CANEJ Project now finished in Central Asia
The project “Creation of network for ecological journalists of Central Asia” (Central Asian Network for Ecological Journalists - CANEJ) is now finished in Central Asia.
13.09.2006 |Sascha Gabizon
CANEJ established on-line courses to educate environmental journalists, journalism teachers, students and all persons interested.
On-line courses contain structured information on environmental policy, strategy and legislation of the Central Asian countries; also on international agreements and conventions related to climate, biodiversity, biosafety, desertification, chemical pollution, water resource management and others, signed or ratified by the Central Asian countries.
The special section promotes interpretation of regulations of the Aarhus Convention On access to information, public participation on decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters and Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers Protocol (PRTR Protocol).
On-line courses also inform journalists about UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development and present environmental situation in Central Asia on chemical pollution, water problems and another ecological subjects. On-line courses on UNESCO web-site.
CANEJ members from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan participated in workshop as well as representatives of the Ministry for Environment Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Educational Center «Bilim-Central Asia», local NGOs and ecological experts.
Workshop on practical skills to establish on-line courses to educate Central Asian environmental journalists was also held.
Final step of project is the publication of a booklet entitled “Creation of network for ecological journalists of Central Asia” containing information about CANEJ rules and procedures, acting strategy etc.
CANEJ Project was supported and sponsored by the UNESCO International Programme for Communications Developing (IPDC).
To find out more information about IPDC - please visit web-site of Almaty Cluster Office for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
For future information please contact:
Kazakhstan - Environmental News Agency “Greenwomen”
E-mail: greenwomen@nursat.kz
Uzbekistan - “Gender, innovation and development”,
E-mail: galina_v@uzsci.net
Tajikistan - “For Earth”
E-mail: forearth@tjinter.com
Kyrgyzstan - «Global and Local Informational Partnership»,
E-mail: ngo_glip@yahoo.com
