ECO SCHOOL

Name: Eco School
Price: 400 EUR

Why this is Erasmus+ eligible

Structured, multi-day programme (5 days) with a pre-defined schedule and learning outcomes — not a passive lecture format.

Built around interaction: participants engage directly with the trainer and with peers from other countries throughout the course.

Transnational by design — open to participants travelling from outside the host country, a core requirement of Erasmus+ mobility funding.

Overview

Climate change is affecting every country and continent, and will keep shaping our lives unless we teach ourselves — and our students — to reduce our environmental impact. The “My Eco-School and Sustainable Development” course helps teachers, management staff and education personnel build real environmental-education, management and sustainability skills.

Open to preschool, primary and secondary staff, the course covers the environmental issues facing your world and region, and the principles and techniques of education for sustainable development — from classroom teaching to whole-school management.

Methodology

Case Studies & Good Practice

Real examples of good practice from EU schools ground each topic in what already works.

Outdoor & Situational Learning

Teaching moves outside the classroom, using real-life and outdoor activities to make sustainability tangible.

School-Wide Application

Focus days on waste and water management give you concrete projects to bring back to your own school.

What you'll take home

Apply the principles and techniques of education for sustainable development in your classroom.

Design educational programmes and set clear sustainability objectives for your school.

Lead practical projects on waste and water management to reduce your school's ecological footprint.

Adapt sustainability materials and activities to your own teaching context.

Daily programme

Ice-breaking and trust-building activities for effective and positive interaction throughout the course
What is Eco-School?
Today's world: climate change and environmental issues
Sustainable development as an interdisciplinary approach

Warm-up: quick team-building activity to reconnect the group
How to make your school more environmentally friendly
Managing an environmentally friendly school: projects and ideas
Examples of good practice from the EU

Your school and local community: together for a green world
Teaching outside the classroom: outdoor activities
Focus: waste management, with examples of good practice

European policies and examples of good practice
Getting involved at the international level
Cooperation as a key skill for sustainable development
Using short videos to teach sustainable development
Focus: water management

Plans for a better future: the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Focus on UN Goal 13: Climate Action
Overall course assessment and issuance of certificates

Certificate & assessment

This is a Certificate of Attendance, not an exam-based qualification — recognition comes from completing the structured programme, not from passing a test. The real, lasting value is in the competencies listed above under What you'll take home.

Erasmus Mobility Academy

Certificate of Attendance

Eco School · 5 days · 25 hrs

+ Europass Mobility document

Type your name above — clearly marked "SAMPLE" in the PDF, not an official document.

The real certificate is signed by your trainer and EMA's authorised signatory. Your own signature isn't on this document — it's captured separately, on the Europass Mobility document.

Need to verify a real certificate? Check it online using the serial number and participant's full name, or contact us directly — [email protected], OID E10304561.

Attendance

Tracked using a sign-in sheet with one signature per participant per day (paper or digital). This record is used to issue your Certificate of Attendance and Europass Mobility document. View sign-in sheet (PDF)

Output

Every participant leaves with a completed Dissemination & School Impact Plan — a step-by-step template for applying the course back at your school (see below).

Feedback

An end-of-course evaluation form is sent to every participant after the course ends — a chance to reflect on what you've learned and how you'll apply it, and it helps us keep improving the course for future participants.

Your paperwork

Keep your travel tickets, boarding passes and (if you used green travel) any related receipts — your school or National Agency may ask for these for their own Erasmus+ reporting.

Practical information

Registration & documents

Not sure how registering works or what paperwork is involved? See our full Registration & Documents guide — from applying to your Certificate of Attendance, in one place.

Invitation letter

Need a formal invitation letter for your school or embassy? Request one — we send it within 2 business days. See a sample (PDF).

Learning Agreement

Prepared by our staff and sent to you and your school once your registration form is submitted — see what it looks like. See a sample (PDF).

Billing & invoicing

We issue official invoices/proformas with the participant's name and course details — ask us. Payment is due in full by bank transfer before the course start date. See a sample (PDF).

Airport transfer

Guidance on getting from the nearest airport to the venue is included in your welcome information.

Accommodation

We can recommend partner hotels close to the venue in the host city — ask us when you apply.

For your school / proposal

School impact

After completing this Sustainability & Environment course, the participating staff member can transfer outcomes directly to their school: a short briefing for colleagues sharing the key takeaways, applying relevant tools or strategies from the programme in their own role, and inclusion of the course materials in the school's professional development resources — turning one person's mobility into a wider institutional gain that supports the school's European Development Plan. Use the Dissemination & School Impact Plan below to fill in your own — it saves as you go and can generate a one-page summary for your coordinator too.

Prefer a blank, course-independent version of this template? Get it here →

After the course

Participants will receive their certificates (Certificate of Attendance + Europass).

Participants will complete a general course evaluation and event survey.

Participants will receive course materials, videos, photos, and PDF documents in both digital and print formats.

Follow-up support: an email group is created for idea exchange, self-evaluation materials are provided, and participants receive a follow-up check-in after 3 months to discuss progress on applying eco-school and sustainability projects in their own school.

Frequently asked

Yes. The course fee, travel and subsistence are all eligible costs under an Erasmus+ mobility grant or accreditation. We issue all invoices and certificates your national agency requires.

B1 or above is comfortable. Trainers speak clearly, materials are written in plain English, and mixed-nationality teams support each other.

Absolutely — group bookings of 3+ from one school receive priority placement, and we can schedule a dedicated session for groups of 12 or more.

Our courses run on request at our centres in Antalya, İstanbul, İzmir, Mersin, Budapest and Bremen. Tell us your preferred city and dates and we will arrange a session.

Tuition, all materials, certificates (attendance + Europass) and the guided cultural programme. Flights and accommodation are booked separately — we send a vetted hotel list.

You can move to any later session free of charge. Cancellations made 30+ days before the start date receive a full refund; a reduced refund applies closer to the date — see our full Cancellation & Refund Policy for the exact schedule.