United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

In receiving a recommendation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg ( 2002), the General Assembly of the United Nations ( UN) has declared by order of 20 December 2002, the years 2005 to 2014 the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (Education for Sustainable Development ). This should be signaled that education and learning are the driving force for change and thus the basis for the approach to sustainable development. Coordinating body is the UNESCO. In Germany, the UN Decade of the German Commission for UNESCO (Bonn) is implemented.

Objectives

The overarching goal of the Decade is to integrate the values and principles of sustainable development in all areas of education (based on all ages ) of all Member States and worldwide. Through education and awareness education should be strengthened that the behavior of every human being has an impact on the lives of many other people around the world. This should ultimately changes in human behavior are encouraged to serve the creation of a sustainable future in terms of sustainable and just society. Specifically, the national governments are moving to implement the Decade, by integrating the concept of sustainable development into national education systems and policies. In addition to more public attention be drawn to the decade by the national governments and carried out an involvement of civil society actors.

The tasks of UNESCO and the national governments are generally comprised therein:

To enable access to quality basic education,
Align existing educational programs on GNI,
Public awareness and understanding increase,
And offer training.

Implementation

As a guide to the implementation of the objectives of the Decade seven general strategies have been developed in an International Implementation Scheme (IIS ) to support the development of national and regional strategies and should be part of any regional or national strategy simultaneously. The seven strategies are:

Vision Education and Advocacy
Consultation and ownership
Partnerships and Networks
Capacity-building and training
Research and Innovation
Use of information and communication technologies
Monitoring and evaluation

Bonner Mid-Term Conference 2009

The " World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development - Moving into the Second Half of the UN Decade " was held from 31 March to 2 April 2009 in Bonn. UNESCO - " lead agency " of the decade - and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of the Federal Republic of Germany organized the conference in cooperation with the German Commission for UNESCO. During the conference, the first five years of the Decade implementation were evaluated and developed strategies for the second half. In addition to representatives of UNESCO Member States, UN agencies, multilateral and bilateral organizations of development cooperation, attended by representatives of civil society and the private sector.

International Workshop 2012 Bonn

In February 2012, took place in Bonn, the international workshop " Horizon 2015" instead. 50 experts from five continents to discuss the future of the Decade. They urged the United Nations to the continuation of the UN Decade ensure " Education for Sustainable Development " beyond 2014 and recommended to the UN General Conference, the early adoption of a resolution.

The UN Decade of International

Since the development and implementation of specific programs is transferred completely to the regional or national level, it is possible that conflicting ideas are represented by sustainable development. There is no global approach to it has been agreed internationally. Like many of the decades passed by the General Assembly of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development is not binding. Thus, the reaction is voluntary and therefore in this case in the different countries at very different levels, if at all. On one hand, this is mainly a question of budget. Since there is no financial support from the UN for the implementation of the Decade, the financing is very different. In Germany the reaction with about € 300,000 a year is best financed. In New Zealand, for example, are € 25,000 available, while other countries have no budget. On the other hand, the method of implementation also depends generally on the different social and economic situations prevailing in the respective countries and the related primary problems. The tendency can be stated that in the poorer countries rather basic education in the foreground, while it comes to GNI in the narrow sense in the implementation in the richer countries.

The UN Decade in Germany

The German Commission for UNESCO (DUK ) decided in July 2003 with the " Hamburg Declaration " Recommendations for a National Action Plan for the Decade. In May 2004 a German National Committee was convened for the concrete implementation of the objectives of the Decade, composed of representatives from the fields of education, science, business and culture as well as members of the German Bundestag and the Federal Government. The " task of the National Committee is in the, Hamburg Declaration 'of the German Commission for UNESCO said different contact persons, projects and initiatives for an alliance, sustainability learning ' to bring together and develop a national action plan for the Decade and continue writing. " To create the national action plan there is a unanimous decision of the Bundestag in 2004. the action plan should be updated annually, as the UN Decade for ESD is understood as an open process. However, the latest version is the 2nd version of November 2005, four goals were in it for the implementation of the Decade in Germany formulated. :

The further development and pooling of activities and transfer of good practice in the width
The networking of stakeholders in education for sustainable development
Improving the public perception of education for sustainable development
The reinforcement of international cooperation

Also, the National Committee has set annual themes for the coming years of the decade, with the processing of other threads at any time is also desirable. The following year issues were fixed: 2007: Cultural Diversity, 2008: Water, 2009: Energy, 2010: Money, 2011: City, 2012: Nutrition, 2013: Mobility 2014: No own theme, so that in the final year of space for a general conclusion, a merging of the previous issues and an outlook remains.

