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Annual meeting of the National Committee DESS

Seminar "Towards a culture of Biodiversity"

Rome, 8 April The annual meeting of the National Committee for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESS) will be held on Thursday, April 8th, at 10:30 am, at the Italian Geographical Society headquarters (Villa Celimontana, Via della Navicella 12, Rome) .
The purpose of the meeting is to exchange views on the progress of the Italian campaign for the Decade and on the best practices, with particular reference to the "UNESCO Week for Education for Sustainable Development" , held annually in November.
We announce that the Italian UNESCO Commission proposed to dedicate the 2010 edition of the UNESCO ESS Week to the theme of MOBILITY and that the meeting will be an opportunity to discuss the issue related to the theme and the actions that can be undertaken in the future by UNESCO Commission and DESS partners to ensure the success of the event. Suggestions and proposals are welcome.
Members of the National Committee and all the organizations that joned or are interested to join the UNESCO DESS campaign initiatives are expected to attend the meeting 
The seminar "Towards a culture of biodiversity", organized by the Italian National Commission for UNESCO in collaboration with FAO / ERP, Federparchi, Ispra, Legambiente and WWF, will follow at 2.30 pm. 
The seminar aims to raise awareness and dialogue about the issues of biodiversity and will be concluded with the preparation of a statement, shared by members of the campaign DESS, about the importance of using education and culture for the protection of biodiversity, to be disseminated  to the civil society and education organizations.
Admission to the seminar is free and open to all interested parties.