Policy Makers
Who are the ‘Policy makers’ and what could be their role as Partners in this Programme?
- Policy making bodies include national and local governments; ministries and departments of education, science, health, agriculture, environment etc; UNESCO, WHO, PAHO, IAHAIO and other executive decision-making bodies.
- Partnerships are voluntary and flexible. WSPA and a Partner would work to a mutual agreement which whilst allowing autonomy would contribute to the implementation of AWE in the curriculum and endorsement/support for the Programme.
What type of activities could be supported by ‘Policy maker’ Partners?
- Embedding animal welfare education into policy and legislation
- Promoting the teaching of animal welfare education as important objectives
- Securing approval for animal welfare based humane education in schools
- Opening up networking opportunities with curriculum developers, resource writers, teacher trainers, teachers’ professional associations, educational research establishments
- Encouraging innovative developments within educational research into this area
- Incorporating animal welfare within other values education/humane educational programmes
- Facilitating and approving training courses in AWE for education professionals
- Approving those AWE resources that have been ‘quality assured’ for use in schools.
Some of the Policy makers that work with WSPA include:
- Ministry of Education Costa Rica
- Ministry of Education Chile, Ministry of Environment Chile
- Ministry of Education Peru, Education Department Piura (North Peru)
- Ministry of Education Brazil, Secretaries of Education in Lower Amazon, Brazil
- IBAMA (Brazilian Environment agency)
- UNESCO, regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Santiago Chile
- Kenya Institute of Education (KIE)
- Ministry of Education Zanzibar (Tanzania)
