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Acknowledgements. .......................................................................................3
Foreword by Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO.................................4
Preface by Werner Faymann, Federal Chancellor of Austria...........................7
Statement by The Honourable Diane McGifford, Chair, Council of
Ministers of Education, Canada....................................................................8
Statement by Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan, Federal Minister of
Education and Research, Germany................................................................9
Statement by Tatsuo Kawabata, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology, Japan....................................................................10
Statement by Micheline Calmy-Rey, Federal Councillor, Head of
the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Member of the
UN High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability.............................................11
Statement by Jacques Diouf, Director-General, FAO....................................12
Statement by Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations
Environment Programme.............................................................................13
Statement by Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN-HABITAT................14
Statement by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA...............15
Statement by Konrad Osterwalder, Rector,
United Nations University...........................................................................16
Statement by Ján Kubiš, Executive Secretary, UNECE.................................17
Statement by Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, World Food Programme..18
Envisioning, coordinating and implementing the UN Decade of
Education for Sustainable Development
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Mark Richmond, Director, Division for the Coordination of UN Priorities
in Education, Education Sector and Platform Manager, Intersectoral
Platform on Education for Sustainable Development, UNESCO
From Tbilisi to Bonn: an important journey in the historical context
of ESD.............................................................................................23
Charles Hopkins, UNESCO and United Nations University Chairs
in ESD, York University, Toronto, Canada
Learning from each other...............................................................26
Monika Linn, Team Leader and Angela Sochirca, Environmental Affairs
Officer, Environment for Europe and Sustainable Development Team,
Environment, Housing and Land Management Division, United Nations
Economic Commission for Europe
For our common future: education for sustainable development.. 29
Hans van Ginkel, Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht,
The Netherlands
What is learning for sustainable development?.............................. 32
Professor Stephen Sterling, Head of Education for Sustainable
Development, University of Plymouth, UK and Senior Advisor to the
Higher Education Academy, Education for Sustainable Development Project
Sustainable school feeding..............................................................34
Nancy Walters, Chief, School Feeding Policy Division, World Food Programme
How the Education for Rural People policy contributes
to sustainable development............................................................38
Lavinia Gasperini, Senior Officer, Agricultural Education, Office of
Knowledge Exchange, Research and Extension, Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
Education for sustainable cities......................................................42
Training and Capacity-building Branch, UN-HABITAT
Desertification is not about deserts: meeting drylands challenges
through education..........................................................................45
Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, UN Convention to Combat Desertification
Integrating sustainability in teaching and learning: the role of
the Earth Charter............................................................................48
Mirian Vilela, Executive Director, Earth Charter International Secretariat,
Earth Charter International
Unlocking the potential of ESD for green growth.......................... 49
Kang Sangkyoo, Korean National Commission for UNESCO
The private sector and education for sustainable development..... 52
John Fien, Professor of Sustainability, RMIT University, Australia and
Rupert Maclean, Professor of International Education, Hong Kong
Institute of Education
Reaching young people with sexual and reproductive health and
HIV information and services in Mozambique............................... 54
Adolescent and Youth Programme in collaboration with the
Mozambique Country Office, UNFPA
Promoting education for sustainable development in China......... 58
Shi Gendong, Executive Director, and Wang Qiaoling, Academic Secretary,
National Working Committee for the UNESCO Project on ESD in China
Establishing enriched learning in Japan: participation
and partnership...............................................................................62
Nobuo Fujishima, Secretary-General, Japanese National Commission for
UNESCO, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
ASEAN higher education and sustainable development................ 66
Prof. Dr. Supachai Yavaprabhas, Director, Southeast Asian Ministers of
Education Organization: Regional Center for Higher Education and Development
ESD in a developing nation............................................................69
Kartikeya V. Sarabhai, The Centre for Environment Education, India
Developing informed fishing communities in South Asia.............. 72
Yugraj Singh Yadava, Director, Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-
Governmental Organization
Let’s take care of the planet: education for sustainable societies.... 76
Rachel Trajber, Ministry of Education, Brazil
A pan-Canadian approach to implementing ESD........................... 80
Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
Promoting good practice in education for sustainable development:
the recognition of Official Decade Projects in Germany................ 84
Gerhard de Haan, Professor for Educational Future Studies at the Freie
Universität Berlin and Chair of the German National Committee for the
UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
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