By NYAMBEGA GISESA Updated Thursday, September 11th 2014 at 20:50 GMT +3
Delegates drawn from around the world will in November assemble in Japan to discuss an important milestone for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), marking a decade since ESD was launched.
Since its historic inception in December 2002, ESD has become a catalyst for innovation in education and the potential to shape a sustainable future will be discussed at The World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) to be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan from November 10-12.
The meeting in Japan comes after the 2004 international ESD consultation in Gothenburg and marks the end of the ESD Decade.
Today, over 100 countries have enacted national coordinating bodies’ right from communities, schools, universities to the private sector under the guidance of UNESCO which is the UN lead agency for its implementation.
ESD has been influential in enabling communities to create sustainable local solutions to problems related to poverty and vulnerability. It touches on various issues ranging from planning, policy development, programme implementation, finance, administration, learning and assessment.
In Kenya, ESD is being implemented through the push for vocational studies to be reintroduced in schools. Some of the schools practice movement and fitness, cultures, design and technology. The Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD will be launched at the event whose banner is “Learning Today for a Sustainable Future.
” The Conference is aimed at celebrating the achievements and lessons learnt from the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development, 2005-2014 (UNDESD) and set the stage for the future of ESD.
Security beefed up in head teachers’ forum The conference is organised by UNESCO and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
ESD allows “every human being to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future.” It involves enriching the teaching and learning process with sustainable development issues such as disaster reduction, biodiversity, sustainable consumption, poverty reduction and climate change. Through inclusion of sustainable development issues, individuals are able to think more creatively, imagine future scenarios and make decisions in a collaborative way.
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Japan to host world Education for Sustainable Development conference in November
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Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000134617/japan-to-host-world-education-for-sustainable-development-conference-in-november
Japan to host world Education for Sustainable Development conference in November
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000134617/japan-to-host-world-education-for-sustainable-development-conference-in-november
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000134617/japan-to-host-world-education-for-sustainable-development-conference-in-november
Japan to host world Education for Sustainable Development conference in November
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000134617/japan-to-host-world-education-for-sustainable-development-conference-in-november
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