Madagascar
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Sandwatch activities started in: 2018
Coordination of Sandwatch in Madagascar:
Sandwatch in Madagascar is coordinated by the Malagasy Ministry of National Education and supported by the "Resilience of Coastal Ecosystems of the South-West Indian Ocean" (RECOS).
Status of Sandwatch in Madagascar: Active
Activities and Highlights:
Sandwatch training workshop held in Antananarivo, Madagascar
Feb 18th, 2025: A Sandwatch training workshop was held on the 18th February 2025 in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. Further training sessions are scheduled for Morondava, the pilot site. The training in Sandwatch was combined with another programme: Educational Materials for Environmental Education (KIT MAD'ErE).
Sandwatch is an environmental education programme focusing on monitoring the beach and coastal environment and taking action to conserve the coastal environment and the need to use it wisely. The KIT MAD'ErE, is a tool for primary schools developed by the GIZ and the École Normale Supérieure, University of Antananarivo, to improve teaching methods and to introduce environmental education into the primary school learning system. Aware that these two programmes are complementary, the workshop focused on sharing and developing training devices for Sandwatch and KIT MAD’ErE.
The Sandwatch programme in Madagascar is supported by the "Resilience of Coastal Ecosystems of the South-West Indian Ocean" (RECOS) project. The RECOS project is administered by the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) and co-financed by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the French Global Environment Facility.
Feb 18th, 2025: A Sandwatch training workshop was held on the 18th February 2025 in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. Further training sessions are scheduled for Morondava, the pilot site. The training in Sandwatch was combined with another programme: Educational Materials for Environmental Education (KIT MAD'ErE).
Sandwatch is an environmental education programme focusing on monitoring the beach and coastal environment and taking action to conserve the coastal environment and the need to use it wisely. The KIT MAD'ErE, is a tool for primary schools developed by the GIZ and the École Normale Supérieure, University of Antananarivo, to improve teaching methods and to introduce environmental education into the primary school learning system. Aware that these two programmes are complementary, the workshop focused on sharing and developing training devices for Sandwatch and KIT MAD’ErE.
The Sandwatch programme in Madagascar is supported by the "Resilience of Coastal Ecosystems of the South-West Indian Ocean" (RECOS) project. The RECOS project is administered by the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) and co-financed by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the French Global Environment Facility.
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The First Sandwatch workshop in Madagascar (Majunga, 15-19 October 2018)
Madagascar has never participated in any sandwatch activities. To initiate and promote the UNESCO Sandwatch Programme, a first workshop was organized from 15 to 19 October 2018 at Hotel Roches Rouges, Majunga with the joint collaboration of UNESCO, The Sandwatch Foundation and GIZ. There were 38 participants from Madagascar comprising high officials of concerned Ministries including the Ministry of Education and Environment, Director General of various Institutions and Organisations and representatives of UNESCO and GIZ and 4 high officials from Comoros. The trainer, Mr. Ragoonaden Sachooda was from Mauritius. - Click here to see full details |