Your new competences
By joining all the proposed activities and attending lessons, we give you the opportunity to develop specific competences and knowledge, aligned with the ESCO framework (European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations), that will make you a “Junior” Urban forester! See the “Your new competences” pages along the course to see how far you have come.
Urban and landscape planning
How to better integrate trees and forests within urban areas and buildings
☐ Specialise in an area of history
☐ Develop forestry strategies
☐ Landscape design
☐ Urban planning
☐ Manage landscape design projects
Forest ecology
How to manage urban forests from an ecological point of views
☐ Sustainable forest management
☐ Forest ecology
☐ Manage forests
Information and communication technologies
How to use the best digital assets and communication tools to manage urban forests and involve citizens
☐ Analysing and evaluating information and data
☐ Apply digital mapping
☐ Emergent technologies
☐ Seek innovation in current practices
Socioeconomics
How to take into account economic and social aspects into the urban forestry decision making
☐ Engage with stakeholders
☐ Work within communities
☐ Entrepreneurial spirit
☐ Funding methods