Intergenerational Learning and Innovation for Sustainable Development

The United Nations Environment Programme, Vienna Office – Interim Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention (UNEP Vienna - ISCC), on behalf of the Big Foot Project partnership, and the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS), are pleased to invite you to the conference Intergenerational Learning and Innovation for Sustainable Development, final conference of the project Big Foot. Crossing Generations, Crossing Mountains, which will take place in Vienna, Austria at the Vienna International Centre (VIC) from 5 to 6 June 2013.

The aim of the Big Foot project, developed in the framework of the European Union Lifelong Learning Programme, is to enable intergenerational learning and dialogue in the European mountain areas, by valuating the skills and knowledge of the older population, combining traditional knowledge with modern communication tools and new ideas, in order to facilitate innovative, creative and productive joint solutions for local sustainable development (http://www.bigfoot-project.eu/).

The conference will examine in a broader sense the potential of intergenerational learning, i.e. dialogue and mutual learning between the younger and older generations, as a way towards sustainable development.

• Registrations are kindly sent to Ms. Tamara Mitrofanenko at tamara.mitrofanenko@unvienna.org by 27 May 2013.
• For any additional information regarding the conference, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Tamara Mitrofanenko at tamara.mitrofanenko@unvienna.org, +43-1-26060-4722, or Ms. Maria Idomir at maria.idomir@gmail.com.