GR-NHMC-UOC Passport Education and Training

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Description of main activities carried in communication and outreach with universities Is your Institution involved with Universities in any teaching / education programme? Could you please identify and briefly explain it? (if available, with links to the specific websites of the referred activities)

NHMC is a University Museum belonging to the University of Crete (UoC). For this reason NHMC is closely connected with all the educational activities of UoC such as teaching and supervision of PhDs and Master Degrees. Since 1993 to 2011, 18 PhDs & 32 Master Degrees have been supervised by NHMC scientific staff.

Description of main activities carried in communication and outreach with non-universities Is your Institution involved in a non-University based Education Programme)? With other partners? (Please identify the programme(s) and the link(s) to the specific website(s))

Yes, in the frames of funded projects of Educational Research

Description of On-Line education courses Does your Institution give any On-Line education courses? Which ones? Since when? With other partners? Is it a regular programme?

Description of other activities carried in communication and outreach Any other relevant information on Education and / or Training specifically carried out by your Institution (e.g. guided tours, school programmes, other public education programmes)?

NHMC has adopted an integrated Learning Strategy Plan for the active diffusion of the knowledge accumulated, to all sectors of the society including Formal, Informal and Non formal Education, Life Long Learning, and Public Environmental Awareness activities focusing to engage new audiences. NHMC’s permanent Exhibition Halls also host the NHMC Centre for Environmental Training (NHMC-CET). In the Exhibition Halls and the NHMC-CET, several educational activities are carried out under a regular basis addressed both to children as well as to adults.

Workshops, seminars, conferences, presentations and discussions, temporary exhibitions and happenings, all addressed and open to public. During 2012, 45.000 students of primary and secondary education visited NHMC and followed 12 different hourly workshops. Weekly summer schools are also organized during summer time. The Club ‘Friends of NHMC’ http://nhmcfriendsgr.weebly.com/ is also activated within NHMC. Members of the Club, mainly families, take part in several indoor and outdoor activities.

Description of main activities carried out in training Is your Institution involved in any Training Project? With other partners? (Please identify the project(s) and the link(s) to the specific website(s)(if available, links to the specific websites of the referred activities)

Is your Institution involved in any Training Project? With other partners? (Please identify the project(s) and the link(s) to the specific website(s)

NHMC is actively involved in funded projects with training activities. During 2012, in NHMC Centre for Environmental Training (NHMC-CET), approximately 2000 teachers were trained on Environmental and Pedagogical issues.

Such recent projects are:

NATURAL EUROPE: CIP-ICT-PSP-DILI 250579
RACCE: 070401/2010/579066/SUB/C4 http://racce.nhmc.uoc.gr/
PATCH: 135285-LLP-1-2007-1-IT-KA3-KA3MP
YOURVID: 504331-LLP-1-2009-1-ES-COMENIUS-CMP
EUCLIDES: 134246-LLP-1-2007-IT-COMENIUS-CMP
CONFRESH: 226682 - CP - 1 - 2005 - 1 – GR –
COMENIUS - C21 www.nhmc.uoc.gr/confresh
CONSERVATION ACTIONS FOR GYPAETUS BARBATUS AND THE BIODIVERSITY IN CRETE: LIFE02/NAT/GR/8492,www.nhmc.uoc.gr/life_gypaetus/
MEDITERRANEAN RESERVOIRS AND WETLANDS. A DEMONSTRATION OF MULTIPLE - OBJECTIVE MANAGEMENT IN THE ISLAND OF CRETE: LIFE00 ENV/GR/000685

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