briDGe

briDGe: promoting responsible and inclusive Danube Guides for ecotourism. This project enhances the visibility of the Danube region’s unique cultural and natural heritage, as well as environmental awareness, sustainability skills and green skills amongst adults in the Danube region. 

The briDGe programme trains Danube Guides who combine education for sustainable development with experience-based adult learning and social engagement, whilst also promoting the „Danube Guides Network“ (DGNet). By linking knowledge, values and action, participants become ambassadors for the natural and cultural heritage of the Danube through transnational cooperation and lifelong learning. 

briDGe brings adult learners together in four cross-border „Danube Guides“ training courses along the river. By combining theory, practice and self-study, participants engage with sustainable development in real-world contexts. The partners are updating the curriculum, jointly creating digital and freely accessible learning materials, whilst those who have already been trained learn from one another and network as part of an innovative tandem programme. Regional and cross-border learning is continued through a masterclass, networking and awareness-raising activities. 

Around 80 newly trained „Danube Guides“ and 18 transnational tandems will work together to develop new educational programmes that promote environmental literacy, climate awareness and sustainable behaviour. The project strengthens transnational cooperation, inclusion and the visibility of education for sustainable development throughout the Danube region and beyond. 

briDGe builds on three previous projects (LENA, DGA, DGA2) and the parallel „Danube Guides Train the Trainer’ project, during which the Danube Guides Network was established. In particular, the project ‘Danube Guides Train the Trainer“, which, by training Danube Guides instructors, lays the foundations for cross-border Danube Guides training programmes. 

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