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Phase 3 Themes

Life and love in islands - island lifestyles and cultures

  • Social changes - positive and negative - taking place in your island, e.g. changes in family structure, youth 'dropping out of the system', changes in entertainment, improved technology, increased travel abroad, use of banned substances, HIV/AIDS; and ways to enhance the positive and reduce the negative changes
  • Traditions and customs e.g. in music, language, song, dance, food
  • Unique aspects of island culture
  • Do we need to preserve culture?
  • Sharing culture with other islands
  • Culture and tourism
  • Culture and trade

My island home - safeguarding island environments

  • Changes in the environment
  • Positive and negative impacts of development on the environment
  • Ways to conserve the environment and use resources wisely: case studies, success stories and failures
  • Tourism and the environment - changing attitudes

Money in my pocket - economic and employment opportunities

  • Job opportunities for school leavers, how to diversify and expand existing areas
  • Salaries and hourly rates of payment
  • Range of jobs available, now and in five and ten years
  • Skills and training needed
  • Education - primary, secondary, tertiary, vocational, formal, informal
  • How to prepare island school leavers for the world of work
  • Brain drain (movement of qualified people overseas)
  • Securing high level positions
  • Gender issues
 

To get involved, contact :

 

Coastal Regions and Small Islands Platform
UNESCO, Paris, France
csi1@unesco.org
fax: +33 1 45 68 58 08
 

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