First session of Sustainable Competence Teams (SCT1) was organized in 12 demonstration sites (primary schools, secondary schools, and universities) from Finland, Portugal, Romania, and Spain. The second session (SCT2) was started in January and will be finalized at the end of March 2023.
Both sessions are based on a hybrid participatory approach to evaluate the collective and individual competences for sustainability and to assess the impact of the behaviours and attitudes on the education for sustainability.
If the SCT1 was dedicated mainly to the identification of drivers and barriers in the education for sustainability, the SCT2 is focused on the identification of the needs of each school or university in terms of the improvement of the environmental performances and strengthening the education for sustainability.
A list of possible interventions was defined for each demonstration site, discussed with students, teachers, and administrative staff. Finally, based on an allocation exercise, the interventions were prioritized.
Between the two set of sessions (SCT1 and SCT2) the students completed diaries during 8 weeks. The diaries were focused on observation about sustainability at the level of school/university, at home, and in the society.
The next step will consists of the SCC (Sustainable Competence Committees) meetings bringing together the representatives of students, teachers, and administrative staff from each demonstration site.
These meetings will finalize the first stage of the work with schools, the Baseline Assessment, and will create the appropriate conditions to go further in the second stage, the Interventions.
