TOOLS FOR TRAINING THE FUTURE BLUE CITIZENSHIP

Ocean citizenship describes a relationship between our everyday lives and the health of the coastal and marine environment, a relationship that have to be taught and learned. Role playing games (RPG) are games which simulate given circumstances where participants/ players can take and choose to play in different roles. RPG have been used by educators to support their teaching as RPG allow to explore with different practical situations and in so doing allow to learn content. Ones objective to use RPG in integrated coastal zone management is to introduce the concept of blue citizenship, blue growth, sustainability and resiliencie in a practical way, motivating the youth to use in a responsible way renewable end not renewable marine resources and learning the relationships among users, stakeholders and public bodies. Since 2011, a role-playing game, a board game and a digital interactive simulation platform have been developed: the MSP Challenge editions. This RPG have been used successfully in workshops, conferences, education, as well as for real life stakeholder engagement. The plasticity of game rules, methods and materials to be use can be reduced and adapted to different audiences (from primary school to University), becoming an useful tool for build the new blue citizenship sustainable communities.