The Environmental Education Regional Center for Eastern Taiwan Project granted by the Environmental Protection Administration covered areas of three counties, Ilan, Hualien and Taitung and is being conducted jointly by environmental education centers of three local universities. Satoyama Initiative visions will be pursued by implementing five major tasks: leadership academy, building environmental education capacity, technology to support the field, research and evaluation, and dissemination partnerships which were designated by the Environmental Protection Administration. The project will be operated for three years, with purposes to accumulate the human capitals, EE capabilities, and to enhance resilience of the societies in Eastern region to adapt with environmental changes and pursue sustainability. This report described the progress of major tasks in interim report. For the academic leadership, all the theme based learning circles are starting the planning and delivery process. The documents for applying EE institute are also collecting and drafting. The team has accomplished two workshops for capacity building at Yilan county on 20thJune ,at Taitung country on 15thAugust and the analyzed the assets of local EE communities. On the application of science technology, the team has established the website and the preliminary information on curricula are under collecting and developing. The team alsofinished capacity building workshop for EE sites and facilities, development performance evaluation. Partnerships and networking are also diffusing and implementing at the theme.

EE regional center