The Baltic Sea Project within UNESCO ASPnet
The report of the Polish National Coordinator of the BSP
for the school year 2006 / 2007
- Number of schools – all together 85, primary schools – 10, gymnasiums – 7; the rest of schools are grammar schools and other upper secondary schools. Schools are situated in all 16 administrative regions in Poland
- The most popular BSP programmes – Bird Ecology, Air Quality, Rivers, Environmental History, Phenological Studies
We organized:- THE 5th FINAL CONFERNECE OF THE POLISH COORDINATION OF the BALTIC SEA PROJECT in Katowice and Zloty Potok for 160 students and teachers from nine Baltic countries, September 2006 – National and General Coordinator, teachers, scientists of Silesian University and teachers and students from Konopnicka School in Katowice
- Addition of the Baltic Sea Project Newsletter No 2 (28)/2006 – National and General Coordinator and the proofreader, December 2006
- Set up website for Polish BSP schools in Polish – English version, National Coordinator
- Competition for Polish teachers – “Education for Sustainable Development in my school subject. Diversity in the Baltic Region”. It was a very difficult competition for Polish teachers. We got about 1000 confirmations but only 7 teachers sent their works. The main reason is that teachers don’t know what is the meaning of sustainable development. You can see results on www.bsp-pl.org ; National Coordinator, March 2007.
- Art competition for students – “Baltic Sea Region today, yesterday, tomorrow”, May 2007. We got 270 art works from 25 schools situated in 11 provinces. You can see results on www.bsp-pl.org; National Coordinator, March 2007.
Conferences and workshops- "Substainable Fisheries in the Baltic Sea". Bornholm, Denmark. September, 25th – 27th 2006 – 2 schools, 5 participants
- International ESD conference “Vision and tradition. In the spirit of Linnè towards a sustainable Baltic”. The second BSP conference in Nacka, April 16-20, 2007 – 5 schools, 20 participants
- “The 14th international environmental camp school of Meri-Pori Upper Secondary”.
24. 05–1. 06. 2007; 2 schools, 12 participants
Articles in “The Baltic Sea Project Newsletter” No 2 (28) / 2006- Politicians – 2, Plish ASPnet National Coordinator, Principal of Konopnicka School – Katowice, scientists of Silesian University – 2, schools – I LO – Lancut, ZSP No 5 – Krosno, I LO – Nowy Sacz, II LO – Katowice, I LO – Miechow, ZSR CKU – Gdansk, ZS No 2 – Kolobrzeg, XVIII LO – Bydgoszcz, III LO – Walbrzych, X LO – Gdynia, SP 34 Katowice, Kindergarten No 4 – Katowice, LO – Glogow, Meeting Maths – II LO Katowice, Polish BSP Coordinator
School year 2007/2008- Teacher training course “Biodiversity in the industrial region of the Upper Silesia” – 40 teachers from 24 schools from 20 towns in 8 Polish provinces, scientists of Silesian University, Air Quality, Bird Ecology and National BSP Coordinators and teachers and students from Konopnicka School in Katowice; September, 2007
- International Competition for BSP schools from nine Baltic Countries – “Tales and legends of the Baltic countries”, National Coordinator, October 2007 – May 2008
- Polish BSP Newsletter – till March 2008
- Polish version of LG 5 “Baltic 21. An AGENDA 21 for the Baltic Sea Region” – set up in internet, IT version, National Coordinator and a proofreader, till June 2008
National Coordinator
of the Baltic Sea Project
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