The main goals of the association are to help and make a contribution to the following processes in education;
Improving of education in preparatory, primary, secondary education and adult education in Republic of Macedonia;
Implementing ICT in the education process;
Promotion of natural sciences in the education process;
Assessing the current situation in the education process as well as improving methods of assessment;
Monitoring and evaluation of projects that are implemented in education;
Initiating life-time education;
Developing, strengthening and raising the public awareness on the environment and sustainable development as well as preparedness of taking action in the every-day life;
Integrating contents on the environment and sustainable development in the curricula of educational institutions;
Capacity building by training of trainers of overall accomplishment of education and upbringing in the processes of institutional and non-institutional instruction;
Adapting the program of education and upbringing on the education for sustainable development of different groups and in different sectors;
Strengthening and capacity building of the civil society;
Enabling access to information for the public as well as participation in the decision-making process;
Developing and implementing different forms of raising the awareness of the public as well as initiating its interest on continuous access to information on the environment;
Designing, implementing and managing projects supported by different donors and foundations, activities concerning organizing educational campaigns, sessions, seminars, tribunes, workshops as well as many other activities of educational character;
Cooperation with domestic and foreign NGO’s, cooperation with government institutions, local self-government, business sector, media and other organizations.
Strategic Course
In order to accomplish the set goals it is necessary to follow the following strategic course:
- Developing partnerships with all the relevant subjects and putting to use all available resources
- Research on the most effective approaches in education in all its segments as well as applying them
- Ensuring education and upbringing on the environment and sustainable development as well as initiating life-time education in that context
- Developing principles on sustainable development
- Providing accurate, complete and in due time information;
What are the specific activities of Knowledge harvest?
Initiating appropriate conceptual, legal and organizational changes in order to promote and improve the education in different areas
Designing and implementing projects regarding training of educators, teachers, journalists, entrepreneurs, decision-makers and decision-conveyers in the local and government leadership as well as other target groups wherein organizing workshops for exchange of experiences will be the focal point;
Modernizing education curricula as well as introducing new contents in the current education programs;
Initiating design of school-books, manuals, didactical instruments and other subsidiary materials;
Continuous information of the public through the media;
Continuous publishing of publications for the wider public and special target groups;
Carrying out campaigns in order to raise the awareness of various social groups regarding the strategic problems that the educational process is facing;