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The health of human populations, equitable distribution of resources and the health of global ecosystems are inextricably linked and the need for fundamental changes in how we live is becoming impossible to ignore. Health promotion, equity and sustainable development are all relevant for schools, yet often they are being treated as different issues. Linking these parallel approaches is the aim of the international symposium in Geneva, Switzerland. The Swiss, European and international organizations sponsoring this symposium are pleased to offer an exciting event in one of the world's most beautiful and sustainable cities.

This page provides an overview of the program. Please use the navigation bar found on the left hand side of this page to find more detailed information on the keynote presentations, workshops, working sessions and pre & post symposium webinars. A more complete version of the program has also been provided for downloading but we ask you to consider the environment before printing.

PROGRAM
Friday, July 9, 2010
18:00 - 18:45 Welcome, Keynote and Structured Networking Activity.
The overall goals of the symposium will be introduced.
18:45 - 20:00 Reception.

Saturday, July 10, 2010
With intermediates by Bruno Bieri, musician and professor at the college of education, Solothurn, Switzerland

8:30 - 9:00 Welcome
9:00 - 9:15 Opening of the Symposium
Edith Lanfranconi and Gaël Pannatier
9:15 - 10:15 Keynote I :
Linking Health, Equity and Sustainability: A New and Traditional Way of Thinking and Acting
  • Shirley Tagalik, Project Lead, National Collaborating Centre on Aboriginal Health, Chair, Aboriginal School Health Community of Practice, Canada
10:15 - 10:45 Health Break / Coffee and tea
10:45 - 12:15

 Six concurrent workshops
1. Tobacco in the classroom ! How to make a sequence of interdisciplinary teaching (F)
3. Participation, a necessity for sustainability. Transversal skills about participation. Practical examples (F)
4. From a one-day intervention to a whole school program: How health promotion and education for sustainable development are supporting school development (D, F)
5. Promoting health & equity by linking early childhood centres and school health programs (D, E)
7. Implementation: A common challenge for health, equity and environmental education. Experiences from Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean (E)
8. Teacher development: Building cooperative structures and professional learning communities (E)
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch

Six concurrent workshops
13:30 - 15:00
  1. Eat or die! : Teaching “food” from different perspectives. Samples and materials (D)
  2. Exemples inspirants: une action pratique, écologique et sociale en forêt de montagne et ses effets sur la santé (F, D)and Linking Health and the Environment: Practical Ideas for Teachers (F)
  3. Finding your way in a complex world. System thinking as a central skill for education to sustainable development and health (E, D)
  4. Working with practice based methods to learn for Health, Equity and Sustainability (E, D, F)
  5. Promoting sustainable consumption and nutrition: Experiences in Denmark, Germany, Finland and Italy (E, D)
  6. Engaging students in change through dialogue and identity development (E)
15:15 - 15:30 Healthy Break / coffee and tea
15:30 - 16:45 Keynote II :
Practical steps and examples of integrated practice at school in Health, equity and sustainable Development
  • Reiner Mathar, Service Center School and Health, representative of Education for Sustainable Development, Germany
Health, Equity and Sustainability: What is the connection for Schools?
  • Jaimie Cloud, President and Executive Director of The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, USA
16:45 - 17:00


17:00 - 17:30

 Closing Session
  • Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, Ministre of Education, Culture and Sports

Poster session / Round Tables
17:45 - 18:45 Healthy walk and talk


Sunday, July 11, 2010
8:30 - 9:00 Welcome
9:00 - 9:15 Introduction
Goof Buijs and Douglas McCall
9:15 - 10:15 Keynote III :
Integrated approaches to health, sustainability and equity: addressing the challenges
  • Carol Tanahill, Director Glasgow Centre for Population Health,Scotland
10:15 - 10:45 Healthy break / coffee and tea
10: 45 - 12:15 Working Sessions:
A. Let’s go! Obstacles and resources of linking the approaches to health, equity and sustainable development
B. Community approach: Schools in connection with their quarters and towns
C. Integration of education for health promotion and sustainable development in curricula and teaching
D. The different school networks: how can we promote collaboration?


12:15 - 12:30 Break
12:30 - 13:30 Closing Session: Panel about the educational, political and international perspectives
  • Sean Slade, Director, Healthy School Communities, Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, Washington, USA
  • Koji Miayamoto, Analyst, Centre on Education Research & Innovation, Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
  • Charles Basch, Professor, Teachers College, New York City
  • Dolf van Veen, Professor, Urban Education and Youth Policy, University of Nottingham/Hogeschool in Holland, Ambassador Education, Health and Human Services Partnerships for the Dutch Ministry of Education
13:30 - 14:45 Lunch / Poster, Round Tables






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Only one week before the symposium I realise what an innovative and interesting programme and guest speakers we have collected. I expect a lot of exchange, new ideas and inspiration to bring our work on health promoting schools forward!
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