Objective "This project involves five very different Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) involved in Education for Sustainable Development in a very wide range of project types coming together to investigate two main aims, with academic assistance: 1) to develop more useful indicators to measure the impact of value/behaviour change elements in their ESD projects – at the project level. This will enable them to better prioritise their resources across a wide range of project types. A considerable range of value-based projects will be considered, involving SMEs, communities and schoolchildren. The newly developed project level impact indicators will be related to those for other levels, e.g. regional, national; and those used in academic arenas. It will be necessary to particularly focus on the development of less established SD indicators such as "" well-being"" which are can be strongly affected by spiritual/faith-based values and activities (Clark and Lelkes, 2005). Indicators for this have been difficult to quantify so far in mainstream discussions, but by focussing at project impact level we believe some can be defined and refined, with CSOs working with academics. Some schools of thought suggest that reinforcing local values will lead more effectively to behaviour changes, leading to larger SD impacts; without ways to measure, such ideas cannot be tested. 2) to improve the environmental impact of projects through advice at ground level. Three of the CSO participants in this proposal are faith-based whose projects generally focus on social issues more than environmental ones. The RTDs will be asked to outline possibilities to increase the projects’ environmental impact within their current context, leading to suggestions and guidelines for such CSOs to allow them to be more effective at environmental impact even when this is not their main focus. Researchers officers will work extensively in the field on CSO projects, with CSO staff, for both aims." Fields of science social sciencessociologysocial issuessocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil society Keywords Civil society organisation ESD education for sustainable development evaluation tool spiritual based values sustainable development indicator values based education Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) ENV.2007.4.2.3.2. - Engaging civil society in research on sustainable development Call for proposal FP7-ENV-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-CSO - Research for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON EU contribution € 443 556,00 Address LEWES ROAD MITHRAS HOUSE BN2 4AT Brighton United Kingdom See on map Region South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex Brighton and Hove Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Marie Harder (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Earth Charter Initiative Costa Rica EU contribution € 43 534,00 Address P.O. Box 138-6100 Ciudad Colon San Jose See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Mirian Vilela (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EUROPEAN BAHA'I BUSINESS FORUM ASSOCIATION France EU contribution € 53 336,00 Address RUE PERGOLESE 45 75116 PARIS See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Daniel Truran (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data Alliance of Religions and Conservation United Kingdom EU contribution € 46 011,00 Address Kelston Park The House BA1 9AE Bath See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Martin Palmer (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BAHA'I AGENCY FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - UNITED KINGDOM Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address RUTLAND GATE 27 SW7 1DP LONDON See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ismael Velasco (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data People's Theater e.V. Germany EU contribution € 28 060,00 Address OFFENTHALER STRASSE 75 63128 DIETZENBACH See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Erfan Diebel (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Arthur Lyon DAHL Participation ended Switzerland EU contribution No data Address CHEMIN DE MAISONNEUVE 12 B 1219 GENEVE See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Arthur Lyon Dahl (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERZITA KARLOVA Czechia EU contribution € 200 068,00 Address OVOCNY TRH 560/5 116 36 Praha 1 See on map Region Česko Praha Hlavní město Praha Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Tomas Hak (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
