Geoinformatics as an Educational Tool for the Development of the Status
of Global Active Citizenship

Abstract: Globalization, wars, global economic crisis and climate change have led to the need to implement strategies to ensure the viability and sustainability of human society and natural environment. In order to achieve the relevant strategic goals, it is essential to develop individuals with the status of global active citizenship. Education, which must not remain uninvolved and static across to developments, but actively participate in social processes, can take advantage of the science of Geoinformatics and its applications, which are ideal, valuable and flexible tools for all components of education, and can catalyze the fulfillment of its goals, as they offer the opportunity to study a variety of collaborative and interdisciplinary issues, enhancing students’ critical thinking and actively engaging them in the decision-making and problem-solving processes at local, European and global level.