This summer a new internet portal maailmakool.ee (globalschool.ee) was opened in Estonia. The portal brings together various Development Education (DE) materials in Estonian language which are targeted to schools, teachers and students. From the portal you can find background materials on different global issues as well as a variety of methodological materials: exercises, games, simulations and debates. Throung the webpage teachers can also find out information on upcoming events and trainings; take part in international campaigns or find partner schools in developing countries; as well as order films, exhibitions or voluntary speakers to their school.„We felt that as we are working with the same issues and target group it is best that we join efforts and support each other", says Johanna Helin, coordinator of „Watch and Change" project by Jaan Tõnisson Institute, which is one of the main initiators of the joint portal. „Many times EU projects start their own portals which die out as the funding for the project stops. Making this together and with a wider scope and mandate than that of just one project, makes the portal more sustainable", she adds. Other EU-funded DE projects behind the portal are „Solidarity school" by Humana Estonia and „Estelle – sustainable consumerism" project by the Estonian Green Movement. Making of the portal has been supported by the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute.
Themes covered in the portal include North-South relations, fair trade, MDGs, women and development, sustainable and ethical consumerism, refugees and asylum seekers, migration and many other global issues. New themes and materials are added as soon as they are produced.
Find more information on the portal at http://www.maailmakool.ee/ or contact Johanna Helin, „Watch and Change" project coordinator, Jaan Tõnisson Institute, johanna@jti.ee
Information provided by Johanna Helin, Jaan Tõnisson Institute
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