Project Description
AUA Acopian Center for the Environment has designed an e-learning course on environmental education and an online platform for delivering the course within the UNDP-GEF “Development of E-learning course on Environmental Education” project. The course includes 11 modules revolving around a wide range of environmental topics which have also been developed by the AUA Acopian Center within the UNDP “Environmental Education Training Modules” project.
The modules comprise up to 24 hours of training and including the following topics:
- Global environmental challenges and opportunities
- Armenia’s environmental challenges
- Environmental governance (global & Armenia)
- Sustainable agriculture (including food)
- Sustainable cities (including transport)
- Sustainable forests / biodiversity
- Energy efficiency
- Renewable energy
- Responsible consumption
- Responsible production
- Circular economy: eliminating waste
The project is a part of a larger project being implemented by UNDP Armenia called “Generating global environmental benefits through environmental education and raising awareness of stakeholders,” which is co-funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and UNDP.