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Social capital gain in the NEED Env Edu Network; case Koli, Rantasalmi and Leivonmäki Main objectives: to find the capacity of partners to do the services for nature schools in cooperation with the learning environment managers - capacity for services - capacity for cooperation and networking (social capital level) Key indicators for social capital (Bourdieu, Putnam) : - activities in networking; change of information - trust among the actors in the network 2
Survey on enterprises and associations Questionnaires sent 92 Rantasalmi 21, Koli 57 and Leivonmäki 14 Answers received 30 (33 %) Rantasalmi 29 %, Koli 26 % and Leivonmäki 64 % Family enterprises 45 %, external workers on high seasons Small size dominant Tourism plus something else 20 % of enterprises with annual sales over 150 000 e 60 % of enterprises with less than annual 1500 customers 3
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Business profile Liittyykö yrityksenne toiminta-ajatukseen seuraavien asioiden edistäminen? (%) 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 41,4 31 34,5 24,1 27,6 24,1 24,1 20,7 13,8 10,3 13,8 17,2 13,8 17,2 10,3 10,3 13,8 6,9 3,4 6,9 3,4 ympäristönsuojelu kasvatus kulttuuri luonnonharrastus kansanterveys matkailu muu Linnansaari Koli Leivonmäki (LS n=6, Koli n=15, LM n=8) Environm. Education Culture Nature Health Tourism Other conservation activities 6
Know-How of the enterprises Arvioikaa yrityksenne osaamista seuraavissa asioissa. (%) 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 erittäin hyvä melko hyvä 66 vaikea sanoa 55 55 45 45 melko huono 38 34 erittäin huono 21 21 24 3 3 7 3 14 14 3 3 7 17 17 3 kulttuuritietämys luontotietämys yhteistoiminta ATK kielitaito (N=29) Very good Rather good? Rather bad Very bad Culture Nature Cooperation ICT Languages 7
Environmental development needs Pidättekö tarpeellisena kehittää yrityksenne toimintaa ympäristöystävällisempään suuntaan seuraavilla osa-alueilla? (% ) 80 60 40 20 0 75 50 47 50 33 40 33 17 17 20 13 13 17 25 energiansäästö maisemanhoito vesihuolto liikenne jätehuolto Linnansaari Koli Leivonmäki (N=29, LS n=6, Koli, n=15, LM n=8) Energy Landscape Water Trafic Waste 8
Environmental development needs 2 Pidättekö tarpeellisena kehittää yrityksenne toimintaa ympäristöystävällisempään suuntaan seuraavilla osa-alueilla? (%) 100 80 60 40 20 0 88 53 17 33 40 38 33 40 25 33 17 opastus/tiedotus asiakaspalvelu kotim.raakaaineiden käyttö muu 27 ei tarvetta kehittää Linnansaari Koli Leivonmäki (N=29, LS n=6, Koli n=15, LM n=8) Quidance Customer serv Local materials Other dev No need for 9
Contacts to partners Internet daily 80 % Millä tavoin yrityksenne pitää yhteyttä yhteistyökumppaneihinsa? (%) Kuinka usein yrityksenne on yhteydessä yhteistyökumppaneihinsa? (%) 120 100 80 40 30 60 40 20 0 100 68,9 6,8 82,7 100 puhelin kokous kirje s-posti tapaaminen 20 10 0 13,7 34,4 31 13,8 päivittäin viikoittain kuukausittain vuosittain muu 6,8 (N=29) (N=29) Telephone Meeting Letter Email Seeing Daily Weekly Monthly Annually Other 10
Businesses and Cooperation with Metsähallitus in NPs Yhteistyö Metsähallituksen kanssa (%) 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 83 83 71 33 tilauksia/sopimuksia talkootoiminta neuvotteluja ym. tietojen vaihtoa 11 50 44 Linnansaari Koli Leivonmäki (N=29, LS n=6, Koli n=15, LM n=8) Orders, in kind negotiations contracts information 11
Trust on public actors Trust on Metsähallitus Koli 8,9 Linnansaari 8,2 Leivonmäki 7,4 Luottamus kestävän luontomatkailun kehittämisessä 7,4 7,2 7 6,8 6,6 6,4 7,3 7,1 7 6,9 6,9 6,7 Kunta/Kaupunki ELY-keskus Ymp.ministeriö TE-keskus Maakuntaliitto Luonnonsuojelupiiri (N=25) (N=19) (N=20) (N=19) (N=20) (N=19) Municipal Reg Env Centr Min of Env Reg Dev Centr Regional Council Env NGO 12
Trust on other enterprises Trust on Metsähallitus Koli 8,9 Linnansaari 8,2 Leivonmäki 7,4 Luottamus alueen luontomatkailua kehittäviä yrityksiä kohtaan 9,0 8,0 7,0 6,0 5,0 4,0 3,0 2,0 1,0 0,0 8,0 8,3 8,0 6,3 8,5 8,3 8,0 7,8 Suomen kivikeskus/stone Pole Sokos Hotel Koli/Hotelli Koli Oy Sataman Alamaja/Kolin pursiseura Kolin Ryynänen/Tmi Eija Hyvönen Retkitupa/Koli Activ Oy Kolin matkailuyhdistys Kolin kotiseutuyhdistys Kolin kulttuuriseura Hotel Koli Sailors Koli Tourism 13
Importance of partnerships in connection of National Parks Kuinka tärkeää yleensä on seuraavien tahojen yhteistyö kansallispuiston alueella? (%) 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 76 69 52 41 48 41 28 17 3 3 7 yritysten keskinäinen metsähallituksen ja yritysten yritysten ja yhdistysten metsähallituksen ja yhdistysten hyvin tärkeä melko tärkeä vaikea sanoa melko merkityksetöntä täysin merkityksetöntä (N=28) Very imp Rather imp? Rather non Not at all Between Businesses Metsähallitus Businesses Metsähallitus and businesses and associations and associations 14
