As part of the International Evaluation 2022/2023, Blue Flag International invited the National Operators to share the Best Practice examples, which were related to the two topics: Climate Change Education and Climate Action, and Blue Flag programme and synergies/joint activities with other FEE programmes.
All the best practice examples were then presented to the International Jury during the International Jury meeting and were evaluated based on their reproducibility, accessibility and impact.
The best practices examples were evaluated separately for the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, and the top 3 best practices chosen will be promoted on Blue Flag social media in 2023.
The final ranking for the top three best practices from the Northern Hemisphere for the category “Climate Change Education and Climate Change Action” is as follows:
However, the International Jury have also awarded a special mention to multiple Best Practice examples in the same category:
Renewable energy with solar panels - Lagunen Camping, Sweden
Traditional lifesaving exercise week - Kyiv, Ukraine
A Night with Moon and Stars - Corinth, Greece
The second category “Synergies/joint activities with other FEE programmes” ended up with the following results:
The following best practices were awarded special mention in this category:
Exhibition of children drawings “I want to grow near the clean sea” – Palanga, Lithuania
Installation of the fish spawning grounds - Limbaži , Latvia
Magic Touch to Nature, 5 Short Films by Eco-Schools - Alanya Municipality, Turkey
Eco-Schools in the Blue Flag beach - Wando County, South Korea
The top 3 best practices for the Southern Hemisphere selected by International Jury on 14th September 2022 for the “Climate Change Education and Climate Change Action” category are the following:
For the Southern Hemisphere, the winning Best Practice of the category “Synergies/joint activities with other FEE programmes” is: