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EUROPEAN CONSUMER DAY EUROPEAN CONSUMER DAY -- Vienna 2006Vienna 2006CONSUMER EDUCATIONCONSUMER EDUCATION

EE--CONS NETWORK CONS NETWORK –– COMENIUS 3COMENIUS 3EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF CONSUMERS EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF CONSUMERS

Nieves Álvarez MartínNieves Álvarez Martín

Escuela Europea de ConsumidoresEscuela Europea de ConsumidoresEuropeanEuropean SchoolSchool of of ConsumersConsumers

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¿TO HAVE? ¿TO HAVE? ¿TO BE?¿TO BE?

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“The current society is more and more egoistic, only the success, the personal victory is of interest. If you can have two cars and only have one, you are completely stupid. This is the criteria.”

José Saramago. Nobel Prize in Literature 1998

¿TO HAVE?¿TO HAVE?

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Everything incites to Everything incites to have, have, have… have, have, have…

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¿TO BE?¿TO BE?

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THE EDUCATIONTHE EDUCATION

Learning to beLearning to have

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Learning to be….Learning to be….

….free persons, conscious consumers, critical, united, responsible, knowing our rights and willing to assume our responsibilities.

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Learning to haveLearning to have….….

….what we need or want to have, without forgetting to consume in an ethical way, being conscious of the importance of fair trade, the responsible and sustainable consume.

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16 of 1x1….……….. 169 of 2x2……………. 94 of 3x3……………. 41 of 4x4……………. 1

TOTAL………………. 30

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Together, we are moreTogether, we are more

We see more possibilities.We can think of new strategies.We can achieve better results.

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Public entity, private management. Born as pilot project. Develops didactic strategies useful for the Consumer Education.Co-ordinates three networks.Managing entity of the Euro-Latin-American School of Consumers.

What is the EEC ?What is the EEC ?

Escuela Europea de ConsumidoresEscuela Europea de ConsumidoresEuropeanEuropean SchoolSchool of of ConsumersConsumers www.infoconsumo.es

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FACILITIESFACILITIES

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ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES

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PUBLICATIONSPUBLICATIONS

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NETWORKS: NETWORKS: EEC NETWORKEEC NETWORK

The Spanish NETWORK of Consumer Education was born as a pilot project of the European Commission for Spain in 1998. At that moment, 3 Autonomous Communities have participated. At this moment, we are:17 Autonomous Communities 460 school centres 110 municipalities 50 Consumers’ Organizations.

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NETWORKS: NETWORKS: PSE NETWORKPSE NETWORK

Has a similar structure to the previous one and the participants are entities of: Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, France and Cyprus.

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NETWORKS: NETWORKS: EE--CONS NETWORKCONS NETWORK

Thematic NETWORK Comenius 3.Its main objective is to serve as support to the teaching staff that wants to carry out projects useful for the Consumer Education. To reach their active participation in the NETWORK generating Comenius 1 projects.

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EE--CONS CONS activitiesactivities

Basic Manual for the Consumer Education in 20 languages.

Databases: of school centres, European institutions, didactic materials, school projects.

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www.e-cons.net

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The most important The most important event of the Eevent of the E--CONS CONS

NETWORKNETWORK