Economical opportunities due to camp schools Voisiko leirikoulutoiminta mielestänne edistää Kolin alueella seuraavia tekijöitä? ALUEKEHITYS Voisiko leirikoulutoiminta mielestänne edistää Kolin alueella seuraavia tekijöitä? TALOUS % 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 asukkaiden viihtyvyys yrityksen tarkoitusperä alueen kehitys asukkaiden työllisyys matkailijoiden viihtyvyys kyllä vaikea sanoa ei ei vast % 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 matkailijoiden määrä kysyntä hinnakorotukset oma liiketoiminta kyllä vaikea sanoa ei ei vast Muuttuva tekijä alueella Muuttuva tekijä alueella 15
What we learned Enterprises focus on nature education; but slowly and selectively They do not know enough about the substance; geo-info needed They communicate actively and want it more; facilitate it They trust us on high level, to other public actors less and not very much to each others; earn it, use this advantage There always are the forerunners which the others are following; recognize them and run in front line with them Large variation inside and between the regions; benchmarking Optimism about the potential business development on edutourism and regional development; show it in practise with monitoring Active networking needed; a FORUM organized by the forerunners for development is the key 16
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NEED Action 20; SUMMARY OF THE TEACHER INQUIRY RESULTS; FINLAND 1. The respondents grade of teaching (number of observations, n = 26) 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Primary Secondary Primary & secondary Upper secondary Post-secondary Primary, secondary & upper secondary
2. The respondents occupation (n = 26) 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Headmaster Deputy headmaster Full-time teacher Part-time or class teacher
3. Preferred types of in-service training The respondents were asked to score 11 alternatives on a scale from 1 (most preferred) to11 (= least preferred) Long-term in-service training Internet courses for students Internet courses for teachers Multimedia presentations Expert lectures Fairs and exhibitions Geological training days Stone polisihing Guided tours in national parks Visits to geological sites Outdoor excursions led by experts 35 55 75 95 115 135 155 175 195 215
4. Preferred learning environments for environmental education The respondents were asked to score 9 alternatives on a scale from 1 (= most preferred) to 9 (= least preferred) to Museums, exhibitions Laboratory or other special environment The Internet Nature centres and national parks Outdoor / nature education sites Classroom or auditorium Home environment Nature trails (incl. related learning materials) Excursion sites 45 65 85 105 125 145 165 185
5. Preferred learning environments for geological education The respondents were asked to score 12 alternatives on a scale from 1 (= most preferred) to 12 (= least preferred) Museums The Internet Laboratory or other special environment Geological monuments Exhibitions Nature centres and national parks Outdoor / nature education sites Home environment Classroom or auditorium Mines, quarries, sandpits Nature trails (incl. related learning materials) Geological formations 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240
6. Environmental / nature education sites visited Visiror Centre Oskari (Linnansaari) Rantasalmi Institute of Environmental Education Koli National Park Linnansaari National Park None of these Visitor Centre Ukko (Koli) Finnish Stone Center Leivonmäki National Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
7. Preferred targets (environmental / nature education sites) for future visits Koli National Park Finnish Stone Center Visitor Centre Ukko (Koli) Visitor Centre Oskari (Linnansaari) Linnansaari National Park Rantasalmi Institute of Environmental Education Leivonmäki National Park 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
8. Preferred frequency of visits to the above sites 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Once in a school year Less often than once in a school year 2-3 times in a school year 4 times or more often in a school year
9. Preferred duration of a geological outdoor / nature education program 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1 day half a day 3-4 days 1-2 hours
10. Preferred daily rate for outdoor / nature education services 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 5 10 p.p. Not available or 0 p.p. 15 20 p.p. 25 30 p.p. 45 50 p.p. 35 40 p.p.
NEED Action 26: Models for organising business oriented services for environmental education Finnish experiences Lasse Lovén Metsähallitus Natural Heritage Services
Finnish Stone Centre Geo Edu Organisation Tulikivi Foundation Northern Karelia Municip. Edu. Group Stone Centre Coordination team Stone Pole Ltd - Guides Restaurant Contracts with Friends of U-K Metsähallitus Norther Karelia Adult Edu Centre Public Seminar Services Pilot courses on geology and stone design Geo Edu programmes for preschools, camp schools and local 3.-9. classes Geo Edu programmes for technical 2.nd level schools Geo Edu programmes for adult, enterprise and foreign groups
Env Edu organisation in Rantasalmi Env Edu Institute Osprey Ltd for business activities Edu Environment in visitor centre and outside Contracts with tourism enterprises (5) Contracts with supporting municipalitie s Rantasalmi Env Edu Institute Env Edu Study modules for camp schools
Karelian Nature School Ltd Network contacts with internation al tourism (200) Edu environment in Muljula Kitee municipality Transferable Nature school edumodules for schools Karelian Nature School Ltd Contracts with national parks and other edu env (7) Training for tourism enterprises Contracts with tourism enterprises (46)
Environmental education in Koli National Park Park manager and partner Koli Tourism Enterprises Visitor Centre Manager EDU Env. EDU Trails (4) Friends of Ukko-Koli Assoc. Guides for education - EDU modules - Marketing - Coordination Programme services (6) Hospitality services (13)
Municipal Nature School Villa Elfvik Espoo Espoo City Env Centre Villa Elfvik House Villa Elfvik Nature School Dir + env educator Nature Trails by Metsähallitus Adult education Youth activities Friends of Villa Elfvik Cafeteria Enterprise EDU env + modules
Municipal Nature School Vantaa Vantaa City Culture and edu dep. Vantaa Env. Association Nature School 2 teachers Env Educators Group In Vantaa Swedish speaking teacher Finnish Trails Assoc EDU Modules for priority schools 15-17 classes Farm visits Courses (ann.10-15) for educators Nature School housekeeping
Organization for Environmental Education in Nuuksio centre Metsähallitus EDU Steering Group Municipalities Expert stakeholders Nuuksio - centre Environmental education service Manager of the centre EDU env EDU modules EDU Planner 1 EDU env EDU modules Supporting services EDU guides 1 EDU Experts External Pedagogic program services by enterprises Enterprise Food Enterpr. beds Enterpr. transport Enterpr. Social programmes
Common model for environmental education; integration Public authorities Business Enterprises Education expert organisation
Common model for environmental education; roles of stakeholders EDUCATION SERVICES; - Delivering and popularisation To whom, when and with whom? PEDAGOGIC EXPERTISE AND EXPERTISE ON CONTENT; - Learning modules What and how? PUBLIC AUTHORITIES; - Edu environment - Basic public resources -Why?
Networks Science and Edu-expertise Key Actor Marketing ENV manager Service coordinator Supporting services
Criteria for good practise Quality control Curriculum Responsibility Sustainability Locality Visibility Organisation and networking practise
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