1. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND YOUTH
ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME
KEY ACTION 2: COOPERATION FOR INNOVATION AND THE EXCHANGE OF GOOD PRACTICES
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND YOUTH
Multi-purpose center for adult education in clean environment
ECO-Center
ENRICHMENT COURSE
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
ECO-Center BG01-KA

2. THE TARGET GROUPS Target groups ISCO
Teachers/trainers in adult education:
Ecology
Environmental engineering
Civil engineering
ISCO 2320: Vocational Education Teachers
Vocational education teachers teach or instruct vocational or occupational subjects in adult and further education institutions and to senior students in secondary schools and colleges. They prepare students for employment in specific occupations or occupational areas for which university or higher education is not normally required.
Career officers, counselors, inspectors; head teachers / principals:
Environmental ethics
Public health
Legislation
ISCO 2423: Personnel & Careers Professionals
Personnel and careers professionals provide professional business services related to personnel policies such as employee recruitment or development, occupational analysis and vocational guidance. 
ISCO 2424: Training and Staff Development Professionals
Training and staff development professionals plan, develop, implement and evaluate training and development programmes to ensure management and staff acquire the skills and develop the competencies required by organizations to meet organizational objectives. 
ISCO 1345 Education Managers
Education managers plan, direct, coordinate and evaluate the educational and administrative aspects of education services, primary and secondary schools, colleges and faculties and departments in universities and other educational institutions. 
ISCO 2351 Education Methods Specialists
Education methods specialists conduct research and develop or advise on teaching methods, courses and aids. They review and examine teachers’ work, the functioning of educational institutions and the results achieved and recommend changes and improvements. 
ECO-Center BG01-KA

3. THE TARGET GROUPS Target groups ISCO
Education manager and other management staff in adult training institutions; non-teaching administrative staff:
Public relations
Economics
ISCO 1345 Education Managers
Education managers plan, direct, coordinate and evaluate the educational and administrative aspects of education services, primary and secondary schools, colleges and faculties and departments in universities and other educational institutions. 
ISCO 2421: Management and Organization Analysts
Management and organization analysts assist organizations to achieve greater efficiency and solve organizational problems. They study organizational structures, methods, systems and procedures.
ISCO 2424: Training and Staff Development Professionals
Training and staff development professionals plan, develop, implement and evaluate training and development programmes to ensure management and staff acquire the skills and develop the competencies required by organizations to meet organizational objectives. 
ISCO 2351 Education Methods Specialists
Education methods specialists conduct research and develop or advise on teaching methods, courses and aids. They review and examine teachers’ work, the functioning of educational institutions and the results achieved and recommend changes and improvements. 
ECO-Center BG01-KA

4. Ecology, Environmental engineering
THE TRAINING DETAILS
Teachers/trainers in adult education
Ecology, Environmental engineering
Civil engineering
EQF Reference level
6 / 7
Teaching and learning methods
Online ( Offline (CD); Text
Trainee assessment
Online tests; Paper-based tests
LOs
LO7: The challenge and main approaches to environmental ethics
LO8: Environmental ethics and sustainability
Weighting of assessment - ECVET Credits
LO7 – 2 ECVET Credits gained and proved by certificate
LO8 – 3 ECVET Credits gained and proved by certificate
ECO-Center BG01-KA

5. Environmental ethics, Public health, Legislation
THE TRAINING DETAILS
Career officers, counselors, inspectors; head teachers / principals
Environmental ethics, Public health, Legislation
EQF Reference level
5 / 6
Teaching and learning methods
Online ( Offline (CD); Text
Trainee assessment
Online tests; Paper-based tests
LOs
LO7: The challenge and main approaches to environmental ethics
LO8: Environmental ethics and sustainability
Weighting of assessment - ECVET Credits
LO7 – 2 ECVET Credits gained and proved by certificate
LO8 – 3 ECVET Credits gained and proved by certificate
ECO-Center BG01-KA

6. THE TRAINING DETAILS
Education manager and other management staff in adult training institutions; Non-teaching administrative staff
Public relations
Economics
EQF Reference level
5 / 6
Teaching and learning methods
Online ( Offline (CD); Text
Trainee assessment
Online tests; Paper-based tests
LOs
LO7: The challenge and main approaches to environmental ethics
LO8: Environmental ethics and sustainability
Weighting of assessment - ECVET Credits
LO7 – 2 ECVET Credits gained and proved by certificate
LO8 – 3 ECVET Credits gained and proved by certificate
ECO-Center BG01-KA

7. THE MODULAR TRAINING FRAMEWORK: BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT LOs’ KNOWLEDGE PART
Summary
LO7:  The challenge and main approaches to environmental ethics
Environmental ethics central areas: (a) the ethics of resources, (b) animal ethics, and (c) ethics of nature;
Emphasis on the structuring of environmental ethics in three levels of environmental reasoning: (a) the philosophical level, (b) the legal level, and (c) the casuistic level pf practical environmental management;
Information helping the learner to understand the principles and main arguments of the most important theories in the field of environmental ethics: (a) the anthropocentric view (all moral values belong exclusively to the interests of human beings), and (b) the non-anthropocentric or physiocentric view (pathocentrism, biocentrism, ecocentrism and holism);
The central questions of environmental ethics; above all, if a non-human being can possess a moral value as a value in itself (intrinsic values); and how large the spectrum of moral living beings is. Especially the main concepts of environmental ethics are clearly revealed.
ECO-Center BG01-KA

8. THE MODULAR TRAINING FRAMEWORK: BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT LOs’ KNOWLEDGE PART
Summary
LO8: Environmental ethics and sustainability
Information offering the learner knowledge about what sustainability is within the context of environmental ethics: especially the meaning and development of sustainability;
The national sustainability strategies related to the priority areas for action in the case of Germany (as an example);
European strategy for sustainable development of society and environment (Eurostar Report 2013);
Special emphasis on the model of a sustainable and ecological economy (“green economy”), which affects all areas of public and private life of modern societies;
The different ecological, economical and socio-political aspects of “weak” or “strong” sustainability;
the need for actions in the areas of consumption and production in the viewpoint of European sustainable development strategy.
ECO-Center BG01-KA