Strengthening resilience and building well-­being in ­coexistence with Mother Earth

The project contributes to strengthening the resilience of children, adolescents and youth in the municipality of La Paz, through:

• Building knowledge and capacities of children and teachers through environmental education and action.
• Implementation of environmentally sound practices in schools.
• Reduction of disaster risks in schools, specifically the lack of water. Includes improving water harvesting systems, capacity building and the development of contingency plans.
• Promoting young people’s agency throughclimate agenda led by them and the implementation of sustainable ventures in the field of circular economy.
• Support to the municipal government for the reinforcement of environmental management through the promotion of spaces for collaborative dialogue, in which civil society organizations, children and adolescents will participate.

Negative impacts on the environment deepen the fragile living conditions of most Bolivians, forcing people to move into areas of greater vulnerability in the near future. Environmental degradation also affect the realisation of children rights, and, due to the potential of this phenomenon to generate a multidimensional impact, the ability of States to respond adequately and protect all children rights is compromised. Developing countries such as Bolivia find it difficult to maintain their commitments in this sense. This is why environmental protection work, in its many forms, is essential to make progress in guaranteeing the exercise of children rights.

• Informative education
• Empowering advocacy
• Building resilience
• Innovative solutions and skills

Informative education

• Development of a training program to strengthen the capacity of children and teachers to care for the environment and to spur environmental action.
• Implementation of workshops to strengthen the capacity of teachers to care for the environment.
• Virtual learning sessions between children, teachers and companies that recycle and practice eco-efficiency.

Empowering advocacy

• Development of a youth-led municipal climate agenda document for La Paz.
• Implementation of the municipal climate agenda promoted by young people in the municipality of La Paz.
• Development of summits involving young environmentalists to promote environmental action and ecological transition.
• Capacity building for environmental platforms for environmental action.
• Development of summits between the municipal government and public and private institutions, environmental platforms and civil society.
• Capacity-building for municipal officials, members of the Citizen Council for Environmental - Management and Renewable Energy Planning, the Municipal Committee of Children and Adolescents and the Educoís Advisory Council of Children and Adolescents.

Building resilience

• Implementation of environmental action practices (solid waste management, eco-efficiency and establishment of vegetation cover) in schools.
• Technical assistance to schools in solid waste management, eco-efficiency and to supportvegetation cover.
• Meeting with companies and recyclers for the collection and recycling of waste from schools.
• Systematization of information on the quantities of waste separated and delivered by educational units.
• Systematization of information on the quantities of compost produced by schools.
• Sustainable Schools certification process.
• Installation of water harvesters in schools.
• Monitoring of the use of water harvesters by schools.
• Development of a training program for disaster risk reduction for children and teachers.
• Implementation of workshops for disaster risk reduction for teachers, children and parents.
• Support in the preparation of contingency plans in schools.
• Support for the development of drills in schools.
• Installation of prevention and safety signage in schools.

Innovative solutions and skills

• Launch of a competition for sustainable entrepreneurship and youth initiatives in favour of the ecological transition.
• Implementation of green business workshops to strengthen the capacities of young entrepreneurs.
• Supporting the winning ventures of the sustainable youth entrepreneurship competition.
• Implementation of green business seedbed fairs, promoting the participation of the winning ventures of the contest.