U.S. EPA commissioned North American Environmental Education Association and Cornell University to promote The Expanding Capacity in Environmental Education Project (referred to as EECapacity). In order to strengthen the ability of environmental education personnel, EECapacity provides several different ways for environmental education personnel to learn, grow and share, such as the National Training Seminar, a variety of learning platforms states energizing workshops, digital library. EECapacity also enhance the ability and quality in environmental education of higher education institutions, administrative authorities and civil society participation to develop more professional environment education activities. Six counties implemented of this project are Miaoli, Taichung, Nantou, Changhua, Yunlin, Kinmen Counties. There are several goals to set up Central Regional Center for Environmental Education. To display the environmental characteristics and solve the environmental problems effectively, we have to integrate the resources and personnels of industry, government, academia, social education institutions, and NGO in the central region of Taiwan. We tutor the environmental education in schools and help the personnel certified. To enhance the environmental expertise of partner team members and volunteers, we offer environment (education) empowerment courses and workshops. Furthermore, we build the evaluation mechanisms of environmental education to impact assessment for short, medium and long-term environmental education. Central Regional Center for Environmental Education will become a high quality multi-functional center with integrating the personnels and resources of environmental education. We hope the environmental education of this area will become the highlight area in Taiwan. And we will be the intermediator between the central authority (EPA or Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources) and the environmental education institutions, environmental education field, government agencies, schools in the central region of Taiwan.

Regional Center for Environmental Education;Leadership Academy;Building Environmental Education Capacity;Technology to Support the Field;Research and Evaluation;Dissemination Partnerships