Description
The connection to the sea has always been present in Portugal but some activities are losing out, often to make room for others that are not sustainable for the environment and for local communities. Ocean Literacy awareness in the young population is critical and the aim of the project and goes towards what is expected in the National Ocean Strategy 2013-2020 and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. This awareness promotion will be done through the making of an e-book that tells the story of an animated character who will save the oceans. The targets set to respond to the program's objectives will be possible to achieve through the innovative nature of the project, its high reach nationwide and its high penetration capacity. The partnership is essential for greater scientific accuracy of the content, created for students from the 2nd to the 3rd extracurricular cycle.
Summary of project results
The connection to the sea has always been present in Portugal but there are activities that are being lost, often to give way to others that are not sustainable for the environment and for the local communities. Awareness of the literacy of the oceans in the young population is central to and objective of the project and meets what is expected in the National Strategy for the Sea and in the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. This promotion will be done by drafting an ebook that tells the story of an animated character who will save the oceans. The defined goals that meet the objectives of the program will be achievable by the innovative character of the project, its high national reach and its high penetration capacity. The partnership is essential for a more rigorous scientific content created for students in the 2nd to 3rd cycle of extracurricular context. The main objective of this Project is to increase knowledge about Marine Biodiversity among children and young people in the 2nd and 3rd cycles of schooling. To that end, targets have been defined that meet the objectives of the Program, since it is intended to stimulate a number of initiatives and have the widest possible reach for Ocean Literacy 2013-2016, namely: Creation of an electronic website dedicated to the dissemination of the ebook and related themes; Promotion of an event to publicize the Project, in the 7th edition of ObservNatura 2015 (October 10 and 11, 2015); Promotion of an ebook mascot voting launch event, in the 7th edition of ObservNatura 2015 (October 10 and 11, 2015); Promotion of a winning mascot presentation event (November 16, 2015 - National Sea Day); Editing and publishing an interactive ebook available on Android and iOS platforms and in a static PDF version; Promotion of an ebook launch event (May 20, 2016 - National Sea Day); Promotion of two ebook dissemination events, one in the Central region and the other in the Alentejo region; 1 000 ebook downloads through the different media available; 300 responses to the questionnaire for users and / or comments on the e-site and the ebook; Contribute 10 000 visits to the electronic site of Ocean Literacy 2013-2016.
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Summary of bilateral results