The first term of the bilateral activity Norway EduClima Study Tour was successfully implemented!
The Programme Operator of the SK-Climate programme in cooperation with the donor programme partners organized the bilateral activity titled as "Norway Educlima Study Tour", on 9-11 May 2023 in the Capital City of Norway OSLO. The aim of the activity was to support sustainable bilateral partnerships between Slovak primary and secondary schools and nominated schools from Norway in the field of mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
The target group of the event were Project Promoters within the Call ClimaEdu (ACC03) of the SK-Climate programme.
In the first term of the study trip, the teachers and students of the 5 schools from Slovakia namely Secondary school (Gymnázium) from Šurany, the Joint School from Detva, the Secondary school (Gymnázium) Andreja Sládkoviča from Krupina, the Secondary Vocational School of Trade and Services from the Krupina and the Joint Tilgnerova School from Bratislava participated. A total of three students and one teacher from each school had the opportunity to experience the atmosphere of the City of OSLO, a green pearl hidden in the fjords, which in 2019 also received a title of the European Green City.
On the first day, the participants of the study tour visited the Royal Palace and the Opera building with a promenade that offers a unique view of the city of OSLO. As part of the visit to the Royal Palace, the participants had the opportunity to see the changing of the guards of the Royal family.
On the second day, the participants were welcomed by the donor programme partners, together with the representatives of the SK-Climate Programme Operator have accompanied the group of students on the extraordinary study program, which followed in excellent mood and in good condition. Actors of the bilateral activity measured more than 22,000 steps!
The visit of the project titled as "Climate adaptation - Walk along the Hovindbekken", represented an educational tour, alongside the reconstructed river. The tour had two stops, where the lecture about the important maintenance of the ecosystem wetlands, springs, and water bodies were presented by Bent Christen Braskerud from Municipality of OSLO and the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate in an engaging way. The presentation directly in the field of recognized and justified the re-opening and individual stages of the revitalization of the Hovindbekken river, and pointed out the need to include water areas in the modern urban solutions of common spaces within the framework of urban planning. In the afternoon, a visit to the interactive Climate House "Klimahuset" followed, where students could verify their acquired knowledge in the field of mitigation and adaptation to climate change and join the group of "influencers, activists, team players or experts" in this area. Before visiting selected museums in Tøyen, the students also talked about appropriate measures that are implemented directly in school premises and on school campuses as a part of the projects financed by Norway grants and the State Budget of the Slovak Republic under the auspices of the SK-Climate Programme.
The third day of the study tour was marked by interactions between Norwegian and Slovak students directly on the farm of the "Stabekk" secondary school, which educational background focused on the field of energy and environmental education. Student presentations about their projects from the above-mentioned schools from Slovakia, which are implemented within the Call ACC03 ClimaEdu, was streamed live for the first time, through the FB page of the SK-Climate Programme.
We could all be rightfully proud of the presentations of the students of the selected schools, the first part of the study trip met our expectations, and we are looking forward to the second term of the bilateral activity, which will take place on May 22-24, 2023 with the rest six schools.