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REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL�

One People – One Goal – One Faith

MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION

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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER

MAKING EDUCATION A PILLAR OF THE RESILIENCE

Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE )

June 2026

Plan

• Integrating climate issues into educational policies: Through the achievements of our National Strategy for strengthening skills for climate-resilient and job-creating development.

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• Innovative and inclusive financing: By putting into perspective our financing operating method for resilient, gender-sensitive and inclusive educational projects, developed within the framework of the second phase of the AdaptAction program .

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• Deployment and scaling up on the ground: By promoting the PROVES program, whose initial promising results offer promising prospects for Climate Change Education

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The Nexus Education-Climate At​ Senegal

• Faced with the challenges of climate change and environmental degradation, Senegal is strengthening environmental education and training as strategic levers for resilience , ecological citizenship and sustainable development .

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Through the CEFE , this approach combines awareness-raising, skills development , pedagogical innovation and concrete actions in service of the territories.

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Nexus Education -Climate

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The Nexus Education-Climate At​ Senegal

• Alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG 4.7 relating to education for sustainable development.
• Strengthening the skills of learners, teachers, communities and community actors on environmental and climate issues.
• Development of practical projects.
• Creating synergies between education, vocational training, green entrepreneurship and sustainable local development.
• Mobilization of multi-stakeholder partnerships (State, local authorities, private sector, technical and financial partners, civil society).

Nexus Education -Climate

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Integrating climate issues into educational policies

Making environmental education a pillar of public policy in order to develop ecological citizenship , strengthen capacities to adapt to climate change and support the transition towards sustainable and inclusive development .

• Reforms and political frameworks
• Integration into curricula and training
• Governance and intersectoral coordination.

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DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS

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National skills development strategy for climate - resilient and job - creating development

Continuum Educational

to progressively integrate environmental and climate education into curricula, from kindergarten to university, in order to train citizens and professionals capable of meeting the challenges of sustainable development.

Economy Green

Strengthening the technical and professional skills needed for the emergence of a green and inclusive economy, by aligning training programs with the needs of the energy transition.

Creation Jobs

Promoting the integration of young people into future-oriented professions, particularly in the fields of renewable energy and sustainable water management, in order to support the ecological transition and the creation of sustainable jobs.

Skills Engineering​​​​

• Solution - oriented training​

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Our strategy is not limited to theory . It aims to equip learners to respond to the specific challenges of the Sahel.

Strengthening individual and institutional capacities is the guarantee of effective planning for the inclusive green economy (IEE).

DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS

Innovative and inclusive financing

By putting in perspective our operational method of financing projects​​​ educational​ resilient , gender - sensitive and inclusive , developed​​​ as part of the second phase of the AdaptAction program .

The program catalyzes projects through three major levers :

• To understand : Studies of vulnerability
• To plan : Governance and policies
• Invest: Feasibility of the projects innovative

DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS

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Approach and mechanisms

Implementation of innovative financing mechanisms to support environmental education

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Mobilizing alternative financing: crowdfunding, innovation funds, PPPs, impact financing

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Private sector involvement through Corporate Social Responsibility and technical and financial partnerships

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Support from donors and development partners to strengthen green initiatives

Inclusion and expected results

Financial inclusion of rural schools, youth, women and vulnerable groups

Development of community funds and local co-financing mechanisms

Funding for high-impact educational projects: educational gardens, green spaces, training for green jobs

Expected results: increased green funding, reduced inequalities, and strengthened environmental educational innovation

Field Deployment and Scaling

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Component 1: Reforestation and landscaping

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which consists of having nurseries, disseminating new knowledge and skills in maintenance; protection and exploitation, development of agroecological perimeters and green spaces.

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Component 2: Green Valorization and Entrepreneurship

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which consists of capitalizing on good practices on the one hand and on the other hand generating revenue through activities introducing green entrepreneurship.

National Program for Greening Schools in Senegal (PROVES)

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Field Deployment and Scaling

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National Program for Greening Schools in Senegal (PROVES)

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• 6,750,000 plants are being replanted in schools and surrounding areas;
• 6750 green spaces are developed;
• 13,500 teachers are made aware of environmental issues and trained in reforestation, maintenance, protection and exploitation techniques for seedlings;
• 200,000 students have acquired reflexes for protecting the environment and improving their living environment, through mastering nursery techniques, reforestation and sanitation of their immediate environment;
• 10 educational tools and awareness-raising materials are produced and distributed;
• Avoidance of 202,500 T CO2/year.

Presentation

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