National Operators Meeting for programs Eco-Schools, Learning about Forests (LEAF), and Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) was held in Rabat, Morocco, in March 2023, with the support of The Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection.
With the participation of almost 100 participants from more than 50 countries around the world, NOM was a great opportunity to:
• offer an integrated approach to Education for Sustainable Development through the Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE), Learning about Forests (LEAF) and Eco-Schools programs.
• reflect on the successes and challenges of the global FEE network since 2020 and the progress being made in the three GAIA 20:30 strategic areas of empowering climate action, protecting global biodiversity and reducing environmental pollution.
• reflect on the development of the three educational programs and identify strategies to improve the quality of deliverables across different contexts in each program.
• identify and develop an action plan to scale up the outreach of the programs through the Greening Education Partnership with UNESCO and the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration Educational Challenge.
• share and learn with and from each other.

Environmental Ambassadors for Sustainable Development (EASD) run the Eco-Schools program in Serbia since 2012. Currently, there are more than 150 educational institutions in Serbia that participate in the program. Through different projects, EASD encourages Eco-Schools to become the main force in promoting Education for Sustainable Development among the wider communities they belong to.