The National Committee is of recognized projects on ESD. The officially recognized projects are compiled in a database that is constantly widening. Most are local projects and initiatives, their methods and ideas can be adopted by other but. In addition to numerous projects for schools and kindergartens, here are also concepts that refer to professional trainees and trainers or in fields of extra-curricular education and informal learning are active.

The development of education for sustainable development (ESD ) in general and the implementation of the UN Decade in Germany and internationally

1972: Founding of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP ) on the first environmental conference in Stockholm.

1987: publication of the Brundtland Report: It's a perspective report on long-term sustainability, environmentally friendly development on a global scale, who played a major role in the international debate on development and environmental policy.

1992: Conference on Environment and Development of the United Nations in Rio de Janeiro (UNCED ) and Agenda 21: At the conference, over 170 governments adopt a developmental and environmental action program for global sustainable development: Agenda 21

2002: World Summit Rio 10 - Johannesburg and proclamation of the "Decade of Education for Sustainable Development ": adopt the United Nations, the years 2005 to 2014 the World Decade " Education for Sustainable Development " to do with the resolution intensive efforts to the mission statement sustainable development in all areas of education to anchor the world.

2003: Hamburg Declaration of the German Commission for UNESCO: come together call to the federal government, local government, and economic institutions, institutions of research and teaching as well as civil society, "Learning Sustainability Alliance " to a.

2004: German Commission for UNESCO is mandated with the implementation of the UN Decade in Germany: In a unanimous decision, the German Bundestag Commission for UNESCO is mandated with the implementation of the UN Decade in Germany. It relies for a National Committee as a central control and coordinating body. At the invitation of the National Committee of the UN Decade of around 100 major initiatives in education for sustainable development get together once a year to the Round Table of the UN Decade in Germany. The German Commission for UNESCO is funded for the implementation of the UN Decade by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

2005: publication of the first National Action Plan with the aim to anchor the concept of sustainable development in all areas of education: The National Action Plan we published by the German Commission for UNESCO and defined as the overarching goal of the UN Decade of the anchoring of Education for sustainable development in all areas of education. It is updated regularly.

2007: International Conference in Berlin and launch of the web portal www.bne -portal.de: During the German EU presidency, the international conference on the " UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development - the contribution of Europe" held in Berlin. The aim of the conference is the European contribution to the global project to identify the UN Decade " Education for Sustainable Development ", taking into account the global responsibility of Europe. The conference was attended by more than 200 representatives from all EU countries from different world regions and international organizations. As a further contribution to the UN Decade of the German Commission for UNESCO realized the Internet portal on education for sustainable development.

2008: First National campaign days and revised version of the National Plan of Action: On the initiative of the National Committee of the UN Decade " Education for Sustainable Development " find first the nationwide days of action education for sustainable development with more than 320 different events.

2009: World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development: The World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development sets the start of the second half of the UN Decade. The UNESCO ( Paris) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research organized the conference. Cooperation partner is the German Commission for UNESCO (Bonn). 700 participants from all regions of the world are taking part in the conference.

2011 revision of the National Action Plan ( German / English): In addition to the updated sub-goals, the third draft of the National Action Plan for the UN Decade contains " Education for Sustainable Development " in Germany also jointly developed by the actors strategy for the second decade - half. In addition, the focus of the action plan is a collection of the most important political position papers that have been published in advance of the decade or developed in its course.

February 2012 International workshop " Horizon 2015": 50 experts from five continents calling for the UN to ensure the continuation of the UN Decade " Education for Sustainable Development " beyond 2014 and recommended to the UN General Conference, the early adoption of a resolution.

April 2012 Promotion of follow-up activities to the UN Decade " Education for Sustainable Development " (2005 - 2014) should be initiated: By its decision of 26 April 2012, the German Bundestag calls on the Federal Government to engage in follow-up activities for the ongoing UN Decade. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD ) Be moved people in a position to acquire the values , skills, knowledge and skills that are necessary today for the design of a sustainable society in harmony with the principle of sustainable development, says the CDU / CSU, SPD, FDP and alliance 90/The Greens approved application.

June 2012 Rio 20 Summit and the key role of education for sustainable development: In the final document of the Rio 20 Summit is the importance of education for sustainable development emphasizes several times. Important tasks are assigned to educational institutions. But to ensure that ESD is moving even more people aware of the UN member states via the education sector also. UNESCO is particularly emphasized as the driving force in this field.

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