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The United Nations Decade The United Nations Decade of Education of Education
for Sustainable Development for Sustainable Development (2005 – 2014)(2005 – 2014)
PlanPlan
Quote of UNESCO DG Why education for sustainable development? (2 options) What is education for sustainable development? Which vision of education for sustainable development? Which strategies to implement the Decade? What do we expect from the Decade? Which linkages between this Decade and other initiatives
? What is UNESCO’s role? Where do we stand? Next steps? Challenges? Conclusion: quote of UN SG
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Option 1Option 1
« We have no longer a choice: either we adopt behaviours that respect
sustainable development, that is we stop polluting the environment, allow for the renewal of natural resources and contribute to the
improvement of the well-being of all, or sooner or later we sign our own
death warrant. »
Koïchiro Matsuura, Director General of UNESCO
Option 2Option 2
« Education – in all its forms and at all levels - is not only an end in
itself but is also one of the most powerful instruments we have for
bringing about the changes required to achieve sustainable
development.» Koïchiro Matsuura,
Director General of UNESCO
Why education for Why education for sustainable development?sustainable development?
862 million illiterates of whom two thirds are women (2000) 104 million out-of-school children of whom 57% are girls
(2000) Out of 128 countries with available data, only 52 will meet
the 2005 objective of gender equality in primary schools 54 countries out of 128, 40% will not meet gender equality
objective by 2015.
1,2 billion people live with less than 1 dollar per day, 70% of them are women
The average income of the 20 richest countries in the world is 37 times higher than that of the 20 poorest countries
Life expectancy in developing countries is 50 years whereas it is 77 years in developed countries
Option 1Option 1
Why education for sustainable Why education for sustainable development?development?
More than 1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water
More than 2 billion people lack adequate sanitation 92% of all HIV/AIDS cases are in developing countries Every year, 3 million people die from AIDS and 5
million become infected by HIV/AIDS (2004) 80% of people in developing countries rely on
medicines based on plants Irrigation of arable land represents 70% of all
worldwide freswater withdrawals Protected areas cover only 10% of land areas and 1%
of marine areas Half of the 6000 indigenous languages in the world are
threatened with extinction
Option 1Option 1
Why education for Why education for sustainable development?sustainable development?
FOR A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE
GENERATIONS
EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Option 1Option 1
Why education for Why education for sustainable development?sustainable development?
Option 2Option 2 If we could turn the population of the earth into a small community of 100 people, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would be something like this:
* 61 Asians, 12 Europeans, 14 Americans, 13 Africans1 Australian * 50 women, 50 men* 33 christians, 18 muslims, 16 hindus, 6 bouddhists, 11 pratice other religions, and 16 are non-religious
* 6 people own 59% of the entire wealth of the community
* 17 females and 8 males live in abject poverty. * 70 % of the work of the village would be done by women but they would only be paid 10 % of the village’s revenue* 70 are illetrate, only 1 person has a university degree* Of the 23 children aged 5-14 years, 6 are working, 3 of them working full-time and receiving no education
And this miniature earth is marked by: deforestation, half of the world’s forests are destroyed difficult access to safe drinking water and many indigenous languages threatened with extinction
Why education for sustainable Why education for sustainable development?development?
Why education for Why education for sustainable development?sustainable development?
Option 2Option 2 This perspective – the miniature
earth – reveals the needs for change and for education to face the challenges of our
century, and meet the objectives of sustainability.
Why education for Why education for sustainable development?sustainable development?
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• 1987-2002: Emergence then definition of the concept of sustainable development during many world summits
• 1992: Rio Earth World Summit
UNESCO received the responsability for implementing the Agenda 21’s Chapter 35, Science for sustainable development, and Chapter 36, Promoting education, public awareness and training
Why education for Why education for sustainable development?sustainable development?
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• December 2002: resolution 57/254 of the General Assembly of the United Nations
- proclaims the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, 2005-2014
- designates UNESCO as the lead agency for the promotion of the Decade
What is education for What is education for sustainable development? sustainable development?
A vision of education An education empowering people
to commit themselves to sustainability
An education for democracy
An education at all levels of education systems and in all social contexts
Which vision of education for Which vision of education for sustainable development ?sustainable development ?
4 main thrusts
PROMOTING AND IMPROVING BASIC EDUCATION
REORIENTING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
BUILDING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS
PROVIDING PRACTICAL TRAINING
Which strategies to implement Which strategies to implement the decade?the decade?
STRATEGIES
Advocacy
Ownership
Partnerships and networking
Capacity building
Research and innovation
Information and Communication Technologies
Monitoring and evaluation
What do we expect from What do we expect from Education Education
for sustainable development?for sustainable development?
Integration of Education for sustainable development (ESD) into development plans
Broad consensus on the strategic importance of ESD
Public sensitised to the concept of sustainability
Regular and susbstantial media presence for sustainable development issues
Which linkages between this Which linkages between this decade and other initiatives?decade and other initiatives?
Millenium Development Goals, MDGs
Education for All, EFA
United Nations Literacy Decade, UNLD United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development, DESD
Which linkages between this Which linkages between this decade and other initiatives?decade and other initiatives?
Four initiatives with:
A common vision: Education is the key to development
A common wiil: to promote human rights
A common requirement : to enhance full participation of all stakeholders at national level
Which linkages between this Which linkages between this decade and other initiatives?decade and other initiatives?
Four initiatives, four specificities :
MDGs, to reduce poverty in its many aspects
EFA, access to quality education for all children and adults
Literacy decade, contribution to meeting the objectives of EFA and DESD.
Education for sustainable development, in search of a balance
Which linkages between this Which linkages between this decade and other initiatives?decade and other initiatives?
A CHALLENGE FOR UNESCO
Continuing to coordinate 3 initiatives: EFA, Literacy Decade, Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
Create synergy between these initiatives
What is UNESCO role?What is UNESCO role?
Coordination of the Decade Development of a UNESCO plan of
action Acceleration of education reforms Development of indicators to monitor
progress of the Decade Mobilisation of UN agencies and
governments
Where do we stand?Where do we stand?
International launch in New York, March 2005 Draft of the International Implementation
Scheme available Logo of the Decade available A concept paper on the linkages between the
Decade and other initiatives is available Many communication materials are available
(www.unesco.org/education/desd)
Regional and national launches of the Decade Development of regional strategies
Next steps ?Next steps ?
Development of a UNESCO plan of action
Setting up of a UN inter-agency taskforce
Setting up of a task force in charge of monitoring and evaluation
Support to regions for the development of their strategies
Support to governments, organisations and networks
Challenges?Challenges?
Prepare a status report of the implementation of the Decade: ongoing process to develop strategy, ongoing programmes
Go beyond environmental education to implement education for sustainable development
Develop reflection on relevant curricula to disseminate values and principles of sustainable development
Integrate ESD in national programmes Identify and disseminate innovative experiences Mobilise media
« « Our biggest challenge in this Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea new century is to take an idea
that seems abstract – that seems abstract – sustainable development – and sustainable development – and turn it into a reality fo all the turn it into a reality fo all the
world’s people.world’s people. » »
Kofi AnnanKofi AnnanSecretary General of the United Secretary General of the United
NationsNations