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Education for Sustainable Development: From policy into practice 18 November 2005, London – Conference Report.

Interest in and support for the concepts of ‘Education for Sustainable Development’ and ‘Global Citizenship’ has been building amongst practitioners and policy makers, and 2005 was marked by a remarkable convergence of international and national developments, including the launch of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005 – 2014) and the Learning and Skills Council’s Strategy for Sustainable Development.

These international and national initiatives highlighted the opportunities for lifelong learning practitioners to develop educational responses to issues such as global citizenship, social justice, sustainable development, equality and diversity, human rights and conflict resolution, and in support of this agenda, NIACE, the WEA and the DEA were pleased to offer the Education for Sustainable Development: From policy into practice conference on 18 November 2005 as an opportunity for practitioners to discuss the emerging LSC sustainable development strategy, debate the international challenges and opportunities presented in 2005 and, with the support of others, begin to translate policy into practice.

A full copy of the report can be downloaded here - [PDF file 1MB] c

NIACE, DEA and WEA are pleased to have given you the opportunity to shape future ESD work this included:

Participant ‘pledges’ - Do you remember what you pledged to do? Perhaps you’ve already done it and want to do more? View the pledges here [PDF file 1 MB] (PDF help)

Recommendations for providers, NGOs, planning and funding agencies

Conference participants were asked to make a series of recommendations for providers, NGOs and planners/funders to adopt in securing a more sustainable education and learning sector. View the recommendations here [PDF file 1 MB] (PDF help)

A key recommendation was to maintain networking opportunities and exchange information, and NIACE, DEA and WEA is pleased to launch a Education for Sustainable Development E-Group for all those interested in educational responses to issues such as global citizenship, social justice, sustainable development, equality and diversity, human rights and conflict resolution. On inviting contribution to the E-group members are encouraged to consider the following themes for examples of practice critical observations, questions, updates and information etc. to aid our mutual learning and take the agenda forward:

To join the Education for Sustainable Development E-Group click here

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