CONTEXT
BlueLightS aims at strengthening blue education in Europe to set the right conditions for the implementation of the next Mission upscaling phase. BlueLightS works on: (1) significantly increasing the number of schools joining the European Blue school Network (2) in coherence with the inclusiveness principles of the EU Green Deal, contributing to the diversification of blue schools, including schools from inland territories, vocational schools, schools for children and youth with disabilities…; (3) contributing to enhancing the quality of blue education projects by applying open schooling and citizenship education principles; (4) bringing the blue education concept and vision into the education systems of EU Member States.
OBJECTIVES
- To deliver its ambitions, BlueLightS builds on the development and facilitation of an active blue education community of practice;
- The application of a strong participatory philosophy; the establishment of synergies with both Mission Ocean and EU4Ocean coalition/Network of Blue Schools processes;
- The integration of the blue education concept into the activities, events and communication of “others” at different scales;
- The development of well targeted communication, dissemination and exploitation activities; the priority given to activities implemented in 9 “experimentation” countries representing diverse blue education maturity levels, complemented by the sharing of experiences at the lighthouse scale and support to Blue Schools in all EU countries.
