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Sources Operation

Belgium

The Sources Operation of the World Fund for Nature (WWF-Belgium) is an educational campaign based on the idea of campaigns/actions which have been set into place for the first time in 1989 by the Catholic Scout Federation of Belgium. It aims at several kinds of public, among which are the students. It also has an applied scientific research dimension.

The Sources Operation is a series of measuring campaigns of the nitrate content of the waters of springs and wells. These campaigns, carried out with the students, support the educational task of the elementary school, which educates on a rational use of water or on how to fight pollution, by means of the pedagogical exploitation of subjects related to water resources. Oriented toward different kinds of public (3rd grade of elementary and secondary education, wide public and families), the main goal of this operation is to inform, sensitize the public and make them feel responsible for its success, by inviting them to engage themselves in favor of the preservation and/or improvement of the fresh water resources.

These educational campaigns are organized in order to help the population to develop its participation and responsibility in the management of water and environmental problems. The population can also learn how a partnership between many actors can help to enhance projects.

Coordinators : Luc Michiels and Jo Van Cauwenberge
Opération Sources WWF
Chaussée de Waterloo, 608 B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgique
Tel : +3223400962
Fax : +3223400938
E.mail :operation.sources@wwf.be

Institutional Partners
Fondation Universitaire Luxembourgeoise FUL
Financial Partners
Departement Lerarenopleiding de l'Université du Gand
Union des Assureurs de Belgique

Convention signed in november 1993 ; end of the project in décember 1999

Evaluation by the FUL