OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan promotes environmental education in pre-school education facilities

On 20 December 2020, training for the management and teachers in 13 pre-school education organizations concluded the OSCE Project Co-ordinator’s in Uzbekistan (PCUz) series of activities in 2020 aimed at introducing environmental education in pre-school education in Uzbekistan.

A total of 50 staff members from selected organizations underwent training on the education of children at the age of 3 to 6 years on environmental behaviour and waste sorting. The training course was based on the interactive game developed by the PCUz jointly with the partners, public movement Hashar Week and tested on the focus group of children during the week.

These activities were implemented in the framework of the project supporting the government on introducing green economy policies and mechanisms and in the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the PCUz, and the Ministry of Pre-School Education and Cycling Federation of Uzbekistan earlier in November.

The Memorandum includes piloting of environmental and cycling education in 13 selected pre-school facilities and further scaling across the country and development of animated media materials promoting environmental behavior among children and their parents.