2.) DBU call for proposals "The Great Transformation - Sustainability Dilemmas and Dealing with Uncertainties": DBU funds 14 projects - Kick-off event

A call for proposals, more than 200 applications, 26 projects shortlisted, 14 projects selected by a jury of experts and the Board of Trustees of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) and now receiving funding: It's all about "The Great Transformation - Sustainability Dilemmas and Dealing with Uncertainties". The focus of this DBU call for proposals for funding educational projects, which was launched in spring 2020, is on conflicting goals within and between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The focus is on topics that focus on current sustainability transformations and thus on the fundamental transformation processes of social systems towards sustainability, for example mobility, renewable energies, consumption, urban development, land use or biodiversity protection. The target groups are primarily children and young people, students, teachers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The focal points of the call for proposals were:

1. sustainability dilemmas as an educational occasion and dealing with uncertainties as an educational goal, and
2. dealing with uncertainties as a didactic challenge.

The aim of the approved projects is to promote relevant target groups with regard to the necessary competences and to strengthen them in dealing with sustainability dilemmas and the resulting uncertainties. The topics range from further education concepts for doctors and teachers at schools and universities to political education projects on sustainability issues and scientifically accompanied municipal real laboratories with the participation of young people.

Save the Date: Digital launch event with Federal Minister of Education Anja Karliczek

On Monday, 21 June 2021, starting at 11 a.m., there will be a digital launch event for the DBU call for proposals "The Great Transformation - Sustainability Dilemmas and Dealing with Uncertainties". In addition to relevant lectures, the 14 funded projects will be presented here by the respective project partners. Anja Karliczek, Federal Minister of Education and Research, and DBU Secretary General Alexander Bonde will welcome the participants. Further information on the programme is available at https://www.dbu.de/550artikel38964_2440.html

The call for proposals is funded with a total of two million euros. Information on the funded projects can be found at: https://www.dbu.de/ESD


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