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EducationforSustainableDevelopment,aUNESCOperspectiveAlexanderLeicht,Chief,SectionofEducationforSustainableDevelopmentandGlobalCitizenship,UNESCO

8February2018

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EducationforSustainableDevelopmentESDempowerslearnerstotakeinformeddecisionsandresponsibleactionsforenvironmentalintegrity,economicviabilityandajustsociety,forpresentandfuturegenerations,whilerespectingculturaldiversity.Itisaboutlifelonglearning,andisanintegralpartofqualityeducation.ESDisholisticandtransformationaleducationwhichaddresseslearningcontentandoutcomes,pedagogyandthelearningenvironment.Itachievesitspurposebytransformingsociety.

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Favourablepolicyenvironment

•  Twoconvergingprocesses:(1)EDàSD,(2)SDàED

•  (1)Inclusionofeducationinsustainabledevelopmentagendas,forexample:

– Rio+20– ParisAgreementonClimateChange(Article12)

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Favourablepolicyenvironment

•  (2)Inclusionofsustainabledevelopmentineducationagendas,forexample:

– UNDecadeofESD– Aichi-NagoyaDeclaration– WorldEducationForumIncheonand2030FrameworkforAction

•  àESDincludedintheSustainableDevelopmentGoals(Target4.7;12.8,13.3)

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GlobalActionProgramme(GAP)

•  CurrentframeworktoscaleupESD

•  FivePriorityActionAreas:– Policy,educationinstitutions,educators,youth,localcommunities

•  95KeyPartners•  Activitiesincludeadvocacy,policydialogue,capacitybuilding,informationsharing,resourcedevelopment

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Mid-termreviewoftheGAP

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Mid-termreviewoftheGAP

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Mid-termreviewoftheGAP

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ThefutureofESDUNESCOisrevisitingitsapproachtoESDOverallcontext:SDGsRevisitingkeyissues:•  Newgenerations•  Community•  Technology

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ThefutureofESDRevisitingkeyissues:•  Poverty•  Transformativepedagogy(focusontheindividuum–inthesocial/politicalcontext)

àESDforSDGs

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MonitoringESD(Target4.7)•  OfficialresponsibilityforSDGTarget4.7•  Globalindicator:“4.7.1Extenttowhich(i)globalcitizenship

educationand(ii)educationforsustainabledevelopment,including

genderequalityandhumanrights,aremainstreamedatalllevelsin:(a)

nationaleducationpolicies;(b)curricula;(c)teachereducation;and(d)

studentassessment.”

•  Datacollectionthroughreportingprocessfor:RecommendationconcerningEducationforInternational

Understanding,Co-operationandPeaceandEducationrelatingto

HumanRightsandFundamentalFreedoms(‘1974Recommendation’)

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MonitoringESD(other)Datacollectionandanalysisongoing:

•  GAPMid-termReview

•  InternationalCivicandCitizenshipEducationStudy(secondaryschool)

•  Sulitest(highereducation)•  Thematicstudiesforeseenon:socio-emotionallearning,

climatechangeeducation,valuesforESD

à Dedicatedwebsite:en.unesco.org/gced/sdg47progress

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Thankyou

AlexanderLeichtChief,SectionofEducationforSustainableDevelopmentandGlobal

CitizenshipUNESCO

a.Leicht@unesco.orgen.unesco.org/gap

Moreinformation:www.unesco.org/education

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