Educational Structures

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Permaculture educational structures in Bulgaria Commented by Mihael Kossev, 16.10.2012 (via mail) 

An overview

There is no formal national level permaculture organization in Finland. However, there are increasing possibilities for permaculture education and also more and more people get educated abroad or online. The network is growing and many self-organized learning events are popping up. A conversation about national level organization has been going on for some time.

There are national communication channels hosted by volunteers, a study group in Helsinki and recurring unofficial gatherings in many cities.

GUIDELINES FOR QUALIFICATION.

All subject to successful completion of the 72 hour Permaculture Design Course; qualifying period can be prior to the course provided it is permaculture-related.

Site design.

10 designs recorded on paper (or justification of larger projects).

Site development.

At least 3 years involvement, but can be just one site. Process of attaining sustainability for the site should have started. Documentation preferred.

Primary activity "Educational structures". It samples, presents and discusses the different ways in Europe to proceed to the Diploma of Applied Permaculture Design, but is also looking at other ways of education: courses, students´support and the way organisations are built which provide PC education.

In samenwerking met Permacultuur Academie Zutphen organiseert AARDWERK een nieuwe opleiding voor mensen in permacultuureducatie, op MBO, Bachelor, Master en PhD niveau. Een 4-jarige opleiding met verschillende varianten voor  full-time en part-time studenten.

In de brochure vind je nadere informatie over het concept van deze integrale opleiding met differentiatie binnen groepsverband.

PAZ:Aardwerk PermaEducatieOpleiding NL v0.6 (PDF)

In Ireland, the education certification body is called QQI.  This body is the merger of the former awards councils, called the Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC) and Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC).

The National Framework of Qualifications

The Netherlands doesn't have a central registry for permaculture or permaculture education. There are a number of individual permaculture teachers as well as some organisations that employ permaculture teachers.

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Javier Alba from France presented :

I would like to present myself as a person who’s working on the question of nomadism and its place in permaculture.

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Notes of a presentation given by Leslie Martin follow: