place in Marrakech from June 9 – 14, 2013

Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI and under the Chair held by Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Hasnaa, President of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection (FM6E), very aware of environmental education’s role, has ensured that the Kingdom hosts WEEC for its ten year anniversary.

Nearly 1,500 delegates from around the world are expected to participate for one week at the 7th WEEC in Marrakech, an event where experts come to discuss and exchange experiences on the important issue of education and environmental awareness.

Print

Press release 5/2013

THE WEEC 2013 SETS AN EXAMPLE AS AN ECO-RESPONSIBLE CONGRESS
The Mohammed VI Foundation, which co-organized this conference on environmental education, wants to make an eco-friendly event and reduce its carbon footprint to a minimum. It is also an opportunity for the Foundation to promote its carbon program.
From June 9 to 14th, the World Environmental Education Congress 2013 is about to receive over 1,200 delegates from around the world to share their experiences on environmental education and the best ways to raise awareness about these critical issues.
Advocating teaching by example, the event organizers, the WEEC Secretariat and the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, opted to make this conference a green event and issued a charter advocating ways to protect the environment during the six-day conference, and a daily approach after the conference completion.

Print

Press release 3/2013

In June 2013 Marrakech welcomes WEEC 2013, a major conference on the environment

The 7th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) will be held in Marrakech from June 9 – 14, 2013. The choice of Morocco as a host country is the result of efforts by Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Hasnaa, who chairs the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection. Extremely aware of the role of education in protecting the environment, during the last Congress in Montreal in 2009 she took the opportunity to propose Morocco as a destination. As a result, the Foundation is co-organizer of this event.
This major conference is being hosted by the city of Marrakech in June. Every two years, the World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) regroups over 2,000 participants from 108 countries, who come to discuss education and environmental awareness. The conference has been hosted by Portugal, Brazil, Italy in 2005, South Africa, Canada and Australia. Morocco is the first Arab-Muslim host country for the conference.
Major international institutions such as UNESCO, ISESCO, FEE and UNEP, represented by its General Executive Directors of the leading figures in the environment (teachers, writers, activists, etc.) will participate in the plenary sessions.

Print

Press conference, March 2013

DSC 7107

The WEEC is coming to Marrakech

The 7th WEEC (World Environmental Education Congress) will be held in Marrakech's Palais des Congrès from 9th to 14th of June 2013.

What are the main educational themes that run through our century ? What do we need in order to develop a more active nation, a more responsible social consciousness, a more tolerable future ? These will be the main topics discussed at the Palais des Congrès in Marrakech, from 9th to 14th of June 2013, at the 7th WEEC, World Environmental Education Congress.

The Congress is held under the high patronage of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI, and under the presidency of Her Royal Highness the Princess Lalla Hasnaa, President of the Foundation Mohammed VI for Environmental Protection.

Print

Press release 1/2013

Costal urban sprawl and protection of the marine environment

The 7th WEEC will have room also for the sea.  All stakeholders engaged in EE focused on the sea are invited to attend the congress and to submit proposals. The 7th WEEC in Marrakech will be a special occasion to meet networks, institutions, researchers, local bodies, practitioners interested in EE for the marine environment protection and in coasts-sea relationships.
So, the 7th will collect many people concerned by marine issues and a special session will be organized about this theme, related to congress special focus (i.e. cities and countryside and the role of the EE).
Read the contribution of the CPIE Côte Provençale - Atelier Bleu du Cap de l'Aigle here
Info : Jean Louis BAUDE,  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
Print

Abstract submission deadline

Until 15 January 2013 it is possible to present abstracts only for the thematic areas:

- Social Movements and building ecological societies
- Communications and the impact of social media
- Ecological economics and green economies
- Creative impulses

Until 15 January 2013 it is possible to present posters for all the thematic areas

WEEC Permanent Secreatariat

c/o Istituto per l'Ambiente e l'Educazione Scholé Futuro ONLUS Via Bligny 15, 10122 Torino (Italy) - Ph./Fax +390114366522

WEEC Permanent Secretariat


c/o Istituto per l'Ambiente e l'Educazione Scholé Futuro ONLUS

Via Bligny 15, 10122 Torino (Italy) - Ph./Fax +390114366522
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - www.environmental-education.org

Fondation Mohammed VI pour la Protection de l'Environnement

Avenue Mohammed VI, rue El Madani Ibn Houssaïni, B.P: 5679
Rabat – MAROC - Tél: + 212 (0)5 37 65 88 44 (LG) – Fax: + 212 (0)5 37 65 55 31
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." target="_blank">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - www.fm6e.org

 

We use cookies to provide you with a seamless and comfortable user experience on our website.
By continuing to navigate this site you agree to the cookie policy. Learn more about cookies on our Cookie Policy page.