Online Course Produced by Central Asia Network for Environmental Journalists
CANEJ established on-line open distance training course in Russian to educate
environmental journalists, journalism teachers, students and media professionals.
On-line course contain six modules:
Conventions Environmental policy, strategy and legislation Environmental
Problems Environmental Journalism and Education Useful Links, Experts, NGOs
Nature and People
The special section 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.
Another 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 course 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 course available on UNESCO web-site:
http://www.unesco.kz/odl/course/category.php?id=9
The project “Creation of network for ecological journalists of Central Asia” (Central
Asian Network for Environmental Journalists - CANEJ) objectives were to
establish arrangements to ensure freedom of speech and access to ecological
information (one of the main principles of the Aarhus Convention); increase
awareness of journalists on environmental problems of Central Asia and to
strengthen their capacity to cover these problems in mass-media.
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 leaflet entitled “Creation of
network for ecological journalists of Central Asia” containing information about
CANEJ rules and procedures, acting strategy etc.
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
CANEJ Project was supported and sponsored by the UNESCO International Programme
for Communications Developing (IPDC). Official IPDC website:
www.unesco.org/webworld/ipdc
To find out more information about current IPDC activities in Central Asia -
please visit:
http://www.unesco.kz/?newsid=1627
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