Outcomes

1. Master Black Sea Box has been created both in English and Turkish.

2. Black Sea Box was introduced through meetings with theTurkish Ministry of Education. At a later stage, the draft version of the Black Sea Box was shared with the General Director of Primary Education in January, 2010. Finally, a protocol was signed between WWF-Turkey and The General Directorate of Primary Education (March 19, 2010) for joint promotion of the Black Sea Box.

3. A press meeting was organized on June 9, 2010.It was a successful meeting in the sense that all the project partners and the Turkish Ministry of Education were present.

4. Two seminars for training of the instructors of the Black Sea Box in Rize and Trabzon were held. The workshops were built on the question why the Black Sea is important and the content of the Black Sea Box (the aim of the project, the target group, the CD, game cards, posters, the format of the Teachers’ Handbook and the methods and techniques presented in the handbook, and how these would be used). 164 and 146 teachers attended the workshops in Rize and Tranbzon respectively.