Objectives

General Objectives

Promoting the role environmental education plays in developing and enriching human identity and constructing more healthy individuals, communities, and societies.
Highlighting the contribution environmental education brings to social innovation by addressing socio-ecological issues and contributing to eco-development within all societies.
Emphasizing the role environmental education can play in public policy development, and how public policy can strengthen environmental education.

Fostering inter-sectoral collaboration in environmental education amongst universities, colleges, schools, museums, parks, NGOs, political and economic organizations, etc.
Stimulating partnerships and networking.
Providing a context for conducting an evaluative assessment of environmental education initiatives accentuating research, action, links between research and action.
Encouraging the emergence of new programs and projects following the Congress.
Furthering the professional development of participants.